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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. FOR AN INTERCONNECTION COST ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM

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CASE NO. USW-T-97-2
ORDER NO.  26784
The Idaho Telephone Association petitioned to intervene in this case on January 22, 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 the Idaho Telephone Association 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:
Conley Ward
GIVENS PURSLEY & HUNTLEY, LLP
277 North 6th Street, Suite 200
PO Box 2720
Boise, Idaho 83701
Ray Hendershot
GVNW, Inc./Management
PO Box 25969
Colorado Springs, CO 80936
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho, this         day of  February 1997.
                                                                                    RALPH NELSON, PRESIDENT
                                                                                    MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER
                                                                                    DENNIS S. HANSEN, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:

MYRNA J. WALTERS
COMMISSION SECRETARY
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