[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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;

    (4) Certify that the grantee has obtained adequate insurance to 

protect the Federal interest in the project in the event of loss through 

casualty;



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    (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.