Goto Section: 36.604 | 36.611 | Table of Contents
FCC 36.605
Revised as of October 1, 2011
Goto Year:2010 |
2012
§ 36.605 Calculation of safety net additive.
(a) "Safety net additive support." A rural incumbent local exchange
carrier shall receive safety net additive support if it satisfies the
conditions set forth in paragraph (c) of this section. Safety net
additive support is support available to rural telephone companies, as
conditioned in paragraph (c) of this section, in addition to support
calculated pursuant to § 36.631. Safety net additive support shall not
be available to rural telephone companies for exchange(s) that are
subject to § 54.305 of this chapter.
(b) Calculation of safety net additive support: Safety net additive
support is equal to the amount of capped support calculated pursuant to
this subpart F in the qualifying year minus the amount of support in
the year prior to qualifying for support subtracted from the difference
between the uncapped expense adjustment for the study area in the
qualifying year minus the uncapped expense adjustment in the year prior
to qualifying for support as shown in the following equation: Safety
net additive support = (Uncapped support in the qualifying year
-Uncapped support in the base year) -(Capped support in the qualifying
year -Amount of support received in the base year).
(c) Operation of safety net additive support: (1) In any year in which
the total carrier loop cost expense adjustment is limited by the
provisions of § 36.603 a rural incumbent local exchange carrier shall
receive safety net additive support as calculated in paragraph (b) of
this section, if in any study area, the rural incumbent local exchange
carrier realizes growth in end of period Telecommunications Plant in
Service (TPIS), as prescribed in § 32.2001 of this chapter, on a per
loop basis, of at least 14 percent more than the study area's TPIS per
loop investment at the end of the prior period.
(2) If paragraph (c)(1) of this section is met, the rural incumbent
local exchange carrier must notify the Administrator; failure to
properly notify the Administrator of eligibility shall result in
disqualification of that study area for safety net additive, requiring
the rural incumbent local exchange carrier to again meet the
eligibility requirements in paragraph (c)(1) of this section for that
study area in a subsequent period.
(3) Upon completion of verification by the Administrator that the study
area meets the stated criterion in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) of this
section, the Administrator shall:
(i) Pay to any qualifying rural telephone company, safety net additive
support for the qualifying study area in accordance with the
calculation set forth in paragraph (b) of this section; and
(ii) Continue to pay safety net additive support in any of the four
succeeding years in which the total carrier loop expense adjustment is
limited by the provisions of § 36.603. Safety net additive support in
the succeeding four years shall be the lesser of:
(A) The sum of capped support and the safety net additive support
received in the qualifying year; or
(B) The rural telephone company's uncapped support.
[ 66 FR 30086 , June 5, 2001, as amended at 66 FR 65856 , Dec. 21, 2001]
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Goto Section: 36.604 | 36.611
Goto Year: 2010 |
2012
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