Sec.  36.611   Submission of information to the National Exchange Carrier
Association (NECA).

   In order to allow determination of the study areas and wire centers that are
   entitled to an expense adjustment pursuant to  Sec. 36.631, each incumbent local
   exchange  carrier  (LEC)  must  provide  the National Exchange Carrier
   Association (NECA) (established pursuant to part 69 of this chapter) with
   the information listed for each study area in which such incumbent LEC
   operates, with the exception of the information listed in paragraph (h) of
   this section, which must be provided for each study area and, if applicable,
   for  each wire center, as defined in part 54 of this chapter, and each
   disaggregation zone as established pursuant to  Sec. 54.315 of this chapter. This
   information  is  to  be filed with NECA by July 31st of each year. The
   information provided pursuant to paragraph (h) of this section must be
   updated  pursuant  to  Sec. 36.612. Rural telephone companies that acquired
   exchanges  subsequent  to May 7, 1997, and incorporated those acquired
   exchanges into existing study areas shall separately provide the information
   required by paragraphs (a) through (h) of this section for both the acquired
   and existing exchanges.

   (a) Unseparated, i.e., state and interstate, gross plant investment in
   Exchange Line Cable and Wire Facilities (C&WF) Subcategory 1.3 and Exchange
   Line Central Office (CO) Circuit Equipment Category 4.13. This amount shall
   be calculated as of December 31st of the calendar year preceding each July
   31st filing.

   (b) Unseparated accumulated depreciation and noncurrent deferred federal
   income taxes, attributable to Exchange Line C&WF Subcategory 1.3 investment,
   and Exchange Line CO Circuit Equipment Category 4.13 investment. These
   amounts  shall  be calculated as of December 31st of the calendar year
   preceding each July 31st filing, and shall be stated separately.

   (c) Unseparated depreciation expense attributable to Exchange Line C&WF
   Subcategory 1.3 investment, and Exchange Line CO Circuit Equipment Category
   4.13 investment. This amount shall be the actual depreciation expense for
   the calendar year preceding each July 31st filing.

   (d) Unseparated maintenance expense attributable to Exchange Line C&WF
   Subcategory 1.3 investment and Exchange Line CO Circuit Equipment Category
   4.113 investment. This amount shall be the actual repair expense for the
   calendar year preceding each July 31st filing.

   (e) Unseparated corporate operations expenses, operating taxes, and the
   benefits and rent proportions of operating expenses. The amount for each of
   these categories of expense shall be the actual amount for that expense for
   the calendar year preceding each July 31st filing. The amount for each
   category of expense listed shall be stated separately.

   (f) Unseparated gross telecommunications plant investment. This amount shall
   be calculated as of December 31st of the calendar year preceding each July
   31st filing.

   (g) Unseparated accumulated depreciation and noncurrent deferred federal
   income taxes attributable to local unseparated telecommunications plant
   investment. This amount shall be calculated as of December 31st of the
   calendar year preceding each July 31st filing.

   (h) For rural telephone companies, as that term is defined in  Sec. 51.5 of this
   chapter, the number of working loops for each study area. For non-rural
   telephone companies, the number of working loops for each study area and for
   each wire center. For universal service support purposes, working loops are
   defined as the number of working Exchange Line C&WF loops used jointly for
   exchange and message telecommunications service, including C&WF subscriber
   lines associated with pay telephones in C&WF Category 1, but excluding WATS
   closed end access and TWX service. These figures shall be calculated as of
   December 31st of the calendar year preceding each July 31st filing.

   [ 62 FR 32947 , June 17, 1997, as amended at  64 FR 67430 , Dec. 1, 1999;  66 FR 30086 , June 5, 2001]