§ 63.504   Contents of applications to close a public toll station where no
other such toll station of the applicant in the community will continue service
and where telephone toll service is not otherwise available to the public
through a telephone exchange connected with the toll lines of a carrier.

   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,
   if any;

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

   (g) Name of other carrier or carriers, if any, which will provide toll
   station service in 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 a statement of the number
   of  toll  telephone  messages  or  telegraph  messages  sent-paid  and
   received-collect, and the revenues from such traffic, in connection with the
   service proposed to be discontinued 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.

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