Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554

                                 
In the Matter of                )
                                )       CC Docket No. 96-45
Federal-State Joint Board on    )
Universal Service               )
                                 

                            ERRATUM

                                        Released:  October 15, 1997

By the Acting Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau:

     On October 14, 1997 the Federal Communications Commission released the Third Report
and Order (FCC 97-380) in the above-captioned proceeding.  This erratum corrects the
amendments to section 54.623(c) included in Appendix A.

Amend Part 54 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) by amending section
54.623(c) as follows:

 54.623  Cap.

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(c) Requests.  * * *  The Rural Health Care Corporation shall implement an initial filing period
that treats all health care providers filing within that period as if they were simultaneously
received.  The initial filing period shall begin on the date that the Rural Health Care Corporation
begins to receive applications for support, and shall conclude on a date to be determined by the
Rural Health Care Corporation.  The Rural Health Care Corporation may implement such
additional filing periods as it deems necessary.


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                              John Nakahata
                              Acting Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau