IX. Draft Arbitrator's Report

The Draft Arbitrator's Report was filed and served on April 26, 2000. On May 8, 2000, Covad and Roseville filed their individual comments on the Draft Arbitrator's Report. These individual comments were carefully considered. To the extent that such comments required discussion or changes to the draft arbitrator's report, the discussion or changes have been incorporated into the body of the arbitrator's report.

This Final Arbitrator's Report is filed and served today, May 16, 2000. Pursuant to Rule 4.2.1 of Resolution ALJ-178, parties shall file a complete Interconnection Agreement that conforms to the arbitrated outcomes stated in this report by May 23, 2000, within seven days of today. In addition, parties shall each file a statement with the complete Agreement. The statement will (1) identify the criteria in the Act and the Commission's Rules (e.g., Rule 4.3.1, referring to Rule 2.18 and Rule 4.2.3) by which the negotiated and arbitrated portions of the Agreement must be tested, (2) state whether the negotiated and arbitrated portions pass or fail those tests, and (3) state whether or not the Agreement should be approved or rejected by the Commission.

ORDER

IT IS ORDERED that:

1. Each party, and any member of the public may file and serve comments on the Draft Arbitrator's Report as provided by the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, and the Revised Rules Governing Filings Made Pursuant to the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Resolution ALJ-178). Comments shall be filed and served no later than May 8, 2000. Comments shall focus on factual, legal, or technical errors in the Draft Arbitrator's Report, and, in citing such errors, shall make references to the record. See Rule 77.3 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, and Rule 1.3 of Resolution ALJ-178.

2. By May 23, 2000, and within seven days of the date that the Final Arbitrator's report is filed, the parties shall file, for Commission approval, an entire Interconnection Agreement that conforms to the decisions in the Final Arbitrator's Report. The filing shall include a statement by each party that identifies the tests used in the Act and Resolution ALJ-178, for Commission

consideration of the arbitrated Agreement, including the arbitrated and negotiated portions. The filing shall also show how the arbitrated Agreement, including both the arbitrated and negotiated portions, meets, or does not meet, the tests in the Act and Resolution ALJ-178, and whether it be approved, or rejected by the Commission.

This order is effective today.

Dated May 16, 2000, at San Francisco, California.

		Michael J. Galvin Arbitrator Administrative Law Judge

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that I have by mail this day served a true copy of the original attached Final Arbitrator's Report on all parties of record in this proceeding or their attorneys of record.

Dated May 16, 2000, at San Francisco, California.

Fannie Sid

NOTICE

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