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correcting document. These corrections
are effective as if they had been
included with the document published
November 15, 2016. Accordingly, the
corrections are applicable beginning
January 1, 2017.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
42 CFR Parts 405, 410, 411, 414, 417,
422, 423, 424, 425, and 460
[CMS–1654–CN4]
RIN 0938–AS81
Medicare Program; Revisions to
Payment Policies Under the Physician
Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to
Part B for CY 2017; Medicare
Advantage Bid Pricing Data Release;
Medicare Advantage and Part D
Medical Loss Ratio Data Release;
Medicare Advantage Provider Network
Requirements; Expansion of Medicare
Diabetes Prevention Program Model;
Medicare Shared Savings Program
Requirements; Corrections
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
AGENCY:
This document corrects
technical errors in the addenda to the
final rule published in the November
15, 2016, Federal Register entitled,
‘‘Medicare Program; Revisions to
Payment Policies under the Physician
Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to
Part B for CY 2017; Medicare Advantage
Bid Pricing Data Release; Medicare
Advantage and Part D Medical Loss
Ratio Data Release; Medicare Advantage
Provider Network Requirements;
Expansion of Medicare Diabetes
Prevention Program Model; Medicare
Shared Savings Program Requirements.’’
DATES: This correcting document is
effective March 21, 2017 and is
applicable beginning January 1, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jessica Bruton (410) 786–5991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. Background
In the addenda to FR Doc 2016–26668
(81 FR 80170 through 80562), the final
rule entitled, ‘‘Medicare Program;
Revisions to Payment Policies under the
Physician Fee Schedule and Other
Revisions to Part B for CY 2017;
Medicare Advantage Bid Pricing Data
Release; Medicare Advantage and Part D
Medical Loss Ratio Data Release;
Medicare Advantage Provider Network
Requirements; Expansion of Medicare
Diabetes Prevention Program Model;
Medicare Shared Savings Program
Requirements’’ there was a technical
error in an element of the payment
calculation for several services that is
identified and corrected in this
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II. Summary and Correction of Errors
in the Addenda on the CMS Web Site
Due to a technical error in the
allocation of indirect practice expense
(PE) for CPT codes 97161 through
97168, the incorrect CY 2017 PE relative
value units (RVUs) were included in
Addendum B. The corrected CY 2017
PE RVUs for these codes are reflected in
the corrected Addendum B available on
the CMS Web site at www.cms.gov/
Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-ServicePayment/PhysicianFeeSched/
index.html.
III. Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) of the
Administrative Procedure Act (the
APA), the agency is required to publish
a notice of the proposed rule in the
Federal Register before the provisions
of a rule take effect. Similarly, section
1871(b)(1) of the Social Security Act
(the Act) requires the Secretary to
provide for notice of the proposed rule
in the Federal Register and provide a
period of not less than 60 days for
public comment. In addition, section
553(d) of the APA and section
1871(e)(1)(B)(i) of the Act mandate a 30day delay in effective date after issuance
or publication of a rule. Sections
553(b)(B) and 553(d)(3) of the APA
provide for exceptions from the APA
notice and comment, and delay in
effective date requirements; in cases in
which these exceptions apply, sections
1871(b)(2)(C) and 1871(e)(1)(B)(ii) of the
Act provide exceptions from the notice
and 60-day comment period and delay
in effective date requirements of the Act
as well. Section 553(b)(B) of the APA
and section 1871(b)(2)(C) of the Act
authorize an agency to dispense with
normal notice and comment rulemaking
procedures for good cause if the agency
makes a finding that the notice and
comment process is impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest, and includes a statement of the
finding and the reasons for it in the rule.
In addition, section 553(d)(3) of the
APA and section 1871(e)(1)(B)(ii) allow
the agency to avoid the 30-day delay in
effective date where such delay is
contrary to the public interest and the
agency includes in the rule a statement
of the finding and the reasons for it.
In our view, this correcting document
does not constitute a rulemaking that
would be subject to these requirements.
This document merely corrects
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technical errors in the CY 2017 PFS
final rule. The corrections contained in
this document are consistent with, and
do not make substantive changes to, the
policies and payment methodologies
that were proposed subject to notice and
comment procedures and adopted in the
CY 2017 PFS final rule. As a result, the
corrections made through this correcting
document are intended to resolve
inadvertent errors so that the rule
accurately reflects the policies adopted
in the final rule.
Even if this were a rulemaking to
which the notice and comment and
delayed effective date requirements
applied, we find that there is good cause
to waive such requirements.
Undertaking further notice and
comment procedures to incorporate the
corrections in this document into the
CY 2017 PFS final rule or delaying the
effective date of the corrections would
be contrary to the public interest
because it is in the public interest to
ensure that the rule accurately reflects
our policies as of the date they take
effect. Further, such procedures would
be unnecessary because we are not
making any substantive revisions to the
final rule, but rather, we are simply
correcting the Federal Register
document to reflect the policies that we
previously proposed, received public
comment on, and subsequently finalized
in the final rule. For these reasons, we
believe there is good cause to waive the
requirements for notice and comment
and delay in effective date.
Dated: March 16, 2017.
Ann C. Agnew,
Executive Secretary to the Department,
Department of Health and Human Services.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 54
[WC Docket No. 10–90; FCC 16–33, 16–64,
and 16–143]
Connect America Fund
Federal Communications
Commission.
AGENCY:
Final rule; announcement of
effective date.
ACTION:
In this document, the Federal
Communications Commission
(Commission) announces that the Office
SUMMARY:
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of Management and Budget (OMB) has
approved, for a period of three years, an
information collection associated with
the Commission’s Connect America
Fund, Report and Order, Order and
Order on Reconsideration, April 25,
2016, Report and Order, July 7, 2016,
and Order, November 22, 2016
(collectively, Orders). The Commission
submitted new information collection
requirements for review and approval
by OMB, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, December
30, 2016, which were approved by the
OMB on February 27, 2017. This notice
is consistent with the Orders, which
stated that the Commission would
publish a document in the Federal
Register announcing the effective date
of new information collection
requirements.
DATES: The rules associated with the
Orders related to certain high-cost
carriers’ obligation to report broadband
location information where they have
deployed facilities meeting their public
interest obligations, as well as
associated certifications and quarterly
reports, published at 81 FR 24282, April
25, 2016, 81 FR 44414, July 7, 2016, and
81 FR 83706, November 22, 2016, as
well as 47 CFR 54.316 and 54.320(d) are
effective March 22, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathan Lechter, Wireline Competition
Bureau at (202) 418–7400 or TTY (202)
418–0484.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document announces that, on February
27, 2017, OMB approved, for a period of
three years, the information collection
requirements contained in the
Commission’s Orders, FCC 16–33,
published at 81 FR 24282, April 25,
2016, FCC 16–64, published at 81 FR
44414, July 7, 2016, and FCC 16–143,
published at 81 FR 83706, November 22,
2016. The OMB Control Number is
3060–1228. The Commission publishes
this notice as an announcement of the
effective date of the rules associated
with the Orders related to certain highcost carriers’ obligation to report
broadband location information where
they have deployed facilities meeting
their public interest obligations, as well
as associated certifications and quarterly
reports, published at 81 FR 24282, April
25, 2016, 81 FR 44414, July 7, 2016
(Phase II Auction Order), and 81 FR
83706, November 22, 2016, as well as 47
CFR 54.316 and 54.320(d). If you have
any comments on the burden estimates
listed below, or how the Commission
can improve the collections and reduce
any burdens caused thereby, please
contact Nicole Ongele, Federal
Communications Commission, Room
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1–A620, 445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554. Please include
the OMB Control Number, 3060–1228,
in your correspondence. The
Commission will also accept your
comments via email please send them to
PRA@fcc.gov.
To request materials in accessible
formats for people with disabilities
(Braille, large print, electronic files,
audio format), send an email to fcc504@
fcc.gov or call the Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202)
418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432
(TTY).
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507),
the FCC is notifying the public that it
received OMB approval on February 27,
2017, for the rules associated with t the
Orders related to certain high-cost
carriers’ obligation to report broadband
location information where they have
deployed facilities meeting their public
interest obligations, as well as
associated certifications and quarterly
reports, published at 81 FR 24282, April
25, 2016, 81 FR 44414, July 7, 2016, and
81 FR 83706, November 22, 2016, as
well as 47 CFR 54.316 and 54.320(d).
Under 5 CFR 1320, an agency may not
conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a current,
valid OMB Control Number. No person
shall be subject to any penalty for failing
to comply with a collection of
information subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act that does not display a
current, valid OMB Control Number.
The OMB Control Number is 3060–
1228.
The foregoing notice is required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995,
and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens
and costs for the respondents are as
follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060–1228.
OMB Approval Date: February 27,
2017.
OMB Expiration Date: February 29,
2020.
Title: Connect America Fund—High
Cost Portal Filing.
Form No.: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 1,526 unique respondents;
3,595 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 8
hours–30 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
quarterly reporting requirements,
annual reporting requirements, one-time
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reporting requirement and
recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151–154, 155,
201–206, 214, 218–220, 251, 252, 254,
256, 303(r), 332, 403, 405, 410, and
1302.
Total Annual Burden: 65,713 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
We note that USAC must preserve the
confidentiality of certain data obtained
from respondents; must not use the data
except for purposes of administering the
universal service programs or other
purposes specified by the Commission;
and must not disclose data in companyspecific form unless directed to do so by
the Commission. Respondents may
request materials or information
submitted to the Commission or the
Administrator believed confidential to
be withheld from public inspection
under 47 CFR 0.459 of the FCC’s rules.
Needs and Uses: This information
collection addresses the requirement
that certain carriers with high cost
reporting obligations must file
information about their locations which
meet their broadband deployment
public interest obligations via an
electronic portal (‘‘portal’’). The Rate-ofReturn Order required that the
Universal Service Administrative
Company (USAC) establish the portal so
that carriers could file their location
data with the portal starting in 2017.
The Rate-of-Return Order required all
recipients of Phase II model-based
support and rate-of-return carriers to
submit geocoded location data and
related certifications to the portal.
Recipients of Phase II model-based
support had been required to file such
information in their annual reports due
by July 1. The Phase II Auction Order
requires auction winners to build-out
networks capable of meeting their
public interest obligations and report, to
an online portal, locations to which
auction winners had deployed such
networks. The ACS Phase II Order
requires Alaska Communications
Systems (ACS), a recipient of Phase II
frozen support, to comply with the
reporting, certification and noncompliance measures similar to those
previously adopted for ETCs electing
Phase II model-based support. For the
same reason, the Commission also
adopted a cost certification requirement
for certain locations. This collection
also implements the Rate-of-Return
Order by moving and revising the
currently approved requirements under
OMB Control Numbers 3060–1200 and
3060–0986 to enable recipients of Phase
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II model-based support and rural
broadband experiment funding to file
their location information and
associated reports and certifications in
the portal instead of on the FCC Form
481 or as is currently required.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 130312235–3658–02]
RIN 0648–XF290
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic; SnapperGrouper Resources of the South
Atlantic; Commercial Trip Limit
Reduction
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; commercial
trip limit reduction.
AGENCY:
NMFS issues this temporary
rule to reduce the commercial trip limit
for vermilion snapper in or from the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the
South Atlantic to 500 lb (227 kg), gutted
weight, 555 lb (252 kg), round weight.
This trip limit reduction is necessary to
protect the South Atlantic vermilion
snapper resource.
DATES: This rule is effective 12:01 a.m.,
local time, March 22, 2017, until 12:01
a.m., local time, July 1, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Vara, NMFS Southeast Regional
Office, telephone: 727–824–5305, email:
mary.vara@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
snapper-grouper fishery in the South
Atlantic includes vermilion snapper and
is managed under the Fishery
Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic
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Region (FMP). The South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council prepared
the FMP. The FMP is implemented by
NMFS under the authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) by regulations
at 50 CFR part 622.
The commercial ACL (commercial
quota) for vermilion snapper in the
South Atlantic is divided into two 6month time periods, January through
June and July through December. For
the January 1 through June 30, 2017,
fishing season, the commercial quota is
388,703 lb (176,313 kg), gutted weight,
431,460 lb (195,707 kg), round weight
(50 CFR 622.190(a)(4)(i)(D)).
Under 50 CFR 622.191(a)(6)(ii), NMFS
is required to reduce the commercial
trip limit for vermilion snapper from
1,000 lb (454 kg), gutted weight, 1,110
lb (503 kg), round weight, when 75
percent of the fishing season
commercial quota is reached or
projected to be reached, by filing a
notification to that effect with the Office
of the Federal Register, as established by
Regulatory Amendment 18 to the FMP
(78 FR 47574, August 6, 2013). The
reduced commercial trip limit is 500 lb
(227 kg), gutted weight, 555 lb (252 kg),
round weight. Based on current
information, NMFS has determined that
75 percent of the available commercial
quota for the January 1 through June 30,
2017, fishing season for vermilion
snapper will be reached by March 22,
2017. Accordingly, NMFS is reducing
the commercial trip limit for vermilion
snapper to 500 lb (227 kg), gutted
weight, 555 lb (252 kg), round weight,
in or from the South Atlantic EEZ at
12:01 a.m., local time, on March 22,
2017. This reduced commercial trip
limit will remain in effect until the start
of the next fishing season on July 1,
2017, or until the seasonal commercial
quota is reached and the commercial
sector closes, whichever occurs first.
The Regional Administrator,
Southeast Region, NMFS, has
determined this temporary rule is
necessary for the conservation and
management of South Atlantic
vermilion snapper and is consistent
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with the Magnuson-Stevens Act and
other applicable laws.
This action is taken under 50 CFR
622.191(a)(6)(ii) and is exempt from
review under Executive Order 12866.
These measures are exempt from the
procedures of the Regulatory Flexibility
Act because the temporary rule is issued
without opportunity for prior notice and
comment.
This action responds to the best
scientific information available. The
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
NOAA (AA), finds that the need to
immediately implement this
commercial trip limit reduction
constitutes good cause to waive the
requirements to provide prior notice
and opportunity for public comment
pursuant to the authority set forth in 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B), because prior notice
and opportunity for public comment on
this temporary rule is unnecessary and
contrary to the public interest. Such
procedures are unnecessary because the
rule establishing and providing for a
reduction in the commercial trip limit
has already been subject to notice and
comment, and all that remains is to
notify the public of the commercial trip
limit reduction. Providing prior notice
and opportunity for public comment is
contrary to the public interest because
any delay in reducing the commercial
trip limit could result in the commercial
quota being exceeded. There is a need
to immediately implement this action to
protect the vermilion snapper resource,
since the capacity of the fishing fleet
allows for rapid harvest of the
commercial quota. Providing prior
notice and opportunity for public
comment on this action would require
time and increase the likelihood that the
commercial sector could exceed its
quota.
For the aforementioned reasons, the
AA also finds good cause to waive the
30-day delay in the effectiveness of this
action under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Classification
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Dated: March 17, 2017.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 54
[WC Docket No. 10-90; FCC 16-33, 16-64, and 16-143]
Connect America Fund
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) announces that the Office
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of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three
years, an information collection associated with the Commission's
Connect America Fund, Report and Order, Order and Order on
Reconsideration, April 25, 2016, Report and Order, July 7, 2016, and
Order, November 22, 2016 (collectively, Orders). The Commission
submitted new information collection requirements for review and
approval by OMB, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, December 30, 2016, which were approved by the OMB on February 27,
2017. This notice is consistent with the Orders, which stated that the
Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing
the effective date of new information collection requirements.
DATES: The rules associated with the Orders related to certain high-
cost carriers' obligation to report broadband location information
where they have deployed facilities meeting their public interest
obligations, as well as associated certifications and quarterly
reports, published at 81 FR 24282, April 25, 2016, 81 FR 44414, July 7,
2016, and 81 FR 83706, November 22, 2016, as well as 47 CFR 54.316 and
54.320(d) are effective March 22, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Lechter, Wireline Competition
Bureau at (202) 418-7400 or TTY (202) 418-0484.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on February
27, 2017, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information
collection requirements contained in the Commission's Orders, FCC 16-
33, published at 81 FR 24282, April 25, 2016, FCC 16-64, published at
81 FR 44414, July 7, 2016, and FCC 16-143, published at 81 FR 83706,
November 22, 2016. The OMB Control Number is 3060-1228. The Commission
publishes this notice as an announcement of the effective date of the
rules associated with the Orders related to certain high-cost carriers'
obligation to report broadband location information where they have
deployed facilities meeting their public interest obligations, as well
as associated certifications and quarterly reports, published at 81 FR
24282, April 25, 2016, 81 FR 44414, July 7, 2016 (Phase II Auction
Order), and 81 FR 83706, November 22, 2016, as well as 47 CFR 54.316
and 54.320(d). If you have any comments on the burden estimates listed
below, or how the Commission can improve the collections and reduce any
burdens caused thereby, please contact Nicole Ongele, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 1-A620, 445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554. Please include the OMB Control Number, 3060-1228,
in your correspondence. The Commission will also accept your comments
via email please send them to PRA@fcc.gov.
To request materials in accessible formats for people with
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format),
send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received OMB approval on
February 27, 2017, for the rules associated with t the Orders related
to certain high-cost carriers' obligation to report broadband location
information where they have deployed facilities meeting their public
interest obligations, as well as associated certifications and
quarterly reports, published at 81 FR 24282, April 25, 2016, 81 FR
44414, July 7, 2016, and 81 FR 83706, November 22, 2016, as well as 47
CFR 54.316 and 54.320(d). Under 5 CFR 1320, an agency may not conduct
or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current,
valid OMB Control Number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for
failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act that does not display a current, valid OMB
Control Number. The OMB Control Number is 3060-1228.
The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents
are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1228.
OMB Approval Date: February 27, 2017.
OMB Expiration Date: February 29, 2020.
Title: Connect America Fund--High Cost Portal Filing.
Form No.: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,526 unique respondents;
3,595 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 8 hours-30 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly reporting
requirements, annual reporting requirements, one-time reporting
requirement and recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 151-154, 155, 201-206, 214, 218-220, 251, 252, 254, 256, 303(r),
332, 403, 405, 410, and 1302.
Total Annual Burden: 65,713 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: We note that USAC must
preserve the confidentiality of certain data obtained from respondents;
must not use the data except for purposes of administering the
universal service programs or other purposes specified by the
Commission; and must not disclose data in company-specific form unless
directed to do so by the Commission. Respondents may request materials
or information submitted to the Commission or the Administrator
believed confidential to be withheld from public inspection under 47
CFR 0.459 of the FCC's rules.
Needs and Uses: This information collection addresses the
requirement that certain carriers with high cost reporting obligations
must file information about their locations which meet their broadband
deployment public interest obligations via an electronic portal
(``portal''). The Rate-of-Return Order required that the Universal
Service Administrative Company (USAC) establish the portal so that
carriers could file their location data with the portal starting in
2017. The Rate-of-Return Order required all recipients of Phase II
model-based support and rate-of-return carriers to submit geocoded
location data and related certifications to the portal. Recipients of
Phase II model-based support had been required to file such information
in their annual reports due by July 1. The Phase II Auction Order
requires auction winners to build-out networks capable of meeting their
public interest obligations and report, to an online portal, locations
to which auction winners had deployed such networks. The ACS Phase II
Order requires Alaska Communications Systems (ACS), a recipient of
Phase II frozen support, to comply with the reporting, certification
and non-compliance measures similar to those previously adopted for
ETCs electing Phase II model-based support. For the same reason, the
Commission also adopted a cost certification requirement for certain
locations. This collection also implements the Rate-of-Return Order by
moving and revising the currently approved requirements under OMB
Control Numbers 3060-1200 and 3060-0986 to enable recipients of Phase
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II model-based support and rural broadband experiment funding to file
their location information and associated reports and certifications in
the portal instead of on the FCC Form 481 or as is currently required.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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