81 FR 75024 - Media Bureau Seeks Comment on Updates to Catalog of Reimbursement Expenses
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 209 (Friday, October 28, 2016)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 75024-75025] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-26059] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Part 73 [GN Docket No. 12-268; MB Docket No. 16-306; DA 16-1164] Media Bureau Seeks Comment on Updates to Catalog of Reimbursement Expenses AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In this document the Media Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment on updates to the catalog of eligible reimbursement expenses (Catalog) which contains costs for equipment and services that broadcasters and multichannel- video-programming-distributors (MVPDs) may incur as a result of the post-incentive auction repack and channel reassignment. In order to disburse money from the $1.75 billion TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund in accordance with the Spectrum Act and the Incentive Auction Report and Order, the Media Bureau seeks comment on changes to the Catalog, which include: Increases to the baseline costs previously proposed, the addition of new categories of reimbursement expenses, and the removal of other categories of expenses due to discontinuance or technological advancements. The Media Bureau also seeks comment on a proposed economic methodology for adjusting the baseline costs listed in the Catalog annually throughout the three-year reimbursement period. DATES: Comments are due on November 14, 2016. Reply Comments are due on November 29, 2016. ADDRESSES: All filings must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. U.S. Postal Service [[Page 75025]] first-class, Express, and Priority mail must be addressed to 445 12th Street SW., Washington DC 20554. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Gallant, 202-418-0614, or Raphael Sznajder, 202-418-1648, of the Media Bureau, Video Division. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With the assistance of a third-party contractor, Widelity, Inc., and based on the record to date, the Media Bureau has developed and now updated the catalog of eligible reimbursement expenses (Catalog) for reimbursement-eligible entities to use as a guide. The Catalog is not intended to be a definitive list of all reimbursable expenses, but, rather, as a means of facilitating the process for reimbursement-eligible entities to claim reimbursement during the post-incentive auction repacking. This Public Notice (available at: http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2016/db1013/DA-16-1164A1.pdf), seeks comment not only on the updated categories and prices for the reimbursement expenses listed, but also on the proposed economic methodology that the Media Bureau will employ to update the prices in the Catalog throughout the three-year reimbursement period. The Media Bureau proposes to modify the baseline costs contained in the Catalog annually based upon the Producer Price Indexes (PPI) annual average, specifically the WPUFD4 series, as calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and seeks comment on its proposal to do so. After considering the comments received, the Catalog the Media Bureau adopts will be embedded in the on-line Reimbursement Form, FCC Form 2100, Schedule 399, which will be used by entities seeking reimbursement to file estimated costs and reimbursement claims for actual costs incurred. The record obtained in response to this Public Notice will allow the Media Bureau to adopt an updated Catalog, reflecting current baseline costs for listed reimbursement expenses, and to determine the methodology it will use to adjust the listed expenses in the Catalog during throughout the reimbursement period. After considering the comments filed in connection with the updated Catalog and our proposed economic methodology for adjusting the baseline costs, we will finalize the Catalog and the Reimbursement Form. Thereafter, we will resubmit the Reimbursement Form to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of the changes resulting from the modifications to the Catalog, as well as other minor modifications to the Reimbursement Form that are designed to assist filers in describing their claims. The public will have an opportunity to comment on the incremental data collections contained in the finalized Reimbursement Form, as required by the PRA, after we receive comments in response to the updated Catalog, and the finalized Reimbursement Form is submitted to OMB for approval under the PRA. This is a summary of the FCC's document GN Docket No. 12-268; MB Docket No. 16-306; DA 16-1164 (released October 13, 2016). The full text of this document is available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC Reference Center (Room CY-A257), 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. Federal Communications Commission. Barbara A. Kreisman, Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau. [FR Doc. 2016-26059 Filed 10-27-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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(1) Insures the fee interest in the acquisition and costs of any capital the requirements of § 1630.16 of this
property for an amount not less than the improvements by non-LSC funds; chapter.
full appraised value as approved by (2) Buyout LSC’s interest in the Dated: October 20, 2016.
LSC, or the amount of the purchase property (i.e., pay LSC the percentage of Stefanie K. Davis,
price, whichever is greater; and the property’s current fair market value Assistant General Counsel.
(2) Contains an endorsement proportional to its percent interest in
[FR Doc. 2016–25831 Filed 10–27–16; 8:45 am]
identifying LSC as a loss payee to be the property); or
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reimbursed if the title fails. (3) Sell the property to a third party
(3) If no endorsement naming LSC as and pay LSC a share of the sale proceeds
loss payee is made, the recipient must proportional to its interest in the
pay LSC the title insurance proceeds it property, after deducting actual and FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
receives in the event of a failure. reasonable closing costs, if any. COMMISSION
(b) A physical destruction insurance (4) When a recipient stops receiving
policy, including flood insurance where 47 CFR Part 73
LSC funds because it merged with or is
appropriate, which insures the full succeeded by another recipient, it may [GN Docket No. 12–268; MB Docket No. 16–
replacement value of the facility from transfer the property to the new 306; DA 16–1164]
risk of partial and total physical recipient. The two entities must execute
destructions. The recipient must Media Bureau Seeks Comment on
an LSC-approved successor in interest
maintain this policy for the period of Updates to Catalog of Reimbursement
agreement that requires the transferee to
time that the recipient owns the real Expenses
use the property primarily to provide
estate. legal services to eligible clients under AGENCY: Federal Communications
§ 1631.20 Accounting and reporting to the requirements of the LSC Act, Commission.
LSC. applicable appropriations acts, and LSC ACTION: Proposed rule; request for
regulations. comment.
A recipient must maintain an
accounting of the amount of LSC funds (c) Prior approval process. No later
than 60 days before a recipient or former SUMMARY: In this document the Media
relating to the purchase or maintenance Bureau of the Federal Communications
of real estate purchased with LSC funds. recipient proposes to dispose of real
estate purchased with LSC funds, the Commission (Commission) seeks
The accounting must include the comment on updates to the catalog of
amount of LSC funds used to pay for recipient or former recipients must
submit a written request for prior eligible reimbursement expenses
acquisition costs, financing, and capital (Catalog) which contains costs for
improvements. The recipient must approval to dispose of the property to
LSC. The request must include: equipment and services that
provide the accounting for each year to broadcasters and multichannel-video-
LSC no later than April 30 of the (1) The proposed method of
disposition and an explanation of why programming-distributors (MVPDs) may
following year or in its annual audited incur as a result of the post-incentive
financial statements submitted to LSC. the proposed method is in the best
interests of LSC and the recipient; auction repack and channel
§ 1631.21 Disposing of real estate (2) Documentation showing the fair reassignment. In order to disburse
purchased with LSC funds. market value of the property at the time money from the $1.75 billion TV
(a) Disposal by LSC recipients. During of transfer or sale, including, but not Broadcaster Relocation Fund in
the term of an LSC grant or contract, a limited to, an independent appraisal of accordance with the Spectrum Act and
recipient must seek LSC’s prior written the property and competing bona fide the Incentive Auction Report and Order,
approval to dispose of real estate offers to purchase the property; the Media Bureau seeks comment on
purchased with LSC funds by: (3) A description of the recipient’s changes to the Catalog, which include:
(1) Selling the property after having process for advertising the property for Increases to the baseline costs
advertised for and received offers; or sale and receiving offers; previously proposed, the addition of
(2) Transferring the property to (4) An accounting of all LSC funds new categories of reimbursement
another recipient of LSC funds, in used in the acquisition and any capital expenses, and the removal of other
which case the recipient may be improvements of the property. The categories of expenses due to
compensated by the recipient receiving accounting must include the amount of discontinuance or technological
the property for the percentage of the LSC funds used to pay for acquisition advancements. The Media Bureau also
property’s current fair market value that costs, financing, and capital seeks comment on a proposed economic
is equal to the percentage of the costs of improvements; and methodology for adjusting the baseline
the original acquisition and costs of any costs listed in the Catalog annually
(5) Information on the proposed
capital improvements borne by non-LSC throughout the three-year
transferee or buyer of the property and
funds. reimbursement period.
a document evidencing the terms of
(b) Disposal after a recipient no longer transfer or sale. DATES: Comments are due on November
receives LSC funding. When a recipient 14, 2016. Reply Comments are due on
who owns real estate purchased with § 1631.22 Retaining income from sale of November 29, 2016.
LSC funds stops receiving LSC funds, it real property purchased with LSC funds. ADDRESSES: All filings must be
must seek LSC’s prior written approval (a) During the term of an LSC grant or addressed to the Commission’s
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to dispose of the property in one of the contract, a recipient may retain and use Secretary, Office of the Secretary,
following ways: income from any sale of real property Federal Communications Commission,
(1) Transfer the property title to purchased with LSC funds according to 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC
another grantee of LSC funds, in which §§ 1630.16 and 1628.3 of this chapter. 20554. Commercial overnight mail
case the recipient may be compensated (b) The recipient must account for (other than U.S. Postal Service Express
the percentage of the property’s current income earned from the sale, rent, or Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to
fair market value that is equal to the lease of real or personal property 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol
percentage of the costs of the original purchased with LSC funds according to Heights, MD 20743. U.S. Postal Service
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first-class, Express, and Priority mail reimbursement period. The Media Form to the Office of Management and
must be addressed to 445 12th Street Bureau proposes to modify the baseline Budget (OMB) for approval under the
SW., Washington DC 20554. costs contained in the Catalog annually Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
based upon the Producer Price Indexes changes resulting from the
Pamela Gallant, 202–418–0614, or (PPI) annual average, specifically the modifications to the Catalog, as well as
Raphael Sznajder, 202–418–1648, of the WPUFD4 series, as calculated by the other minor modifications to the
Media Bureau, Video Division. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and seeks Reimbursement Form that are designed
comment on its proposal to do so. After to assist filers in describing their claims.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With the considering the comments received, the The public will have an opportunity to
assistance of a third-party contractor, Catalog the Media Bureau adopts will be
Widelity, Inc., and based on the record comment on the incremental data
embedded in the on-line collections contained in the finalized
to date, the Media Bureau has Reimbursement Form, FCC Form 2100,
developed and now updated the catalog Reimbursement Form, as required by
Schedule 399, which will be used by
of eligible reimbursement expenses the PRA, after we receive comments in
entities seeking reimbursement to file
(Catalog) for reimbursement-eligible response to the updated Catalog, and the
estimated costs and reimbursement
entities to use as a guide. The Catalog claims for actual costs incurred. The finalized Reimbursement Form is
is not intended to be a definitive list of record obtained in response to this submitted to OMB for approval under
all reimbursable expenses, but, rather, Public Notice will allow the Media the PRA. This is a summary of the FCC’s
as a means of facilitating the process for Bureau to adopt an updated Catalog, document GN Docket No. 12–268; MB
reimbursement-eligible entities to claim reflecting current baseline costs for Docket No. 16–306; DA 16–1164
reimbursement during the post- listed reimbursement expenses, and to (released October 13, 2016). The full
incentive auction repacking. This Public determine the methodology it will use text of this document is available for
Notice (available at: http:// to adjust the listed expenses in the inspection and copying during normal
transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_ Catalog during throughout the business hours in the FCC Reference
Business/2016/db1013/DA-16- reimbursement period. After Center (Room CY–A257), 445 12th
1164A1.pdf), seeks comment not only considering the comments filed in Street SW., Washington, DC 20554.
on the updated categories and prices for connection with the updated Catalog Federal Communications Commission.
the reimbursement expenses listed, but and our proposed economic
Barbara A. Kreisman,
also on the proposed economic methodology for adjusting the baseline
methodology that the Media Bureau will costs, we will finalize the Catalog and Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
employ to update the prices in the the Reimbursement Form. Thereafter, [FR Doc. 2016–26059 Filed 10–27–16; 8:45 am]
Catalog throughout the three-year we will resubmit the Reimbursement BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
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| Section | Proposed Rules | |
| Action | Proposed rule; request for comment. | |
| Dates | Comments are due on November 14, 2016. Reply Comments are due on November 29, 2016. | |
| Contact | Pamela Gallant, 202-418-0614, or Raphael Sznajder, 202-418-1648, of the Media Bureau, Video Division. | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 75024 |
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