[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR63.62]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 63_EXTENSION OF LINES, NEW LINES, AND DISCONTINUANCE, REDUCTION, 
OUTAGE AND IMPAIRMENT OF SERVICE BY COMMON CARRIERS; AND GRANTS OF 
RECOGNIZED PRIVATE OPERATING AGENCY STATUS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 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 Sec. 63.60(b)) as 
provided in Sec. 63.63:
    (a) The dismantling or removal of a trunk line (for contents of 
application see Sec. 63.500) for all domestic carriers and for dominant 
international carriers except as modified in Sec. 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 Sec. 63.501);
    (c) [Reserved]

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    (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 Sec. 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 Sec. 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 Sec. 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.