Sec.  36.631   Expense adjustment.

   (a) Until December 31, 1987, for study areas reporting 50,000 or fewer
   working loops pursuant to  Sec. 36.611(h), the expense adjustment (additional
   interstate expense allocation) is equal to the sum of the following:

   (1) Fifty percent of the study area average unseparated loop cost per
   working loop as calculated pursuant to  Sec. 36.622(b) in excess of 115 percent
   of the national average for this cost but not greater than 150 percent of
   the national average for this cost as calculated pursuant to  Sec. 36.622(a)
   multiplied by the number of working loops reported in  Sec. 36.611(h) for the
   study area; and

   (2) Seventy-five percent of the study area unseparated loop cost per working
   loop as calculated pursuant to  Sec. 36.622(b) in excess of 150 percent of the
   national average for this cost as calculated pursuant to  Sec. 36.622(a)
   multiplied by the number of working loops reported in  Sec. 36.611(h) for the
   study area.

   (b) Until December 31, 1987, for study areas reporting more than 50,000
   working loops pursuant to  Sec. 36.611(h), the expense adjustment (additional
   interstate expense allocation) is equal to the sum of the following:

   (1) Twenty-five percent of the study area average unseparated loop cost per
   working loop as calculated pursuant to  Sec. 36.622(b) in excess of 115 percent
   of the national average for this cost but not greater than 150 percent of
   the national average for this cost as calculated pursuant to  Sec. 36.622(a)
   multiplied by the number of working loops reported in  Sec. 36.611(h) for the
   study area; and

   (2) The amount calculated pursuant to  Sec. 36.631(a)(2).

   (c) Beginning January 1, 1988, for study areas reporting 200,000 or fewer
   working loops pursuant to  Sec. 36.611(h), the expense adjustment (additional
   interstate expense allocation) is equal to the sum of paragraphs (c)(1)
   through (2) of this section. After January 1, 2000, the expense adjustment
   (additional interstate expense allocation) for non-rural telephone companies
   serving study areas reporting 200,000 or fewer working loops pursuant to
    Sec. 36.611(h) shall be calculated pursuant to  Sec. 54.309 of this chapter or
    Sec. 54.311 of this chapter (which relies on this part), whichever is
   applicable.

   (1) Sixty-five percent of the study area average unseparated loop cost per
   working loop as calculated pursuant to  Sec. 36.622(b) in excess of 115 percent
   of the national average for this cost but not greater than 150 percent of
   the national average for this cost as calculated pursuant to  Sec. 36.622(a)
   multiplied by the number of working loops reported in  Sec. 36.611(h) for the
   study area; and

   (2) Seventy-five percent of the study area average unseparated loop cost per
   working loop as calculated pursuant to  Sec. 36.622(b) in excess of 150 percent
   of the national average for this cost as calculated pursuant to  Sec. 36.622(a)
   multiplied by the number of working loops reported in  Sec. 36.611(h) for the
   study area.

   (d) Beginning January 1, 1988, for study areas reporting more than 200,000
   working loops pursuant to  Sec. 36.611(h), the expense adjustment (additional
   interstate expense allocation) is equal to the sum of paragraphs (d)(1)
   through (4) of this section. After January 1, 2000, the expense adjustment
   (additional interstate expense allocation) shall be calculated pursuant to
    Sec. 54.309 of this chapter or  Sec. 54.311 of this chapter (which relies on this
   part), whichever is applicable.

   (1) Ten percent of the study area average unseparated loop cost per working
   loop cost per working loop as calculated pursuant to  Sec. 36.622(b) in excess of
   115 percent of the national average for this cost but not greater than 160
   percent of the national average for this cost as calculated pursuant to
    Sec. 36.622(a) multiplied by the number of working loops reported in  Sec. 36.611(h)
   for the study area;

   (2) Thirty percent of the study area average unseparated loop cost per
   working loop as calculated pursuant to  Sec. 36.622(b) in excess of 160 percent
   of the national average for this cost but not greater than 200 percent of
   the national average for this cost as calculated pursuant to  Sec. 36.622(a)
   multiplied by the number of working loops reported in  Sec. 36.611(h) for the
   study area;

   (3) Sixty percent of the study area average unseparated loop cost per
   working loop as calculated pursuant to  Sec. 36.622(b) in excess of 200 percent
   of the national average for this cost but not greater than 250 percent of
   the national average for this cost as calculated pursuant to  Sec. 36.622(a)
   multiplied by the number of working loops reported in  Sec. 36.611(h) for the
   study area; and

   (4) Seventy-five percent of the study area average unseparated loop cost per
   working loop as calculated pursuant to  Sec. 36.622(b) in excess of 250 percent
   of the national average for this cost as calculated pursuant to  Sec. 36.622(a)
   multiplied by the number of working loops reported in  Sec. 36.611(h) for the
   study area.

   (e) Beginning April 1, 1989, the expense adjustment calculated pursuant to
    Sec. 36.631 (c) and (d) shall be adjusted each year to reflect changes in the
   size of the Universal Service Fund resulting from adjustments calculated
   pursuant to  Sec. 36.612(a) made during the previous year. If the resulting
   amount exceeds the previous year's fund size, the difference will be added
   to the amount calculated pursuant to  Sec. 36.631 (c) and (d) for the following
   year. If the adjustments made during the previous year result in a decrease
   in the size of the funding requirement, the difference will be subtracted
   from the amount calculated pursuant to  Sec. 36.631 (c) and (d) for the following
   year.

   [ 52 FR 17229 , May 6, 1987, as amended at  53 FR 33011  and 33012, Aug. 29,
   1988;  63 FR 2125 , Jan. 13, 1998;  64 FR 67430 , Dec. 1, 1999;  64 FR 73428 ,
   Dec. 30, 1999;  69 FR 12553 , Mar. 17, 2004]

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