[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 59 (Monday, March 29, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 15352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing 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 [email protected].
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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[FR Doc. 2010-6968 Filed 3-26-10; 8:45 am]
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