Connect America Fund

Published date05 July 2019
Citation84 FR 32117
Record Number2019-14331
SectionProposed rules
CourtFederal Communications Commission
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 129 (Friday, July 5, 2019)
[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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