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                                                           Before the
               FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                    Washington, D.C.  20554


In the Matter of 

Ameritech Operating Companies'
Permanent Cost Allocation Manual
Waiver of Section 32.27
of the Commission's Rules)
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AAD File No. 95-60 

                                
                             ORDER

     Adopted:  December 22, 1998Released:  December 22, 1998
By the Chief, Accounting Safeguards Division:

     1.   On March 30, 1995, Ameritech Operating Companies ("Ameritech") filed a petition for
waiver of the Commission's affiliate transactions rules, as codified in Section 32.27.  In its petition,
Ameritech seeks permission to record at "no charge" in its cost allocation manual ("CAM") the costs for
services provided by a nonregulated affiliate, Ameritech Publishing, Inc. ("API"), to the incumbent local
exchange carrier ("ILEC").  
     
     2.   Waiver of the Commission's rules is appropriate only if special circumstances warrant a
deviation from the general rule and such deviation will serve the public interest.  In addition, a waiver
request must be consistent with the principles underlying the rule for which a waiver is requested.  We
agree with Ameritech that recording the transaction at "no charge" would benefit ratepayers by enabling the
ILEC to obtain services in a cost-effective manner.  Because Ameritech's proposed treatment appears to
benefit ratepayer interests, and therefore is consistent with the public interest and the underlying policy
goals, we grant Ameritech's waiver request at this time.  We emphasize, however, that this waiver grant
applies only to white pages directory services provided by API to its affiliated ILEC, as specified in
Ameritech's waiver request.  
  
     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 201-205, and 218-220
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  151, 154(i), 154(j), 201-205, and 218-220,
and Sections 0.91, 0.291, 1.3, 1.106, and 32.27 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91, 0.291, 1.3,
1.106, and 32.27, that the Petition for Waiver filed by Ameritech IS HEREBY GRANTED.


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

                    

                              Kenneth P. Moran
                                                            Chief, Accounting Safeguards Division