**PUBLIC NOTICE**![](media/image1.png){width="0.6541666666666667in"
height="0.6604166666666667in"}

**Federal Communications Commission**

> **445 12th St., S.W.**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

**DA 04-1032**

**April 20, 2004**

> COMMENTS SOUGHT ON QWEST CORPORATION REQUEST FOR LIMITED MODIFICATION
> OF LATA BOUNDARIES TO PROVIDE EXPANDED LOCAL CALLING SERVICE BETWEEN
> ITS SILETZ EXCHANGE AND SPRINT/UNITED'S LINCOLN CITY EXCHANGE IN
> OREGON

# 

# WC Docket No. 04-152

## Pleading Cycle Established

**Comments Due: May 4, 2004**

## Reply Comments Due: May 11, 2004

> By this Public Notice, we seek comment on a petition filed by Qwest
> Corporation (Qwest) requesting modification of local access and
> transport area (LATA) boundaries to provide two-way, non-optional,
> expanded local calling service (ELCS) between its Siletz exchange and
> Sprint/United Telephone Company's (Sprint/United's) Lincoln City
> exchange.[^1] All of the exchanges are in Oregon.
>
> Interested parties may file comments concerning this request on or
> before **May 4, 2004,** and reply comments on or before **May 11,
> 2004.** All filings must reference **WC Docket No. 04-152.** Comments
> may be filed using the Commission\'s Electronic Comment Filing System
> (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. *See Electronic Filing of Documents
> in Rulemaking Proceedings*, 63 Fed. Reg. 24121 (1998). Comments filed
> through the ECFS can be sent as an electronic file via the Internet to
> \<http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html\>. Only one copy of an
> electronic submission must be filed. 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
> e-mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, and should include the following words in the
> subject line \"get form \<your e-mail address\>.\" A sample form and
> directions will be sent in reply.
>
> Parties who choose to file by paper must send an original and four (4)
> copies of the comments to the Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal
> Communications Commission, 445 12^th^ Street, S.W., Room TW-A325,
> Washington, D.C. 20554. Two (2) copies of the comments should also be
> sent to the Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau,
> Federal Communications Commission, 445 12^th^ Street, S.W., Room
> 6-A461, Washington, D.C. 20554, Attention: Dennis Johnson. In
> addition, comments should be served upon the Petitioner. Commenters
> are also requested to fax their comments to the FCC at (202) 418-2345,
> Attention: Dennis Johnson.
>
> 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, N.E., Suite 110,
> Washington, D.C. 20002. The filing hours at this location are 8:00
> a.m. to 7:00 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, D.C. 20554. All filings must be
> addressed to the Commission\'s Secretary, Office of the Secretary,
> Federal Communications Commission.
>
> The petition will be available for review and copying during regular
> business hours at the FCC Reference Center, Portals II, 445 12^th^
> Street, SW, Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554, (202) 418-0270. A copy
> of the petition may also be purchased from the Commission's copy
> contractor, Qualex International, Portals II, 445 12^th^ Street, SW,
> Room CY-B402, Washington, DC, 20554, telephone 202-863-2893, facsimile
> 202-863-2898, or via e-mail at <qualexint@aol.com>. In addition, the
> petition is available via the Commission's ECFS accessible through the
> World Wide Web at <http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/comsrch_v2.cgi>
> under proceeding **WC Docket No. 04-152**.
>
> For further information, contact Dennis Johnson, (202) 418-0809
> (voice), <Dennis.Johnson@fcc.gov>, or William Cox (202) 418-2173
> (voice), [William.Cox@fcc.gov](mailto:cweather@fcc.gov), of the
> Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau. The TTY
> number is (202) 418-0484.
>
> **-FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION-**

[^1]:
    > Qwest Corporation, Petition for a Limited Modification of LATA
    > Boundaries, WC Docket No. 04-152 (filed Apr. 7, 2004).