---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 36.112"
title: "47"
number: "36.112"
heading: "Apportionment procedure."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/36.112"
---

# §36.112. Apportionment procedure.

- (a) The costs of the general support facilities of local exchange carriers that had annual revenues from regulated telecommunications operations equal to or greater than $157 million for calendar year 2016 are apportioned among the operations on the basis of either the method in [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section or the method in [paragraph (a)(2)](#a-2) of this section, at the election of the local exchange carrier:
  - (1) **The separation of the costs of the combined Big Three Expenses which include the following accounts—**
  - (2) The separation of the costs of Central Office Equipment, Information Origination/Termination Equipment, and Cable and Wire Facilities, combined.
- (b) The costs of the general support facilities of local exchange carriers that had annual revenues from regulated telecommunications operations less than $157 million for calendar year 2016 are apportioned among the operations on the basis of the separation of the costs of Central Office Equipment, Information Origination/Termination Equipment, and Cable and Wire Facilities, combined.

## Notes

### Amendments

[83 FR 63584, Dec. 11, 2018]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i) and (j), 201, 205, 220, 221(c), 254, 303(r), 403, 410, and 1302 unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[83 FR 63584, Dec. 11, 2018]