WB Completes CAF II ELAP Initial Review

The FCC Wireline Bureau completed its initial review of information submitted by Connect America Fund Phase II support recipients participating in the eligible locations adjustment process (ELAP), said a public notice Monday in docket 10-90 (see 1911120061). The bureau received 27 submissions covering 23 states and 36 participant/state combinations. All participants were found to have met their "prima facie evidentiary burden" to continue with the ELAP process, it said. The bureau will release participants’ names, the study area codes of locations, the reported type of locations, geocoordinates of locations, the postal address or physical identification of locations, and the number of separate dwelling units. The Universal Service Administrative Co. will release an interactive map with that information. Prospective stakeholders seeking broadband services are required to start the registration process by completing an online registration form by March 25. The bureau waived the 90-day stakeholder challenge window, citing "unanticipated technical obstacles to simultaneous implementation of both the registration process and stakeholder challenge window." The challenge filing window will be open April 1-June 29.