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(text box: 1)BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF GTE NORTHWEST INCORPORATED TARIFF ADVICE NO. 96-09 TO ADD RATES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR INTRALATA EQUAL ACCESS

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CASE NO. GTE-T-96-1
ORDER NO.  26566
U S WEST Communications, Inc. petitioned to intervene in this case on July 25, 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. HobsonBarbara Wilson
ELAM & BURKE, P.A.Idaho Vice President
PO Box 1539U S WEST Communications, Inc.
Boise, ID 83701999 Main St., 11th Floor
Boise, ID 83702
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho, this            day of  August  1996.
                                                                                RALPH NELSON, PRESIDENT
                                                                                MARSHA H. SMITH,  COMMISSIONER
                                                                                DENNIS S. HANSEN, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:

MYRNA J. WALTERS
COMMISSION SECRETARY
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