Schedule of Application Fees

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Deputy Secretary.

[Those services designated with an asterisk in the Payment Type Code column accepts multiples if filing in the same post office box.]

The charges required to accompany a request for the Commission regulatory services listed in §§ 1.1102 through 1.1107 of this subpart will not be refundable to the applicant irrespective of the Commission's disposition of that request. Return or refund of charges will be made in certain limited instances as set out at § 1.1113 of this subpart.

(b) Applicants are required to submit one payment instrument (check, bank draft or money order) and FCC Form 159 with each application or filing. Multiple payment instruments for a single application or filing are not permitted. Except that a separate Fee Form (FCC Form 159) will not be required once the information requirements of that form (the Fee Code, fee amount, and total fee remitted) are incorporated into the underlying application form.

(f) The Commission will furnish a stamped receipt of an application only upon request that complies with the following instructions. In order to obtain a stamped receipt for an application (or other filing), the application package must include a copy of the first page of the application, clearly marked “copy”, submitted expressly for the purpose of serving as a receipt of the filing. The copy should be the top document in the package. The copy will be date-stamped immediately and provided to the bearer of the submission, if hand delivered. For submissions by mail, the receipt copy will be provided through return mail if the filer has attached to the receipt copy a stamped self-addressed envelope of sufficient size to contain the date stamped copy of the application. No remittance receipt copies will be furnished.

(a) Except as noted in this section, applications and other filings, with attached fees and FCC Form 159, must be submitted to the locations and addresses set forth in §§ 1.1102 through 1.1107.

(2) Bills for collection will be paid at the Commission's lockbox bank at the address of the appropriate service as established in §§ 1.1102 through 1.1107, as set forth on the bill sent by the Commission. Payments must be accompanied by the bill sent by the Commission. Payments must be accompanied by the bill and a FCC Form 159 to ensure proper credit.

(4) Applicants claiming an exemption from a fee requirement for an application or other filing under 47 U.S.C. 158(d)(1) or § 1.1114 of this subpart shall file their applications in the appropriate location as set forth in the rules for the service for which they are applying, except that request for waiver accompanied by a tentative fee payment should be filed at the Commission's lockbox bank at the address for the appropriate service set forth in §§ 1.1102 through 1.1107.

No fee established in §§ 1.1102 through 1.1106 of this subpart, unless otherwise Qualified herein, shall be required for:

(a) The Schedule of Charges established by Sections 1.1102 through 1.1107 of this subpart shall be adjusted by the Commission on October 1, 1999 and every two years thereafter.

(c) Petitions for waivers, deferrals, fee determinations reconsideration and applications. For review will be acted upon by the Managing Director. Petitions and applications for review submitted with a fee must be submitted to the Commission's lockbox bank at the address for the appropriate service set forth in §§ 1.1102 through 1.1107. If no fee payment is required, and the matter is within the scope of the fee rules in this subpart, the petition or application for review should be filed with the Commission's Secretary and clearly marked to the attention of the Managing Director. Requests for deferral of a fee payment for financial hardship must be accompanied by supporting documentation.

(e) Applicants seeking waivers must submit the request for waiver with the application or filing, required fee and FCC Form 159. Waiver requests that do not include these materials will be dismissed in accordance with § 1.1108 of this subpart. Submitted fees will be returned if a waiver is granted. The Commission will not be responsible for delays in acting upon these requests.

(a) Applications who wish to challenge a staff determination of an insufficient fee may do so in writing. These claims should be addressed to the same location as the original submission marked “Attention Financial Operations.”

(b) Actions taken by Financial Operations staff are subject to the reconsideration and review provisions of §§ 1.106 and 1.115 of this part, EXCEPT THAT reconsideration and/or review will only be available where the applicant has made the full and proper payment of the underlying fee as required by this subpart.

(a) The fees required for the International Telecommunications Settlements (§ 1,1103 of this subpart) and Common Carrier Field Audits (§ 1.1105 of this subpart) should not be paid with the filing or submission of the request. The fees required for requests for Special Temporary Authority (see generally §§ 1.1102, 1.1104, 1.1106, & 1.1107 of this subpart).

[FR Doc. 00-20517 Filed 8-11-00; 8:45 am]

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