47 C.F.R. § 27.1422

Current through September 30, 2024
Section 27.1422 - Accelerated relocation payment
(a) Eligible space station operators that meet the applicable early-clearing benchmark(s), as confirmed in their Certification of Accelerated Relocation set-forth in § 27.1412(g) , will be eligible for their respective accelerated relocation payment.
(b) The Relocation Payment Clearinghouse will distribute the accelerated relocation payments accordingly:

Table 1 to Paragraph (b)-Acclerated Relocation Payment by Operator

PaymentPhase I
payment
Phase II
payment
Intelsat$4,865,366,000$1,197,842,000$3,667,524,000
SES3,968,133,000976,945,0002,991,188,000
Eutelsat506,978,000124,817,000382,161,000
Telesat344,400,00084,790,000259,610,000
Star One15,124,0003,723,00011,401,000
Totals9,700,001,0002,388,117,0007,311,884,000

(c) The Relocation Payment Clearinghouse shall promptly notify 3.7 GHz Service licensees following validation of the certification of accelerated relocations as set-forth in Section 27.1412(g) . 3.7 GHz Service licensees shall pay the accelerated relocation payments to the Clearinghouse within 60 days of the notice that eligible space station operators have met their respective accelerated clearing benchmark. The Clearinghouse shall disburse accelerated relocation payments to relevant space station operators within seven days of receiving the payment from overlay licensees.
(d) For eligible space station operators that fail to meet either the Phase I or Phase II benchmarks as of the relevant accelerated relocation deadline, the accelerated relocation payment will be reduced according to the following schedule of declining accelerated relocation payments for the six months following the relevant deadline:

Table 2 to Paragraph (d)

Date of completion Incremental
reduction
(percent)
Accelerated
relocation
payment
(percent)
By Deadline100
1-30 Days Late595
31-60 Days Late590
61-90 Days Late1080
91-120 Days Late1070
121-150 Days Late2050
151-180 Days Late2030
181+ Days Late300

47 C.F.R. §27.1422

85 FR 22882, 6/22/2020; 85 FR 57766, 9/16/2020