BEFORE
THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF
In the Matter
of the Cancellation of the )
Certificate
of Service Authority of Navigator )
Telecommunications,
LLC, to Provide Basic ) File
No. CD-2013-0398
Local
Telecommunications Service in )
Portions of
the State of Missouri )
ORDER DIRECTING
NOTICE
Issue Date: February 22, 2013 Effective
Date: February 22, 2013
On February 20, 2013, the Staff of the
Missouri Public Service Commission filed a motion requesting Navigator
Telecommunications, LLC (“Navigator”) certificate of service authority and
accompanying tariff to provide basic local exchange telecommunications services
in the State of Missouri be cancelled. The
Commission granted Navigator a certificate of service authority to provide basic
local exchange telecommunication service in portions of the State of Missouri served
by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in File Number TA-98-383. In File Number TA-2000-243, the Commission
granted Navigator a certificate of service authority to provide basic local
exchange telecommunication service throughout all exchanges served by
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, GTE Midwest Incorporated, and
Sprint/United Telephone Company.
The Commission need not hold a
hearing, if, after proper notice and opportunity to intervene, no party
requests such a hearing.[1] Therefore, if no request for a hearing or
objection to Staff’s motion is received, the Commission may cancel the
certificate based on Staff’s motion.
The
Commission finds that proper persons shall be allowed 10 days from the issuance
of this order to file a motion for hearing.
THE COMMISSION ORDERS THAT:
1. Any party wishing to file an objection or
request a hearing shall do so by filing a pleading no later than March 4, 2013,
with:
Secretary
Post
Office Box 360
or
via the Commission’s Electronic Information and Filing System (EFIS) at: www.psc.mo.gov.
2. This order shall become effective upon
issuance.
BY THE COMMISSION
Shelley
Brueggemann
Acting
Secretary
(SEAL)
Harold
Stearley, Deputy Chief Regulatory
Law
Judge, by delegation of authority
pursuant
to Section 386.240, RSMo 2000.
Dated
at
on
this 22nd day of February, 2013.
[1] State ex reI. Rex Deffenderfer Enterprises, Inc. v. Public Service Commission, 776 S.W.2d 494 (Mo. App. W.D. 1989).