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If you need the complete document, download the WordPerfect version or Adobe Acrobat version, if available. ***************************************************************** Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) CC Docket No. 98-104 1998 Annual Access Tariff Filings ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Adopted: July 28, 1998 Released: July 28, 1998 By the Chief, Competitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. On June 29, 1998, the Common Carrier Bureau (Bureau), inter alia, suspended for one day and set for investigation the price cap incumbent local exchange carriers' (LECs) 1998 annual access tariffs. On July 23, 24, and 28, 1998, price cap LECs filed transmittals proposing tariff revisions. The transmittals propose to make various revisions and corrections in LEC 1998 annual access tariff filings. II. DISCUSSION 2. These transmittals raise issues that were set for investigation in the 1998 Annual Access Suspension Order. Therefore, we suspend these transmittals for one day and make them subject to the investigation initiated in the 1998 Annual Access Suspension Order. III. EX PARTE REQUIREMENTS 3. This investigation is a permit-but-disclose proceeding and subject to the requirements under Section 1.1206(b) of the rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.1206(b), as revised. Persons making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the presentation must contain a summary of the substance of the presentation and not merely a listing of the subjects discussed. More than a one or two sentence description of the views and arguments presented is generally required. See 47 C.F.R.  1.1206(b)(2), as revised. Other rules pertaining to oral and written presentations are set forth in Section 1.1206(b), as well. IV. ORDERING CLAUSES 4. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 204(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  204(a), and through the authority delegated pursuant to Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91 and 0.291, that the tariff revisions filed by Aliant Communications Company, Ameritech Operating Companies, Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies, NYNEX Telephone Companies, BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company, Citizens Telecommunications Companies, Frontier Communications of Minnesota and Iowa, Frontier Telephone of Rochester, Nevada Bell Telephone Company, Southern New England Telephone, U S West Communications, Inc., GTE System Telephone Companies, GTE Telephone Operating Companies, Sprint Local Telephone Companies, and Pacific Bell Telephone Company ARE SUSPENDED for one day from the effective date and an investigation of the referenced tariff transmittals IS INSTITUTED AND CONSOLIDATED in CC Docket No. 98-104. 5. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Aliant Communications Company, Ameritech Operating Companies, Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies, NYNEX Telephone Companies, BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company, Citizens Telecommunications Companies, Frontier Communications of Minnesota and Iowa, Frontier Telephone of Rochester, Nevada Bell Telephone Company, Southern New England Telephone, U S West Communications, Inc., GTE System Telephone Companies, GTE Telephone Operating Companies, Sprint Local Telephone Companies, and Pacific Bell Telephone Company SHALL FILE, within five business days of the release date of this Order, a supplement to their tariff in order to suspend the effective date for one day. If a company chooses to keep its original effective date, it may also advance the current effective date of the proposed tariff revisions by one day; and then suspend the effective date for one day. The carriers should cite the DA number of the instant Order as the authority for making these filings. 6. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 204(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i) and 204(a), and through the authority delegated pursuant to Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91 and 0.291, that Aliant Communications Company, Ameritech Operating Companies, Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies, NYNEX Telephone Companies, BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company, Citizens Telecommunications Companies, Frontier Communications of Minnesota and Iowa, Frontier Telephone of Rochester, Nevada Bell Telephone Company, Southern New England Telephone, U S West Communications, Inc., GTE System Telephone Companies, GTE Telephone Operating Companies, Sprint Local Telephone Companies, and Pacific Bell Telephone Company SHALL KEEP ACCURATE ACCOUNT of all amounts received by reason of the provisions that are the subject of this investigation. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Jane E. Jackson Chief Competitive Pricing Division Common Carrier Bureau APPENDIX A The following local exchange carriers filed revisions to their Annual Access Filings on the dates designated: Revisions Transmittal Effective Special to Tariff No. Date Permission F.C.C. No. No. July 23, 1998 Ameritech Operating Companies 2 & 4 1167 8-1-98 98-158 Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies 1 1065 7-29-98 98-164 NYNEX Telephone Companies 1 513 7-29-98 98-163 July 24, 1998 BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. 1 470 7-29-98 98-167 Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company 35 725 7-29-98 98-170 Citizens Telecommunications Companies 1 51 7-30-98 98-174 Frontier Communications of Minnesota and Iowa 1 17 7-29-98 98-166 Frontier Telephone of Rochester 1 9 7-29-98 98-168 Nevada Bell Telephone Company 1 248 7-29-98 98-171 Southern New England Telephone 39 714 7-29-98 98-169 GTE System Telephone Companies 1 254 7-29-98 98-172 GTE Telephone Operating Companies 1 1165 7-29-98 98-173 July 28, 1998 Aliant Communications Company 1 19 7-31-98 98-182 U S West Communications, Inc. 5 935 8-2-98 98-175 GTE System Telephone Companies 1 255 8-2-98 98-180 GTE Telephone Operating Companies 1 1167 8-2-98 98-181 Citizens Telecommunications Companies 1 52 7-30-98 98-179 Sprint Local Telephone Companies 1 61 8-2-98 98-178 Pacific Bell Telephone Company 128 1997 8-2-98 98-176