II. Background

Applicant, a California corporation, seeks authority to provide full facilities-based local exchange and interexchange services. Applicant's principal place of business is located at 30 Corporate Park, Suite 300, Irvine, California 92606. By D.00-07-009, Applicant was granted limited facilities-based authority to provide local exchange and interexchange services. By this application, it requests facilities-based authority to construct specified facilities. Therefore, the only issue before us in this application is whether its proposed construction, in consideration of the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), should be approved.