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Docket No. P5542/M-12-1304 <br />Analyst assigned: Bonnie J. Johnson <br />Page 2 <br />currently the II.EC; the exchanges of Cambridge, LeSueur, North Branch, Princeton and <br />Stillwater where Qwest dba CenturyLink QC is currently the ILEC; and the exchanges of <br />Chaska, Cokato, Hastings, Howard Lake, Norwood and Osseo where Embarq Minnesota, Inc. <br />dba CenturyLink is currently the ILEC. Tekstar Communications, Inc. application falls under <br />Mix�xi. Rules pt. 7812.0300, subpt. 5 and Minn. Stat. §237.16, subd. 4. Along with the petition, <br />Tekstar Comumunications, Inc. included proposed service area maps. <br />II. STATEMENT OF ISSUES <br />Whether the ComYnission should grant an amended certificate of authority to Tekstar <br />Communications, Inc. <br />III. LEGAL REFERENCES <br />Under Minn. Stat. §237.16, subd. 4 and Minn. Rules part 7812.0300, subpt. 5, the Corrunission <br />must decide upon a petition for an amended certificate of authority within 20 days. Minn. Stat. <br />§237.16, subd. 4 mandates that local service providers obtain an amended certificate of authority <br />before expanding their service areas. <br />Minn. Rules pt. 7812.0300, subd. 5, descz�bes the requirements and the decision criteria for <br />granting an amendment to a certificate of authority fox a change in service area. Minn. Rules pt. <br />7812.0300, subd. 5 states that a petition to modify a local service provider's service area must <br />include a revised map and descriptive narrative delineating the petitioner's proposed service area <br />changes. The petition rnust be served on the parties identified in Minn. Rules pt. 7812.0200, <br />subpt. 6. An amended certificate is deemed approved within 20 days of the petition's service date <br />unless the petition involves an acquisition under Minn. Stat. §237.23 or an objection to the <br />petition is filed within 20 days of the petition's service date. <br />Minn. Rules pt. 7812.0550, subpt. 1 requires a competitive local exchange carrier to obtain <br />Commission approval of a comprehensive 911 plan before providing local service in an area. <br />The local exchange carrier filing the plan must serve the plan on the Department of Cornmerce, <br />the Office of the Attorney General's Residential Utilities Division, the Department of Public <br />Safety, and if the carrier proposes to serve within the metropolitan area, the Executive Director <br />of the Metro Emergency Services Board. Minn. Rules pt. 7812.0550, subpt. 3 establishes the <br />requirements for a 911 plan. <br />N. ANALYSIS <br />The Department believes that Tekstar Communications, Inc.'s request to amend the certificate of <br />authority fulfills the requirements of Minn. Stat. §237.16, subd. 4 and Minn. Rules pt. <br />7812.0300, subpt. 5. The company has stated that it has served notice of its proposals on the <br />