Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 35 / Tuesday, February 22, 2022 / Rules and Regulations 9453 

2002, direct final rule, and the preamble 

description of EPA’s action was 

erroneous. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Lead, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 

matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: February 4, 2022. 

Daniel Blackman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

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COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 54 

[WC Docket No. 10–90; FCC 19–95, FCC 

20–5; FR ID 72341] 

Connect America Fund 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of 

effective date. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) announces that the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) has 

approved, for a period of three years, an 

information collection associated with 

the rules for the Connect America Fund 

contained in the Commission’s Uniendo 

a Puerto Rico Fund and the Connect 

USVI Fund, FCC 19–95 and the 2020 

Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Order, 

FCC 20–5. This document is consistent 

with the Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund 

and the Connect USVI Fund Order and 

the 2020 Rural Digital Opportunity 

Fund Order, which stated that the 

Commission would publish a document 

in the Federal Register announcing the 

effective date of the revised information 

collection requirements. 

DATES: The amendments to 

§§ 54.316(a)(7) and (b)(7), 54.1503, 

54.1513, and 54.1514, published at 84 

FR 59937, November 7, 2019, and 

§ 54.316(a)(8), (b)(5), and (c)(1) 

published at 85 FR 13773, March 10, 

2020, are effective February 22, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jesse Jachman, Wireline Competition 

Bureau at (202) 418–7400. For 

additional information concerning the 

Paperwork Reduction Act information 

collection requirements contact Nicole 

Ongele at (202) 418–2991 or via email 

at Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission submitted revised 

information collection requirements for 

review and approval by OMB, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, on October 19, 2021. 

OMB approved the revised information 

collection requirements on January 5, 

2022. The information collection 

requirements are contained in the 

Commission’s Uniendo a Puerto Rico 

Fund and the Connect USVI Fund 

Order, FCC 19–95, published at 84 FR 

59937, November 7, 2019 and the 2020 

Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Order, 

FCC 20–5, published at 85 FR 13773, 

March 10, 2020. The OMB Control 

Number is 3060–1228. The Commission 

publishes this document as an 

announcement of the effective date of 

the rules published on November 7, 

2019 and March 10, 2020. If you have 

any comments on the burden estimates 

listed in the following, or how the 

Commission can improve the 

collections and reduce any burdens 

caused thereby, please contact Nicole 

Ongele, Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554. Please include 

the OMB Control Number, 3060–1228, 

in your correspondence. The 

Commission will also accept your 

comments via email at PRA@fcc.gov. To 

request materials in accessible formats 

for people with disabilities (Braille, 

large print, electronic files, audio 

format), send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov 

or call the Consumer and Governmental 

Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530. 

Synopsis 

As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), 

the Commission is notifying the public 

that it received OMB approval on 

January 5, 2022, for the amendments to 

47 CFR 54.316(a)(7) and (b)(7), 54.1503, 

54.1513 and 54.1514 published at 84 FR 

59937, November 7, 2019 and 47 CFR 

54.316(a)(8), (b)(5) and (c)(1) published 

at 85 FR 13773, March 10, 2020. Under 

5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not 

conduct or sponsor a collection of 

information unless it displays a current, 

valid OMB Control Number. No person 

shall be subject to any penalty for failing 

to comply with a collection of 

information subject to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act that does not display a 

current, valid OMB Control Number. 

The OMB Control Number is 3060– 

1228. The foregoing notice is required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, Public Law 104–13, October 1, 

1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507. 

The total annual reporting burdens 

and costs for the respondents are as 

follows: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1228. 

OMB Approval Date: January 5, 2022. 

OMB Expiration Date: January 31, 

2025. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1228. 

Title: Connect America Fund—High 

Cost Portal Filing. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 2,024 unique respondents; 

4,644 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 8 

hours–60 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

quarterly reporting requirements, 

annual reporting requirements, and 

recordkeeping requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151–154, 155, 

201–206, 214, 218–220, 251, 252, 254, 

256, 303(r), 332, 403, 405, 410, and 

1302. 

Total Annual Burden: 86,727 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Except for the middle-mile maps for 

Alaska Plan carriers, and the coverage 

maps and information for Uniendo a 

Puerto Rico Fund and Connect USVI 

Fund Stage 2 mobile support recipients, 

the Commission is not requesting 

respondents to submit confidential 

information to the Commission. The 

Commission notes that the Universal 

Service Administrative Company 

(USAC) must preserve the 

confidentiality of all data obtained from 

respondents and contributors to the 

universal service support program 

mechanism; must not use the data 

except for purposes of administering the 

universal service support program; and 

must not disclose data in companyspecific form unless directed to do so by 

the Commission. Also, respondents may 

request materials or information 

submitted to the Commission or to the 

Administrator believed confidential to 

be withheld from public inspection 

under 47 CFR 0.459 of the FCC’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: Through several 

orders, the Commission has recently 

changed or modified reporting 

obligations for high-cost support. 

Pursuant to the following orders, this 

collection includes location reporting 

and related certification requirements of 

high-cost support recipients: Connect 


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America Fund et al., Report and Order, 

Order and Order on Reconsideration, 

and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 3087 (2016) 

(2016 Rate-of-Return Order); Connect 

America Fund et al., Report and Order 

and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 5949 (2016) 

(Phase II Auction Order); Connect 

America Fund et al., Order, 31 FCC Rcd 

12086 (2016) (ACS Phase II Order); 

Connect America Fund et al., Report 

and Order and Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, 29 FCC Rcd 876 (2014) 

(Rural Broadband Experiments Order); 

Connect America Fund et al., Report 

and Order, 29 FCC Rcd 15644 (2014) 

(Price Cap Order); Technology 

Transitions et al., Order et al., 29 FCC 

Rcd 1433 (2014) (Tech Transitions 

Order); Connect America Fund et al., 

Report and Order and Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 

10139 (2016) (Alaska Plan Order); 

Connect America Fund et al., Order, 32 

FCC Rcd 968 (2017) (New York Auction 

Order); Connect America Fund et al., 

Report and Order, Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, and Order on 

Reconsideration, 33 FCC Rcd 11–893 

(2018) (2018 Rate-of-Return Order); 

Uniendo a Puerto Rico and Connect 

USVI Fund et al., Report and Order and 

Order on Reconsideration, 34 FCC Rcd 

9109 (2019) (PR–USVI Stage 2 Order); 

Rural Digital Opportunity Fund et al., 

Report and Order, 35 FCC Rcd 686 

(2020) (2020 Rural Digital Opportunity 

Fund Order). 

This information collection addresses 

the requirement that certain carriers 

with high-cost reporting obligations 

must file information about the 

locations to which they have deployed 

broadband service meeting applicable 

public interest requirements (location 

information). A web-based portal, the 

High-Cost Universal Broadband Portal 

(HUBB or portal), is used to accept this 

information. The Commission and 

USAC will use this information to 

monitor the deployment progress of 

reporting carriers and to verify the 

reporting carriers’ claims of service at 

the reported locations. Such activities 

help the Commission ensure that 

support is being used as intended. In 

addition, because data filed in the 

HUBB is publicly accessible, the 

reporting helps ensure public 

accountability and transparency. 

In the 2019 PR–USVI Stage 2 Order, 

the Commission created a competitive 

process to determine support recipients 

for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 

and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As a result, 

carriers receiving support in these areas 

are subject to specific public interest 

obligations related to speed, usage, 

latency, and price as well as certain 

deployment milestones. Specifically, 

the Commission imposed defined 

deployment obligations and associated 

HUBB reporting requirements (annual 

location reporting and build-out 

certifications) for all Uniendo a Puerto 

Rico Fund and Connect USVI Fund 

Stage 2 fixed support recipients as well 

as annual reporting and certification 

requirements for all Uniendo a Puerto 

Rico Fund and Connect USVI Fund 

Stage 2 mobile support recipients. 

Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and 

Connect USVI Fund Stage 2 mobile 

support recipients will also file network 

coverage and other data as required by 

the Commission’s orders. The 

Commission and USAC will use this 

information to monitor the deployment 

progress of mobile carriers and to verify 

that carriers meet the public interest 

obligations for 4G LTE and 5G mobile 

broadband and voice services in the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the 

U.S. Virgin Islands. Instead of filing in 

the HUBB portal, mobile support 

recipients will submit their reports 

electronically as part of a web form 

accessed via the Commission’s Form 

477 portal (477 Portal) and the 

Electronic Comment Filing System. This 

collection mechanism is being used to 

reduce the technological burden on the 

public and the Commission, as carriers 

and the public are familiar with both of 

these systems. The Commission’s 

Wireline Competition Bureau will 

specify the filing process by which 

Stage 2 mobile support recipients must 

file their reports in the 477 Portal prior 

to the filing deadlines. 

In the 2020 Rural Digital Opportunity 

Fund Order, the Commission adopted a 

support mechanism to provide funding 

through a competitive auction to 

connect rural homes and businesses to 

high-speed broadband networks. The 

Commission established specific public 

interest obligations and deployment 

milestones for all carriers receiving this 

support. Specifically, the Commission 

imposed defined deployment 

obligations and associated HUBB 

reporting requirements (annual location 

reporting and build-out certifications) 

for all support recipients. 

The Commission therefore revises this 

information collection to increase the 

burdens associated with existing and 

new reporting requirements to account 

for additional carriers that will be 

subject to these requirements. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. 

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