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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-95-3
ORDER NO.  26310
U S WEST Communications, Inc. petitioned to intervene in this case on January 11, 1996, pursuant to Rules of Procedure 71 through 75 of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, IDAPA 31.01.01.071-75.
FINDINGS OF FACT
We find that no party timely opposed this Petition to Intervene.
We further find that based on the pleadings and other documents filed in this case, intervention by this party would serve the purposes of intervention as described by Rule 74 of the Rules of Procedure and should be granted.
O R D E R
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Petition to Intervene filed by U S WEST Communications, Inc. is hereby granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all parties in this proceeding serve all papers hereafter filed in this matter on all parties of record.  This Intervenor is represented by the following for purposes of service:
Mary S. Hobson
Elam & Burke, P.A.
PO Box 1539
Boise, ID 83701
Barbara Wilson
Idaho Vice President
U S WEST Communications, Inc.
999 Main St., 11th Floor
Boise, ID 83702
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho, this          day of  January 1996.
                                                               RALPH NELSON, PRESIDENT
                                                               MARSHA H. SMITH,  COMMISSIONER
                                                               DENNIS S. HANSEN, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:

MYRNA J. WALTERS
COMMISSION SECRETARY
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