§ 63.500   Contents of applications to dismantle or remove a trunk line.

   The application shall contain:

   (a) The name and address of each applicant;

   (b)  The  name,  title, and post office address of the officer to whom
   correspondence concerning the application is to be addressed;

   (c) Nature of proposed discontinuance, reduction, or impairment;

   (d) Identification of community or part of community involved and date on
   which applicant desires to make proposed discontinuance, reduction, or
   impairment  effective;  if  for  a temporary period only, indicate the
   approximate period for which authorization is desired;

   (e) Proposed new tariff listing, if any, and difference, if any, between
   present charges to the public and charges for the service to be substituted;

   (f)  Description of the service area affected including population and
   general character of business of the community;

   (g) Name of any other carrier or carriers providing telegraph or telephone
   service to the community;

   (h) Statement of the reasons for proposed discontinuance, reduction, or
   impairment;

   (i) Statement of the factors showing that neither present nor future public
   convenience and necessity would be adversely affected by the granting of the
   application;

   (j) Description of any previous discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of
   service to the community affected by the application, which has been made by
   the applicant during the 12 months preceding filing of application, and
   statement of any present plans for future discontinuance, reduction, or
   impairment of service to such community;

   (k) A map or sketch showing:

   (1) Routes of line proposed to be removed from service and of alternate
   lines, if any, to be retained;

   (2) Type and ownership of structures (open wire, aerial cable, underground
   cable, carrier systems, etc.);

   (3) Cities and towns along routes with approximate population of each, and
   route kilometers between the principal points;

   (4) Location of important operating centers and repeater or relay points;

   (5) State boundary lines through which the facilities extend;

   (l) A wire chart showing, for both the line proposed to be removed and the
   alternate lines to be retained, the regular and normal assignment of each
   wire, its method of operation, the number of channels and normal assignment
   of each;

   (m) The number of wires or cables to be removed and the kind, size, and
   length of each;

   (n) A complete statement showing how the traffic load on the line proposed
   to be removed will be diverted to other lines and the adequacy of such other
   lines to handle the increased load.

   [ 28 FR 13229 , Dec. 5, 1963, as amended at  58 FR 44907 , Aug. 25, 1993]

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