§ 63.01   Authority for all domestic common carriers.

   (a) Any party that would be a domestic interstate communications common
   carrier  is authorized to provide domestic, interstate services to any
   domestic point and to construct or operate any domestic transmission line as
   long as it obtains all necessary authorizations from the Commission for use
   of radio frequencies.

   (b) Domestic common carriers subject to this section shall not engage in any
   line construction that may have a significant effect on the environment as
   defined  in  § 1.1307 of this chapter without prior compliance with the
   Commission's environmental rules. See § 1.1312 of this chapter.

   [ 64 FR 39939 , July 23, 1999, as amended at  67 FR 18830 , Apr. 17, 2002]

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