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$// PN,SWBT Pet. for Pt. 69 Waivers Access Charges,DA 95-1846 //$
$/ 47 CFR  69 Access Charges /$
FOR RECORD ONLY
                                                       DA 95-1846
PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENTS ON
          SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY'S
PETITION FOR WAIVERS OF PART 69 OF THE COMMISSION'S
RULES RELATED TO ACCESS CHARGES
CCBPol 95-9
                                        Released: August 22, 1995
     On August 16, 1995, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (SWBT)
filed a petition requesting the Commission to waive certain
provisions of Part 69 of the Commission's rules related to access
charges.  SWBT claims that the petition is necessitated by the
Texas Telecommunication Law, which, SWBT states, allows local
exchange competition by permitting cerificated carriers to resell
SWBT's tariffed local exchange services.  SWBT asserts that grant
of the requested waivers satisfies the "good cause" standard set
forth in 1.3 of the Commission's Rules and will serve the public
interest.
     SWBT claims that it will not have a direct relationship with
end user customers of resellers, and therefore requests waiver of
the Part 69 Rules in order to allow it to bill End User Common Line
(EUCL) and Presubscription Change (PIC) charges directly to
resellers.  According to SWBT, without the waivers, it would not be
able to recover from resellers (to the extent that resellers have
direct relationships with end user customers with whom SWBT will no
longer have direct relationships) either EUCL charges or costs
incurred by PIC requests.  SWBT states that the Texas
Telecommunication Law becomes effective September 1, 1995 and
competitors could apply for and conceivably receive certification
as early as September 1, 1995.  SWBT, therefore, asks that the
Commission grant the requested waivers expeditiously.
     Interested parties should file comments on Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company's petition by September 6, 1995 and reply
comments by September 13, 1995 with the Secretary, FCC, 1919 M
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554.  A copy should also be sent
to Janice Myles, Common Carrier Bureau, FCC, Room 544, 1919 M
Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554, and to the Commission's
contractor for public service records duplication: ITS, Inc. 2100
M Street, N.W. Suite 140, Washington, D.C. 20037.  Parties filing
comments in this non-docketed proceeding should include the Policy
Division internal reference number, CCBPol 95-9, on their
pleadings. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company's petition is
available for inspection and copying in the Industry Analysis
Division reference room, Common Carrier Bureau, Room 533, 1919 M
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554.  Copies can also be obtained
from ITS at (202) 857-3800.
     We will treat this proceeding as non-restricted for purposes
of the Commission's ex parte rules.  See generally 47 C.F.R. 
1.1200-1.1216.  For further information contact Janice Myles,
Policy and Program Planning Division of the Common Carrier
Bureau, at (202) 418-1577.