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TO: COMMISSIONER HANSEN
COMMISSIONER NELSON
COMMISSIONER SMITH
MYRNA WALTERS
TONYA CLARK
STEPHANIE MILLER
DAVE SCHUNKE
JOE CUSICK
BIRDELLE BROWN
DON HOWELL
BEV BARKER
DAVID SCOTT
WORKING FILE
FROM: CHERI C. COPSEY
DATE: MARCH 9, 1998
RE: APPLICATION OF LONG DISTANCE DIRECT, INC. FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY. CASE NO. LON-T-97-1.
On June 27, 1997, Long Distance Direct, Inc. filed a revised local resale tariff and stated it would provide services in areas located in the State of Idaho serviced by the Local Exchange Carriers whose services it will resell. No actual Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity was ever received. After several phone calls, Staff contacted the attorney of Long Distance by fax on January 15, 1998, requesting a completed Application and corrections or clarifications to the revised tariff it had filed. The attorney stated the Application had been sent to the Commission but did not know the date and indicated he may not have a copy of the Application for refiling. A search of the files did not reveal its existence. Staff requested it receive those items by February 20, 1998. Nothing has been filed.
On March 5, 1998, Staff left a voice mail message with Long Distances attorney indicating Staffs intent to seek a dismissal of this case without prejudice. Staff received a return call from the attorney on March 6, 1998, requesting the case remain open but he could not give any assurances of when the Application would be filed or the revisions made to the tariff.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff has reviewed the file and revised tariff and found no Application has ever been filed. Therefore, Staff recommends that the case be closed, dismissed without prejudice and the docket closed pursuant to IDAPA 31.01.01.065.
Commission Decision
Should the docket be closed?
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Cheri C. Copsey
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