--- kind: "range" citation: "47 C.F.R. §§ 1.1101–1.1120" title: "47" from: "1.1101" to: "1.1120" count: 20 url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/1.1101..1.1120" --- # §1.1101. Authority. Authority to impose and collect these charges is contained in section 8 of the Communications Act, as amended by sections [102](/cfr/47/102.md) and [103](/cfr/47/103.md) of title I of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-141, 132 Stat. 1084), [47 U.S.C. 158](/usc/47/158.md), which directs the Commission to assess and collect application fees to recover the costs of the Commission to process applications. # §1.1102. Schedule of charges for applications and other filings in the wireless telecommunications services. Some of the wireless application fees in this section have a regulatory fee component that must be paid at the time of a new or a renewal of a wireless application. Please refer to the Wireless Filing Guide for payment type codes at https://www.fcc.gov/wireless-fees. - (a) In tables to this section, the amounts appearing in the column labeled “Fee Amount” are for application fees only. Certain services, as indicated in the following table, also have associated regulatory fees that must be paid at the same time the application fee is paid. For more information on the associated regulatory fees, please refer to the most recent Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Fee Filing Guide for the corresponding regulatory fee amount located at https://www.fcc.gov/wireless-fees For additional guidance, please refer to [§ 1.1152](/cfr/47/1.1152.md). Application fee payments are required to be made electronically using the Commission's Registration System (CORES) once an application has been submitted in the Universal Licensing System (ULS). CORES is accessible at: https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/userLogin.do. - (b) Site-based licensed services are services for which an applicant's initial application for authorization generally provides the exact technical parameters of its planned operations (such as transmitter location, area of operation, desired frequency(s)/band(s), power levels). Site-based licensed services include land mobile systems (one or more base stations communicating with mobile devices, or mobile-only systems), point-to-point systems (two stations using a spectrum band to form a data communications path), point to-multipoint systems (one or more base stations that communicate with fixed remote units), as well as radiolocation and radionavigation systems. Examples of these licenses include, but are not limited to, the Industrial/Business Pool, Trunked licenses and Microwave Industrial/Business Pool licenses. - (c) Personal licenses authorize shared use of certain spectrum bands or provide a required permit for operation of certain radio equipment. In either case, personal licenses focus only on eligibility and do not require technical review. Examples of these licenses include, but are not limited to, Amateur Radio Service licenses (used for recreational, noncommercial radio services), Ship licenses (used to operate all manner of ships), Aircraft licenses (used to operate all manner of aircraft), Commercial Radio Operator licenses (permits for ship and aircraft station operators, where required), General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) licenses (used for short-distance, two-way voice communications using hand-held radios, as well as for short data messaging applications), Vanity, and Restricted Operator licenses. - (d) Geographic-based licenses authorize an applicant to construct anywhere within a particular geographic area's boundary (subject to certain technical requirements, including interference protection) and generally do not require applicants to submit additional applications for prior Commission approval of specific transmitter locations. Examples of these licenses include, but are not limited to, the 220-222 MHz Service licenses, Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service licenses, 600 MHz Band Service licenses, and 700 MHz Lower Band Service licenses. # §1.1103. Schedule of charges for equipment approval, experimental radio services (or service). # §1.1104. Schedule of charges for applications and other filings for media services. # §1.1105. Schedule of charges for applications and other filings for the wireline competition services. # §1.1106. Schedule of charges for applications and other filings for the enforcement services. # §1.1107. Schedule of charges for applications and other filings for the international services. # §1.1108. Reserved # §1.1109. Schedule of charges for applications and other filings for the Homeland services. Payments should be made electronically using the Commission's electronic filing and payment system in accordance with the procedures set forth on the Commission's website, www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees. Manual filings and/or payments for these services are no longer accepted. # §1.1110. Attachment of charges. The charges required to accompany a request for the Commission's regulatory services listed in [§§ 1.1102 through 1.1109](/cfr/47/1.1102..1.1109.md) of this subpart will not be refundable to the applicant irrespective of the Commission's disposition of that request. Return or refund of charges will be made only in certain limited instances as set out at [§ 1.1115](/cfr/47/1.1115.md) of this subpart. # §1.1111. Payment of charges. - (a) The schedule of fees for applications and other filings (Bureau/Office Fee Filing Guides) lists those applications and other filings that must be accompanied by an FCC Form 159, Remittance Advice' or the electronic version of the form, FCC Form 159-E, one of the forms that is automatically generated when an applicant accesses the Commission's on-line filing and payment process. - (b) Applicants may access the Commission's on-line filing systems at https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/online-filing, and the Commission's fee payment module through the FRN access page of the Commission's Registration System at https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/paymentFrnLogin.do. Applicants who use the on-line processes will be directed to the appropriate electronic application and payment forms for completion and submission of the required application(s) and payment information. - (c) Applications and other filings that are not submitted in accordance with these instructions will be returned as unprocessable. - (d) Applications returned to applicants for additional information or corrections will not require an additional fee when resubmitted, unless the additional information results in an increase of the original fee amount. Those applications not requiring an additional fee should be resubmitted electronically or directly to the Bureau/Office requesting the additional information, as requested. The original fee will be forfeited if the additional information or corrections are not resubmitted by the prescribed deadline. A forfeited application fee will not be refunded. If an additional fee is required, the original fee will be returned and the application must be resubmitted with a new remittance in the amount of the required fee. Applicants should attach a copy of the Commission's request for additional or corrected information to their resubmission. - (e) Should the staff change the status of an application, resulting in an increase in the fee due, the applicant will be billed for the remainder under the conditions established by [§ 1.1118(b)](/cfr/47/1.1118.md?p=b) of the rules. # §1.1112. Form of payment. - (a) Annual and multiple year regulatory fees must be paid electronically as described in [paragraph (e)](#e) of this section. Fee payments, other than annual and multiple year regulatory fee payments, should be in the form of a check, cashier's check, or money order denominated in U.S. dollars and drawn on a United States financial institution and made payable to the Federal Communications Commission or by a Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover credit card. No other credit card is acceptable. Fees for applications and other filings paid by credit card will not be accepted unless the credit card section of FCC Form 159 is completed in full. The Commission discourages applicants from submitting cash and will not be responsible for cash sent through the mail. Personal or corporate checks dated more than six months prior to their submission to the Commission's lockbox bank and postdated checks will not be accepted and will be returned as deficient. Third party checks (i.e., checks with a third party as maker or endorser) will not be accepted. - (1) Although payments (other than annual and multiple year regulatory fee payments) may be submitted in the form of a check, cashier's check, or money order, payors of these fees are encouraged to submit these payments electronically under the procedures described in [paragraph (e)](#e) of this section. - (2) **Specific procedures for electronic payments are announced in Bureau/Office fee filing guides.** - (3) It is the responsibility of the payer to insure that any electronic payment is made in the manner required by the Commission. Failure to comply with the Commission's procedures will result in the return of the application or other filing. - (4) To insure proper credit, applicants making wire transfer payments must follow the instructions set out in the appropriate Bureau Office fee filing guide. - (b) Applicants are required to submit one payment instrument (check, cashier's check, or money order) and FCC Form 159 with each application or filing; multiple payment instruments for a single application or filing are not permitted. A separate Fee Form (FCC Form 159) will not be required once the information requirements of that form (the Fee Code, fee amount, and total fee remitted) are incorporated into the underlying application form. - (c) The Commission may accept multiple money orders in payment of a fee for a single application where the fee exceeds the maximum amount for a money order established by the issuing agency and the use of multiple money orders is the only practical method available for fee payment. - (d) The Commission may require payment of fees with a cashier's check upon notification to an applicant or filer or prospective group of applicants under the conditions set forth below in [paragraphs (d)](#d) (1) and (2) of this section. - (1) Payment by cashier's check may be required when a person or organization has made payment, on one or more occasions with a payment instrument on which the Commission does not receive final payment and such failure is not excused by bank error. - (2) The Commission will notify the party in writing that future payments must be made by cashier's check until further notice. If, subsequent to such notice, payment is not made by cashier's check, the party's payment will not be accepted and its application or other filing will be returned. - (e) Annual and multiple year regulatory fee payments shall be submitted by online ACH payment, online Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover credit card payment, or wire transfer payment denominated in U.S. dollars and drawn on a United States financial institution and made payable to the Federal Communications Commission. No other credit card is acceptable. Any other form of payment for regulatory fees (e.g., paper checks) will be rejected and sent back to the payor. - (f) All fees collected will be paid into the general fund of the United States Treasury in accordance with Pub. L. 99-272. - (g) The Commission will furnish a stamped receipt of an application filed by mail or in person only upon request that complies with the following instructions. In order to obtain a stamped receipt for an application (or other filing), the application package must include a copy of the first page of the application, clearly marked “copy”, submitted expressly for the purpose of serving as a receipt of the filing. The copy should be the top document in the package. If hand delivered, the copy will be date-stamped immediately and provided to the bearer of the submission. For submissions by mail, the receipt copy will be provided through return mail if the filer has attached to the receipt copy a stamped self-addressed envelope of sufficient size to contain the date stamped copy of the application. No remittance receipt copies will be furnished. Stamped receipts of electronically-filed applications will not be provided. # §1.1113. Filing locations. - (a) Except as noted in this section, applications and other filings, with attached fees and FCC Form 159, must be submitted to the locations and addresses set forth in [§§ 1.1102 through 1.1109](/cfr/47/1.1102..1.1109.md). - (1) Tariff filings shall be filed with the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. On the same day, the filer should submit a copy of the cover letter, the FCC Form 159, and the appropriate fee in accordance with the procedures established in [§ 1.1105](/cfr/47/1.1105.md). - (2) Bills for collection will be paid at the Commission's lockbox bank at the address of the appropriate service as established in [§§ 1.1102 through 1.1109](/cfr/47/1.1102..1.1109.md), as set forth on the bill sent by the Commission. Payments must be accompanied by the bill sent by the Commission. Payments must be accompanied by the bill to ensure proper credit. Electronic payments must include the reference number contained on the bill sent by the Commission. - (3) Petitions for reconsideration or applications for review of fee decisions pursuant to [§ 1.1119(b)](/cfr/47/1.1119.md?p=b) of this subpart must be accompanied by the required fee for the application or other filing being considered or reviewed. - (4) Applicants claiming an exemption from a fee requirement for an application or other filing under [47 U.S.C. 158(d)(1)](/usc/47/158.md?p=d-1) or [§ 1.1116](/cfr/47/1.1116.md) of this subpart shall file their applications in the appropriate location as set forth in the rules for the service for which they are applying, except that request for waiver accompanied by a tentative fee payment should be filed as set forth in [§§ 1.1102 through 1.1109](/cfr/47/1.1102..1.1109.md). - (b) Except as provided for in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section, all materials must be submitted as one package. The Commission will not take responsibility for matching fees, forms and applications submitted at different times or locations. Materials submitted at other than the location and address required by [§ 0.401(b)](/cfr/47/0.401.md?p=b) and [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section will be returned to the applicant or filer. - (c) Fees for applications and other filings pertaining to the Wireless Radio Services that are submitted electronically via ULS may be paid electronically or sent to the Commission's lock box bank manually. When paying manually, applicants must include the application file number (assigned by the ULS electronic filing system on FCC Form 159) and submit such number with the payment in order for the Commission to verify that the payment was made. Manual payments must be received no later than ten (10) days after receipt of the application on ULS or the application will be dismissed. Payment received more than ten (10) days after electronic filing of an application on a Bureau/Office electronic filing system (e.g., ULS) will be forfeited (see §§ [1.934](/cfr/47/1.934.md) and [1.1111](/cfr/47/1.1111.md).) - (d) Fees for applications and other filings pertaining to the Multichannel Video and Cable Television Service (MVCTS) and the Cable Television Relay Service (CARS) that are submitted electronically via the Cable Operations and Licensing System (COALS) may be paid electronically or sent to the Commission's lock box bank manually. When paying manually, applicants must include the FCC Form 159 generated by COALS (pre-filled with the transaction confirmation number) and completed with the necessary additional payment information to allow the Commission to verify that payment was made. Manual payments must be received no later than ten (10) days after receipt of the application or filing in COALS or the application or filing will be dismissed. # §1.1114. Conditionality of Commission or staff authorizations. - (a) Any instrument of authorization granted by the Commission, or by its staff under delegated authority, will be conditioned upon final payment of the applicable fee or delinquent fees and timely payment of bills issued by the Commission. As applied to checks, bank drafts and money orders, final payment shall mean receipt by the Treasury of funds cleared by the financial institution on which the check, bank draft or money order is drawn. - (1) If, prior to a grant of an instrument of authorization, the Commission is notified that final payment has not been made, the application or filing will be: - (i) Dismissed and returned to the applicant; - (ii) Shall lose its place in the processing line; - (iii) And will not be accorded nunc pro tunc treatment if resubmitted after the relevant filing deadline. - (2) If, subsequent to a grant of an instrument of authorization, the Commission is notified that final payment has not been made, the Commission will: - (i) Automatically rescind that instrument of authorization for failure to meet the condition imposed by this subsection; and - (ii) Notify the grantee of this action; and - (iii) Not permit nunc pro tunc treatment for the resubmission of the application or filing if the relevant deadline has expired. - (3) Upon receipt of a notification of rescision of the authorization, the grantee will immediately cease operations initiated pursuant to the authorization. - (b) In those instances where the Commission has granted a request for deferred payment of a fee or issued a bill payable at a future date, further processing of the application or filing, or the grant of authority, shall be conditioned upon final payment of the fee, plus other required payments for late payments, by the date prescribed by the deferral decision or bill. Failure to comply with the terms of the deferral decision or bill shall result in the automatic dismissal of the submission or rescision of the Commission authorization for failure to meet the condition imposed by this subpart. The Commission reserves the right to return payments received after the date established on the bill and exercise the conditions attached to the application. The Commission shall: - (1) Notify the grantee that the authorization has been rescinded; - (i) Upon such notification, the grantee will immediately cease operations initiated pursuant to the authorization. - (ii) [Reserved] - (2) Not permit nunc pro tunc treatment to applicants who attempt to refile after the original deadline for the underlying submission. - (c) - (1) Where an applicant is found to be delinquent in the payment of application fees, the Commission will make a written request for the delinquent fee, together with any penalties that may be due under this subpart. Such request shall inform the applicant/filer that failure to pay or make satisfactory payment arrangements will result in the Commission's withholding action on, and/or as appropriate, dismissal of, any applications or requests filed by the applicant. The staff shall also inform the applicant of the procedures for seeking Commission review of the staff's fee determination. - (2) If, after final determination that the fee is due or that the applicant is delinquent in the payment of fees, and payment is not made in a timely manner, the staff will withhold action on the application or filing until payment or other satisfactory arrangement is made. If payment or satisfactory arrangement is not made within 30 days of the date of the original notification, the application will be dismissed. # §1.1115. Return or refund of charges. - (a) All refunds will be issued to the payer named in the appropriate block of the FCC Form 159. The full amount of any fee submitted will be returned or refunded, as appropriate, under the authority granted at [§ 0.231](/cfr/47/0.231.md). - (1) **When no fee is required for the application or other filing.** (see [§ 1.1111](/cfr/47/1.1111.md)). - (2) When the fee processing staff or bureau/office determines that an insufficient fee has been submitted within 30 calendar days of receipt of the application or filing and the application or filing is dismissed. - (3) **When the application is filed by an applicant who cannot fulfill a prescribed age requirement.** - (4) When the Commission adopts new rules that nullify applications already accepted for filing, or new law or treaty would render useless a grant or other positive disposition of the application. - (5) **When a waiver is granted in accordance with this subpart.** - (6) When an application for new or modified facilities is not timely filed in accordance with the filing window as established by the Commission in a public notice specifying the earliest and latest dates for filing such applications. - (b) **Comparative hearings are no longer required.** - (c) Applicants in the Media Services for first-come, first-served construction permits will be entitled to a refund of the fee, if, within fifteen days of the issuance of a Public Notice, applicant indicates that there is a previously filed pending application for the same vacant channel, such applicant notifies the Commission that they no longer wish their application to remain on file behind the first applicant and any other applicants filed before his or her application, and the applicant specifically requests a refund of the fee paid and dismissal of his or her application. - (d) Applicants for space station licenses under the first-come, first served procedure set forth in [part 25 of this title](/cfr/47/part25.md) will be entitled to a refund of the fee if, before the Commission has placed the application on public notice, the applicant notifies the Commission that it no longer wishes to keep its application on file behind the licensee and any other applicants who filed their applications before its application, and specifically requests a refund of the fee and dismissal of its application. # §1.1116. General exemptions to charges. No fee established in [§§ 1.1102 through 1.1109](/cfr/47/1.1102..1.1109.md) of this subpart, unless otherwise qualified herein, shall be required for: - (a) Applications filed for the sole purpose of modifying an existing authorization (or a pending application for authorization) in order to comply with new or additional requirements of the Commission's rules or the rules of another Federal agency. However, if the applicant also requests an additional modification, renewal, or other action, the appropriate fee for such additional request must accompany the application. Cases in which a fee will be paid include applications by FM and TV licensees or permittees seeking to upgrade channel after a rulemaking. - (b) Applicants in the Special Emergency Radio and Public Safety Radio Services that are government entities or nonprofit entities. Applicants claiming nonprofit status must include a current Internal Revenue Service Determination Letter documenting this nonprofit status. - (c) Applicants, permittees or licensees of noncommercial educational (NCE) broadcast stations in the FM or TV services, as well as AM applicants, permittees or licensees operating in accordance with [§ 73.503](/cfr/47/73.503.md) of this chapter. - (d) Applicants, permittees, or licensees qualifying under [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section requesting Commission authorization in any other mass media radio service (except the international broadcast (HF) service) private radio service, or common carrier radio communications service otherwise requiring a fee, if the radio service is used in conjunction with the NCE broadcast station on an NCE basis. - (e) Other applicants, permittees, or licensees providing, or proposing to provide, an NCE or instructional service, but not qualifying under [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section, may be exempt from filing fees, or be entitled to a refund, in the following circumstances. - (1) An applicant is exempt from filing fees if it is an organization that, like the Public Broadcasting Service or National Public Radio, receives funding directly or indirectly through the Public Broadcasting Fund, [47 U.S.C. 396(k)](/usc/47/396.md?p=k), distributed by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, where the authorization requested will be used in conjunction with the organization on an NCE basis; - (2) An applicant for a translator or low power television station that proposes an NCE service will be entitled to a refund of fees paid for the filing of the application when, after grant, it provides proof that it has received funding for the construction of the station through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) or other showings as required by the Commission. - (3) An applicant that has qualified for a fee refund under [paragraph (e)(2)](#e-2) of this section and continues to operate as an NCE station is exempt from fees for broadcast auxiliary stations (subparts [D](/cfr/47/subpartD.md), [E](/cfr/47/subpartE.md), and F of [part 74](/cfr/47/part74.md)) or stations in the private radio or common carrier services where such authorization is to be used in conjunction with the NCE translator or low power station. - (f) **Applicants, permittees or licensees who qualify as governmental entities.** For purposes of this exemption a governmental entity is defined as any state, possession, city, county, town, village, municipal corporation or similar political organization or subpart thereof controlled by publicly elected or duly appointed public officials exercising sovereign direction and control over their respective communities or programs. - (g) Applications for Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permits where the applicant intends to use the permit solely in conjunction with duties performed at radio facilities qualifying for fee exemption under paragraphs [(c)](#c), [(d)](#d), or [(e)](#e) of this section. # §1.1117. Adjustments to charges. - (a) The Schedule of Charges established by [§§ 1.1102 through 1.1109](/cfr/47/1.1102..1.1109.md) of this subpart shall be reviewed by the Commission on October 1, 1999 and every two years thereafter, and adjustments made, if any, will be reflected in the next publication of Schedule of Charges. - (1) The fees will be adjusted by the Commission to reflect the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) from the date of enactment of the authorizing legislation (December 19, 1989) to the date of adjustment, and every two years thereafter, to reflect the percentage change in the CPI-U in the period between the enactment date and the adjustment date. - (2) Adjustments based upon the percentage change in the CPI-U will be applied against the base fees as enacted or amended by Congress in the year the fee was enacted or amended. - (b) Increases or decreases in charges will apply to all categories of fees covered by this subpart. Individual fees will not be adjusted until the increase or decrease, as determined by the net change in the CPI-U since the date of enactment of the authorizing legislation, amounts to at least $5 in the case of fees under $100, or 5% or more in the case of fees of $100 or greater. All fees will be adjusted upward to the next $5 increment. - (c) Adjustments to fees made pursuant to these procedures will not be subject to notice and comment rulemakings, nor will these decisions be subject to petitions for reconsideration under [§ 1.429](/cfr/47/1.429.md) of the rules. Requests for modifications will be limited to correction of arithmetical errors made during an adjustment cycle. # §1.1118. Penalty for late or insufficient payments. - (a) Filings subject to fees and accompanied by defective fee submissions will be dismissed under [§ 1.1111 (d)](/cfr/47/1.1111.md?p=d) of this subpart where the defect is discovered by the Commission's staff within 30 calendar days from the receipt of the application or filing by the Commission. - (1) A defective fee may be corrected by resubmitting the application or other filing, together with the entire correct fee. - (2) For purposes of determining whether the filing is timely, the date of resubmission with the correct fee will be considered the date of filing. However, in cases where the fee payment fails due to error of the applicant's bank, as evidenced by an affidavit of an officer of the bank, the date of the original submission will be considered the date of filing. - (b) Applications or filings accompanied by insufficient fees or no fees, or where such applications or filings are made by persons or organizations that are delinquent in fees owed to the Commission, that are inadvertently forwarded to Commission staff for substantive review will be billed for the amount due if the discrepancy is not discovered until after 30 calendar days from the receipt of the application or filing by the Commission. Applications or filings that are accompanied by insufficient fees or no fees will have a penalty charge equaling 25 percent of the amount due added to each bill. Any Commission action taken prior to timely payment of these charges is contingent and subject to rescission. - (c) Applicants to whom a deferral of payment is granted under the terms of this subsection will be billed for the amount due plus a charge equalling 25 percent of the amount due. Any Commission actions taken prior to timely payment of these charges are contingent and subject to rescission. - (d) Failure to submit fees, following notice to the applicant of failure to submit the required fee, is subject to collection of the fee, including interest thereon, any associated penalties, and the full cost of collection to the Federal government pursuant to the provisions of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA), Public Law 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321, 1358 (Apr. 26, 1996), codified at [31 U.S.C. 3711](/usc/31/3711.md) et seq. See [47 CFR 1.1901 through 1.1952](/cfr/47/1.1901..1.1952.md). The debt collection processes described above may proceed concurrently with any other sanction in this paragraph. # §1.1119. Petitions and applications for review. - (a) The fees established by this subpart may be waived or deferred in specific instances where good cause is shown and where waiver or deferral of the fee would promote the public interest. - (b) Requests for waivers or deferrals will only be considered when received from applicants acting in respect to their own applications. Requests for waivers or deferrals of entire classes of services will not be considered. - (c) Petitions for waivers, deferrals, fee determinations, reconsiderations and applications for review will be acted upon by the Managing Director with the concurrence of the General Counsel. All such filings within the scope of the fee rules shall be filed as a separate pleading and clearly marked to the attention of the Managing Director. Any such request that is not filed as a separate pleading will not be considered by the Commission. Requests for deferral of a fee payment for financial hardship must be accompanied by supporting documentation. - (1) Petitions and applications for review submitted with a fee must be submitted electronically or to the Commission's lock box bank at the address for the appropriate service as set forth in [§§ 1.1102 through 1.1107](/cfr/47/1.1102..1.1107.md). - (2) If no fee payment is submitted, the request should be filed electronically through the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System or with the Commission's Secretary. - (d) Deferrals of fees will be granted for an established period of time not to exceed six months. - (e) Applicants seeking waivers must submit the request for waiver with the application or filing, required fee and FCC Form 159, or a request for deferral. A petition for waiver and/or deferral of payment must be submitted to the Office of the Managing Director as specified in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section. Waiver requests that do not include these materials will be dismissed in accordance with [§ 1.1111](/cfr/47/1.1111.md) of this subpart. Submitted fees will be returned if a waiver is granted. The Commission will not be responsible for delays in acting upon these requests. - (f) Petitions for waiver of a fee based on financial hardship will be subject to the provisions of paragraph 1.1166(e). # §1.1120. Error claims. - (a) Applicants who wish to challenge a staff determination of an insufficient fee or delinquent debt may do so in writing. A challenge to a determination that a party is delinquent in paying the full application fee must be accompanied by suitable proof that the fee had been paid or waived (or deferred from payment during the period in question), or by the required application payment and any assessment penalty payment (see [§ 1.1118](/cfr/47/1.1118.md)). Failure to comply with these procedures will result in dismissal of the challenge. These claims should be addressed to the Federal Communications Commission at the address indicated in [47 CFR 0.401(a)](/cfr/47/0.401.md?p=a), Attention: Financial Operations, or emailed to ARINQUIRIES@fcc.gov. - (b) Actions taken by Financial Operations staff are subject to the reconsideration and review provisions of §§ [1.106](/cfr/47/1.106.md) and [1.115](/cfr/47/1.115.md) of this part, EXCEPT THAT reconsideration and/or review will only be available where the applicant has made the full and proper payment of the underlying fee as required by this subpart. - (1) Petitions for reconsideration and/or applications for review submitted by applicants that have not made the full and proper fee payment will be dismissed; and - (2) If the fee payment should fail while the Commission is considering the matter, the petition for reconsideration or application for review will be dismissed.