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X4WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554hh]pp&  Xxx DA 97546   yx\ dddhy  aE#6\  P6QАP#News media information 202/4180500 FaxOnDemand 202/4182830 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov   X'e #XP\  P6QXP#NORTHLAND TELEPHONE COMPANY AND U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. tFILED A PETITION FOR WAIVER OF SECTIONS 61.41(C) AND (D), 69.3(E)(6), xAND THE DEFINITION OF "STUDY AREA" CONTAINED IN THE APPENDIXGLOSSARY Y OF PART 36 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES  X '~  AAD 9737 Đc  X~ 4#XP\  P6QXP# #XP\  P6QXP# #6\  P6QАP#` `  ,hh]pp& #XP\  P6QXP#`(## Released: March 13, 1997 ă  XP' Comment Date: April 2, 1997  X9'Reply Date: ` ` April 14, 1997  x  On February 26, 1997, Northland Telephone Company d/b/a/ PTI Communications  !("Northland") and U S WEST Communications, Inc. ("U S WEST") filed a 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, effective  !lNovember 15, 1984. Northland and U S WEST seek to alter the boundaries of their existing  !Minnesota study areas to reflect the sale of 23 exchanges from U S WEST to Northland.  !Northland is currently an average schedule company but plans to convert to a costsettlement basis and add these exchanges on a costsettlement basis.     x~In addition, Northland seeks a waiver of Section 61.41(c) and (d) of the Commission's  !yprice cap rules, 47 C.F.R.  61.41, to exempt it from the price cap "all or nothing" rule. That  ![rule requires nonprice cap companies, and the telephone companies with which they are  !"affiliated, to become subject to price cap regulation after acquiring a price cap company or any  !part thereof. The requested waiver would permit Northland to continue operating under rateof !Ireturn regulation after acquiring the U S WEST exchanges which currently are under price cap  !Eregulation. Finally, Northland seeks a waiver of Section 69.3(e)(6) of the rules, 47 C.F.R.   !69.3(e)(6), so that it may withdraw from the NECA traffic sensitive pool. The petitioners  !<submitted a Minnesota Public Utilities Commission ("Minnesota PUC") order indicating that the  !Minnesota PUC does not object to the changes in the study area boundaries caused by transferring the exchanges from U S WEST to Northland.  X($4 xInterested parties may file comments on the petition on or before April 2, 1997 , and reply  X%4 !comments on or before April 14, 1997 , with the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission,  !+1919 M Street, N.W., Room 222, Washington, D.C. 20554. Comments and reply comments  !should reference AAD 9737. Four (4) copies should also be sent to Adrian Wright, Competitive  ! Safeguards Branch, Common Carrier Bureau, Room 257, 2000 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.  !p20554, and one (1) copy should be sent to the Commission's contractor for public service record  !~duplication: International Transcription Service (ITS), 2100 M Street, N.W., Suite 140, Washington, D.C. 20037. Copies of the petition may be obtained from the Accounting and *,,,(e@d;[!,L \ '#k \ h !"#$%&'(  !EAudits Division's public reference room, Room 812, 2000 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Copies are also available from ITS at (202) 8573800.  X4 xWe will treat this proceeding as nonrestricted for purposes of the Commission's ex parte  X4 !}rules. See generally, 47 C.F.R.  1.12001.1206. However, if this waiver petition is opposed,  X4 !git will be treated as a restricted proceeding under the Commission's ex parte rules. See generally, 47 C.F.R.  1.12081.1216. For further information contact Adrian Wright at (202) 4180840.  Xe4 Ã  XN'X FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ă