[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 127 (Monday, July 2, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 30883-30884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14149]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 54

[WC Docket No. 10-90; FCC 18-37]


Connect America Fund

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Technical amendments.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects errors in the rules that increase the 
amount of

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operating costs that carriers that predominately serve Tribal lands can 
recover from the universal service fund (USF) in recognition that they 
are likely to have higher costs than carriers not serving Tribal lands. 
The rules published in the Federal Register on May 1, 2018.

DATES: Effective July 2, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne Yelen, Wireline Competition 
Bureau, (202) 418-7400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the FCC's Erratum, 
released on June 7, 2018. This summary contains technical amendments to 
the Commission's rules that were published in the Federal Register at 
83 FR 18948 (May 1, 2018). The full text of the Commission's Report and 
Order, WC Docket No. 10-90; FCC 18-37, released on April 5, 2018 is 
available for public inspection during regular business hours in the 
FCC Reference Center, Room CY-A257, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 
20554.
    In the document published in the Federal Register at 83 FR 18948 
(May 1, 2018), amendatory instruction 2 erroneously added text as 
paragraph (a)(6) to Sec.  54.303. The Commission's intent was to add 
the text as paragraph (a)(7) to the section. This document corrects 
that error.

Technical Amendments

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 54

    Communications common carriers, Health facilities, Infants and 
children, Internet, Libraries, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Schools, Telecommunications, Telephone.

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

PART 54--UNIVERSAL SERVICE

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

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 155, 201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 
254, 303(r), 403, and 1302 unless otherwise noted.


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2. In Sec.  54.303, add paragraph (a)(7) to read as follows:


Sec.  54.303  Eligible Capital Investment and Operating Expenses.

    (a) * * *
    (7) For those study areas where a majority of the housing units are 
on Tribal lands, as determined by the Wireline Competition Bureau, and 
meet the following conditions, total eligible annual operating expenses 
per location shall be limited by calculating Exp ([Ycirc] + 2.5 * mean 
square error of the regression): The carrier serving the study area has 
not deployed broadband service of 10 Mbps download/1 Mbps upload to 90 
percent or more of the housing units on the Tribal lands in its study 
area and unsubsidized competitors have not deployed broadband service 
of 10 Mbps download/1 Mbps upload to 85 percent or more of the housing 
units on the Tribal lands in its study area.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-14149 Filed 6-29-18; 8:45 am]
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