[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 32117-32118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14331]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 54
[WC Docket No. 10-90; DA 19-504]
Connect America Fund
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed action.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau)
seeks comment on approaches to identify and resolve apparent
discrepancies between the number of model-determined funded locations
that Alternative Connect America Model (A-CAM) I and II support
recipients are expected to serve (funded locations) and the actual
number of locations that support recipients can serve (actual
locations).
DATES: Comments are due on or before July 19, 2019. If you anticipate
that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so
within the period of time allowed by this document, you should advise
the contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Pursuant to sections 1.415 and 1.419 of the Federal
Communications Commission (Commission's) rules, 47 CFR 1.415, 1.419,
interested parties may file comments and reply comments on or before
the dates indicated on the first page of this document. Comments and
reply comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment
Filing System (ECFS). See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking
Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 (1998).
[ssquf] Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically
using the internet by accessing the ECFS: http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/.
[ssquf] Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file
an original and one copy of each filing. If more than one docket or
rulemaking number appears in the caption of this proceeding, filers
must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or
rulemaking number.
Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial
overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service
mail. All filings must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary,
Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
[ssquf] All hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for
the Commission's Secretary must be delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445
12th St. SW, Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. The filing hours are 8
a.m. to 7 p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber
bands or fasteners. Any envelopes and boxes must be disposed of before
entering the building.
[ssquf] Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service
Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9050 Junction Drive,
Annapolis Junction, MD 20701.
[ssquf] U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail
must be addressed to 445 12th Street SW, Washington DC 20554.
People with Disabilities: To request materials in accessible
formats for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic
files, audio format), send an email to [email protected] or call the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-
418-0432 (tty).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nissa Laughner, Wireline Competition
Bureau, (202) 418-7400 or TTY: (202) 418-0484.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Bureau's Public
Notice (Notice) in WC Docket No. 10-90; DA 19-504, released on June 5,
2019. The full text of this document is available for public inspection
during regular business hours in the FCC Reference Center, Room CY-
A257, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554 or at the following
internet address: https://www.fcc.gov/document/corrected-cam-ii-offers-deadline-extension-location-adjustments.
I. Adjustments of A-CAM Support Due to Number of Locations in Eligible
Census Blocks
1. The Bureau also seeks comment on approaches to identify and
resolve apparent discrepancies between the number of model-determined
funded locations that A-CAM I and II support recipients are expected to
serve (funded locations) and the actual number of locations that
support recipients can serve (actual locations). In the 2016 Rate-of-
Return Reform Order, 81 FR 24282, April 25, 2016, the Commission stated
that ``[c]arriers that discover there is a widely divergent number of
locations in their funded census blocks as compared to the model should
have the opportunity to seek an adjustment to modify the deployment
obligations.'' The Commission further delegated authority to the Bureau
to address these discrepancies ``by adjusting the number of funded
locations downward and reducing associated funding levels.''
2. In the 2018 Locations Adjustment Public Notice, 83 FR 49040,
September
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28, 2018, the Bureau sought comment on the same issue with respect to
Connect America Fund Phase II auction support recipients. The Bureau
directs interested parties to that Public Notice and asks them to
provide comment regarding whether the procedure proposed in that
instance would be appropriate for A-CAM recipients. If not, parties are
invited to comment on what changes would be necessary to make those
procedures appropriate for A-CAM recipients. Comments should address
the unique characteristics of A-CAM support recipients as it relates to
the locations adjustment issue and should be submitted by the date
indicated on the first page of this Notice.
II. Procedural Matters
A. Paperwork Reduction Act
3. This document contains proposed modified information collection
requirements. The Bureau, as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, invites the general public and the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to comment on the information collection
requirements contained in this document, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. In addition, pursuant to the
Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), we seek specific comment on how we might further
reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns
with fewer than 25 employees.
4. Permit but Disclose Ex Parte Contact. For the purposes of the
Commission's ex parte rules, information filed in this proceeding will
be treated as initiating a permit-but-disclose proceeding under the
Commission's rules. Persons making ex parte presentations must file a
copy of any written presentation or a memorandum summarizing any oral
presentation within two business days after the presentation (unless a
different deadline applicable to the Sunshine period applies). Persons
making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that memoranda
summarizing the presentation must (1) list all persons attending or
otherwise participating in the meeting at which the ex parte
presentation was made, and (2) summarize all data presented and
arguments made during the presentation. If the presentation consisted
in whole or in part of the presentation of data or arguments already
reflected in the presenter's written comments, memoranda or other
filings in the proceeding, the presenter may provide citations to such
data or arguments in his or her prior comments, memoranda, or other
filings (specifying the relevant page and/or paragraph numbers where
such data or arguments can be found) in lieu of summarizing them in the
memorandum. Documents shown or given to Commission staff during ex
parte meetings are deemed to be written ex parte presentations and must
be filed consistent with rule 1.1206(b). In proceedings governed by
rule 1.49(f) or for which the Commission has made available a method of
electronic filing, written ex parte presentations and memoranda
summarizing oral ex parte presentations, and all attachments thereto,
must be filed through the electronic comment filing system available
for that proceeding, and must be filed in their native format
(e.g.,.doc,.xml,.ppt, searchable.pdf). Participants in this proceeding
should familiarize themselves with the Commission's ex parte rules.
Federal Communications Commission.
D'wana R. Terry,
Associate Bureau Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2019-14331 Filed 7-3-19; 8:45 am]
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