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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF GTE NORTHWEST, INCORPORATED TO EXTEND ITS LOCAL CALLING PLAN (LCP) FOR THE PROVISION OF TOLL FREE EXTENDED AREA SERVICE (EAS) TO ITS EXCHANGES IN IDAHO.
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CASE NO. GTE-T-95-2
NOTICE OF WITHDRAWN APPLICATION
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on July 10, 1995, the Commission received an Application from GTE Northwest, Incorporated (GTE) to extend local calling plan (LCP) service to its telephone exchanges in north Idaho.  LCP provides optional rate structures that allow customers to utilize toll free extended area service to certain nearby communities.
On August 18, 1995, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and a Notice of Modified Procedure establishing a period during which written comments could be filed with the Commission regarding GTE’s Application.    
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that GTE has withdrawn its Application in this case, pursuant to a written request to the Commission dated August 29, 1995.  GTE has withdrawn its Application in order to comply with the Commission’s Information to Customers of Telephone Companies Rules,  IDAPA 31.41.02.  Rule 102 requires a local exchange company to provide written notice to each customer of proposed changes in rates as part of the Application process.  GTE intends to refile its Application and comply with Rule 102.  You will be notified when GTE refiles its Application.
DATED in Boise, Idaho this                 day of September 1995.
Myrna J. Walters
Commission Secretary
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