**DA 05-1543**

**Release Date: May 27, 2005**

**PARTIES ARE INVITED TO COMMENT ON THE PETITION OF**

**CENTENNIAL USVI OPERATIONS CORP. FOR**

**DESIGNATION AS AN ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER**

**IN THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS**

**Pleading Cycle Established**

**CC Docket No. 96-45**

**Comment Date: June 10, 2005**

**Reply Comment Date: June 24, 2005**

Interested parties are invited to comment on the petition filed by
Centennial USVI Operations Corp. (Centennial) seeking designation as an
eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) for the United States Virgin
Islands pursuant to section 214(e)(6) of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended.[^1]

Pursuant to sections 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's rules. 47
C.F.R. §§ 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments on or
before **June 10, 2005**, and reply comments on or before **June 24,
2005**. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment
filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies.[^2]

Comments filed through the ECFS can be sent as an electronic file via
the Internet to \<http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html\>. Generally, only
one copy of an electronic submission must be filed. If multiple docket
or rulemaking numbers appear in the caption of this proceeding, however,
commenters must transmit one electronic copy of the comments to each
docket or rulemaking number referenced in the caption. In completing the
transmittal screen, commenters should include their full name, U.S.
Postal Service mailing address, and the applicable docket or rulemaking
number. Parties may also submit an electronic comment by Internet
e-mail. To get filing instructions for e-mail comments, commenters
should send an e-mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, and should include the following
words in the body of the message, "get form \<your e-mail address\>." A
sample form and directions will be sent in reply.

Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and four
copies of each filing. If more than one docket or rulemaking number
appears in the caption of this proceeding, commenters must submit two
additional copies for each additional docket or rulemaking number.
Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial
overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service
mail (although we continue to experience delays in receiving U.S. Postal
Service mail).

The Commission's contractor, Natek, Inc., will receive hand-delivered or
messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission's Secretary at 236
Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Suite 110, Washington, DC 20002. The filing
hours at this location are 8:00 a.m. to 7 p.m. All hand deliveries must
be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes must be
disposed of before entering the building.

Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail
and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol
Heights, MD 20743. U.S. Postal Service first-class mail, Express Mail,
and Priority Mail should be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554. All filings must be addressed to the Marlene H.
Dortch, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.

Parties who choose to file by paper also must send three paper copies of
their filing to Sheryl Todd, Telecommunications Access Policy Division,
Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th
Street, SW., Room 5-B540, Washington, DC 20554. In addition, commenters
must send diskette copies to the Commission's copy contractor, Best Copy
and Printing, Inc. (BCPI), Portals II 445 12th Street, SW., Suite
CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554.

Pursuant to section 1.1206 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §
1.1206, this proceeding will be conducted as a permit-but-disclose
proceeding in which ex parte communications are permitted subject to
disclosure. For further information, contact Pam Slipakoff,
Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau
at (202) 418-7400, TTY (202) 418-0484.

[^1]: *See* Centennial USVI Operations Corp. Petition for Designation as
    an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in the United States Virgin
    Islands, CC Docket 96-45, filed April 29, 2005. *See also* 47 U.S.C.
    § 214(e)(6). We note that Centennial should provide copies of its
    petitions to the relevant state commissions if it has not already
    done so. In addition, the Commission will send a copy of this Public
    Notice to the relevant state commissions by overnight express mail
    to ensure that they are notified of the notice and comment period.

[^2]: *See* Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 63
    Fed. Reg. 24121 (1998).