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Home My WebLink About20060110Stipulation for deadline waiver.pdf;; i: i \, l:: STOEL ~~, :~!O Pi) 3:05 101 S. Capitol Boulevard. Suite 1900 Boise. Idaho 83702 main 208.389.9000 fax 208.389.9040 ATTORNEYS AT LAW , ,,;,L IL , ii_ : . ~~ CO;1\'i\SSIOi'J www.stoeLcom January lO, 2006 MARY S. HOBSON Direct (208) 387-4277 mshobson(1jJstoeLcom VIA HAND DELIVERY Jean D. Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington Boise, ill 83702-5983 RE:Docket No. QWE-O5- Dear Ms. Jewell: Enclosed for filing with this Commission is an original and seven (7) copies of the parties STIPULATION FOR WAIVER OF THE 47 U.C. ~ 252 DEADLINE. If you have any questions, please contact me. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Very truly yours :!!::i~ :blg Enclosurescc: Service List 0 reg all Washington Calilornia Utah Boise-191608.l 0061273-00018 idaho Mary S. Hobson STOEL RIVES LLP lOl South Capitol Boulevard - Suite 1900 Boise, ill 83702-5958 Telephone: (208) 389-9000 Facsimile: (208) 389-9040 mshobson~stoe1.com Attorneys for Qwest Corporation Dean J. Miller McDEVITT & MILLER 420 West Bannock Street O. Box 2564-8370l Boise, ill 83702 Tel: (208) 343-7500 Fax: (208) 336-69l2 i oe~mcdevitt -miller. com , , :;~ \ \' E ij , ,-'" pn 3: 05 . : , :,;,;, L : \ ~ c:. " ' \\J cm:,;J)J \ ii : \ \L \ ",,- c BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC'S PETITION FOR ARBITRATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 252(b) OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED BY THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 AND THE APPLICABLE STATE LAWS FOR THE RATES, TERMS, AND CONDITIONS OF INTERCONNECTION WITH QWEST CORPORATION Docket No.: QWE-05- STIPULATION FOR WAIVER OF THE 47 U.c. ~ 252 DEADLINE Qwest Corporation ("Qwest") and Level 3 Communications, LLC ("Level 3" collectively "the Parties " hereby submit the following stipulation for a further waiver of the 47 c. ~ 252 deadlines for an Order by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Commission in this arbitration proceeding. On June 3 , 2005, Level 3 filed a Petition for Arbitration with the Commission pursuant to section 252(b) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ("the Act"). The Petition STIPULATION FOR WAIVER OF THE 47 U.C. ~ 252 DEADLINE - Page Boise-191O95.l 0061273-00014 seeks arbitration by the Commission of certain terms and conditions of an interconnection agreement between Level 3 and Qwest. By Order entered on August 2, 2005 , the Commission established a procedural schedule. Because the schedule extended beyond the time within which a decision must be made by the state commission under section 252(b)( 4)(C) of the Act, the Parties jointly waived that deadline. In October, 2005 the Parties advised the Commission that they were engaged in settlement negotiations that could result in resolution of the issues. Because of these negotiations, on October 6, 2005 the Parties filed their Joint Motion to Extend Procedural Schedule, seeking to extent the deadlines for conducting the hearing of this cause to November 2005. The Parties also agreed to modify their joint waiver of the deadlines under section 252 ofthe Act to allow the Commission an additional sixty days, until March l , 2006, to enter its decision on the arbitration. Despite the Parties efforts to negotiate a resolution of the outstanding issues, no settlement has been reached and the previously stipulated deadline for conducting a hearing has passed. Accordingly, the Parties move the Commission to again extend the deadlines and set a date for the hearing during the last week of February, or as soon thereafter as may be convenient for the Commission. The Parties hereby stipulate to a further modification of their waiver of the section 252 deadline to allow the Commission 90 days after the conclusion of the hearing to rule of this matter. STIPULATION FOR WAIVER OF THE 47 V.e. ~ 252 DEADLINE - Page 2 Boise-191O95.l 0061273-00014 DATED this loth day ofJanuary, 2006. STOEL RIVES LLP~;+h Mary S. son Attorneys for Qwest Corporation DEVITT Dean J. Miller Attorneys for Level Communications, LLC STIPULATION FOR WAIVER OF THE 47 U.e. ~ 252 DEADLINE - Page 3 Boise-191095,1 0061273-00014 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this 10th day of January, 2006, I served the foregoing STIPULATION FOR WAIVER OF THE 47 U.c. ~ 252 DEADLINE upon all parties of record in this matter as follows: Jean D. Jewell Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington Street O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83702 Telephone: (208) 334-0300 Facsimile: (208) 334-3762 iiewell~puc.state.id. Weldon Stutzman Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington Street O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83702 Telephone: (208) 334-0318 Facsimile: (208) 334-3762 wstutzm~puc. state. id. us Hand Delivery U. S. Mail Overnight Delivery Facsimile Email Hand Delivery U. S. Mail Overnight Delivery Facsimile Email Hand Delivery U. S. Mail Overnight Delivery Facsimile Email Hand Delivery u. S. Mail Overnight Delivery Facsimile Emai1 John Antonuk Liberty Consulting Group 65 Main Street O. Box 1237 Quentin, PA 17083-1237 antonuk~libertyconsul ting group. co m Erik Cecil Level 3 Communications LLC 1025 Eldorado Boulevard Broomfield, CO 80021 Telephone: (720) 888-1319 Facsimile: (720) 888-5134 erik.cecil(iV,leve13 .com Dean J. Miller (ISB #1968) McDevitt & Miller LLP 420 West Bannock Street O. Box 2564 Boise, ID 83701 Telephone: (208) 343-7500 Facsimile: (208) 336-6912 i oe(iV,mcdevitt -miller .com Attorneys for Level Communications Hand Delivery U. S. Mail Overnight Delivery Facsimile Email ~~/!~ Brandi L. McMahon, PLS Legal Assistant to Mary S. Hobson Stoel Rives LLP STIPULATION FOR WAIVER OF THE 47 U.C. ~ 252 DEADLINE - Page 4 Boise-191095,10061273-00014