*Pages 1--6 from Microsoft Word - 40479* PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th St., S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418- 0500 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov TTY: 1- 888- 835- 5322 Released July 21, 2004 DA 04- 2215 Payment Methods and Procedures For Fiscal Year 2004 Regulatory Fees Licensees and regulatees who are required to pay annual regulatory fees pursuant to 47 U. S. C. 159 (Public Law 103- 66) must make their Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 fee payments by 11: 59 PM on August 19, 2004. The official fee payment window will open on August 10, 2004, but payments may be sent prior to August 10, 2004. Payments received after 11: 59 PM on August 19, 2004 will be assessed a 25% late payment penalty. The Commission is required by Congress to collect regulatory fees to recover the regulatory costs associated with its enforcement, policy and rulemaking, user information, and international activities. Licensees and regulatees pay differing fees dependent on a variety of factors, such as the number of subscribers, number of assigned telephone numbers, or revenue, etc. To find out how FY 2004 regulatory fees were determined for your organization, refer to the industry- appropriate What You Owe Fact Sheets for FY2004. USE OF THE FCC REGISTRATION NUMBER (FRN) IS MANDATORY Regardless of the payment procedure that the Commission has in place for you, or the payment method that you choose, all regulatory fee payments must be accompanied by a FCC Registration Number (FRN). For more information about how to acquire an FRN, refer to Fact Sheet: Use of the FCC Registration Number (FRN) is Mandatory— FY2004. PAYMENT PROCEDURES FOR BILLED ENTITIES Beginning this year, the Commission will generate pre- printed bills for Interstate Telecommunications Service Providers (ITSPs) with regulatory fee obligations of $10 or more and licensees of satellite space stations. ITSPs with regulatory fee obligations of $10 or more will receive a pre- printed FCC Form 159- W with a bill number on it. If you are a billed ITSP, you should follow the guidance provided in the Fact Sheet: What You Owe— Interstate Telecommunications Service Providers, and either submit payment along with your Form 159- W 1 2 to the mailing address below, or have your Form 159- W and payment courier delivered to the courier delivery address below. If you are a satellite space station licensee, you will receive a pre- printed FCC Form 159- B Bill for Collection for your space station authorizations. Please follow the guidance provided in the Fact Sheet: What You Owe— International and Satellite Services Licensees— FY2004, and either submit payment along with your FCC Form 159- B Bill for Collection to the mailing address below, or have your Form 159- B and payment courier- delivered to the courier delivery address below: Mailing address for payment of billed regulatory fees: Federal Communications Commission Regulatory Fees P. O. Box 358365 Pittsburgh, PA 15251- 5365 Courier delivery address for payment of billed regulatory fees to a lockbox: Federal Communications Commission Regulatory Fees c/ o Mellon Client Service Center 500 Ross Street, Room 670 Pittsburgh, PA 15262- 0001 Attn: FCC Module Supervisor Do not send your Form 159- W (ITSP payers), Form 159- B (satellite space station payers), or payment to the Commission’s Washington, DC mailing address. Filings that are erroneously mailed to our Washington, DC address will be forwarded to our Mellon Bank Pittsburgh, PA address for processing. However, this may result in a late receipt of your payment and may subject your payment to the 25% late payment penalty. PAYMENT PROCEDURES FOR ALL OTHER ENTITIES All other licensees and regulatees must submit, with payment, a completed FCC Form 159 Remittance Advice and, as necessary, FCC Form 159- C Remittance Advice Continuation Sheet( s). All other licensees and regulatees includes media services licensees who were recipients of regulatory fee assessment postcards this year, cable television system operators and commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) licensees who were recipients of regulatory fee assessment letters this year, and all other licensees and regulatees with regulatory fee payment obligations who received no such bill, assessment or notice for payment of regulatory fees. FCC Form 159 Remittance Advice allows payers to report information on one or more payment items (e. g., revenues, call signs, or a combination of any two). Use FCC Form 159- C to report additional payments. Reproduced forms are acceptable. You must list each entity separately on 2 3 FCC Forms 159/ 159- C. Written attachments are not acceptable. Failure to properly complete FCC Forms 159/ 159- C will delay the processing of your regulatory fee payment. Detailed instructions on how to correctly complete FCC Forms 159/ 159- C are contained in the What You Owe Fact Sheets for each service category. Please follow the guidance provided in the appropriate Fact Sheet: What You Owe for your service category, and either submit payment along with your FCC Form 159/ 159- C to the mailing address below, or have your Form 159/ Form 159- C and payment courier delivered to the courier delivery address below: Mailing address for payment of non- billed regulatory fees: Federal Communications Commission Regulatory Fees P. O. Box 358835 Pittsburgh, PA 15251- 5835 Courier delivery address for payment of non- billed regulatory fees to a lockbox: Federal Communications Commission Regulatory Fees c/ o Mellon Client Service Center 500 Ross Street, Room 670 Pittsburgh, PA 15262- 0001 Attn: FCC Module Supervisor Do not send your Form 159 Remittance Advice or payment to the Commission’s Washington, DC mailing address. Filings that are erroneously mailed to our Washington, DC address will be forwarded to our Mellon Bank Pittsburgh, PA address for processing. However, this may result in a late receipt of your payment and may subject your payment to the 25% late payment penalty. Note that if you are in need of additional copies of the FCC Form 159 Remittance Advice, you may obtain blank copies of the form in a variety of ways. You may download the form at http:// www. fcc. gov/ formpage. html, or request a copy of the form by calling the FCC’s Form Distribution Center at 1- 800- 418- FORM [3676]. You may also pick up the form at the Commission’s Washington, DC address in Room TW- B200. PAYMENT METHODS Licensees and regulatees may pay their regulatory fees by check, money order, credit card, wire transfer or ACH debit. In addition, licensees and regulatees may submit a hard- copy remittance advice filing with their payment, or they may submit their filing and payment electronically through the FCC’s on- line payment system known as Fee Filer. More information regarding specific payment methods is provided as follows: 3 5 "REGULATORYPAY" PAYER FRN (Exactly as on remittance instrument) PAYER NAME (Exactly as on remittance instrument) Phone: (Daytime Phone #, exactly as on remittance instrument) LOCKBOX 358835 (If filing the Form 159) or If you are filing a completed FCC Form 159- W or Form 159- B Billing for Collection for Lockbox 358365, please execute the following: 1) Fax a copy of the completed FCC Form 159- W or Form 159- B, Bill for Collection to Mellon Bank at (412) 209- 6045 one hour before initiating the wire transfer. 2) Initiate the wire transfer. Please provide your bank with the following information to complete the transfer: ABA Routing Number: 043000261 Receiving Bank: Mellon Pittsburgh BNF: FCC/ ACV-- 9116229 OBI Field: (Skip one space between each information item) "BILLPAY" PAYER FRN (Exactly as on remittance instrument) PAYER NAME (Exactly as on remittance instrument) Phone: (Daytime Phone #, exactly as on remittance instrument) LOCKBOX 358365 (If filing the Form 159- W or Form 159- B) ACH Debit: If you are interested in using Mellon Bank's Customer Initiated Payment Program (CIP), a brief application form must be completed and a personal identification number (PIN) issued by the bank. Arrangements for using this process must be completed 14 days prior to submitting payment of the regulatory fee. After you have been set up for this program, you must submit your payment by August 18, 2004 to ensure that your payment is processed by the deadline date of August 19, 2004. To obtain information and a copy of the CIP package, go to www. fcc. gov/ fees, then search the left side of the screen margin for Customer Initiated Payments Overview and Set- up Form. You can also contact the Commission’s Revenue and Receivable Operations Group at (202) 418- 1995 to request a CIP Package. OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING REGULATORY FEES To help you understand your regulatory fee obligations and how to pay your regulatory fees, the following Public Notices and Fact Sheets are available at http:// www. fcc. gov/ fees/ regfees. html: FACT SHEET: WHAT YOU OWE - CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS— FY2004 FACT SHEET: WHAT YOU OWE - MEDIA SERVICES LICENSEES— FY2004 PUBLIC NOTICE: FCC MAKES LOOK- UP WEBSITE AVAILABLE FOR MEDIA SERVICES LICENSEES OWING FY 2004 REGULATORY FEES (Released July 15, 2004) 5 6 FACT SHEET: WHAT YOU OWE - COMMERCIAL WIRELESS SERVICES— FY2004 FACT SHEET: WHAT YOU OWE - INTERNATIONAL AND SATELLITE SERVICES LICENSEES— FY2004 PUBLIC NOTICE: COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATORY FEE REQUIREMENTS BY CABLE LANDING LICENSEES OPERATING ON A NON- COMMON CARRIER BASIS (DA 04- 2027, released July 6, 2004) FACT SHEET: WHAT YOU OWE - INTERSTATE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDERS PUBLIC NOTICE: FY 2004 REGULATORY FEES DUE NO LATER THAN AUGUST 19, 2004 (Released July 2, 2004) FACT SHEET: USE OF THE FCC REGISTRATION NUMBER (FRN) IS MANDATORY- - FY2004 FACT SHEET: WAIVERS, REDUCTIONS AND DEFERMENTS OF REGULATORY FEES— FY2004 FACT SHEET: REGULATORY FEE EXEMPTIONS— FY2004 You may also contact the Commission’s Regulatory Fee Help Desk with inquiries regarding regulatory fees at (877) 480- 3201 Option 4. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION If you do not have Internet access, you can obtain FCC forms by calling (800) 418- FORM [3676], or (202) 418- 3676. Public Notices and Fact Sheets can be ordered by calling (888) 225- 5322. Materials can also be obtained by writing to: Federal Communications Commission, ATTN: Consumer Information Center, 445 12th Street, S. W., Washington, D. C., 20554. - FCC - 6