WPCZ 2B$J Z CourierCourierCourier BoldCourier Italic@`7X@HP LaserJet 4_230_1HPLAS4.PRS 4x  @\oeX@26FZj 3|xCourierCourier BoldCourier ItalicHP LaserJet 4M in RM812HPLA4MPC.PRSx  @\DSX@2X[2nX<?xxx,2x6X@`7X@?xxx,)x `7X ?xxx,Mx6Nhez7XH12.secj:\&^  $//CNMI Petition for Rulemaking//$  ?<$/Sect. 1.401 et. seq.; DA 951361/$ "Record Only"  ?X<`  PETITION FOR RULEMAKING TO IMPLEMENT DOMESTIC RATE INTEGRATION FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE LNORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS +AAD 9586  ?@< PUBLIC NOTICE Ã  ?< x` `  hh@hDA 951361  ?<x` `  hh@h Released Date: June 16, 1995  ?( <x Comment Date: August 15, 1995  ? <x Reply Date: August 31, 1995   ? <  @<x On June 7, 1995 the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana  ?H < x<Islands ("CNMI") filed a petition requesting that the Federal  x<Communications Commission institute a rulemaking proceeding to  x<begin the process of incorporating the CNMI in the United States domestic rate integration plan. x   0<xCNMI states that, as was the case with Alaska, Hawaii, the  xx<Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the time  x<has now come to extend the benefits of rate integration to the  x<CNMI. CNMI further states that, as a U.S. Commonwealth, no  x<rational basis exists for continuing to apply inflated rates based  x<on international ratemaking principles to U.S. citizens who reside in the CNMI.   <xCNMI states that rate integration for CNMI is justified: (i)  xh<because CNMI is a U.S. domestic point subject to the Communications  x<Act of 1934; (ii) rate integration for CNMI is economically  x0<justified because a combination of satellite and microwave  x<facilities link CNMI with Guam as well as the domestic U.S.; (iii)  x<rate integration for CNMI is in the public interest; (iv) the  xh<Commission's existing policy of allowing nonintegrated rates to be  xx<applied to CNMI appears to be unlawfully discriminatory under the Communications Act.   <xInterested parties may file comments on this petition on or  ? < xg <before August 15, 1995 , and reply comments on or before August 31,  ? < x<1995 , with the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 1919  x<M Street, N.W., Room 222, Washington, D.C. 20554. Comments and  xh<reply comments should also reference AAD 9586. Four (4) copies of  xh<each comment and reply comment should also be sent to Kent Nilsson,  x <Cost Analysis Branch, Accounting and Audits Division, Common  x<Carrier Bureau, Room 812, 2000 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.  x0<20554, and one (1) copy should be sent to the Commission's  x<contractor for public service record duplication: International  x <Transcription Service (ITS), 2100 M Street, N.W., Suite 140,  x<Washington, D.C. 20037. Copies of the petition may be obtained  x<from the Accounting and Audits Division's public reference room,  x<Room 812, 2000 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Copies are also"h)0*0*0*1" available from ITS at (202) 8573800.  xh<We will treat this proceeding as nonrestricted for the purposes of  ? < x<the Commission's ex parte rules. See generally, 47 C.F.R.   x<1.12001.1216. For further information contact Kent Nilsson at (202) 4180830.  ?@<  éFEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ă x