§  54.809   Carrier certification.

   (a) Certification. Carriers that desire to receive support pursuant to
   § 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 § 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
   § 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.