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                                                                 DA 98-1184
                                Before the
                     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C.  20554


In the Matter of       )
         )    
Implementation of the Telecommunication   )
Act of 1996:                )    CC Docket No. 96-115
    )
Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer   )
Propriety Network Information and Other   )
Customer Information   )
    )
Implementation of the Non-Accounting      )    CC Docket No. 96-149
Safeguards of Sections 271 and 272 of the )
Communications Act of 1934, as Amended    )


                                   ORDER

    Adopted:  June 23, 1998 Released:  June 23, 1998


By the Chief, Policy and Program Planning Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

    
    1.   On June 15, 1998, MCI Telecommunications Corporation (MCI) filed a
"Motion to Exceed Page Limitation," in the above-captioned dockets.  In its motion,
MCI requests that it be permitted to file a single opposition to other parties' petitions
for reconsideration of the Commission's CPNI Second Report and Order exceeding
the page limitation set forth the Commission's rules.  The Commission received 27
petitions for reconsideration of the CPNI Second Report and Order.

    2.   MCI states in its motion that section 1.429(f) of the rules allows it to file
an opposition of 25 pages in length to each of the 26 other petitions for
reconsideration of the CPNI Second Report and Order.  MCI Motion at 2.  MCI
proposes to file a single consolidated opposition to the other parties' petitions and
requests that the Commission permit MCI to exceed the page limit for that
consolidated opposition.  MCI argues that a single pleading would allow MCI to
organize its arguments so as to eliminate duplication and thereby facilitate the
Commission's and other parties' review. Id.
    
    3.   Having reviewed MCI's motion, we conclude that it has demonstrated
good cause for its request to exceed the page limitation of section 1.429(f) for an
opposition to petitions for reconsideration of the CPNI Second Report and Order.  We
agree with MCI that a single, consolidated opposition would facilitate the Commission's
and other parties' review and, therefore, we grant MCI's motion to exceed the page
limitation for that opposition.  
    
    4.     Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated under
sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F R.  0.91 and 0.291, that
the "Motion to Exceed Page Limitation" filed by MCI Telecommunications Corporation
IS GRANTED. 

    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION




    Carol E. Mattey 
    Chief, Policy and Program Planning Division 
    Common Carrier Bureau