§ 63.505   Contents of applications for any type of discontinuance, reduction,
or impairment of telephone service not specifically provided for in this part.

   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 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) Description of the service involved, including:

   (1) Existing telephone service by the applicant available to the community
   or part thereof involved;

   (2) Telephone service (available from applicant or others) which would
   remain  in  the  community  or  part thereof involved in the event the
   application is granted;

   (l)  A  statement  of  the  number  of  toll  messages  sent-paid  and
   received-collect and the revenues from such traffic in connection with the
   service proposed to be discontinued, reduced, or impaired for each of the
   past 6 months; and, if the volume of such traffic handled in the area has
   decreased during recent years, the reasons therefor.

   [ 45 FR 6586 , Jan. 29, 1980]

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