[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR69.155]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 69_ACCESS CHARGES--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C_Computation of Charges for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers
 
Sec.  69.155  Per-minute residual interconnection charge.

    (a) Local exchange carriers may recover a per-minute residual 
interconnection charge on originating access. The maximum such charge 
shall be the lower of:
    (1) The per-minute rate that would recover the total annual residual 
interconnection charge revenues permitted less the portion of the 
residual interconnection charge allowed to be recovered under Sec.  
69.153; or
    (2) The sum of the local switching, carrier common line and residual 
interconnection charges assessed on originating minutes on December 31, 
1997, minus the local switching charges assessed on originating minutes, 
less the maximum amount allowed to be recovered under Sec.  69.154(a).
    (b) To the extent that paragraph (a) of this section prohibits a 
local exchange carrier from recovering all of the residual 
interconnection charge revenues permitted, the residual may be collected 
through a per-minute charge on terminating access.
    (c)(1) No portion of the charge assessed pursuant to paragraphs (a) 
or (b) of this section that recovers revenues that the local exchange 
carrier anticipates will be reassigned to other, facilities-based rate 
elements, including the tandem-switching rate element described in Sec.  
69.111(g), the three-part tandem switched transport rate structure 
described in Sec.  69.111(a)(2), and port and multiplexer charges 
described in Sec.  69.111(l), shall be assessed upon minutes utilizing 
the local exchange carrier's local switching facilities, but not the 
local exchange carrier's transport service.
    (2) If a local exchange carrier cannot recover its full residual 
interconnection charge revenues through the PICC mechanism established 
in Sec.  69.153, and will consequently cover a portion of its residual 
interconnection charge revenues through per-minute charges assessed 
pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, then the local 
exchange carrier must allocate its residual interconnection charge 
revenues subject to the exemption established in paragraph (c)(1) of 
this section between the PICC and the per-minute residual 
interconnection charge in the same proportion as other residual 
interconnection charge revenues are allocated between these two recovery 
mechanisms.

[62 FR 31938, June 11, 1997; 62 FR 40460, July 29, 1997, as amended at 
62 FR 56133, Oct. 29, 1997]