**DA 06-1149**

**Released: May 30, 2006**

**NOTICE OF REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC SECTION 214 APPLICATION FROM STREAMLINED
TREATMENT**

**WC Docket No. 06-85**

The application listed in this notice has been removed from streamlined
treatment pursuant to the Commission's streamlined procedures for
domestic section 214 transfer of control applications.[^1] Section
63.03(c)(1)(v) of the Commission's rules provides that at any time after
an application is filed, the Commission, acting through the Chief of the
Wireline Competition Bureau, may notify an applicant that its
application is being removed from streamlined processing where the
Commission "determines that the application requires further analysis to
determine whether a proposed transfer of control would serve the public
interest."[^2]

> **Domestic Section 214 Application Filed for the Transfer of Control
> of Conversent Communications, Inc. Subsidiaries from Conversent
> Communications, Inc. to CTC Communications Group, Inc. and Choice One
> Communications Inc., WC Docket No. 06-85**

On May 8, 2006, the Commission released a public notice accepting for
streamlined processing a domestic section 214 application involving CTC
Communications Group, Inc. ("CTC Group"), Choice One Communications Inc.
("Choice One"), and Conversent Communications, Inc. ("Conversent")
(collectively the "Applicants").[^3] Specifically, the Applicants
request authority to transfer control of the Conversent subsidiaries as
a result of the acquisition of Conversent by CTC Group and Choice
One.[^4] On May 22, 2006, the Department of Homeland Security with the
concurrence of the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau
of Investigation (collectively, the "Executive Branch Agencies"), filed
with the Commission a letter requesting that the Commission defer grant
of this application while the Executive Branch Agencies address
potential national security, law enforcement, and public safety
concerns.[^5]

This application is being removed from streamlined review in response to
the request filed by the Executive Branch Agencies. Final action on this
application should be expected once the Commission has received
notification from the Executive Branch Agencies that the evaluation has
been completed, but not later than 180 days from public notice that the
application was accepted for filing.[^6]

For further information, please contact Tracey Wilson-Parker at (202)
418-1394 or Denise Coca at (202) 418-0574, Competition Policy Division,
Wireline Competition Bureau.

[^1]: 47 C.F.R. § 63.03; *Implementation of Further Streamlining
    Measures for Domestic Section 214 Authorizations*, 17 FCC Rcd 5517
    (2002) (*Streamlining Order*).

[^2]: *See* 47 C.F.R. § 63.03(c)(1)(v).

[^3]: *Domestic Section 214 Application Filed For the Transfer of
    Control of Conversent Communications, Inc. Subsidiaries from
    Conversent Communications, Inc. to CTC Communications Group, Inc.
    and Choice One Communications Inc*, WC Docket No. 06-85, Public
    Notice, DA 06-995 (rel. May 8, 2006).

[^4]: The Applicants state that this application assumes the grant of
    the CTC Group/Choice One Merger application, which is currently
    pending. *See Domestic Section 214 Application filed for the
    Transfer of Control of the CTC Communications Group, Inc. and the
    Choice One Communications, Inc. Subsidiaries to Surviving
    Corporation*, WC Docket No. 06-47, Public Notice, DA 06-667 (rel.
    March 27, 2006); *see also Notice of Removal of Domestic Section 214
    Application from Streamlined Treatment*, Public Notice, DA 06-873
    (rel. April 18, 2006).

[^5]: *See* Letter from Stewart A. Baker, Assistant Secretary for
    Policy, United States Department of Homeland Security, to Marlene H.
    Dortch, FCC, WC Docket No. 06-85 and ITC-T/C-20060410-00227 (dated
    May 22, 2006). *See also* Letter from Stewart A. Baker, Assistant
    Secretary for Policy, United States Department of Homeland Security,
    to Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, WC Docket No. 06-85 and
    ITC-T/C-20060410-00227, ITC-T/C-20060410-00228, and
    ITC-T/C-20060410-00229 (dated May 24, 2006) (the Executive Branch
    filed a revised letter which added application numbers
    (ITC-T/C-20060410-00228, ITC-T/C- 20060410-00229) and deleted the
    word \"not\" from the first sentence of second paragraph of the
    document).

[^6]: *See* 47 C.F.R. § 63.03(c)(2).