Goto Section: 54.808 | 54.901 | Table of Contents

FCC 54.809
Revised as of October 1, 2007
Goto Year:2006 | 2008
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 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]

Subpart K—Interstate Common Line Support Mechanism for Rate-of-Return Carriers

   Source:    66 FR 59728 , Nov. 30, 2001, unless otherwise noted.


Goto Section: 54.808 | 54.901

Goto Year: 2006 | 2008
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