---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 36.157"
title: "47"
number: "36.157"
heading: "Host/remote message Cable and Wire Facilities (C&WF)—Category 4—apportionment procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/36.157"
---

# §36.157. Host/remote message Cable and Wire Facilities (C&WF)—Category 4—apportionment procedures.

- (a) **Host/Remote Message C&WF—Category 4.** The cost of host/remote C&WF used for message circuits, i.e., circuits carrying only message traffic, is included in this category.
  - (1) The cost of host/remote message C&WF excluding WATS closed end access lines for the study area is apportioned on the basis of the relative number of study area minutes-of-use kilometers applicable to such facilities.
  - (2) The cost of host/remote message C&WF used for WATS closed end access for the study area is directly assigned to the appropriate jurisdiction.
- (b) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2030, all study areas shall apportion Category 4 Host/Remote message Cable and Wire Facilities C&WF among the jurisdictions using the relative number of study area minutes-of-use kilometers applicable to such facilities, as specified in [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section, for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000. Direct assignment of any Category 4 equipment to the jurisdictions shall be updated annually.

## Notes

### Amendments

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 58 FR 44905, Aug. 25, 1993; 66 FR 33206, June 21, 2001; 75 FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 27, 2011; 79 FR 36237, June 26, 2014; 89 FR 92845, Nov. 25, 2024]

### 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

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 58 FR 44905, Aug. 25, 1993; 66 FR 33206, June 21, 2001; 75 FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 27, 2011; 79 FR 36237, June 26, 2014; 89 FR 92845, Nov. 25, 2024]