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                                                     DA 01-1211
                                                   May 14, 2001
COMMON CARRIER BUREAU REQUESTS COMMENT ON CRANDALL DECLARATION 
                      CC Docket No. 96-98

Comments Due:  June 11, 2001
Reply Comments Due:  June 25, 2001
On April 30, 2001, the United States Telecom Association (USTA) filed reply comments as
requested by the Commission's Public Notice in CC Docket No. 96-98 inviting comment on issues raised in
conjunction with the use of unbundled network elements to provide exchange access service.  USTA
attached to its reply comments a declaration by Robert W. Crandall (Crandall Declaration).  We anticipate
that some parties may wish to respond to the Crandall Declaration.  In order to maintain an orderly record,
we invite parties to file comments on the Crandall Declaration by June 11, 2001, and reply comments by
June 25, 2001.  These comment and reply comment dates are the same as those we established for response
to the Joint Petition of BellSouth Corporation and BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., SBC
Communications, Inc., and the Verizon Telephone Companies asking the Commission to find that high-
capacity loops and dedicated transport should not be subject to mandatory unbundling.  Parties may, at
their option, file their comments on the Crandall Declaration in the same document as their comments on
the Joint Petition, and likewise may file their reply comments in a single document.
This matter shall continue to be treated as a "permit-but-disclose" proceeding in accordance with
the Commission's ex parte rules.  All other requirements discussed in the earlier public notices cited above
remain in effect.
For further information, please call Jeremy Miller or Julie Veach, Policy and Program Planning
Division, Common Carrier Bureau, at (202) 418-1580.