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(text box: 1)BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF A RURAL TELEPHONE COMPANY EXEMPTION FOR GTE NORTHWEST INCORPORATED’S IDAHO OPERATIONS

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CASE NO. GTE-T-97-4
ORDER NO.  26843
MCI Telecommunications Corporation petitioned to intervene in this case on March 3, 1997, 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 MCI Telecommunications Corporation 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:
Dean J. MillerRebecca J. Bennett
Attorney at Law707 17th Street, 39th Floor
877 Main Street, Suite 610Denver, CO 80202
PO Box 2564
Boise, ID 83701
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho, this         day of  March  1997.
                                                                                RALPH NELSON, PRESIDENT
                                                                                MARSHA H. SMITH,  COMMISSIONER
                                                                                DENNIS S. HANSEN, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:

MYRNA J. WALTERS
COMMISSION SECRETARY
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