OAH Docket No. 12-2500-18075-2

MPUC Docket No. P-430,5321/M-07-611

STATE OF MINNESOTA

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

FOR THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

In the Matter of the Petition of MCImetro Access Transmission Services LLC d/b/a Verizon Access Transmission Services for Arbitration of an Interconnection Agreement with Embarq Minnesota, Inc., Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 252(b)

SECOND PREHEARING ORDER

On June 14, 2007, the Department of Commerce filed a Petition for Intervention. No objection to the Petition has been filed.

Based upon the Petition and the Department's statutory right to intervene, the Administrative Law Judge makes the following:

Order

Parties, Participants and Intervenors

1. The Department's Petition for Intervention is hereby GRANTED.

Dated: June 25, 2007.

_/s/ Steve M. Mihalchick _

STEVE M. MIHALCHICK

Administrative Law Judge