§  63.62   Type of discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of telephone or
telegraph service requiring formal application.

   Authority for the following types of discontinuance, reduction, or
   impairment of service shall be requested by formal application
   containing the information required by the Commission in the
   appropriate sections to this part, except as provided in paragraph (c)
   of this section, or in emergency cases (as defined in §  63.60(b)) as
   provided in §  63.63:

   (a) The dismantling or removal of a trunk line (for contents of
   application see §  63.500) for all domestic carriers and for dominant
   international carriers except as modified in §  63.19;

   (b) The severance of physical connection or the termination or
   suspension of the interchange of traffic with another carrier (for
   contents of application, see §  63.501);

   (c) [Reserved]

   (d) The closure of a public toll station where no other such toll
   station of the applicant in the community will continue service (for
   contents of application, see §  63.504): Provided, however, That no
   application shall be required under this part with respect to the
   closure of a toll station located in a community where telephone toll
   service is otherwise available to the public through a telephone
   exchange connected with the toll lines of a carrier;

   (e) Any other type of discontinuance, reduction or impairment of
   telephone service not specifically provided for by other provisions of
   this part (for contents of application, see §  63.505);

   (f) An application may be filed requesting authority to make a type of
   reduction in service under specified standards and conditions in lieu
   of individual applications for each instance coming within the type of
   reduction in service proposed.

   [ 28 FR 13229 , Dec. 5, 1963, as amended at  45 FR 6585 , Jan. 29, 1980;  60 FR 35509 , July 10, 1995;  61 FR 15733 , Apr. 9, 1996]

   Effective Date Note: At  61 FR 15733 , Apr. 9, 1996, in §  63.62,
   paragraph (a) was revised. This amendment contains information
   collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective
   until approval has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.

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