**PUBLIC NOTICE**![](media/image1.png){width="0.6541666666666667in"
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**Federal Communications Commission**

**445 12th St., SW**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

**DA 01-1517**

###  **Released: June 25, 2001**

#### **PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENTS ON**

**APPLICATION OF IOWA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC. FOR**

**ORDER PURSUANT TO SECTION 251(H)(2)**

# CC Docket No. 01-139

## COMMENTS July 25, 2001

**REPLY COMMENTS August 9, 2001**

On June 18, 2001, Iowa Telecommunications Service, Inc. (Iowa Telecom)
filed an application requesting that the Commission issue an order,
pursuant to section 251(h)(2) of the Communications Act, deeming Lost
Nation-Elwood Telephone Company (Lost Nation) to be the incumbent local
exchange carrier (ILEC) in Oxford Junction, Iowa, and reclassifying Iowa
Telecom as a competitive local exchange carrier. Iowa Telecom further
requests that the Commission grant Iowa Telecom the same interconnection
rights with Lost Nation in Oxford Junction provided in section 251(c) of
the Act for other competitive local exchange carriers.

Interested parties may file comments regarding the Iowa Telecom
Application no later **July 25, 2001,** with the Secretary, FCC at 445
12^th^ Street, SW, TW-B204, Washington, DC 20554. Oppositions or
responses to these comments may be filed with the Secretary, FCC no
later than **August 9, 2001**. All pleadings are to reference **CC
Docket No. 01-139.** Interested parties should file an original and
seven copies of all pleadings. An additional copy of all pleadings must
also be sent to Janice M. Myles, Common Carrier Bureau, FCC, Room
5-C327, 445 12^th^ Street, SW, TW-B204, Washington, DC 20554, and to the
Commission's contractor for public services records duplication,
International Transcription Services, Inc. (ITS), 445 12^th^ Street,
S.W., CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554. The Iowa Telecom Application is
available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the
FCC's Reference Center, Room CY-A257, 445 12^th^ Street, SW, TW-A325,
Washington, DC 20554. Copies also can be obtained from ITS at 445 12^th^
Street, S.W., CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, or by calling ITS at (202)
857-3800 or faxing ITS at (202) 857-3805.

Comments filed through the ECFS can be sent as an electronic file via
the Internet to <http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/efcs.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 for each
docket or rulemaking number referenced in the caption. In completing the
transmittal screen, commenters should include their full name, 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 <efcs@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.

We will treat this proceeding as permit, but disclose for purposes of
the Commission's *ex parte* rules. *See generally* 47 C.F.R. §§
1.1200-1.1216. Parties making oral *ex parte* presentations are reminded
that memoranda summarizing the presentation must contain a summary of
the substance of the presentation and not merely a listing of the
subjects discussed. More than a one or two sentence description of the
views and arguments presented is generally required. *See* 47 C.F.R. §
1.1206(b)(2), as revised. Other rules pertaining to oral and written
presentations are set forth in section 1.1206(b) as well. Interested
parties are to file with the Secretary, FCC, and serve Janice M. Myles
and ITS, with copies of any written *ex parte* presentations or
summaries of oral *ex parte* presentations in these proceedings in the
manner specified above.

For further information, contact Janice M. Myles, Policy and Program
Planning Division, Common Carrier Bureau, at (202) 418-1580, e-mail
<jmyles@fcc.gov>.

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