§ 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]

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