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PUBLIC NOTICE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION  
1919 M STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554                                 DA 98-504

News media information 202/418-0500     Fax-On-Demand  202/418-2830     Internet:  http://www.fcc.gov    ftp.fcc.gov

  TULAROSA BASIN TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED AN EXPEDITED REQUEST
      FOR ELIMINATION OR MODIFICATION OF WAIVER CONDITIONS
                           AAD 98-44

                                        Released Date:  March 16, 1998

Comment Date:  April 6, 1998
Reply Date:        April 16, 1998


     On February 27, 1998, Tularosa Basin Telephone Company ("Tularosa Basin") filed an
Expedited Request for Elimination or Modification of Waiver Conditions ("Request").  Tularosa
Basin requests elimination or modification of the annual high cost loop support conditions imposed
in a July 16, 1996 Order granting study area waivers for the purchase of exchanges by Tularosa
Basin from U S WEST Communications, Inc. in New Mexico.  Tularosa Basin requests, at a
minimum, that the high cost loop support administrator be directed to adjust payments retroactive
to January 1, 1998 to reflect the same high cost loop support treatment for Tularosa Basin as is
afforded all other incumbent local exchange carriers designated as Eligible Carriers which are not
restricted by a cap on funding eligibility.  In the alternative, Tularosa Basin requests that its cap be
modified to reflect actual costs which have been experienced since it began providing service.  

     The Accounting and Audits Division of the Common Carrier Bureau will be considering this
action.  Interested parties may file comments on the petition on or before April 6, 1998, and reply
comments on or before April 16, 1998, with the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission,
1919 M Street, N.W., Room 222, Washington, D.C. 20554. Comments and reply comments should
reference AAD 98-44.  Four (4) copies should also be sent to Adrian Wright, Competitive
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), 1231 20th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20036.  Copies of the petition may be obtained from the Accounting 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) 857-3800.

     We will treat this proceeding as permit-but-disclose proceeding for purposes of the
Commission's ex parte rules.  See generally, 47 C.F.R.  1.1200-1.1206.  However, if this waiver
petition is opposed, it will be treated as a restricted proceeding under the Commission's ex parte
rules.  See generally, 47 C.F.R.  1.1208.  For further information contact Adrian Wright at (202)
418-0840.
                                 
                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION