981027.docx

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER HANSEN
COMMISSIONER NELSON
COMMISSIONER SMITH
MYRNA WALTERS
STEPHANIE MILLER
DAVID SCHUNKE
DON HOWELL
BRAD PURDY
JOE CUSICK
BIRDELLE BROWN
WAYNE HART
CAROLEE HALL
BEVERLY BARKER
DAVID SCOTT
TONYA CLARK
RITA SCOTT
WORKING FILE
FROM:Brad Prudy
DATE:OCTOBER 27, 1998
RE:CASE NO. GNR-T-98-13; APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY.
An Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity has been filed by Level 3 Communications, LLC (Level 3) in Case No. GNR-T-98-13.  Level 3 seeks authority to provide all forms of facilities-based and resold local exchange services and to provide switched access service to interexchange carriers within U S WEST and GTE service areas of Idaho.
Staff has reviewed the Application of Level 3 and recommends that it be processed by Modified Procedure.
COMMISSION DECISION
Should the Application of Level 3 for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity be processed by Modified Procedure?
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Brad Purdy
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