Docket UT-970577            Page 2



BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


In the Matter of the Requested )
Waiver of Statutory Notice in  ) DOCKET UT-970577 
Connection with the Tariff  )
Revisions Filed by     ) ORDER GRANTING 
Inland Telephone Company   ) LESS THAN STATUTORY
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .) NOTICE


  On March 31, 1997, Inland Telephone Company filed with the Commission 
revisions to its currently effective Tariff 
WN U-5, designated as:
 
   Third Revision of Sheet No. 113
   First Revision of Sheet No. 114
   First Revision of Sheet No. 115
   Second Revision of Sheet No. 153

  The tariff sheets bear an inserted effective date of May 1, 1997.  This date 
recognizes statutory notice as required. The company requests, however, that 
statutory notice be waived and that the revisions become effective April 15, 
1997.

  The purpose of the filing is to comply with require- ments of the Federal 
Communications Commis-sion (FCC), as set forth in its Report and Order, adopted 
and released September 20, 1996, and Order on Reconsideration, adopted and 
released 
November 8, 1996, in CC Docket Nos. 96-128 and 91-35.

  The reason for requesting less than statutory notice is in order to meet the 
required timeline prescribed by the FCC.

  Since the tariff revisions filed herein are fair, just and reasonable, and 
waiver of statutory notice is not inconsis- tent with the public interest, it 
is deemed appropriate that the company be granted the waiver it is requesting 
with an effective date of April 15, 1997.




FINDINGS

  After careful examination of the tariff revisions filed herein by Inland 
Telephone Company, March 31, 1997, and giving consideration to all relevant 
matters and for good cause shown, the Commission finds that the tariff 
revisions should become effective April 15, 1997.

O R D E R

  THE COMMISSION THEREFORE ORDERS That the requested waiver of statutory notice 
in connection with the tariff revi- sions filed herein by Inland Telephone 
Company, March 31, 1997, is hereby granted, and said tariff revisions shall 
become effec- tive April 15, 1997.

  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 9th day of April, 1997.

  WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION




      STEVE McLELLAN, Secretary