[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 35507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14270]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[MD Docket No. 20-270; DA 21-747; FR ID 35696]


Schedule of Application Fees of the Commission's Rules

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Public notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Commission announces the effective date of new application 
fee rates for the Office of Engineering and Technology and for Media 
Services.

DATES: Applicable July 15, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roland Helvajian, Office of Managing 
Director at (202) 418-0444.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission adopted new application fee 
rates in a Report and Order, FCC 20-184, MD Docket No. 20-270, adopted 
on December 23, 2020 and released on December 29, 2020. This document 
provides notice that new application fee rates will become effective on 
July 15, 2021 for the Office of Engineering and Technology and the 
Media Bureau.

DA 21-747
Released: June 25, 2021

Effective Date of New Application Fees for the Office of Engineering 
and Technology and the Media Bureau

MD Docket No. 20-270

    On December 23, 2020, the Commission adopted a Report and Order 
implementing a new application fee schedule which significantly updated 
the Commission's previous fee schedule.\1\ As indicated in the 2020 
Application Fee Report and Order, the new application fee rates will 
become effective when the Commission's ``information technology systems 
and internal procedures have been updated, and the Commission publishes 
notice(s) in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of such 
rules.'' \2\ At this time, the systems and internal procedures have 
been updated for the Office of Engineering and Technology and for the 
Media Bureau. This Public Notice therefore announces that the new 
application fee rates in sections 1.1103 and 1.1104 of Commission's 
rules will become effective on July 15, 2021.\3\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ See Amendment of the Schedule of Application Fees Set Forth 
in Sections 1.1102 through 1.1109 of the Commission's Rules, MD 
Docket No, 20-270, Report and Order, 35 FCC Rcd 15089 (2020) (2020 
Application Fee Report and Order). Pursuant to section 8(b)(1) of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, the Commission is 
required to review application fees in every even-numbered year, 
adjust the fees to reflect increases or decreases in the Consumer 
Price Index, and round to the nearest $5 increment. See 47 U.S.C. 
158(b)(1).
    \2\ 2020 Application Fee Report and Order at 15155, para. 201.
    \3\ See 47 CFR 1.1103 (Schedule of charges for experimental 
radio services.), 1.1104 (Schedule of charges for applications and 
other filings for media services.). Applicants must continue to pay 
the current fees for their applications under the existing 
procedures until the new procedures and fees are in effect for their 
applications. The Commission will announce the effective date of the 
new application fee rates in sections 1.1102, 1.1105, 1.1106, 
1.1107, and 1.1109 of the Commission's once the applicable 
information technology systems and internal procedures have been 
updated for those fees. See 47 CFR 1.1102, 1.1105, 1.1106, 1.1107, 
and 1.1109.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    For further information regarding this Public Notice, please 
contact Roland Helvajian, Program Analyst, Financial Operations, Office 
of the Managing Director, [email protected].

Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-14270 Filed 7-2-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P