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STATE OF MAINE Docket No.

2006-274
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
May 9, 2006

MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION NOTICE OF COMPLAINT


Request for Commission Investigation into
whether Verizon is cooperating in Maine
with the national security agency’s
warrantless domestic wiretapping program

ADAMS, Chairman; DIAMOND and REISHUS, Commissioners

On May 8, 2006, the Commission received a complaint signed by James D.


Cowie, and 21 other persons against Verizon Maine. The complaint, filed pursuant to
35-A M.R.S.A. § 1302, is a request that the Commission investigate whether Verizon is
cooperating in Maine with the national security agency’s warrantless domestic
wiretapping program, as more fully set forth in the complaint, a copy of which is
attached to this Notice.

Pursuant to 35-A M.R.S.A. § 1302, the Commission notifies Verizon Maine,


called the Utility, of the complaint described above and orders that the Utility file its
response to the complaint within 10 days of the date of this Notice.

If after receipt of the response, the Commission is satisfied that the Utility has
taken adequate steps to remove the cause of the complaint or that the complaint is
without merit, it may dismiss the complaint. If the complaint is not dismissed, the
Commission will begin a formal investigation and schedule a public hearing.

Dated at Augusta, Maine, this 9th day of May, 2006.

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION

_________________________
Dennis L. Keschl
Acting Administrative Director

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