[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR54.809]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 54_UNIVERSAL SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart J_Interstate Access Universal Service Support Mechanism
 
Sec.  54.809  Carrier certification.

    (a) Certification. Carriers that desire to receive support pursuant 
to Sec.  54.807 must file a certification with the Administrator and the 
Commission stating that all interstate access universal service support 
provided to such carrier will be used only for the provision, 
maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the 
support is intended. Support provided pursuant to Sec.  54.807 shall 
only be provided to the extent that the carrier has filed the requisite 
certification pursuant to this section.
    (b) Certification format. A certification pursuant to this section 
may be filed in the form of a letter from an authorized representative 
for the carrier, and must be filed with both the Office of the Secretary 
of the Commission clearly referencing CC Docket No. 96-45, and with the 
Administrator of the interstate access universal service support 
mechanism, on or before the filing

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deadlines set forth in paragraph (c) of this section. All of the 
certifications filed by carriers pursuant to this section shall become 
part of the public record maintained by the Commission.
    (c) Filing deadlines. In order for a price cap local exchange 
carrier or an eligible telecommunications carrier serving lines in the 
service area of a price cap local exchange carrier to receive interstate 
access universal service support, such carrier shall file an annual 
certification, as described in paragraph (b) of this section, on the 
date that it first files its line count information pursuant to Sec.  
54.802, and thereafter on June 30 of each year. Such carrier that files 
its line count information after the June 30 deadline shall receive 
support pursuant to the following schedule:
    (1) Carriers that file no later than September 30 shall receive 
support for the fourth quarter of that year and the first and second 
quarters of the subsequent year.
    (2) Carriers that file no later than December 31 shall receive 
support for the first and second quarters of the subsequent year.
    (3) Carriers that file no later than March 31 of the subsequent year 
shall receive support for the second quarter of the subsequent year.

[65 FR 38690, June 21, 2000; 65 FR 57740, Sept. 26, 2000, as amended at 
70 FR 29979, May 25, 2005]