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                                                  DA 95-1328
 
                        PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED 
                              FOR COMMENTS ON
                      SWBT'S WAIVER OF PART 69 RULES 
           TO ESTABLISH A PAY TELEPHONE USE FEE RATE ELEMENT 

                                             Released:  June 14, 1995  

     On June 7, 1995, Southwestern Bell Telephone company (SWBT) filed a petition seeking
a waiver of the Commission's rules in order to establish a new rate element that would more
appropriately recover the costs of providing pay telephone service.  SWBT also requests a
waiver of the rules, to the extent necessary, to eliminate the assignment and recovery of pay
telephone costs from the common line elements.  SWBT states that under the proposed rate
structure, interexchange carriers that receive interstate traffic originating from SWBT pay
telephones would be assessed a charge for each interstate call received.  

     Interested parties should file comments on the petition by July 5, 1995, and reply
comments by July 17, 1995, with the Secretary, FCC, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20554.  A copy should also be sent to Peggy Reitzel, 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.  SWBT's petition is available for inspection and copying in the Policy and
Program Planning Division, Common Carrier Bureau, Room 544, 1919 M Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20554.  Copies also can 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 Peggy
Reitzel, Policy and Program Planning Division of the Common Carrier Bureau, at (202) 418-
1579. 

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