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2002, direct final rule, and the preamble
description of EPA’s action was
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pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference,
Intergovernmental relations, Lead,
Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile
organic compounds.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: February 4, 2022.
Daniel Blackman,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 54
[WC Docket No. 10–90; FCC 19–95, FCC
20–5; FR ID 72341]
Connect America Fund
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of
effective date.
AGENCY:
In this document, the Federal
Communications Commission
(Commission) announces that the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) has
approved, for a period of three years, an
information collection associated with
the rules for the Connect America Fund
contained in the Commission’s Uniendo
a Puerto Rico Fund and the Connect
USVI Fund, FCC 19–95 and the 2020
Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Order,
FCC 20–5. This document is consistent
with the Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund
and the Connect USVI Fund Order and
the 2020 Rural Digital Opportunity
Fund Order, which stated that the
Commission would publish a document
in the Federal Register announcing the
effective date of the revised information
collection requirements.
DATES: The amendments to
§§ 54.316(a)(7) and (b)(7), 54.1503,
54.1513, and 54.1514, published at 84
FR 59937, November 7, 2019, and
§ 54.316(a)(8), (b)(5), and (c)(1)
published at 85 FR 13773, March 10,
2020, are effective February 22, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jesse Jachman, Wireline Competition
Bureau at (202) 418–7400. For
additional information concerning the
Paperwork Reduction Act information
collection requirements contact Nicole
lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with RULES1
SUMMARY:
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Ongele at (202) 418–2991 or via email
at Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commission submitted revised
information collection requirements for
review and approval by OMB, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, on October 19, 2021.
OMB approved the revised information
collection requirements on January 5,
2022. The information collection
requirements are contained in the
Commission’s Uniendo a Puerto Rico
Fund and the Connect USVI Fund
Order, FCC 19–95, published at 84 FR
59937, November 7, 2019 and the 2020
Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Order,
FCC 20–5, published at 85 FR 13773,
March 10, 2020. The OMB Control
Number is 3060–1228. The Commission
publishes this document as an
announcement of the effective date of
the rules published on November 7,
2019 and March 10, 2020. If you have
any comments on the burden estimates
listed in the following, or how the
Commission can improve the
collections and reduce any burdens
caused thereby, please contact Nicole
Ongele, Federal Communications
Commission, 45 L Street NE,
Washington, DC 20554. Please include
the OMB Control Number, 3060–1228,
in your correspondence. The
Commission will also accept your
comments via email at 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.
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507),
the Commission is notifying the public
that it received OMB approval on
January 5, 2022, for the amendments to
47 CFR 54.316(a)(7) and (b)(7), 54.1503,
54.1513 and 54.1514 published at 84 FR
59937, November 7, 2019 and 47 CFR
54.316(a)(8), (b)(5) and (c)(1) published
at 85 FR 13773, March 10, 2020. Under
5 CFR part 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.
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The total annual reporting burdens
and costs for the respondents are as
follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060–1228.
OMB Approval Date: January 5, 2022.
OMB Expiration Date: January 31,
2025.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1228.
Title: Connect America Fund—High
Cost Portal Filing.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 2,024 unique respondents;
4,644 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 8
hours–60 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
quarterly reporting requirements,
annual reporting requirements, 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: 86,727 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Except for the middle-mile maps for
Alaska Plan carriers, and the coverage
maps and information for Uniendo a
Puerto Rico Fund and Connect USVI
Fund Stage 2 mobile support recipients,
the Commission is not requesting
respondents to submit confidential
information to the Commission. The
Commission notes that the Universal
Service Administrative Company
(USAC) must preserve the
confidentiality of all data obtained from
respondents and contributors to the
universal service support program
mechanism; must not use the data
except for purposes of administering the
universal service support program; and
must not disclose data in companyspecific form unless directed to do so by
the Commission. Also, respondents may
request materials or information
submitted to the Commission or to the
Administrator believed confidential to
be withheld from public inspection
under 47 CFR 0.459 of the FCC’s rules.
Needs and Uses: Through several
orders, the Commission has recently
changed or modified reporting
obligations for high-cost support.
Pursuant to the following orders, this
collection includes location reporting
and related certification requirements of
high-cost support recipients: Connect
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America Fund et al., Report and Order,
Order and Order on Reconsideration,
and Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 3087 (2016)
(2016 Rate-of-Return Order); Connect
America Fund et al., Report and Order
and Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 5949 (2016)
(Phase II Auction Order); Connect
America Fund et al., Order, 31 FCC Rcd
12086 (2016) (ACS Phase II Order);
Connect America Fund et al., Report
and Order and Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, 29 FCC Rcd 876 (2014)
(Rural Broadband Experiments Order);
Connect America Fund et al., Report
and Order, 29 FCC Rcd 15644 (2014)
(Price Cap Order); Technology
Transitions et al., Order et al., 29 FCC
Rcd 1433 (2014) (Tech Transitions
Order); Connect America Fund et al.,
Report and Order and Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd
10139 (2016) (Alaska Plan Order);
Connect America Fund et al., Order, 32
FCC Rcd 968 (2017) (New York Auction
Order); Connect America Fund et al.,
Report and Order, Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, and Order on
Reconsideration, 33 FCC Rcd 11–893
(2018) (2018 Rate-of-Return Order);
Uniendo a Puerto Rico and Connect
USVI Fund et al., Report and Order and
Order on Reconsideration, 34 FCC Rcd
9109 (2019) (PR–USVI Stage 2 Order);
Rural Digital Opportunity Fund et al.,
Report and Order, 35 FCC Rcd 686
(2020) (2020 Rural Digital Opportunity
Fund Order).
This information collection addresses
the requirement that certain carriers
with high-cost reporting obligations
must file information about the
locations to which they have deployed
broadband service meeting applicable
public interest requirements (location
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information). A web-based portal, the
High-Cost Universal Broadband Portal
(HUBB or portal), is used to accept this
information. The Commission and
USAC will use this information to
monitor the deployment progress of
reporting carriers and to verify the
reporting carriers’ claims of service at
the reported locations. Such activities
help the Commission ensure that
support is being used as intended. In
addition, because data filed in the
HUBB is publicly accessible, the
reporting helps ensure public
accountability and transparency.
In the 2019 PR–USVI Stage 2 Order,
the Commission created a competitive
process to determine support recipients
for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As a result,
carriers receiving support in these areas
are subject to specific public interest
obligations related to speed, usage,
latency, and price as well as certain
deployment milestones. Specifically,
the Commission imposed defined
deployment obligations and associated
HUBB reporting requirements (annual
location reporting and build-out
certifications) for all Uniendo a Puerto
Rico Fund and Connect USVI Fund
Stage 2 fixed support recipients as well
as annual reporting and certification
requirements for all Uniendo a Puerto
Rico Fund and Connect USVI Fund
Stage 2 mobile support recipients.
Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and
Connect USVI Fund Stage 2 mobile
support recipients will also file network
coverage and other data as required by
the Commission’s orders. The
Commission and USAC will use this
information to monitor the deployment
progress of mobile carriers and to verify
that carriers meet the public interest
obligations for 4G LTE and 5G mobile
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broadband and voice services in the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the
U.S. Virgin Islands. Instead of filing in
the HUBB portal, mobile support
recipients will submit their reports
electronically as part of a web form
accessed via the Commission’s Form
477 portal (477 Portal) and the
Electronic Comment Filing System. This
collection mechanism is being used to
reduce the technological burden on the
public and the Commission, as carriers
and the public are familiar with both of
these systems. The Commission’s
Wireline Competition Bureau will
specify the filing process by which
Stage 2 mobile support recipients must
file their reports in the 477 Portal prior
to the filing deadlines.
In the 2020 Rural Digital Opportunity
Fund Order, the Commission adopted a
support mechanism to provide funding
through a competitive auction to
connect rural homes and businesses to
high-speed broadband networks. The
Commission established specific public
interest obligations and deployment
milestones for all carriers receiving this
support. Specifically, the Commission
imposed defined deployment
obligations and associated HUBB
reporting requirements (annual location
reporting and build-out certifications)
for all support recipients.
The Commission therefore revises this
information collection to increase the
burdens associated with existing and
new reporting requirements to account
for additional carriers that will be
subject to these requirements.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 54
[WC Docket No. 10-90; FCC 19-95, FCC 20-5; FR ID 72341]
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 of Management and Budget (OMB)
has approved, for a period of three years, an information collection
associated with the rules for the Connect America Fund contained in the
Commission's Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and the Connect USVI Fund, FCC
19-95 and the 2020 Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Order, FCC 20-5. This
document is consistent with the Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and the
Connect USVI Fund Order and the 2020 Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the
Federal Register announcing the effective date of the revised
information collection requirements.
DATES: The amendments to Sec. Sec. 54.316(a)(7) and (b)(7), 54.1503,
54.1513, and 54.1514, published at 84 FR 59937, November 7, 2019, and
Sec. 54.316(a)(8), (b)(5), and (c)(1) published at 85 FR 13773, March
10, 2020, are effective February 22, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jesse Jachman, Wireline Competition
Bureau at (202) 418-7400. For additional information concerning the
Paperwork Reduction Act information collection requirements contact
Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991 or via email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission submitted revised information
collection requirements for review and approval by OMB, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, on October 19, 2021. OMB
approved the revised information collection requirements on January 5,
2022. The information collection requirements are contained in the
Commission's Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and the Connect USVI Fund
Order, FCC 19-95, published at 84 FR 59937, November 7, 2019 and the
2020 Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Order, FCC 20-5, published at 85 FR
13773, March 10, 2020. The OMB Control Number is 3060-1228. The
Commission publishes this document as an announcement of the effective
date of the rules published on November 7, 2019 and March 10, 2020. If
you have any comments on the burden estimates listed in the following,
or how the Commission can improve the collections and reduce any
burdens caused thereby, please contact Nicole Ongele, Federal
Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. Please
include the OMB Control Number, 3060-1228, in your correspondence. The
Commission will also accept your comments via email at [email protected]. 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 and Governmental Affairs Bureau
at (202) 418-0530.
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), the Commission is notifying the public that it received OMB
approval on January 5, 2022, for the amendments to 47 CFR 54.316(a)(7)
and (b)(7), 54.1503, 54.1513 and 54.1514 published at 84 FR 59937,
November 7, 2019 and 47 CFR 54.316(a)(8), (b)(5) and (c)(1) published
at 85 FR 13773, March 10, 2020. Under 5 CFR part 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: January 5, 2022.
OMB Expiration Date: January 31, 2025.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1228.
Title: Connect America Fund--High Cost Portal Filing.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,024 unique respondents;
4,644 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 8 hours-60 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly reporting
requirements, annual reporting requirements, 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: 86,727 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Except for the middle-mile
maps for Alaska Plan carriers, and the coverage maps and information
for Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and Connect USVI Fund Stage 2 mobile
support recipients, the Commission is not requesting respondents to
submit confidential information to the Commission. The Commission notes
that the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) must preserve
the confidentiality of all data obtained from respondents and
contributors to the universal service support program mechanism; must
not use the data except for purposes of administering the universal
service support program; and must not disclose data in company-specific
form unless directed to do so by the Commission. Also, respondents may
request materials or information submitted to the Commission or to the
Administrator believed confidential to be withheld from public
inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the FCC's rules.
Needs and Uses: Through several orders, the Commission has recently
changed or modified reporting obligations for high-cost support.
Pursuant to the following orders, this collection includes location
reporting and related certification requirements of high-cost support
recipients: Connect
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America Fund et al., Report and Order, Order and Order on
Reconsideration, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd
3087 (2016) (2016 Rate-of-Return Order); Connect America Fund et al.,
Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd
5949 (2016) (Phase II Auction Order); Connect America Fund et al.,
Order, 31 FCC Rcd 12086 (2016) (ACS Phase II Order); Connect America
Fund et al., Report and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 29 FCC
Rcd 876 (2014) (Rural Broadband Experiments Order); Connect America
Fund et al., Report and Order, 29 FCC Rcd 15644 (2014) (Price Cap
Order); Technology Transitions et al., Order et al., 29 FCC Rcd 1433
(2014) (Tech Transitions Order); Connect America Fund et al., Report
and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 10139
(2016) (Alaska Plan Order); Connect America Fund et al., Order, 32 FCC
Rcd 968 (2017) (New York Auction Order); Connect America Fund et al.,
Report and Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Order on
Reconsideration, 33 FCC Rcd 11-893 (2018) (2018 Rate-of-Return Order);
Uniendo a Puerto Rico and Connect USVI Fund et al., Report and Order
and Order on Reconsideration, 34 FCC Rcd 9109 (2019) (PR-USVI Stage 2
Order); Rural Digital Opportunity Fund et al., Report and Order, 35 FCC
Rcd 686 (2020) (2020 Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Order).
This information collection addresses the requirement that certain
carriers with high-cost reporting obligations must file information
about the locations to which they have deployed broadband service
meeting applicable public interest requirements (location information).
A web-based portal, the High-Cost Universal Broadband Portal (HUBB or
portal), is used to accept this information. The Commission and USAC
will use this information to monitor the deployment progress of
reporting carriers and to verify the reporting carriers' claims of
service at the reported locations. Such activities help the Commission
ensure that support is being used as intended. In addition, because
data filed in the HUBB is publicly accessible, the reporting helps
ensure public accountability and transparency.
In the 2019 PR-USVI Stage 2 Order, the Commission created a
competitive process to determine support recipients for the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As a result,
carriers receiving support in these areas are subject to specific
public interest obligations related to speed, usage, latency, and price
as well as certain deployment milestones. Specifically, the Commission
imposed defined deployment obligations and associated HUBB reporting
requirements (annual location reporting and build-out certifications)
for all Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and Connect USVI Fund Stage 2 fixed
support recipients as well as annual reporting and certification
requirements for all Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and Connect USVI Fund
Stage 2 mobile support recipients.
Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and Connect USVI Fund Stage 2 mobile
support recipients will also file network coverage and other data as
required by the Commission's orders. The Commission and USAC will use
this information to monitor the deployment progress of mobile carriers
and to verify that carriers meet the public interest obligations for 4G
LTE and 5G mobile broadband and voice services in the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Instead of filing in the HUBB
portal, mobile support recipients will submit their reports
electronically as part of a web form accessed via the Commission's Form
477 portal (477 Portal) and the Electronic Comment Filing System. This
collection mechanism is being used to reduce the technological burden
on the public and the Commission, as carriers and the public are
familiar with both of these systems. The Commission's Wireline
Competition Bureau will specify the filing process by which Stage 2
mobile support recipients must file their reports in the 477 Portal
prior to the filing deadlines.
In the 2020 Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Order, the Commission
adopted a support mechanism to provide funding through a competitive
auction to connect rural homes and businesses to high-speed broadband
networks. The Commission established specific public interest
obligations and deployment milestones for all carriers receiving this
support. Specifically, the Commission imposed defined deployment
obligations and associated HUBB reporting requirements (annual location
reporting and build-out certifications) for all support recipients.
The Commission therefore revises this information collection to
increase the burdens associated with existing and new reporting
requirements to account for additional carriers that will be subject to
these requirements.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-03647 Filed 2-18-22; 8:45 am]
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