**DA 01-1596**

**Released: July 5, 2001**

PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENTS ON CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS
COMPANY'S PETITION FOR WAIVER OF SECTION 52.33(a) OF THE COMMISSION'S
NUMBER PORTABILITY RULES

**CC DOCKET NO. 95-116**

**CCB/CPD NO. 01-16**

Comment Date: August 6, 2001

Reply Comment Date: August 21, 2001

On June 26, 2001, Citizens Communications Company (Citizens) filed a
petition for waiver of section 52.33(a) of the Commission's rules.[^1]
In its petition, Citizens seeks a waiver of section 52.33(a) to permit
it to recover its long-term number portability costs through a
bifurcated end-user charge. The full text of Citizen's waiver petition
is available for public inspection and copying during normal reference
room hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Room CY-A257, 445
12^th^ Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20554. An electronic version of
the petition is available on the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing
System (ECFS) web page at <http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html> in CC
Docket No. 95-116. The document also may be purchased from the
Commission's duplicating contractor, International Transcription
Service, Inc. (ITS), 1231 20^th^ Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 or
by calling (202) 857-3800, facsimile (202) 857-3805.

Interested parties may file comments on Citizens' waiver petition on or
before August 6, 2001 and reply comments on or before August 21, 2001.
All filings must reference CC Docket No. 95-116 and CCB/CPD No. 01-16.
Parties filing paper copies must file an original and four copies of all
comments and reply comments with the Office of the Secretary, Federal
Communications Commission, 445 12^th^ St., S.W., TW-A325, Washington,
D.C. 20554 in accordance with 47 C.F.R. § 1.51(c). Comments filed
through the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) can be
sent as an electronic file via the Internet to
<http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html>. If using this method, please
reference CC Docket 95-116 in

the Proceeding Block. Generally, only one copy of an electronic
submission must be filed. 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 copy by Internet e-mail. To get filing
instructions for e-mail comments, commenters should sent an e-mail to
<ecfs@fcc.gov>, including the following words "get form \<your email
address\>" in the body of the message. A sample form and directions will
be sent in reply. After filing your comments electronically, please
notify Margaret Dailey by email at <mdailey@fcc.gov>. Parties also must
file one copy of their comments with the Commission's duplicating
contractor, ITS, at its office at 1231 20^th^ Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20036. One copy must be filed also with the Chief, Competitive
Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau, Federal Communications
Commission 5-A225, 445 12^th^ St., SW, Washington, D.C. 20554.

This matter shall be treated as a "permit-but-disclose" proceeding in
accordance with the Commission's *ex parte* rules. *See* 47 C.F.R. §§
1.1200 and 1.1206. Persons making oral *ex parte* presentations are
reminded that memoranda summarizing the presentations must contain
summaries of the substance of the presentations and not merely a listing
of the subjects discussed. More than a one or two sentence description
of the views and argument presented is generally required. *See* 47
C.F.R. § 1.1206(b). Other rules pertaining to oral and written *ex
parte* presentations in permit-but-disclose proceedings are set forth in
Section 1.1206(b) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b)

For further information contact Margaret Dailey, Competitive Pricing
Division, Common Carrier Bureau at (202) 418-2396 (<mdailey@fcc.gov>).

[^1]: 47 C.F.R. § 52.33(a).