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FILED A PETITION FOR WAIVER OF SECTIONS 61.41(C)(2) . AND 69.605(C) OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES  X'~  AAD 9750 Đc  X 4#XP\  P6QXP# #XP\  P6QXP# #6\  P6QАP#` `  ,hh]pp& #XP\  P6QXP#`(#6 Released: April 3, 1997 ă  X~ ' Comment Date: April 23, 1997  Xg 'Reply Date: ` ` May 5, 1997  xq  On March 25, 1997, NebCom, Inc. ("NebCom") filed a petition for waiver of Sections  !61.41(c)(2) and 69.605(c) of the Commission's rules. NebCom is a Nebraska corporation newly  !formed to operate nine exchanges purchased from U S WEST Communications, Inc. ("U S  !WEST"). NebCom is a whollyowned subsidiary of Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company  !("NE Nebraska"), an average schedule company, serving other local exchanges within Nebraska.  !yNebCom shares the study area of its parent, NE Nebraska. NebCom states that prior to the  !/acquisition of the U S WEST exchanges, NE Nebraska received permission from the Common  !Carrier Bureau to reconfigure its study area boundaries to include the nine exchanges purchased  X4 !from U S WEST.\ {O' x/ ԍSee Joint Petition for Waiver filed by Arapahoe Telephone Company, Great Plains Communications, Inc.,  !l Nebraska Central Telephone Company, and Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company, and U S WEST  {O'Communications, Inc., Memorandum Opinion and Order, AAD 9659, DA 961894 (rel. Nov. 15, 1996). NE Nebraska decided to transfer the nine exchanges to its subsidiary,  Xj4 !NebCom. As a result, NebCom seeks a waiver of Section 61.41(c)(2) of the Commission's price  !cap rules, 47 C.F.R.  61.41, if necessary, to exempt it from the price cap "all or nothing" rule.  !That rule requires nonprice cap companies, and the telephone companies with which they are  !"affiliated, to become subject to price cap regulation after acquiring a price cap company or any  !part thereof. The requested waiver would permit NebCom to operate under rateofreturn  !Nregulation after acquiring the U S WEST exchanges which currently are under price cap  !pregulation. In addition, NebCom seeks waiver of Section 69.605(c) so that it may operate as an average schedule company.  X4 xNInterested parties may file comments on the petition on or before April 23, 1997 , and  X 4 !reply comments on or before May 5, 1997 , with the Secretary, Federal Communications  !Commission, 1919 M Street, N.W., Room 222, Washington, D.C. 20554. Comments and reply  !Icomments should reference AAD 9750. Four (4) copies should also be sent to Adrian Wright,  !ECompetitive Safeguards Branch, Common Carrier Bureau, Room 257, 2000 L Street, N.W.,  !Washington, D.C. 20554, and one (1) copy should be sent to the Commission's contractor for  !public service record duplication: International Transcription Service (ITS), 2100 M Street, N.W.,  !Suite 140, Washington, D.C. 20037. Copies of the petition may be obtained from the Accounting &,,,%e@d;[!,LD_I%a ON\ '#k \ h  !and Audits Division's public reference room, Room 812, 2000 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Copies are also available from ITS at (202) 8573800.  X4 xWe will treat this proceeding as nonrestricted for purposes of the Commission's ex parte  X4 !}rules. See generally, 47 C.F.R.  1.12001.1206. However, if this waiver petition is opposed,  X4 !git will be treated as a restricted proceeding under the Commission's ex parte rules. See generally, 47 C.F.R.  1.12081.1216. For further information contact Adrian Wright at (202) 4180840.  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