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$//Order;Sprint Local Telco;Trans. No. 5;CC Dkt. 94-97;DA 96-537//$
$/ Section 0.291 Delegated Authority/$
TRANSMITTED FOR FCC RECORD ONLY
                                    
                                Before the
                    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.
                                    
                                    
    DA 96-537

In the Matter of                       )
                                  )     CC Docket No.  94-97 
Sprint Local Telephone Companies            )                   
Revisions to Tariff F.C.C. No. 1            )     Transmittal No. 5


                          ORDER
           
                        Adopted: April 5, 1996;        Released April 5, 1996

By the Chief, Tariff Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

     1.   On February 16, 1996, Sprint Local Telephone Companies filed Transmittal
No. 5 to revise its Tariff F.C.C. No. 1.  Transmittal No. 5, which is currently scheduled to
become effective on April 16, 1996, proposes, among other things, the addition of
interconnection rearrangement charges associated with the provision of expanded
interconnection service in Illinois and Nevada.  No petitions have been filed against this
transmittal.
     
     2.   Portions of Transmittal No. 5 referenced above raise the same issues regarding
rate levels, rate structures, and terms and conditions of service as those identified in the
Virtual Collocation Tariff Suspension Order.  Therefore, these revisions in Transmittal No. 5
are suspended for one day and will be subject to the investigation initiated in the Virtual
Collocation Tariff Suspension Order.  The aforementioned revisions in this transmittal will
also be subject to an accounting order to facilitate any refunds that may later prove necessary.








     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 204(a) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  204(a), and Section 0.291 of the
Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.291, the revisions to Sprint Local Telephone Companies
Tariff F.C.C. No. 1, Transmittal No. 5, ARE SUSPENDED for one day from the effective
date and an investigation of the referenced tariff transmittal IS INSTITUTED.

     4.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, special permission is granted to allow the
effective date of Transmittal No. 5 to be advanced on not less than one day's notice.

     5.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Sprint Local Telephone Companies SHALL
FILE tariff revisions within five business days of the release date of this Order to reflect this
suspension.

     6.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, for the above purposes, we waive Sections
61.56, 61.58, and 61.59 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  61.56, 61.58, and 61.59. 
Sprint Local Telephone Companies should cite the "DA" number of the instant Order as the
authority for this filing.

     7.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 204(a) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  204(a), Sprint Local Telephone
Companies shall keep accurate account of all amounts received by reason of the rates that are
the subject of this investigation.



                    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                    James D. Schlichting
                    Chief, Tariff Division
                    Common Carrier Bureau