DA 00-988 PUERTO RICO TELEPHONE COMPANY FILES PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION OR CLARIFICATION OF THE DENIAL OF ITS WAIVER REQUEST OF 47 C.F.R. 32.27 Released: May 3, 2000 Comment Date: June 2, 2000 Reply Date: June 19, 2000 On December 6, 1999, Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc ("PRTC") filed a Petition for Reconsideration or Clarification. In its petition PRTC requested reconsideration or clarification of an Accounting Safeguards Division Memorandum Opinion and Order denying PRTC's request for waiver of Section 32.27. This Petition was filed pursuant to Section 1.106 of the Commission's rules. Interested parties may file comments no later than June 2, 2000, with the Secretary, FCC, 445 12th Street, S.W., TW-A325, Washington, D.C. 20554. Replies to these comments should be filed no later than June 19, 2000. Comments should reference File No. ASD 98-93. A copy of each pleading should also be sent to Ernestine Creech, Accounting Safeguards Division, Common Carrier Bureau, FCC, Room 6-C317, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20554, and to the Commission's contractor for public services records duplication, International Transcription Services, Inc. (ITS), 1231 20th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. The full text of this document is available for public inspection and copying during regular business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW, Room CY-A257, Washington, DC, 20554. This document may also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, International Transcription Service, Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036, telephone 202-857-3800, facsimile 202-857-3805. For further information, please contact Mika Savir, at (202) 418-0384 (voice), (202) 418-0484 (TTY). Action by the Chief, Accounting Safeguards Division, Common Carrier Bureau, FCC.