<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beNormal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont-000000 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853be000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont-000002 { color: #0000FF; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont-000000">20:10:28:04.  Separations procedures -- General.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont"> Separations apportion costs among categories by actual use or by direct assignment. Separations are made based on actual use, which gives consideration to relative occupancy and relative time measurements.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853be000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont">    In the development of actual use measurements, measurements of use are first determined for telecommunications plant or for work performed by operating forces on a unit basis, such as conversation-minute-mile per message or weighted standard work seconds per call, in studies of traffic handled or work performed during a representative period for all traffic. Measurements of use are then applied to overall traffic volumes, such as 24-hour rather than busy-hour volumes.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853be000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont-000000">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont"> 19 SDR 111, effective </span><span class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont">January 31, 1993.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont-000000">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-1-11"><span class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont-000002">49-1-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-5"><span class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont-000002">49-31-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-18"><span class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont-000002">49-31-18</span></a><span class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont-000000">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-31-18"><span class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont-000002">49-31-18</span></a><span class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853be000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont-000000">Cross-Reference:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beDefaultParagraphFont"> Fundamental principles underlying procedures, 47 C.F.R. § 36.2(a) (1991).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853beNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa0051872-95ba-4bcb-abc4-ba6561e853be000001"> </span></p></div></body></html>