Sec. 63.03  Special provisions relating to small projects for 
          supplementing of facilities.

    (a) Facilities authorized under this section are limited to those 
that supplement existing facilities. Excluded from consideration under 
this section are applications that would involve:
    (1) A new or modified service;
    (2) One or more points of service not previously authorized to the 
applicant for the type of service involved;
    (3) New transmission facilities (excluding supplemental radio 
transmitters) over which applicant has not previously received authority 
under part 63;
    (4) An action that may have a significant impact upon the 
environment, see Sec. 1.1307 of this chapter.
    (5) International channels exceeding 60 64-kilobit per second 
circuits; or
    (6) Domestic channels where the construction or acquisition cost 
exceeds $2,000,000 or where the annual rental exceeds $500,000.
    (b) Applications submitted under this section shall be clearly 
identified as requesting authority pursuant to this section and the 
original shall be accompanied by two copies. The application shall 
contain a statement showing how the proposed acquisition, lease, 
operation or construction would serve the public interest, convenience, 
and necessity. Such statement must include information concerning:
    (1) The terminal communities between which the proposed facilities 
are to be located;
    (2) A statement as to the type of communications services which will 
be provided on the proposed facilities;
    (3) The need for the proposed construction, acquisition, lease or 
operation;
    (4) A description of the proposed facilities giving the number of 
each type of communication channel to be provided thereby;
    (5) The estimated construction cost, annual rental, or purchase 
price, as appropriate for the proposed facilities;
    (6) The route kilometers of the facilities involved (excluding 
leased facilities) and airline kilometers between terminal communities 
in the proposed project; and
    (7) The accounting to be performed by the carrier with respect to 
the proposed project.
    (c) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (b) of this 
section, applications involving overseas circuits shall:
    (1) Cite by file number and date of adoption a currently effective 
Commission Order granted pursuant to Sec. 63.01 granting the applicant 
authority to acquire like facilities for the provision of service 
between the points for which authority for additional circuitry is being 
requested. Where the applicant has been granted a currently effective 
authorization (Blanket Order) which specifies in an appendix to that 
Commission Order all or most of the facilities of a specific type (e.g. 
satellite circuits provided by satellites over a given ocean basin, 
circuits in a single submarine cable system, etc.), the applicant has 
been authorized to use to serve the ocean basin, area or country to 
which applicant is seeking to acquire supplemental facilities, the 
applicant shall cite that authorization.
    (2) Contain a specific statement that applicant will construct, 
acquire and/or operate the requested facilities in accordance with the 
terms and conditions of the Order cited pursuant to paragraph (c)(1) of 
this section.
    (3) When the Commission Order cited pursuant to paragraph (c)(1) of 
this section is a Blanket Authorization, applicant shall submit a 
revised Appendix showing the changes thereto which will occur on grant 
of its application.
    (d) Such supplementing of facilities shall be deemed to have been 
authorized by the Commission effective as of the 21st day following the 
date the application appears on public notice unless on or before the 
21st day the Commission shall notify the applicant to the contrary. 
Where supplemental facilities are authorized under this section, they 
shall be considered subject to the same terms and conditions, if any, 
that the Commission has imposed upon a prior authorization which is 
being supplemented.
    (e) Any carrier may request continuing authority, subject to 
termination by the Commission at any time upon 10 days' notice to the 
carrier, to commence small projects for the supplementing of existing 
facilities.

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Such an application shall set forth the need for such authority; 
however, it shall not be considered granted pursuant to paragraph (d) of 
this section. Upon authorization of such continuing authority by the 
Commission, the carrier may commence small projects subject to the 
limitations set forth in paragraph (a) of this section, except that the 
construction, installation and acquisition cost for each project shall 
be limited to $70,000 or an annual rental of $14,000. Not later than the 
30th day following the end of each calender year covered by such 
authority, the carrier shall file a report in writing on the projects 
commenced pursuant to continuing authority except that carriers planning 
to file an application under an approved annual program, see Sec. 63.06, 
shall file their report as an exhibit to the annual application. The 
report shall make reference to this paragraph and set forth, with 
respect to each project (construction, installation, acquisition, lease 
including any renewal thereof, and operation) which was commenced 
thereunder, the following information:
    (1) The type of facility constructed, installed, acquired, or 
leased;
    (2) The route kilometers thereof (excluding leased facilities);
    (3) The terminal communities served and airline kilometers between 
such communities;
    (4) The cost thereof, including construction, installation, 
acquisition, or lease; and
    (5) When appropriate, the name of the lessor company and the dates 
of commencement and termination of the lease.


(Sec. 303, 48 Stat. 1082, as amended; 47 U.S.C. )

[41 303 FR 20661 , May 20, 1976, as amended at  49 FR 22818 , June 1, 1984;  55 FR 20397 , May 16, 1990;  58 FR 44461 , Aug. 23, 1993;  58 FR 44906 , Aug. 
25, 1993]