[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 234 (Thursday, December 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70125-70126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26613]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[MD Docket No. 20-270; FR ID 61142]


Schedule of Application Fees of the Commission's Rules

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission announces the effective date of new application 
fee rates for the Enforcement Bureau, Wireline Competition Bureau, and 
the International Bureau.

DATES: New application fee rates will be updated on December 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, released on December 29, 2020, and published in 
the Federal Register on March 19, 2021 (86 FR 15026, March 19, 2021). 
This document provides notice that new application fee rates will 
become effective on December 15, 2021 for the Enforcement Bureau, 
Wireline Competition Bureau, and the International Bureau.

DA 21-1496
Released: December 15, 2021

Effective Date of New Application Fees for the Enforcement Bureau, 
Wireline Competition Bureau, and the International 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\ On July 6, 2021, the Commission announced that the systems 
and internal procedures had been updated for the Office of Engineering 
and Technology and for the Media Bureau, and as a result new 
application fees became effective for those Bureaus as of July 15, 
2021.\3\ This Public Notice announces that new application fee rates 
for the Wireline Competition Bureau (47 CFR 1.1105), the Enforcement 
Bureau (47 CFR 1.1106), International Bureau (47 CFR 1.1107), and CALEA 
Petitions (47 CFR 1.1109) will become effective on December 15, 
2021.\4\ Application fees for Enforcement Bureau applications and CALEA 
Petitions can be paid through the Commission's Registration System 
(CORES) (the Commission's FRN Management and Financial system),\5\ 
International Bureau applications can be paid through IBFS (or through 
the CORES system as a back-up), and Wireline Competition applications 
can be paid through ETFS

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(tariff filings), and the CORES system (section 214 and VoIP numbering 
applications).
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    \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\ Effective Date of New Application Fees for the Office of 
Engineering and Technology and the Media Bureau, MD Docket No. 20-
270, Public Notice, DA 21-747 (OMD 2021).
    \4\ See 47 CFR 1.1105 (Schedule of charges for applications and 
other filings for wireline competition services), 47 CFR 1.1106 
(Schedule of charges for applications and other filings for 
Enforcement Bureau services), 47 CFR 1.1107 (Schedule of charges for 
applications and other filings for International Bureau services), 
and 47 CFR 1.1109 (Schedule of charges and filings for the Public 
Safety and Homeland Security Bureau). 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 47 CFR 1.1102 of the Commission's rules 
once the applicable information technology systems and internal 
procedures have been updated for those fees. See 47 CFR 1.1102.
    \5\ Applicants can login at https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/userLogin.do using an existing FCC Username account, or through 
CORES' FRN access page at https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/paymentFrnLogin.do. On December 15, 2021, the URL that directly logs 
into Fee Filer will be discontinued, but will re-direct users to the 
new payment system (see FCC Announces Decommissioning of Fee Filer 
as Method of Payment and Replacement with New Payment Module within 
CORES and Decommissioning of the Commission's Red Light Display 
System and Replacement with a New Module within CORES, Public 
Notice, December 1, 2021).
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    For further information regarding this document, please contact 
Roland Helvajian, Program Analyst, Financial Operations, Office of the 
Managing Director, [email protected].

Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-26613 Filed 12-8-21; 8:45 am]
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