[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 62 (Thursday, March 31, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 18794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06801]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[MD Docket No. 20-270; FR ID 79350]


Schedule of Application Fees of the Commission's Rules

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission announces new application fee rates for the 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. These application fee rates were 
adopted and released in a Commission rulemaking on December 29, 2020.

DATES: New application fee rates will be updated on April 19, 2022.

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 updated on April 19, 2022 for the Wireless Telecommunications 
Bureau.

DA 22-307
Released: March 23, 2022

Effective Date of New Application Fee Rates for the Wireless 
Telecommunications 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 the new 
application fee rates for the Office of Engineering and Technology and 
the Media Bureau would become effective on July 15, 2021,\3\ and on 
December 15, 2021, the Commission announced the new application fee 
rates for the Wireline Competition Bureau, the Enforcement Bureau, the 
International Bureau, and CALEA Petitions would become effective on 
December 15, 2021.\4\ This Public Notice announces that the new 
application fee rates for the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 
codified at 47 CFR 1.1102, will become effective on April 19, 2022.\5\ 
Wireless application fees can be paid through the Commission's 
Universal Licensing System (ULS) at https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/universal-licensing-system.\6\
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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 the application fee schedule 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). In addition to the adjustments required by 
subsection (b), the Commission shall also, by rule, amend the 
schedule of application fees established if the Commission 
determines that the schedule requires amendment so that: (1) Such 
fees reflect increases or decreases in the costs of processing 
applications at the Commission or (2) such schedule reflects the 
consolidation or addition of new categories of applications. See 47 
U.S.C. 158(c).
    \2\ 2020 Application Fee Report and Order at 15155, paragraph 
201.
    \3\ See 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 Effective Date of New Application Fees for the 
Enforcement Bureau, the Wireline Competition Bureau, and the 
International Bureau, MD Docket No. 20-270, Public Notice, DA 21-
1496 (OMD 2021). Note that, on December 15, 2021, the Commission 
decommissioned and permanently discontinued its in-house online 
electronic payment system known as Fee Filer and replaced it with a 
new payment module contained in the Commission's Registration System 
(CORES). 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 (Dec. 1, 
2021).
    \5\ 47 CFR 1.1102.
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    For further guidance regarding Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 
application fees, please refer to the Wireless Telecommunications 
Bureau Fee Filing Guide located at https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/application-processing-fees. For further information 
regarding this Public Notice, please contact Roland Helvajian, Program 
Analyst, Financial Operations, Office of the Managing Director, 
[email protected].

Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-06801 Filed 3-30-22; 8:45 am]
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