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PUBLIC NOTICE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
1919 M STREET N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20554
                                                                                                                        
 
          News media information 202/418-0500 Fax-On-Demand  202/418-2830 Internet:  http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov TTYs-Network
     Services 202/418-0484 and Informal Complaints 202/418-0485

                                   
                                                            
     
                                                  DA 98-1624

     COMMON CARRIER BUREAU ESTABLISHES REVISED PLEADING CYCLE
   FOR COMMENTS IN SECTION 706 NOTICE OF INQUIRY, FCC 98-187, 
          AND DEPLOYMENT OF ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS
            NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING, FCC 98-188

                      CC DOCKET NO. 98-146 
                       CC DOCKET NO. 98-147


                                        Released:  August 12, 1998 

     On August 6, 1998, the Commission adopted a Notice of Inquiry (NOI)
pursuant to section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and established a
pleading cycle requiring parties to file comments by September 8, 1998, and reply
comments by October 8, 1998.  On August 6, 1998, the Commission also adopted
a Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in
response to six petitions for relief filed by various parties.  The Commission
established a pleading cycle for the NPRM requiring parties to file comments by
September 21, 1998, and reply comments by October 13, 1998.  Because of the
proximity of these dates to certain holidays, the Bureau has revised the pleading cycle
as follows:



NOI (CC Docket No. 98-146):  Interested parties may file comments on or before
September 14, 1998, and reply comments on or before October 8, 1998.

NPRM (CC Docket No. 98-147):  Interested parties may file comments on or before
September 25, 1998, and reply comments on or before October 16, 1998.

     This is a revised schedule for comments and replies only; all other procedural
requirements set forth in the NOI and NPRM remain unchanged.

     For further information, contact Janice M. Myles, Policy and Program Planning
Division, Common Carrier Bureau, at (202) 418-1580.






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