82_FR_16189 82 FR 16127 - Connect America Fund, ETC Annual Reports and Certifications, Developing a Unified Intercarrier Compensation Regime

82 FR 16127 - Connect America Fund, ETC Annual Reports and Certifications, Developing a Unified Intercarrier Compensation Regime

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 62 (April 3, 2017)

Page Range16127-16127
FR Document2017-06485

This document corrects errors in a Federal Register document that corrected errors to an original Federal Register document that adopted significant reforms to place the universal service program on solid footing for the next decade to ``preserve and advance'' voice and broadband service in areas served by rate-of-return carriers. The document was published in the Federal Register on March 20, 2017.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 62 (Monday, April 3, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 62 (Monday, April 3, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 16127]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06485]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 54

[WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 14-58; CC Docket No. 01-92; FCC 16-33]


Connect America Fund, ETC Annual Reports and Certifications, 
Developing a Unified Intercarrier Compensation Regime

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects errors in a Federal Register document 
that corrected errors to an original Federal Register document that 
adopted significant reforms to place the universal service program on 
solid footing for the next decade to ``preserve and advance'' voice and 
broadband service in areas served by rate-of-return carriers. The 
document was published in the Federal Register on March 20, 2017.

DATES: Effective April 3, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Minard, Wireline Competition 
Bureau, (202) 418-7400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This summary contains corrections to a 
Federal Register document, 82 FR 14338 (March 20, 2017).

Corrections

    In final rule FR Doc. 2017-04715, published March 20, 2017 (82 FR 
14338), make the following correction:


Sec.  54.303  [Corrected]

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1. On page 14339, in the first column, amendatory instruction 3 is 
corrected to read ``In Sec.  54.303, revise paragraphs (a)(1), (b), 
(c)(2), (e), and (f)(1) to read as follows:''

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-06485 Filed 3-31-17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 62 / Monday, April 3, 2017 / Rules and Regulations 16127 International Claims Settlement Act of DATES: Effective April 3, 2017. and aggravated maximum penalty that it 1949. will apply when assessing a civil FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Authority: Sec.1705(a)(2), Pub. L. 114–328, Alexander Minard, Wireline monetary penalty for a knowing 114th Cong., 130 Stat. 2644. Competition Bureau, (202) 418–7400. violation of the Federal hazardous SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This material transportation laws or a § 510.1 Definitions regulation, special permit, order, or For purposes of this subchapter: summary contains corrections to a Federal Register document, 82 FR approval issued under those laws. The Personal injury means a discernible aggravated maximum penalty under the injury (such as disfigurement, scarring, 14338 (March 20, 2017). hazardous material transportation laws or burns) that is more serious than a Corrections is available only for a violation that superficial injury. results in death, serious illness, or Severe personal injury means loss of In final rule FR Doc. 2017–04715, published March 20, 2017 (82 FR severe injury to any person or a limb, dismemberment, paralysis, or substantial destruction of property. any injury of a similar type or that is 14338), make the following correction: DATES: This final rule is effective April comparable in severity. § 54.303 [Corrected] 3, 2017. § 510.2 Time for filing. ■ 1. On page 14339, in the first column, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claims for payments under the Guam amendatory instruction 3 is corrected to Veronica Chittim, Trial Attorney, Office World War II Loyalty Recognition Act, read ‘‘In § 54.303, revise paragraphs of Chief Counsel, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Title XVII, Public Law 114–328 (the (a)(1), (b), (c)(2), (e), and (f)(1) to read as Avenue SE., Mail Stop 10, Washington, ‘‘Act’’), must be filed not later than one follows:’’ DC 20590 (telephone 202–493–0273), year after the date on which the Federal Communications Commission. veronica.chittim@dot.gov. Commission publishes the notice Marlene H. Dortch, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On described in section 1705(b)(2)(B) of the Secretary. November 2, 2015, President Barack Act. Obama signed the Federal Civil [FR Doc. 2017–06485 Filed 3–31–17; 8:45 am] Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act § 510.3 Applicability of administrative BILLING CODE 6712–01–P Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 provisions concerning claims under the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949. Inflation Act). Public Law 114–74, sec. 701. This amended the Federal Civil To the extent they are not inconsistent DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of with the provisions of the Act, the 1990 (Inflation Act) that required each following provisions of subchapter C of Federal Railroad Administration agency to (1) adjust by regulation each this chapter shall be applicable to maximum civil monetary penalty claims under this subchapter: §§ 509.2, 49 CFR Parts 209, 213, 214, 215, 216, (CMP), or range of minimum and 509.3, 509.4, 509.5, and 509.6. 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, maximum CMPs, within that agency’s 225, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, jurisdiction by October 23, 1996, and (2) Brian M. Simkin, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, adjust those penalty amounts once every Chief Counsel. 242, 243, 244, 270, and 272 [FR Doc. 2017–06461 Filed 3–31–17; 8:45 am] four years thereafter, to reflect inflation. BILLING CODE 4410–BA–P [Docket No. FRA–2016–0021; Notice No. 2] See Public Law 101–410, 104 Stat. 890, 28 U.S.C. 2461, note, as amended by RIN 2130–AC65 sec. 31001(s)(1) of the Debt Collection Implementation of the Federal Civil Improvement Act of 1996, Public Law FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act 104–134, April 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321– COMMISSION Improvements Act for a Violation of a 373. Under the 2015 Inflation Act, 47 CFR Part 54 Federal Railroad Safety Law, Federal agencies must make annual inflation Railroad Administration Safety adjustments, starting January 15, 2017, [WC Docket Nos. 10–90, 14–58; CC Docket based on Office of Management and No. 01–92; FCC 16–33] Regulation or Order, or the Hazardous Material Transportation Laws or Budget (OMB) guidance. Regulations, Orders, Special Permits, In the 2015 Inflation Act, Congress Connect America Fund, ETC Annual and Approvals Issued Under Those recognized the important role CMPs Reports and Certifications, Developing Laws play in deterring violations of Federal a Unified Intercarrier Compensation laws, regulations, and orders and Regime AGENCY: Federal Railroad determined that inflation has AGENCY: Federal Communications Administration (FRA), Department of diminished the impact of these Commission. Transportation (DOT). penalties. In the Inflation Act, Congress ACTION: Final rule; correction. ACTION: Final rule. countered the effect that inflation has had on the CMPs by having the agencies SUMMARY: This document corrects errors SUMMARY: To comply with the Federal charged with enforcement responsibility in a Federal Register document that Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act administratively adjust the CMPs. corrected errors to an original Federal of 1990, as amended by the Federal FRA is authorized as the delegate of Register document that adopted Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act the Secretary of Transportation significant reforms to place the Improvements Act of 2015, FRA is (Secretary) to enforce the Federal mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with RULES universal service program on solid adjusting the minimum, maximum, and railroad safety statutes, regulations, and footing for the next decade to ‘‘preserve aggravated maximum penalties it will orders, including the civil penalty and advance’’ voice and broadband apply when assessing a civil penalty for provisions codified primarily at 49 service in areas served by rate-of-return a violation of a railroad safety statute, U.S.C. ch. 213. See 49 U.S.C. 103 and carriers. The document was published regulation, or order under its authority. 49 CFR 1.89; 49 U.S.C. chs. 201–213. in the Federal Register on March 20, FRA is also adjusting the minimum FRA currently has safety regulations in 2017. penalty, ordinary maximum penalty, 34 parts of the CFR that contain VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:02 Mar 31, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\03APR1.SGM 03APR1


Document Created: 2017-04-01 09:36:29
Document Modified: 2017-04-01 09:36:29
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionRules and Regulations
ActionFinal rule; correction.
DatesEffective April 3, 2017.
ContactAlexander Minard, Wireline Competition Bureau, (202) 418-7400.
FR Citation82 FR 16127 
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