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FCC 63.71
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 63.71 Procedures for discontinuance, reduction or impairment of service by
domestic carriers.
Any domestic carrier that seeks to discontinue, reduce or impair service
shall be subject to the following procedures:
(a) The carrier shall notify all affected customers of the planned
discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service and shall notify and
submit a copy of its application to the public utility commission and to the
Governor of the State in which the discontinuance, reduction, or impairment
of service is proposed, and also to the Secretary of Defense, Attn. Special
Assistant for Telecommunications, Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301. Notice
shall be in writing to each affected customer unless the Commission
authorizes in advance, for good cause shown, another form of notice. Notice
shall include the following:
(1) Name and address of carrier;
(2) Date of planned service discontinuance, reduction or impairment;
(3) Points of geographic areas of service affected;
(4) Brief description of type of service affected; and
(5) One of the following statements:
(i) If the carrier is non-dominant with respect to the service being
discontinued, reduced or impaired, the notice shall state: The FCC will
normally authorize this proposed discontinuance of service (or reduction or
impairment) unless it is shown that customers would be unable to receive
service or a reasonable substitute from another carrier or that the public
convenience and necessity is otherwise adversely affected. If you wish to
object, you should file your comments as soon as possible, but no later than
15 days after the Commission releases public notice of the proposed
discontinuance. You may file your comments electronically through the FCC's
Electronic Comment Filing System using the docket number established in the
Commission's public notice for this proceeding, or you may address them to
the Federal Communications Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau,
Competition Policy Division, Washington, DC 20554, and include in your
comments a reference to the § 63.71 Application of (carrier's name). Comments
should include specific information about the impact of this proposed
discontinuance (or reduction or impairment) upon you or your company,
including any inability to acquire reasonable substitute service.
(ii) If the carrier is dominant with respect to the service being
discontinued, reduced or impaired, the notice shall state: The FCC will
normally authorize this proposed discontinuance of service (or reduction or
impairment) unless it is shown that customers would be unable to receive
service or a reasonable substitute from another carrier or that the public
convenience and necessity is otherwise adversely affected. If you wish to
object, you should file your comments as soon as possible, but no later than
30 days after the Commission releases public notice of the proposed
discontinuance. You may file your comments electronically through the FCC's
Electronic Comment Filing System using the docket number established in the
Commission's public notice for this proceeding, or you may address them to
the Federal Communications Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau,
Competition Policy Division, Washington, DC 20554, and include in your
comments a reference to the § 63.71 Application of (carrier's name). Comments
should include specific information about the impact of this proposed
discontinuance (or reduction or impairment) upon you or your company,
including any inability to acquire reasonable substitute service.
(b) The carrier shall file with this Commission, on or after the date on
which notice has been given to all affected customers, an application which
shall contain the following:
(1) Caption—“Section 63.71 Application”;
(2) Information listed in § 63.71(a) (1) through (4) above;
(3) Brief description of the dates and methods of notice to all affected
customers;
(4) Whether the carrier is considered dominant or non-dominant with respect
to the service to be discontinued, reduced or impaired; and
(5) Any other information the Commission may require.
(c) Discontinuance applications and all related attachments to the
application filed under this section shall be filed through the “Submit a
Non-Docketed Filing” module of the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing
System.
(d) The application to discontinue, reduce or impair service, if filed by a
domestic, non-dominant carrier, shall be automatically granted on the 31st
day after its filing with the Commission without any Commission notification
to the applicant unless the Commission has notified the applicant that the
grant will not be automatically effective. The application to discontinue,
reduce or impair service, if filed by a domestic, dominant carrier, shall be
automatically granted on the 60th day after its filing with the Commission
without any Commission notification to the applicant unless the Commission
has notified the applicant that the grant will not be automatically
effective. For purposes of this section, an application will be deemed filed
on the date the Commission releases public notice of the filing.
(e) Procedures for discontinuance, reduction or impairment of international
services are in § 63.19.
[ 64 FR 39939 , July 23, 1999, as amended at 71 FR 65751 , Nov. 9, 2006; 73 FR 56741 , Sept. 30, 2008; 80 FR 1588 , Jan. 13, 2015]
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Goto Section: 63.66 | 63.90
Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
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