Sec.  36.604   Calculation of the rural growth factor.

   The Rural Growth Factor (RGF) is equal to the sum of the annual percentage
   change  in  the  United States Department of Commerce's Gross Domestic
   Product—Chained Price Index (GPD-CPI) plus the percentage change in the
   total number of rural incumbent local exchange carrier working loops during
   the calendar year preceding the July 31st filing submitted pursuant to
    Sec. 36.611. The percentage change in total rural incumbent local exchange
   carrier working loops shall be based upon the difference between the total
   number of rural incumbent local exchange carrier working loops on December
   31 of the calendar year preceding the July 31st filing and the total number
   of rural incumbent local exchange carrier working loops on December 31 of
   the second calendar year preceding that filing, both determined by the
   company's submissions pursuant to  Sec. 36.611. Loops acquired by rural incumbent
   local exchange carriers shall not be included in the RGF calculation.

   [ 66 FR 30085 , June 5, 2001]