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PUBLIC NOTICE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION       News media information 202/418-0500
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                                                     DA 00-2036

                                   Released:  September 6, 2000

   COMMON CARRIER BUREAU EXTENDS PLEADING CYCLE FOR
  SECOND FURTHER NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING IN CC
    DOCKET NO. 98-147 AND FIFTH NOTICE OF PROPOSED
          RULEMAKING IN CC DOCKET NO. 96-98
                           
           CC Docket Nos. 98-147 and 96-98

Comment Date:       October 12, 2000
Reply Comment Date: November 14, 2000

     On August 10, 2000, the Commission released the Order on Reconsideration and Second
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 98-147 and Fifth Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 96-98.  The Order on Reconsideration clarified certain
aspects of the Commission's collocation rules.  Additionally, the Commission adopted a Second
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 98-147 that invites comment on the
issues that were remanded by the U.S. Court of Appeals in GTE Service Corp. v. FCC and on
other collocation-related issues important to local competition.  The Commission also adopted a
Fifth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 96-98, inviting comment on
whether the Commission's local competition rules should be modified or clarified, particularly
those applying to the transport, loop, and subloop elements, in light of the deployment of new
network architectures by incumbent LECs.  For both Further Notices, the Commission had
established comment and reply comment dates of September 18 and October 10, respectively.
     We extend the comment and reply comment dates to October 12 and November 14, 2000,
respectively.  All comments should be filed pursuant to the instructions provided in the Further
Notices.
     For further information, contact William Kehoe, Policy & Program Planning Division,
Common Carrier Bureau, at (202) 418-1580.
                             -FCC-