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page. OEA and WTB believe that these 

materials are sufficient to ensure that 

Auction 110 applicants can certify 

truthfully that they have read the 

auction procedures and familiarized 

themselves with the relevant rules and 

requirements. 

17. RWA does not provide evidence 

that outside consultants are needed to 

enable an entity to certify truthfully that 

it has read the public notice adopting 

the procedures for the auction and that 

it has familiarized itself both with the 

auction procedures and with the 

requirements for obtaining a license and 

operating facilities in the 3.45–3.55 GHz 

band. Instead, RWA claims that small 

entity bidders cannot make complex 

decisions on the future impacts of 

auction bidding, participation, and 

winning bidder compliance 

requirements without outside counsel. 

In doing so, RWA appears to conflate 

compliance with auction procedures (in 

this case, certifying that they have read 

the public notice adopting procedures 

for Auction 110 and familiarized 

themselves with those procedures and 

the service rules for the 3.45–3.55 GHz 

band) with the development of bidding 

strategies and compliance with the 

relevant service rules. The Commission 

does not believe that outside 

consultants of this sort are necessary for 

an applicant to comply with this 

certification requirement. 

18. Steps Taken to Minimize the 

Significant Economic Impact on Small 

Entities, and Significant Alternatives 

Considered. The RFA requires an 

agency to describe any significant, 

specifically small business, alternatives 

that it has considered in reaching its 

approach, which may include the 

following four alternatives (among 

others): (1) the establishment of 

differing compliance or reporting 

requirements or timetables that take into 

account the resources available to small 

entities; (2) the clarification, 

consolidation, or simplification of 

compliance and reporting requirements 

under the rule for such small entities; 

(3) the use of performance rather than 

design standards; and (4) an exemption 

from coverage of the rule, or any part 

thereof, for such small entities. 

19. The Commission has taken steps 

to minimize any economic impact of its 

auction procedures on small entities 

through, among other things, the many 

free resources the Commission provides 

to potential auction participants. 

Consistent with the past practices in 

prior auctions, small entities that are 

potential participants will have access 

to the public notice adopting the 

procedures for Auction 110 prior to the 

opening of the application window, and 

already have access to the 3.45 GHz 

Second Report and Order on both the 

Commission’s main website and the 

Auction 110 web page. The Commission 

makes this information publicly 

available and easily accessible and 

without charge to benefit all potential 

Auction 110 applicants, including small 

entities, thereby lowering their 

administrative costs to comply with the 

Commission’s competitive bidding 

rules. 

20. Small entities and other auction 

participants may seek clarification of, or 

guidance regarding, the Auction 110 

procedures and the service rules for the 

3.45–3.55 GHz band rules prior to the 

Auction 110 application window. 

Additionally, an FCC Auctions Hotline 

will provide small entities one-on-one 

access to Commission staff for 

information about the auction process 

and procedures. The FCC Auctions 

Technical Support Hotline is another 

resource that provides technical 

assistance to applicants, including small 

entities, on issues such as access to or 

navigation within the electronic FCC 

Form 175 and use of the bidding system. 

21. The Commission also makes 

various databases and other sources of 

information, including the auctions 

program web pages and copies of 

Commission decisions, available to the 

public without charge, providing a lowcost mechanism for small entities to 

conduct research prior to and 

throughout the auction. 

22. These procedures for the conduct 

of Auction 110 constitute the more 

specific implementation of the 

competitive bidding rules contemplated 

by parts 1 and 27 of the Commission’s 

rules and the underlying rulemaking 

decisions regarding the 3.45–3.55 GHz 

band, including the 3.45 GHz Second 

Report and Order and relevant 

competitive bidding decisions, and are 

fully consistent therewith. 

23. Report to Congress. The 

Commission will send a copy of the 

Auction 110 Certification Requirement 

Public Notice, including the 

Supplemental FRFA, in a report to 

Congress pursuant to the Congressional 

Review Act. In addition, the 

Commission will send a copy of the 

Auction 110 Certification Requirement 

Public Notice, including the 

Supplemental FRFA, to the Chief 

Counsel for Advocacy of the SBA. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Erik Salovaara, 

Assistant Chief, Auctions Division, Office of 

Economics and Analytics. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 54 

[WC Docket Nos. 18–143, 10–90, 14–58; FCC 

19–95; FRS 30653] 

The Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and 

the Connect USVI Fund, Connect 

America Fund, ETC Annual Reports 

and Certifications 

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 Connect USVI 

Fund Order, FCC 19–95. This document 

is consistent with the Uniendo a Puerto 

Rico Fund and Connect USVI Fund 

Order, which stated that the 

Commission would publish a document 

in the Federal Register announcing the 

effective date of the new information 

collection requirements. 

DATES: The amendments to § 54.313(e) 

introductory text, (e)(2) introductory 

text and paragraphs (n) and (o) 

published at 84 FR 59937, November 7, 

2019 are effective June 8, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne Yelen, Wireline Competition 

Bureau at (202) 418–7400 or TTY (202) 

418–0484. For additional information 

concerning the Paperwork Reduction 

Act information collection requirements 

contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418–2991 

or via email: 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 March 8, 2021, 

which were approved by OMB on May 

10, 2021. The information collection 

requirements are contained in the 

Commission’s Uniendo a Puerto Rico 

Fund and Connect USVI Fund Order, 

FCC 19–95 published at 84 FR 59937, 

November 7, 2019. The OMB Control 

Number is 3060–0986. 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, 


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Washington, DC 20554. Please include 

the OMB Control Number, 3060–0986, 

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 (voice), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

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 May 

10, 2021, for the information collection 

requirements contained in 47 CFR 

54.313(e) introductory text, (e)(2) 

introductory text and paragraphs (n) and 

(o) published at 84 FR 59937, November 

7, 2019. 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 

3060–0986. 

The foregoing notification 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: 3060–0986. 

OMB Approval Date: May 10, 2021. 

OMB Expiration Date: May 31, 2024. 

Title: High-Cost Universal Service 

Support. 

Form Number: FCC Form 481 and 

FCC Form 525. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions and 

State, Local or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 2,049 unique respondents; 

14,358 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.1–15 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

quarterly and annual reporting 

requirements, recordkeeping 

requirement and third party disclosure 

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: 53,955 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

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 program; must not use 

the data except for purposes of 

administering the universal support 

program; and must not disclose data in 

company-specific form unless directed 

to do so by the Commission. Parties may 

submit confidential information in 

relation to the Privately Held Rate-ofReturn Carrier Financial Information 

requirement pursuant to a protective 

order. 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: On November 18, 

2011, the Commission adopted an order 

reforming its high-cost universal service 

support mechanisms. Connect America 

Fund; A National Broadband Plan for 

Our Future; Establish Just and 

Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange 

Carriers; High-Cost Universal Service 

Support; Developing a Unified 

Intercarrier Compensation Regime; 

Federal-State Joint Board on Universal 

Service; Lifeline and Link-Up; Universal 

Service Reform—Mobility Fund, WC 

Docket Nos. 10–90, 07–135, 05–337, 03– 

109; GN Docket No. 09–51; CC Docket 

Nos. 01–92, 96–45; WT Docket No. 10– 

208, Order and Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, 26 FCC Rcd 

17663 (2011) (USF/ICC Transformation 

Order), and the Commission and 

Wireline Competition Bureau have since 

adopted a number of orders that 

implement the USF/ICC Transformation 

Order; see also Connect America Fund 

et al., WC Docket No. 10–90 et al., Third 

Order on Reconsideration, 27 FCC Rcd 

5622 (2012); Connect America Fund et 

al., WC Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order, 

27 FCC Rcd 605 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 

2012); Connect America Fund et al., WC 

Docket No. 10–90 et al., Fifth Order on 

Reconsideration, 27 FCC Rcd 14549 

(2012); Connect America Fund et al., 

WC Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order, 28 

FCC Rcd 2051 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 

2013); Connect America Fund et al., WC 

Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order, 28 FCC 

Rcd 7227 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); 

Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 

10–90, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd 

7766 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); 

Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 

10–90, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd 

7211 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); 

Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 

10–90, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd 

10488 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); 

Connect America Fund et al., WC 

Docket No. 10–90 et al., Report and 

Order, Order and Order on 

Reconsideration and Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 3087 

(2016); Connect America Fund et al., 

WC Docket Nos. 10–90, 16–271; WT 

Docket No. 10–208, Report and Order 

and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 10139 (2016); 

Connect America Fund; ETC Annual 

Reports and Certifications, WC Docket 

Nos. 10–90, 14–58, Order, 32 FCC Rcd 

968 (2017); Connect America Fund et 

al., WC Docket No. 10–90 et al., Report 

and Order, Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, and Order on 

Reconsideration, 33 FCC Rcd 11893 

(2018); Connect America Fund; ETC 

Annual Reports and Certifications, WC 

Docket Nos. 10–90, 14–58, Report and 

Order, 32 FCC Rcd 5944 (2017). The 

Commission has received OMB 

approval for most of the information 

collections required by these orders. At 

a later date, the Commission plans to 

submit additional revisions for OMB 

review to address other reforms adopted 

in the orders. 

More recently, the Commission 

adopted the Uniendo a Puerto Rico 

Fund and Connect USVI Fund Order, 

which allocated nearly a billion 

additional dollars to United States 

territories that had suffered extensive 

infrastructure damage due to Hurricanes 

Irma and Maria. The Uniendo a Puerto 

Rico Fund and the Connect USVI Fund, 

et al., WC Docket No. 18–143, et al., 

Report and Order and Order on 

Reconsideration, 34 FCC Rcd 9109 

(2019) (Puerto Rico and USVI Stage 2 

Order). The Commission adopted 

similar accountability measures for 

recipients of this support as required of 

other high-cost support recipients to 

ensure that providers receive support 

‘‘only for the provision, maintenance, 

and upgrading of facilities and services 

for which the support is intended.’’ 

Puerto Rico and USVI Stage 2 Order, 34 

FCC Rcd at 9149, para. 72. 

In the 2019 Supply Chain Order, the 

Commission also adopted a rule 

prohibiting the use of USF support to 

purchase or obtain any equipment or 

services produced or provided by a 

covered company posing a national 

security threat to the integrity of 


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communications networks or the 

communications supply chain. 

Protecting Against National Security 

Threats to the Communications Supply 

Chain Through FCC Programs, WC 

Docket No. 18–89, Report and Order, 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 

and Order, 34 FCC Rcd 11423, 11433, 

para. 26. See also 47 CFR 54.9. In June 

2020, the Public Safety and Homeland 

Security Bureau issued final 

designations of Huawei Technologies 

Company (Huawei) and ZTE Corp. 

(ZTE) as covered companies for the 

purposes of this rule. Protecting Against 

National Security Threats to the 

Communications Supply Chain Through 

FCC Programs—Huawei Designation, 

WC Docket No. 19–351, Order, 35 FCC 

Rcd 6604 (PSHSB June 30, 2020) 

(Huawei Designation Order); Protecting 

Against National Security Threats to the 

Communications Supply Chain Through 

FCC Programs—ZTE Designation, WC 

Docket No. 19–352, Order, 35 FCC Rcd 

6633 (PSHSB June 30, 2020) (ZTE 

Designation Order). Accordingly, USF 

recipients may not use USF funds to 

purchase, obtain, maintain, improve, 

modify, manage, or otherwise support 

Huawei or ZTE equipment or services in 

any way, including upgrades to existing 

Huawei or ZTE equipment and services. 

Huawei Designation Order, 35 FCC Rcd 

at 6608, para. 10; ZTE Designation 

Order, 35 FCC Rcd at 6637, para. 10. 

Moreover, USF recipients must certify 

that they are in compliance with this 

rule. 2019 Supply Chain Order, 34 FCC 

Rcd at 11454, para. 79; see also 47 CFR 

54.9. 

Lastly, in the CAF Phase II Auction 

Order, in addition to rules requiring 

Connect America Phase II auction 

support recipients to report regarding 

support used for capital expenditures, 

certify regarding available funds, and 

certify that the Phase II-funded network 

meets performance requirements, the 

Commission also adopted rules 

requiring that Phase II auction support 

recipients must report information on 

served community anchor institutions 

and certify regarding bidding on FCC 

Form 470 postings for eligible schools 

and libraries in census blocks where the 

carrier receives auction support. 

Connect America Fund, et al., WC 

Docket No. 10–90, et al., Report and 

Order and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 5949 (2016) 

(CAF Phase II Auction Order). 

Recipients of Uniendo a Puerto Rico 

Fund and Connect USVI Fund Stage 2 

support must also observe these 

requirements in addition to the general 

requirements for high-cost support 

recipients and requirements specific to 

the Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and 

Connect USVI Fund programs. See 

Puerto Rico and USVI Stage 2 Order, 34 

FCC Rcd at 9150, para. 74. 

The Commission therefore revises this 

information collection, as well as Form 

481 and its accompanying instructions, 

to reflect these new and revised 

requirements. We also eliminated one 

requirement that is associated with 

obligations no longer in effect for certain 

carriers. Any increased burdens for 

reporting requirements account for the 

additional carriers that will be subject to 

those requirements as a condition for 

receiving high-cost support. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 1710319998630–02] 

RTID 0648–XB091 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; SnapperGrouper Resources of the South 

Atlantic; 2021 Red Snapper 

Commercial and Recreational Fishing 

Seasons 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; 2021 fishing 

seasons notice. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the limited 

opening of commercial and recreational 

red snapper in the exclusive economic 

zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic for the 

2021 fishing year. This notice 

announces the 2021 red snapper 

commercial season opening date and the 

opening and closing dates for the red 

snapper recreational season, according 

to the accountability measures (AMs). 

This season announcement for South 

Atlantic red snapper allows fishers to 

maximize their opportunity to harvest 

the commercial and recreational annual 

catch limits (ACLs) while also managing 

harvest to protect the red snapper 

resource. 

DATES: The 2021 commercial red 

snapper season opens at 12:01 a.m., 

local time, July 12, 2021. The 2021 

recreational red snapper season opens at 

12:01 a.m., local time, on July 9, 2021, 

and closes at 12:01 a.m., local time, on 

July 12, 2021, unless changed by 

subsequent notification in the Federal 

Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Vara, NMFS Southeast Regional 

Office, telephone: 727–824–5305, email: 

mary.vara@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South 

Atlantic snapper-grouper fishery 

includes red snapper and is managed 

under the Fishery Management Plan for 

the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the 

South Atlantic Region (FMP). The South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council 

(Council) prepared the FMP, and the 

FMP is implemented by NMFS under 

the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) by 

regulations at 50 CFR part 622. 

For South Atlantic red snapper, the 

commercial AM requires the sector to 

close when commercial landings reach 

or are projected to reach the commercial 

ACL. The recreational AM is the length 

of the recreational season, with NMFS 

projecting the season length based on 

catch rate estimates from previous years. 

The commercial ACL is 124,815 lb 

(56,615 kg), round weight, and in 2020, 

NMFS closed the commercial sector on 

September 5 as a result of the 

commercial ACL being projected to be 

met (85 FR 54943; September 3, 2020). 

Subsequent to the commercial closure it 

was determined that the commercial 

ACL was exceeded in 2020 by 9,650 lb 

(4,377 kg), round weight. The 

recreational ACL is 29,656 fish, and 

preliminary landings information show 

this ACL was exceeded in the 4-day 

fishing season in 2020 by 13,116 fish. 

For 2021, NMFS has determined that 

the landings from the recreational sector 

are expected to reach the recreational 

ACL in 3 days. 

The commercial season for South 

Atlantic red snapper begins each year 

on the second Monday in July and 

closes when the commercial ACL is 

reached or is projected to be reached. 

Accordingly, the 2021 commercial 

season opens on July 12, 2021, and will 

remain open until 12:01 a.m., local time, 

on January 1, 2022, unless the 

commercial ACL is reached or projected 

to be reached prior to this date. During 

the commercial fishing season, the 

commercial trip limit is 75 lb (34 kg), 

gutted weight. NMFS will monitor 

commercial landings during the open 

season, and if commercial landings 

reach or are projected to reach the 

commercial ACL, then NMFS will file a 

notification with the Office of the 

Federal Register to close the commercial 


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