Sec.  54.806   Calculation by the Administrator of interstate access universal
service support for areas served by price cap local exchange carriers.

   (a) The Administrator, based on the calculations performed in  Sec.  Sec. 54.804 and
   54.805, shall calculate the Interstate Access Universal Service Support for
   areas served by price cap local exchange carriers according to the following
   methodology:

   (b) Calculate Nationwide Total Above Benchmark Revenues. Nationwide Total
   Above Benchmark Revenues is the sum of all Study Area Above Benchmark
   Revenues for all study areas served by local exchange carriers.

   (c) Calculate Preliminary Study Area Universal Service Support (PSAUSS).

   (1) If the Nationwide Total Above Benchmark Revenues is greater than $650
   million, then the Preliminary Study Area Universal Service Support (PSAUSS)
   equals the Study Area Above Benchmark Revenues multiplied by the ratio of
   $650 million to Nationwide Total Above Benchmark Revenues (i.e., Preliminary
   Study Area Universal Service Support = Study Area Above Benchmark Revenues
   *($650 Million/Nationwide Total Above Benchmark Revenues)).

   (2) If the Nationwide Total Above Benchmark Revenues is not greater than
   $650 million, PSAUSS equals the Study Area Above Benchmark Revenues.

   (d) Calculate the Minimum Delta (MD) by study area. Within each study area
   the Minimum Delta will be equal to the Preliminary Minimum Access Universal
   Service Support less the PSAUSS, if the difference is greater than zero. If
   the difference is less than or equal to zero, the MD is equal to zero.

   (e) Calculate the Total National Minimum Delta (TNMD) by summing all study
   area Minimum Deltas nationwide.

   (f) Calculate the Minimum Adjustment Amount. (1) If the TNMD is greater than
   $75 million, then the Minimum Adjustment Amount (MAA) equals the MAA Phase
   In Percentage times the MD by study area times the ratio of $75 million to
   TNMD.

   (2) If the TNMD is less than $75 million, then the MAA equals the product of
   the MAA Phase In Percentage and the MD by study area.

   (g) Calculate the Minimum Support Requirement (MSR). The Minimum Support
   Requirement for a study area equals the PSAUSS plus the MAA.

   (h) Calculate the Total National Minimum Support Requirement (TNMSR), which
   equals the sum of the MSR for all study areas in which the Preliminary
   Minimum Access Universal Service Support is greater than or equal to the
   PSAUSS.

   (i) Calculate Study Area Access Universal Service Support (SAAUS) for a
   study area in which the price cap local exchange carrier has geographically
   deaveraged state-approved rates for UNE loops:

   (1) For study areas in which the Preliminary Minimum Access Universal
   Service Support is greater than PSAUSS, and within which the price cap local
   exchange carrier has established geographically deaveraged state-approved
   rates for UNE loops, the SAAUS for that study area is the MSR.

   (2) For study areas in which the Preliminary Minimum Access Universal
   Service Support is less than PSAUSS, and within which the price cap local
   exchange carrier has established geographically deaveraged state-approved
   rates for UNE loops, the SAAUS for that study area is equal to:

   PSAUSS * ($650 million − TNMSR) ÷ (the sum of PSAUSS of study areas where
   the Preliminary Minimum Access Universal Service Support is less than
   PSAUSS).

   (j) Calculate Study Area Access Universal Service Support (SAAUS) for a
   price cap local exchange carrier that has not established geographically
   deaveraged state-approved rates for UNE loops. In such study areas, the
   SAAUS shall be the lesser of the Preliminary Minimum Access Universal
   Service Support or:

   (1) For study areas in which the Preliminary Minimum Access Universal
   Service Support is greater than PSAUSS, and for which an estimate has been
   made for deaveraged UNE loop costs, the SAAUS for that study area is the
   MSR.

   (2) For study areas in which the Preliminary Minimum Access Universal
   Service Support is less than PSAUSS, and for which an estimate has been made
   for deaveraged UNE loop costs, the SAAUS for that study area is equal to:

   PSAUSS * ($650 million − TNMSR) ÷ (the sum of PSAUSS of study areas where
   the Preliminary Minimum Access Universal Service Support is less than
   PSAUSS).

   [ 65 FR 38690 , June 21, 2000;  65 FR 57740 , Sept. 26, 2000]