[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR2301.23]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
       CHAPTER XXIII--NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
                 ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 2301_PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart E_Completion of Projects
 
Sec. 2301.23  Completion of projects.


    (a) Upon completion of a planning project, the grantee must promptly 
provide to the Agency two copies of any report or study conducted in 
whole or in part with funds provided under this program.
    (1) This report shall meet the goals and objectives for which the 
grant is awarded and shall follow the written instructions and guidance 
provided by the Agency. The grant award goals and objectives are stated 
in the planning narrative as amended and are incorporated by reference 
into the award agreement.
    (2) The Agency shall review this report for the extent to which 
those goals and objectives are addressed and met, for evidence that the 
work contracted for under the grant award was in fact performed, and to 
determine whether the written instructions and guidance provided by the 
Agency, if any, were followed.
    (3) If the Agency determines that the report fails to address or 
meet any grant award goals or objectives, or if there is no evidence 
that the work contracted for was in fact performed, or if this report 
clearly indicates that the written instructions and guidance provided by 
the Agency, if any, were disregarded, then the Agency may pursue 
remedial action.
    (4) An unacceptable final report may result in the disallowance of 
claimed costs and the establishment of an account receivable by the 
Department.
    (b) Upon completion of a construction project, the grantee must:
    (1) Certify that the grantee has acquired, installed, and begun 
operating the project equipment in accordance with the project as 
approved by the Agency, and has complied with all terms and conditions 
of the grant as specified in the Grant Award document;
    (2) Certify that the grantee has obtained any necessary FCC 
authorizations to operate the project apparatus following the 
acquisition and installation of the apparatus and document the same;
    (3) Certify and document that the facilities have been acquired, 
that they are in operating order, and that the grantee is using the 
facilities to provide public telecommunications services in accordance 
with the project as approved by the Agency;

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    (4) Certify that the grantee has obtained adequate insurance to 
protect the Federal interest in the project in the event of loss through 
casualty;
    (5) Certify, if not previously provided, that the grantee has 
acquired all necessary leases or other site rights required for the 
project;
    (6) Certify, if appropriate, that the grantee has qualified for 
receipt of funds from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting;
    (7) Provide a complete and accurate final inventory of equipment 
acquired under the project and a final accounting of all project 
expenditures, including non-equipment costs (e.g., installation costs); 
and
    (8) Execute and record a final priority lien, if required by PTFP, 
reflecting the completed project and assuring the Federal government's 
reversionary interest in all equipment purchased under the grant project 
for the duration of the Federal interest period.
    (c) When an applicant completes a construction project, the Agency 
will assign a completion date that the Agency will use to calculate the 
termination date of the Federal interest period. The completion date 
will usually be the date on which the project period expires unless the 
grantee certifies in writing prior to the project period expiration date 
that the project is complete and in accord with the terms and conditions 
of the grant, as required under Sec. 2301.23(b)(1). If the PTFP 
Director determines that the grantee improperly certified the project to 
be complete, the PTFP Director will amend the completion date 
accordingly.