BEFORE
THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF
In the Matter
of the Cancellation of the )
Certificate
of Service Authority and ) File
No. XD-2014-0074
Tariff of
Covista Communications, Inc. )
ORDER DIRECTING
NOTICE
Issue Date: September 17, 2013 Effective
Date: September 17, 2013
On September 16, 2013, the Staff of
the Missouri Public Service Commission filed a motion requesting Covista
Communications, Inc. (“Covista”) certificate of service authority and
accompanying tariff to provide interexchange telecommunication service in the
State of Missouri be cancelled. The
Commission granted Covista a certificate of service authority to provide interexchange
telecommunication service in the State of Missouri in File Number TO-2001-0319.
The Commission need not hold a
hearing, if, after proper notice and opportunity to intervene, no party
requests such a hearing.[1] Therefore, if no request for a hearing or
objection to Staff’s motion is received, the Commission may cancel the certificate
based on Staff’s motion.
The
Commission finds that proper persons shall be allowed 10 days from the issuance
of this order to file a motion for hearing.
THE COMMISSION ORDERS THAT:
1. Any party wishing to file an objection or
request a hearing shall do so by filing a pleading no later than September 27,
2013, with:
Secretary
Post
Office Box 360
or
via the Commission’s Electronic Information and Filing System (EFIS) at: www.psc.mo.gov.
2. This order shall become effective upon
issuance.
BY THE COMMISSION
Morris
L. Woodruff
Secretary
Morris
L. Woodruff, Chief Regulatory
Law
Judge, by delegation of authority
pursuant
to Section 386.240, RSMo 2000.
Dated
at
on
this 17th day of September, 2013.
[1] State ex reI. Rex Deffenderfer Enterprises, Inc. v. Public Service Commission, 776 S.W.2d 494 (Mo. App. W.D. 1989).