[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 70702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29967]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 54

[CC Docket Nos. 96-45, 96-262, 94-1, 91-213, 95-72; FCC 97-420]


Universal Service

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the final regulation 
part 54, which was published in the Federal Register on Tuesday January 
13, 1998, (63 FR 2094). This document will correct one word in section 
54.303(b)(4) of the Commission rules. The regulation relates to the 
calculation of Long Term Support by the Administrator contained in 
section 54.303(b)(4).

DATES: Effective November 26, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katie King, Attorney, Wireline 
Competition Bureau (formerly, Common Carrier Bureau), 
Telecommunications Access Policy Division, (202) 418-7400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Part 54 rules are issued pursuant to the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended. The purpose of the part 54 rules is to implement 
section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 
254. The final regulation that is subject to the correction deals with 
Sec.  54.303 and how the Administrator calculates long term support.

Need for Correction

    As published, the final regulation contains an error which needs to 
be corrected.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 54

    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Telecommunications, 
Telephone.

    Accordingly, 47 CFR part 54 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendments:

PART 54--UNIVERSAL SERVICE

    1. The authority citation for part 54 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 1, 4(i), 201, 205, 214, and 254 unless 
otherwise noted.

    2. Revise paragraph (b)(4) of Sec.  54.303 to read as follows:


Sec.  54.303  Long term support.

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    (b) * * *
    (4) Beginning January 1, 2000, the Administrator shall calculate 
Long Term Support annually by adjusting the previous year's level of 
support to reflect the annual percentage change in the Department of 
Commerce's Gross Domestic Product-Chained Price Index (GDP-CPI).
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-29967 Filed 11-25-02; 8:45 am]
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