PUBLIC NOTICE
                                                                              
   Federal Communications Commission
   1919 M St., N.W.
   Washington, D.C. 20554

                                                                              
                                                                         
                                                                         
                                                                         
DA 96-235
                                                                         
                PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENTS ON 
          SPRINT LOCAL TELEPHONE COMPANIES' PETITION FOR WAIVER 
              OF PART 69 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES TO PROVIDE
                          UNBUNDLED COMMON LINES

                               CCBPol 96-07

Released:  February 23, 1996

On February 21, 1996, Sprint Local Telephone Companies (Sprint) filed a petition
seeking a waiver of certain sections of Part 69 of the Commission's Rules governing the
recovery of two types of access charges. 

Specifically, Sprint requests a waiver of the rules regarding End User Common Line
(EUCL) charges to be billed to competing LECS (CLECs) that resell Sprint's unbundled local
loops, and a waiver of the Commission's orders to permit the PIC Change Charge to be billed
to CLECs that resell Sprint's unbundled local loops. 

Sprint states that this waiver is required because Sprint will no longer have a direct
relationship with end user customers of resellers.  Sprint states that the waiver will assure that
EUCL charges will continue to be assessed upon Sprint's customer of record for the local
exchange service (the reseller) in the same manner as they are today.    

Interested parties are asked to file comments on Sprint's petition for waiver by March
11, 1996, and reply comments by March 21, 1996, 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 96-07,
on their pleadings.  Sprint's petition is available for inspection and copying in the Common
Carrier Bureau reference room, Room 509, 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 M.
Myles, Policy and Program Planning Division of the Common Carrier Bureau, at (202) 418-
1577.

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