[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: 15CFR2301.6]



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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 B_Application Requirements

 

Sec. 2301.6  Amount of Federal funding.



    (a) Planning grants. The Agency may provide up to one hundred (100) 

percent of the funds necessary for the planning of a public 

telecommunications construction project.

    (1) Seventy-five (75) percent Federal funding will be the general 

presumption for projects to plan for a public telecommunications 

construction project.

    (2) A showing of extraordinary need (e.g., small community group 

proposing to initiate new public telecommunication service) will be 

taken into consideration as justification for grants of up to 100% of 

the total project cost.

    (b) Construction grants. (1) A Federal grant for the construction of 

a public telecommunications facility may not exceed seventy-five (75) 

percent of the amount determined by the Agency to be the reasonable and 

necessary cost of such project.

    (i) Seventy-five (75) percent Federal funding will be the general 

presumption for projects to activate stations or to extend service.

    (ii) Fifty (50) percent Federal funding will be the general 

presumption for the replacement, improvement or augmentation of 

equipment. A showing of extraordinary need (i.e. small community-

licensee stations or a station that is licensed to a large institution 

[e.g., a college or university] documenting that it does not receive 

direct or in-kind support from the larger institution), or an emergency 

situation will be taken into consideration as justification for grants 

of up to 75% of the total project cost for such proposals.

    (2) Since the purpose of the PTFP is to provide financial assistance 

for the acquisition of public telecommunications facilities, total 

project costs do not normally include the value of eligible apparatus 

owned or acquired by the applicant prior to the closing date. Inclusion 

of equipment purchased prior to the closing date will be considered on a 

case-by-case basis only when clear and compelling justifications are 

provided to PTFP. Obligating funds--either in whole or in part--for 

equipment before the closing date is considered ownership or acquisition 

of equipment. In like manner, accepting title to donated equipment prior 

to the closing date is considered ownership or acquisition of equipment.

    (c) No part of the grantee's matching share of the eligible project 

costs may be met with funds:

    (1) Paid by the Federal government, except where the use of such 

funds to meet a Federal matching requirement is specifically and 

expressly authorized by the relevant Federal statute; or

    (2) Supplied to an applicant by the Corporation for Public 

Broadcasting, except upon a clear and compelling showing of need.

    (d) No funds from the Federal share of the total project cost may be 

obligated until the award period start date. If an applicant or 

recipient obligates anticipated Federal Award funds before



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the start date, the Department may refuse to offer the award or, if the 

award has already been granted, disallow those costs of the grant. After 

the closing date, the applicant may, at its own risk, obligate non-

Federal matching funds for the acquisition of proposed equipment.