47 C.F.R. § 27.1422

Current through October 31, 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

	Payment	Phase I payment	Phase II payment
Intelsat	$4,865,366,000	$1,197,842,000	$3,667,524,000
SES	3,968,133,000	976,945,000	2,991,188,000
Eutelsat	506,978,000	124,817,000	382,161,000
Telesat	344,400,000	84,790,000	259,610,000
Star One	15,124,000	3,723,000	11,401,000
Totals	9,700,001,000	2,388,117,000	7,311,884,000

(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 Deadline		100
1-30 Days Late	5	95
31-60 Days Late	5	90
61-90 Days Late	10	80
91-120 Days Late	10	70
121-150 Days Late	20	50
151-180 Days Late	20	30
181+ Days Late	30	0

47 C.F.R. §27.1422

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