Universal Service Support for Low-Income Consumers; Correction, 15352 [2010-6968]

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 59 (Monday, March 29, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 15352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6968]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 54

[WC Docket No. 05-195; WC Docket No. 03-109; FCC 07-150]


Universal Service Support for Low-Income Consumers; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission published a document in 
the Federal Register on Monday, September 24, 2007 (72 FR 54214), 
revising Commission rules pertaining to the recordkeeping requirements 
for eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) receiving Universal 
Service low-income support. That document inadvertently deleted a 
sentence from 47 CFR 54.417(a). This document corrects the final 
regulation by revising this section.

DATES: Effective on March 29, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamie Susskind, Wireline Competition 
Bureau, Telecommunications Access Policy Division at (202) 418-7400 
(voice), (202) 418- 0484 (TTY), or e-mail at Jamie.Susskind@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In a Report and Order (FCC 07-150), the Commission adopted measures 
to safeguard the Universal Service Fund (``USF'') from waste, fraud, 
and abuse. Among other actions taken in the Report and Order, the 
Commission revised the requirement that ETCs maintain certain 
documentation as long as the consumer receives Lifeline service from 
the ETC or until the ETC is audited by the Universal Service 
Administrative Company (``USAC'').

Need for Correction

    As published, the final regulation inadvertently omitted a sentence 
from 47 CFR 54.417(a). This error needs to be corrected.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 54

    Communications common carriers, Infants and children, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Telecommunications, Telephone.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison.

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Accordingly, 47 CFR part 54 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendments:

PART 54--UNIVERSAL SERVICE

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1. The authority citation for part 54 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 201, 205, 214, and 254 unless 
otherwise noted.


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2. In Sec.  54.417, revise paragraph (a) to read as follows:


Sec.  54.417  Recordkeeping requirements.

    (a) Eligible telecommunications carriers must maintain records to 
document compliance with all Commission and state requirements 
governing the Lifeline/Link Up programs for the three full preceding 
calendar years and provide that documentation to the Commission or 
Administrator upon request. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, 
eligible telecommunications carriers must maintain the documentation 
required in Sec. Sec.  54.409(d) and 54.410(b)(3) for as long as the 
consumer receives Lifeline service from that eligible 
telecommunications carrier. If an eligible telecommunications carrier 
provides Lifeline discounted wholesale services to a reseller, it must 
obtain a certification from that reseller that it is complying with all 
Commission requirements governing the Lifeline/Link Up programs.
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