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L"S^2CRddCCCdq2C28dddddddddd88qqqYzoCNzoozzC8C^dCYdYdYCdd88d8ddddCN8ddddY`(`lC2CC!CCCCCCCCCCd8YYYYYYzYzYzYzYC8C8C8C8ddddddddddYdddddodYYYYYYdzYzYzYzYdddddddCdCdCCCdNCdz8zCzCzCz8dddddCCCoNoNoNoNzCzCzCdddddzYzYNF2[dCYddddd7>d<d<$YYdCCddooCY(((x((((((((((C!Wd<d<+oodCCddddCo X6 wo yO -  ԍxLetter dated August 6, 1997 from Caressa D. Bennet, Attorney for Citizens, to Mr. William F. Caton, Acting  xSecretary, Federal Communications Commission (transmitting the Tolling Agreement signed by all four parties to this proceeding). > Under the Tolling Agreement, the parties agreed to toll the Commission's 90day deadline for deciding section Armstrong's 252(e)(5) petition until such"V ,''"  X-time Armstrong notified the Commission in writing that action on its petition was required.!wo yOy-  ԍxTolling Agreement, Paragraph C. Section 252(e)(5) states: "If a State commission fails to act to carry out  x;its responsibility under this section in any proceeding or other matter under this section, then the Commission shall  xwissue an order preempting the State commission's jurisdiction of that proceeding or matter within 90 days after being  x<notified (or taking notice) of such failure, and shall assume the responsibility of the State commission under this section with respect to the proceeding or matter and act for the State commission." 47 U.S.C.  252(e)(5).  The Tolling Agreement further provided that, upon receipt of such notification, the  X-Commission would have 45 days to act on the Petition.Q"xwo yO-ԍxTolling Agreement, Paragraph C. Q On November 7, 1997, Armstrong  X-notified the Commission in writing that it wished the Commission to proceed with its order.#wo yOt -  ԍxLetter dated November 7, 1997 from Stephen G. Kraskin, Attorney for Armstrong, to Richard K. Welch, Chief, Policy and Program Planning Division, Common Carrier Bureau. On November 26, 1997, however, Armstrong sent the Commission another letter superseding  X-its November 7, 1997 letter. $` wo yO-  ԍxLetter dated November 26, 1997 from Stephen G. Kraskin, Attorney for Armstrong, to Richard K. Welch, Chief, Policy and Program Planning Division, Common Carrier Bureau, Federal Communications Commission.  In the November 26th letter, Armstrong informed the Commission that its notification should be deemed effective December 15, 1997, and the  X_-deadline for Commission action on its Petition should be 45 days thereafter.;%_ wo {O-ԍ xId.;  X1-x` `  hh III.@DISCUSSION  X -x A.` ` Preemption under Section 252(e)(5)  X -x9.` ` We address Armstrong's request for preemption first. Section 252(e)(5) directs the Commission to preempt the jurisdiction of a state commission in any proceeding or matter  X -in which a state commission "fails to act to carry out its responsibility under [section 252]."^& J wo yO-ԍx47 U.S.C.  252(e)(5). ^ Under our rules, the party petitioning for preemption must prove that the state has "failed to  Xy-act" within the meaning of section 252(e)(5).a'ywo yO -ԍx47 C.F.R.  51.803(1)(b). a We find that Armstrong has not met this burden. The record shows that Armstrong did not file its Arbitration Petition with the Pennsylvania Commission within the time frame specified in section 252(b)(1) of the Act. Because Armstrong failed to comply with the procedures specified in section 252(b)(1), the Pennsylvania Commission was not bound by section 252(b)(4) to resolve Armstrong's Arbitration Petition within nine months. Consequently, as discussed more fully below, we find that the Pennsylvania Commission did not "fail to act" within the meaning of section 252(e)(5) of the Act. "j',''"Ԍ X-ԙ x` ` 1. Section 252(b)(1)  X-x 10.` ` Section 252(b) of the Act allows a party to petition a state commission for arbitration "[d]uring the period from the 135th to the 160th day (inclusive) after the date on  X-which the incumbent [LEC] receives a request for negotiation."K(wo yO-ԍx 47 U.S.C.  252(b)(1).K In such case, the state commission has nine months from the date the LEC received the interconnection request to  Xv-resolve the open issues involved in the arbitration.N)vXwo yO -ԍx 47 U.S.C.  252(b)(4)(C).N Although it appears from the record that Armstrong requested interconnection from Citizens on at least three different dates (March 6, April 2, and May 30, 1996), Armstrong relies on its May 30, 1996 letter to Citizens as the  X1-date triggering the Pennsylvania Commission's duty to act within nine months.Y*1wo {O -ԍx See supra  4 & note 20. Y We thus rely on that date as well for purposes of calculating "the period from the 135th to the 160th day (inclusive)" during which, under section 252(b)(1), Armstrong was authorized to file its Arbitration Petition with the Pennsylvania Commission. According to our calculations, that period ran from October 12, 1996 through November 5, 1996. Thus, as both Citizens and the  X -Pennsylvania Commission point out,s+ zwo yO-ԍxCitizens Response at 78; Pennsylvania Commission Response at 8. s Armstrong's October 1, 1996 Arbitration Petition was  X -filed in advance of the statutory period provided for in section 252(b)., wo yOb-  ԍxAlternatively, if Armstrong had relied instead on either its March 6 or April 2 requests for interconnection, its October 1st Arbitration Petition was filed too late. Since Armstrong's Arbitration Petition did not meet the statutory criteria, the Pennsylvania Commission was, in turn, not bound by section 252 to complete the arbitration process within nine months of  Xb-Armstrong's May 30, 1996 interconnection request (i.e., by February 28,1997).  X6-x 11.` ` It is well established in other contexts that statutory deadlines cannot be waived  X-or extended except in very limited circumstances.s-Nb wo {O2-  ԍxReuters, Ltd. v. FCC, 781 F.2d 946, 951952 (D.C. Cir. 1986), citing Gardner v. FCC, 530 F.2d 1086 (D.C.  {O- xCir. 1976) (Gardner); see also Applications of PDB Corporation, State College, Memorandum Opinion and Order,  {O- x11 FCC Rcd 6198, 6199 (1996); Application of Robert J. Maccini, Receiver Assignor, Memorandum Opinion and  {O - xOrder, 10 FCC Rcd 9376, 9376 (1995); Burwood Broadcasting of Memphis, Ltd., MM Docket No. 85-205,  {OZ!- xMemorandum Opinion and Order, 4 FCC Rcd 827, 828 n.2 (1989); Applications of ScrippsHoward Broadcasting  {O$"- xCo., Memphis, Tennessee, 69 F.C.C.2d 1477 (1978) (petition for reconsideration denied where petitioner filed one  xday beyond statutory time limit and failed to show that he did not have a reasonable time in which to file);  {O#-Application of Metromedia, Inc., Washington, D.C., 56 F.C.C. 2d 909 (1975). s While this rule usually has been applied in situations where a party files late, it is not inappropriate to apply the rule in this case where a party has filed too early. In section 252, Congress established a specific statutory scheme with specific time frames and deadlines for negotiating and arbitrating"x-,''" interconnection agreements. In adopting section 252(b)(1), Congress made a judgment that parties should spend at least 135 days negotiating among themselves before seeking the "more formal remedy" of expedited arbitration before a state commission: XxIf issues remain unresolved more than 135 days after the date the [LEC] received the request to negotiate, any party to the negotiations may petition the state to intervene  Xv-for the purpose of resolving any issues that remain open in the negotiation. Requests to the state to intervene must be made during the 25 day period that begins 135 days  XJ-after the [LEC] received the negotiation request."3.XJwo yO -  NԍxJoint Statement of Managers, S. Conf. Rep. No. 104230, 104th Cong., 2d Sess. 1, 124 (1996) (Joint  xExplanatory Statement) (explaining the section of the Senate bill upon which section 252 was based) (emphasis added). 3(# The legislative history thus indicates that Congress was concerned about parties filing too early and not giving informal negotiations a chance to succeed. Requiring parties strictly to adhere to the statutory deadlines in section 252, therefore, is consistent with that concern, as expressed in the statute and the legislative history.  X -x 12.` ` Armstrong argues that, in its view, the Pennsylvania Commission staff's failure to act on Armstrong's Arbitration Petition within the nine month statutory deadline was not  X}-based on the "timeliness" of Armstrong's filings, but rather on other considerations.]/}wo yO-ԍxArmstrong Petition at 67, note 11, and 79.] We recognize that the Pennsylvania Commission staff's February 27, 1997 letter does not elaborate on the statements that Armstrong's Arbitration Petition was "not perfected" and lacked "additional requirements." Nonetheless, the fact remains that, under section 252(b), Armstrong did not file a timely Arbitration Petition with the Pennsylvania Commission, and therefore the Pennsylvania Commission was not bound by that statute to act within nine months.  X-x 13.` ` Armstrong also argues that, even if its Arbitration Petition were untimely, the Pennsylvania Commission was put on notice that Armstrong desired to interconnect with Citizens pursuant to section 251; thus, the Pennsylvania Commission's continued failure to  X-resolve that matter requires this Commission to preempt to protect the public interest.U0xwo yO -ԍxArmstrong Petition at 67, note 11. U This Commission, however, also is bound by the statutory requirements. Under section 252(e)(5) and our implementing rules, we must find that the relevant state commission has "fail[ed] to act to carry out its responsibility under [section 252]" in order to preempt that state  X$-commission's jurisdiction over such matter.g1$wo yO%-ԍx47 U.S.C.  252(e)(5); 47 C.F.R.  51.801(a). g In this case, since Armstrong's Arbitration Petition was not properly filed under section 252(b), the Pennsylvania Commission cannot be" 1,''y" said to have failed to "carry out its responsibility" within the meaning of section 252(e)(5).  X-  X-x 14.` ` Moreover, the record does not support a finding that Armstrong has been  X-denied "procedural fairness."2wo {O4-  ԍxCf. Gardner, 530 F.2d at 1091 (the statutory requirement that a rehearing petition must be filed within thirty days should, in certain cases, be reconciled with the "general concern for procedural fairness").  To the contrary, we note that the statutory scheme in section 252 continued to remain available to Armstrong. As Citizens points out, Armstrong had (and continues to have) the option of submitting a new request for negotiation to Citizens, and then properly filing an arbitration request with the Pennsylvania Commission during the period  X_-from the 135th to the 160th day after that.S3_"wo yO2 -ԍxCitizens Response at 8, note 10. S At that point, assuming all other requirements were met, the Pennsylvania Commission would be statutorily required to resolve that petition  X1-within nine months from the date Citizens received Armstrong's new request.Y41wo {O-ԍxSee 47 U.S.C.  252(b)(4)(C). Y Thus, Armstrong's right to formal arbitration within a nine month deadline is not forfeited by its onetime failure to file within the statutory time frame.  X -x15.` ` We also note that, unlike the state commissions in the Low Tech Order,5 Dwo {O-  ԍxPetition for Commission Assumption of Jurisdiction of Low Tech Designs, Inc.'s Petition for Arbitration with  {O- xAmeritech Illinois Before the Illinois Commerce Commission, CC Docket No. 97163, Petition for Commission  xAssumption of Jurisdiction of Low Tech Designs, Inc.'s Petition for Arbitration with BellSouth Before the Georgia  {O&- xPublic Service Commission, CC Docket No. 97164, Petition for Commission Assumption of Jurisdiction of Low Tech  {O- xiDesigns, Inc.'s Petition for Arbitration with GTE South Before the Public Service Commission of South Carolina,Ą  {O- x;CC Docket No. 97165, Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 97362 (rel. Oct. 8, 1997) at 20 (Low Tech Order),  {O- xirecons. pending (holding that a state commission does not "fail to act" when it dismisses or denies an arbitration  xjpetition on the ground that it is procedurally defective, the petitioner lacks standing to arbitrate, or the state commission lacks jurisdiction over the proceeding). the Pennsylvania Commission staff did not dismiss or deny Armstrong's Arbitration Petition, but rather stated that it would review the petition "in due course." The Pennsylvania Commission is currently, to our understanding, addressing the issues raised by both Armstrong and Citizens on the merits, albeit not within the ninemonth time frame specified in section  Xd-252(b)(4).Y6dwo {O3 -ԍxSee supra  6 & note 29. Y Under these circumstances, we do not find that Armstrong has been denied "procedural fairness" or that an exception to the general rule that statutory deadlines may not  X6-be waived is warranted.=7Z6wo {O#-  ԍxSee, e.g., Gardner, 530 F.2d at 1091 & n.24 (exception to a statutory deadline was made in the  x,"extraordinary" case where the Commission's actions made it "impossible reasonably" for the party to comply with the filing statute). = " 7,'')"Ԍ X-ԙx` ` 2. Section 251(f)(1)(B) x` `  X-x16.` ` Armstrong also argues that, under section 251(f)(1)(B), the Pennsylvania Commission had a statutory duty to take action by January 29, 1997 120 days after Armstrong filed its October 1, 1996 Arbitration Petition to determine whether Citizens was subject to the rural exemption under section 251(f)(1)(A), and if so, whether to terminate that  Xv-exemption pursuant to the conditions set forth in section 251(f)(1)(B).^8vwo {O-ԍxSee 47 U.S.C.  251(f)(1)(A), (B). ^ Armstrong contends that the Pennsylvania Commission's continued failure to resolve this particular question  XH-requires "Commission action . . . to protect the public interest."I9HZwo yOS -ԍxArmstrong Petition at 9.I The Pennsylvania Commission contends, in response, that it was not bound by the 120day deadline in section 251(f)(1)(B) for determining whether Citizens was subject to the rural exemption since it had  X -established separate procedures in its Consolidation Order for resolving that and other related  X -issues.:" wo {O-  ԍxPennsylvania Commission Response at 1213. In the Consolidation Order, the Pennsylvania Commission  xstated that "[c]onsolidated procedures will not be subject to the 120day time limitation addressed by [s]ection  x-251(f)(1)(B) of the Act since consolidated procedures will address a wide variety of issues justifying greater time for administrative review." Pennsylvania Commission Response at 13.   X -x17.` ` We decline to preempt the Pennsylvania Commission's jurisdiction on this basis. Section 252(e)(5) gives the Commission authority to preempt a state commission only  X-if it "fails to act to carry out its responsibility under this section in any proceeding or other  X}-matter under this section . . . ."];}wo yO-ԍx47 U.S.C.  252(e)(5) (emphasis added). ] Thus, the determination under section 251(f)(1) of whether a LEC is subject to the rural exemption is not specifically covered by section 252(e)(5). To the extent the rural exemption issue became part of Armstrong's section 252 proceeding before the Pennsylvania Commission, we have already determined above that preemption of that matter is not warranted since the Pennsylvania Commission did not "fail to act" within the meaning of section 252(e)(5).  X- x` ` 3. Other Arguments  X-  X-x18.` ` The Pennsylvania Commission and Citizens make various other arguments as to why we should not grant Armstrong's request for preemption pursuant to section  X-252(e)(5).}<d wo yO$-ԍxPennsylvania Commission Response at 37 & 913; Citizens Response at 27, 9.} Since we have found that Armstrong's request for preemption fails on the ground that its Arbitration Petition was untimely under section 252(b)(1), we do not need to reach these other arguments. "T <,''"Ԍ X-ԙ xB.` ` Interconnection and Good Faith Negotiations under Sections 251(b) and (c)  X-x19.` ` Because of our decision pursuant to section 252(e)(5) not to preempt the Pennsylvania Commission's jurisdiction over Armstrong's request for interconnection from Citizens, we do not reach Armstrong's additional requests that we direct Citizens to interconnect and engage in good faith negotiations under sections 251(b) and (c), since the Pennsylvania Commission continues to have jurisdiction over that matter.  XH-x` `  hh IV.@CONCLUSION  X -x 20.` ` For the foregoing reasons, we deny Armstrong's Petition.  X -x` `  hhV.@ORDERING CLAUSES  X -x21.` ` Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to section 252 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and section 51.801 of the Commission's rules, 47 U.S.C.  252 and 47 C.F.R.  51. 801, Armstrong's Petition for Relief Pursuant to Section 252(e)(5) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and Request for Additional Relief is DENIED. x` `  hhFEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION x` `  hhA. Richard Metzger, Jr. x` `  hhChief x` `  hhCommon Carrier Bureau