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                                Before the
                     Federal Communications Commission
                          Washington, D.C. 20554

                                     
In the Matter of                                    )
                                                    )              
Implementation of the Local Competition             )              CC Docket No. 96-98
Provisions in the Telecommunications Act            )
of 1996                                             )
                                                    )
Interconnection between Local Exchange              )              CC Docket No. 95-185
Carriers and Commercial Mobile Radio         )
Service Providers                                   )
                                                    )


ORDER
                          

   Adopted:  October 25, 1996                                    Released:  October 25, 1996

By the Chief, Policy and Program Planning Division:

     1.  On October 18, 1996, the United States Telephone Association (USTA)  filed a Motion
for Extension of Page Limit.  It requests that the Commission waive the page limitation, set forth
in section 1.429(f) of the Commission's rules, that applies to oppositions to petitions for
reconsideration of the Commission's First Report and Order, released on August 8, 1996. 
USTA argues that it will not be possible to appropriately respond to petitions for reconsideration
and clarification  in 25 pages because of the complexity of the issues raised.  USTA also points
out that the Common Carrier Bureau extended the 25-page limit applicable to petitions for
reconsideration in this proceeding to 50 pages.  USTA  therefore requests that the Commission
extend the page limit normally governing oppositions to petitions for reconsideration to 50 pages
in this instance.

     2.  We agree with USTA that interested parties should be given sufficient opportunity to
provide meaningful comments and necessary information regarding the First Report and Order. 
The length of the order and complexity of issues presented may require greater discussion than
the typical Commission order.  We therefore grant USTA's motion and will extend the page
limits applicable to oppositions to petitions for reconsideration of the Commission's First Report
and Order to 50 pages.  This extension applies to all parties filing oppositions to petitions for
reconsideration of the First Report and Order.  In response to USTA's request, we also clarify
that the page limit established regarding oppositions in this proceeding shall not include any
empirical economic studies or state orders included as part of a filing.

     3.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, that the Motion for Extension of Page Limit is hereby
GRANTED and the limit applicable to all parties filing oppositions to petitions for
reconsideration of the Commission's First Report and Order is hereby extended to 50 pages.





                                                  Richard K. Welch
                                                  Chief, Policy & Program
                                                     Planning Division
                                                  Common Carrier Bureau