DOCKET UT-971173 Page 1
BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


In the Matter of the Requested )
Waiver of Statutory Notice in  ) DOCKET UT-971173
Connection with the Tariff  )
Revisions Filed by     ) ORDER GRANTING 
GTE Card Services d/b/a      )    LESS THAN
GTE Long Distance Washington State ) STATUTORY NOTICE
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  On July 22, 1997, GTE Card Services Incorporated d/b/a GTE Long Distance 
Washington State filed with the Commission, revisions to its Tariff WN U-1 . 
The purpose of this filing is to make revisions to certain rates and services 
offered by the company and adds a new service entitled Call Me Toll Free 
Service. 

  The tariff sheets bear an inserted effective date of August 21, 1997.  This 
date recognizes statutory notice as required under RCW 80.36.110.  The company 
requests, however, that statutory notice be waived and that the revisions 
become effective July 30, 1997.
 
  The reason for requesting LSN is to permit the requested changes to become 
effective in concert with the company's nationwide implementation schedule.
  
  Since the tariff revisions filed herein are fair, just and reasonable, and 
waiver of statutory notice is not inconsistent with the public interest, it is 
deemed appropriate that the company be granted the waiver it is requesting with 
an effective date of August 1, 1997.

FINDINGS

  After careful examination of the tariff revisions filed herein by GTE Card 
Services d/b/a GTE Long Dstance Washington State, July 22, 1997, and giving 
consideration to all relevant matters and for good cause shown, the Commission 
finds that the tariff revisions should become effective August 1, 1997.

O R D E R

  THE COMMISSION THEREFORE ORDERS that the requested waiver of statutory notice 
in connection with the tariff revisions filed herein by GTE Card Services d/b/a 
GTE Long Distance Washington State, July 22, 1997, is hereby granted, and said 
tariff revisions shall become effective August 1, 1997.

  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 30th day of July, 1997.

  WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION




       STEVE MCLELLAN, Secretary