§  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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