COMMISSION                       
 
WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND      ) 
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION,    )
                              )
               Complainant,   )
                              )
          vs.                 )    DOCKET NO. UT-971140
                              )
WASHINGTON EXCHANGE CARRIER   )    VOLUME NO. VI
ASSOCIATION, et al.,          )    PAGES 441-678
                              )
               Respondent.    )
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          A hearing in the above matter was held on 
 
May 28, 1998 at 8:15 a.m., at 1300 Evergreen Park Drive 
 
Southwest, Olympia, Washington, before Administrative 
 
Law Judge TERRENCE STAPLETON, Commissioners ANNE 
 
LEVINSON, RICHARD HEMSTAD, and WILLIAM R. GILLIS. 
 
 
 
 
          The parties were present as follows:
 
          RAF COMPANIES, by RICHARD A. FINNIGAN, 
Attorney at Law, 2405 Evergreen Park Drive Southwest, 
Suite B-3, Olympia, Washington  98502.
 
          RSS COMPANIES, by ROBERT S. SNYDER, Attorney 
at Law, 1000 Second Avenue, 30th Floor, Seattle, 
Washington  98104.
 
          U S WEST, by PETER J. BUTLER, Senior 
Attorney,  1600 Seventh Avenue, Room 3206, Seattle, 
Washington  98191.
 
          SPRINT/UNITED TELEPHONE, by ANN WILKINSON, 
Attorney at Law, 330 South Valley View Boulevard, Las 
Vegas, Nevada  89107.
 
          WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION 
COMMISSION STAFF, by MARY M. TENNYSON, Senior Assistant 
Attorney General, 1400 South Evergreen Park Drive 
Southwest, Olympia, Washington  98502.