*************************************************** NOTICE *************************************************** This document was converted from Word to ASCII Text format. Content from the original version of the document such as headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, graphics, and page numbers will not show up in this text version. All text attributes such as bold, itallic, underlining, etc. from the original document will not show up in this text version. Features of the orginal document layout such as columns, tables, line and letter spacing, pagination, and margins will not be preserved in the text version. If you need the complete document, download the Word, or Adobe Acrobat versions, if available. The path and name of the Word, and Acrobat files will be the same as the ASCII Text file except that they will end with the letters wp, doc, or pdf respectively, instead of the letters txt. ***************************************************** Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Review of the Section 251 Unbundling Obligations of Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 Deployment of Wireline Services Offering Advanced Telecommunications Capability ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 01-338 CC Docket No. 96-98 CC Docket No. 98-147 ORDER Adopted: April 30, 2002 Released: April 30, 2002 By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: Revised Filing Date: Reply Comments Due: June 5, 2002 A. Extension of Filing Deadline 1. On December 20, 2001, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Review of the Section 251 Unbundling Obligations of Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (Triennial Review NPRM). On March 11, 2002, the Commission extended the filing deadlines for comments and reply comments in response to a joint petition filed by BellSouth Corporation (BellSouth), SBC Communications, Inc. (SBC), and Qwest Communications, Inc. (Qwest). On April 26, 2002, WorldCom, Inc. filed a motion for an extension of the deadline for filing reply comments in order to allow sufficient time to provide a more complete analysis of the issues raised in the initial comments. 2. It is the policy of the Commission that extensions of time are not routinely granted. In this instance, however, the Bureau finds that the Movant has shown good cause for an extension of the deadline for filing reply comments in this proceeding. Because of the complexity and volume of the issues raised in the initial comments filed in this proceeding, we find it appropriate to extend the deadline for reply comments to June 5, 2002, so that parties can more thoroughly address all of the issues raised by commenters. B. Revised Comment Filing Procedures 3. We request that interested parties that choose to file by paper file an original and nineteen copies of each. Previously we had requested an original and four copies. Parties may also continue to file using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS). All other comment filing procedures previously established in this proceeding remain unchanged. For further information, please contact Gary Remondino, Wireline Competition Bureau, Competition Policy Division, 202-418- 2298 or gremondi@fcc.gov. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Dorothy T. Attwood Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau 47 C.F.R. § 1.46(a). (Continued from previous page) (continued....) Federal Communications Commission DA 02-991 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 02-991