DOCKET NO.UT-960328 PAGE 1
BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION



In the Matter of the Request for Approval of Negotiated Agreement under the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996 between

GST TELECOM, INC., and U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.



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		DOCKET NO. UT-960328
		
		
		FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER
		APPROVING POLE ATTACHMENT AND INNERDUCT OCCUPANCY
		AGREEMENT
		
		
BACKGROUND

   This matter comes before the Washington Utilities and Transportation 
Commission (“Commission”) for approval of a Pole Attachment and Innerduct 
Occupancy Agreement which is within the scope of the previously approved fully 
negotiated interconnection agreement under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 
between GST TELECOM, INC. (“GST”) and U S WEST Communications, Inc., (“U S 
WEST”).  The parties filed an Pole Attachment and Innerduct Occupancy Agreement 
for approval (“the Agreement”) on July 14,1997. The parties executed the 
Agreement on June 9, 1997.
   On August 27, 1997, the Commission convened an open public meeting at its 
offices in Olympia, Washington, to consider the request for approval of the 
Pole Attachment and Innerduct Occupancy Agreement.  Commission Staff 
recommended that the request be approved.  At the conclusion of the open 
meeting, the Commission approved the request to adopt the Agreement as 
submitted.

 FINDINGS OF FACT

  1.  The Commission is an agency of the state of Washington vested by statute 
with the authority to regulate the rates, rules, regulations, practices, 
accounts, securities, and transfers of public service companies, including 
telecommunications companies.

  
  2.  Section 252(e)(A)(1) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (“Act”), 
requires parties to fully negotiated agreements to submit the agreement to the 
Commission for approval. Section 252(e)(2)(A) states that the Commission may 
only reject an agreement (or any portion thereof) adopted by negotiation if it 
finds that:
  (i) the agreement (or any portion thereof) discriminates against a 
telecommunications carrier not a party to the agreement; or
  (ii  the implementation of such agreement or portion is not consistent with 
the public interest, convenience, and necessity.

  3.  U S WEST is engaged in the business of furnishing telecommunications 
services, including, but not limited to, basic local exchange service within 
the state of Washington.
  4.  GST is authorized to provide intrastate, interexchange telecommunications 
services and local exchange services within the state of Washington, and is a 
telecommunications carrier as defined in the Act.
  5.  The parties filed a request for approval of a Pole Attachment and 
Innerduct Occupancy Agreement on July 14, 1997.
  6.  The parties voluntarily negotiated the entire Agreement.
  7.  The Agreement does not discriminate against any other telecommunications 
carrier.
  8.  The Agreement will facilitate local exchange competition in the state of 
Washington by enabling GST Telecom, Inc., to enter the local exchange market 
and increase customer choices for local exchange services.  The provisions of 
the Agreement are consistent with the public interest, convenience, and 
necessity.

 CONCLUSIONS OF LAW


  1.  The Commission has jurisdiction over the subject matter and all parties.
  2.  The Agreement is consistent with the public interest, convenience, and 
necessity.

  3.  The Agreement meets the criteria of Sections 251 and 252 of the Act, 
including Section 252(e).
  4.  The laws of Washington shall govern the construction and interpretation 
of the Agreement.  The Agreement shall also be subject to the present and 
future decisions of the Commission and the Washington courts.

 ORDER

  THE COMMISSION ORDERS:
  1.  The Agreement for Pole Attachment and Innerduct Occupancy between GST 
Telecom, Inc., and U S WEST Communications, Inc., which the parties executed on 
June 9, 1997, is approved.
  2.  The laws of Washington shall govern the construction and interpretation 
of the Agreement.  The Agreement shall also be subject to the present and 
future decisions of the Commission and the Washington courts.
  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this         day of 
August 1997.

WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION



       RICHARD HEMSTAD, Commissioner



       WILLIAM R. GILLIS, Commissioner