Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 123 - OREGON BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Division 47 - BROADBAND PROGRAMS
Section 123-047-0105 - Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program-Handbook

(1) The Department will not publish and adopt as a rule a separate Program Handbook for the BEAD Program.

(2) Applicants for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program shall comply with 47 U.S.C. 1702 (2021) and the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) requirements issued by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration ("NTIA") in May 2022. The NOFO requires the State to ensure applicants comply with the State of Oregon's BEAD Program Initial Proposal (both Volume 1 and Volume 2) and BEAD Program Final Proposal as approved by NTIA. Collectively, these requirements are defined as the "BEAD Program Requirements" for these rules and all BEAD Program applicants shall comply with them.

(3) The BEAD Program Requirements and standards therein, are incorporated into and adopted as part of this division of administrative rules by reference and have application to the solicitation, review of applications, award and documentation of BEAD Program grants and loans. The BEAD Program Requirements may be accessed online on the Department's website.

(4) In addition to the eligible applicants provided for in OAR 123-047-0045 (1), eligible applicants for the BEAD Program include those authorized by 47 U.S.C. 1702, including cooperatives, public-private partnerships, private companies, public or private utilities, local governments (including any unit, subdivision, authority, or consortium of local governments) and public utility districts.