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("US West") and 19 other   companies filed a joint petition for waiver of the definition of "study area" as set forth in the   AppendixGlossary of Part 36 of the Commission's rules. That definition constitutes a rule   ,freezing all study area boundaries. US West seeks to alter the boundaries of its existing South   wDakota study area when transferring 63 of its telephone exchanges (having 45,700 access lines) to the following 19 companies:  XAccent Communications, Inc.; BridgewaterCanistota Independent Telephone Company;  Dakota Cooperative Telecommunications, Inc.; Dakota Telecommunications Systems,  Inc.; Fort Randall Telephone Company; G.W.S., Inc.; Hanson Communications, Inc.;  ^Heartland Communications, Inc.; Intrastate Telephone Company, Inc.; Kennebec  Telephone Company, Inc.; Mobridge Telecommunications Company; RC  QCommunications, Inc.; Sancom, Inc.; Splitrock Properties, Inc.; State Line  Telecommunications, Inc.; StockholmStrandburg Telephone Co.; Valley Cable &  Satellite Communications, Inc.; Venture Communications, Inc.; and Western Telephone Company (collectively, "Acquiring Companies").(#  Fifteen of the Acquiring Companies seek a Commission ruling that the study area freeze   Zrule does not apply to average schedule companies and, hence, that no waiver of that rule is   necessary for existing average schedule companies or new local exchange companies requesting   average schedule status. Those 15 companies seek, in the alternative, a waiver of that rule, as   do the other four Acquiring Companies, which are or will be cost companies. The Acquiring   wCompanies propose to add the transferred exchanges to their existing study areas or to establish   new study areas for those exchanges. The Acquiring Companies further request that the Commission not cap their postacquisition levels of assistance from the Universal Service Fund.  mIn addition, the Acquiring Companies seek waivers of Section 61.41(c)(2) of the   -Commission's price cap rules, 47 C.F.R.  61.41, to exempt them from the price cap "all or   nothing" rule. The Acquiring Companies also seek waivers of Sections 69.3(e)(11) and (i)(4)"(0*0*0*)"   of the Commission's access charge rules, if needed, 47 C.F.R.  69.3(e)(11) and (i)(4), so that   all regulatory, tariff and pooling changes may take effect on the date of their acquisition of these   ,exchanges from US West. Finally, 14 of the Acquiring Companies request waivers of Section   Z69.605(c) of the Commission's access charge rules, 47 C.F.R.  69.605(c), to permit them to obtain average schedule status.  Petitioners state that the proposed transfers of exchanges have been approved by the   following state commissions: Iowa Utilities Board, Nebraska Public Service Commission, North Dakota Public Service Commission, and the South Dakota Public Service Commission.  Y - Interested parties may file comments on the joint petition on or before November 30,  Y -  Z1995 , and reply comments on or before December 14, 1995 , with the Secretary, Federal   Communications Commission, 1919 M Street, N.W., Room 222, Washington, D.C. 20554.   Comments and reply comments should reference AAD 95124. Four (4) copies should also be   sent to Adrian Wright, Cost Analysis Branch, Common Carrier Bureau, Room 812, 2000 L   Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554, and one (1) copy should be sent to the Commission's   wcontractor for public service record duplication: International Transcription Service (ITS), 2100   M Street, N.W., Suite 140, Washington, D.C. 20037. Copies of the petition may be obtained   from the Accounting and Audits Division's public reference room, Room 812, 2000 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Copies are also available from ITS at (202) 8573800.  Y- yWe will treat this proceeding as nonrestricted for purposes of the Commission's ex parte  Y -  Jrules. See generally, 47 C.F.R.  1.12001.1206. If the waiver petition is opposed, however  Y-  xthis proceeding becomes restricted under the Commission's ex parte rules. See generally, 47 C.F.R.  1.12081.1216. For further information contact Adrian Wright at (202) 4180830.  Y-l à  X-W FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION