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PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING

July 18, 1997; 10:00 A.M.
State Capitol Building, Room 412
Pierre, South Dakota

NOTE: If you wish to join this meeting by conference call, please contact the Commission at 605-773-3201 by 9:00 a.m. on July 18, 1997.

NOTE: Notice is further given to persons with disabilities that this Commission meeting is being held in a physically accessible place. If you have special needs, please notify the Commission and we will make all necessary arrangements.

AGENDA OF THE AD HOC COMMISSION MEETING

Telecommunications

1. TC97-062 IN THE MATTER OF THE FILING BY DAKOTA TELECOM, INC., DAKOTA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC., AND DAKOTA COOPERATIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., FOR INTERCONNECTION WITH FORT RANDALL TELEPHONE COMPANY. (Staff Analyst: Harlan Best. Staff Attorney: Camron Hoseck.)

On or about June 1, 1997, Dakota Telecom, Inc., Dakota Telecommunications Systems, Inc., and Dakota Cooperative Telecommunications, Inc. (collectively Dakota) sent a bona fide request for interconnection services to Fort Randall Telephone Company. Pursuant to the requirements of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, a party making a bona fide request of a rural telephone company is required to notify the appropriate state Commission. On July 8, 1997, the Commission received a request for Declaratory Ruling and Discovery of Fort Randall Telephone Company. A July 15 meeting the Commission granted interventions to SDITC.

TODAY, shall the Commission approve the request for Declaratory Ruling? And, shall the Commission approve the request for Discovery?

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Sue Cichos
Business Manager
July 17, 1997