The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), as the agency responsible for complying with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), for the Internet for All grant programs provides herein a notice establishing the Administrative Record for the thirty new categorical exclusions adopted by NTIA effective April 2024.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), as the agency responsible for complying with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the Internet for All grant programs, provides herein a notice establishing the availability of six categorical exclusions adopted from the First Responder Network Authority.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), as the agency responsible for complying with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), for the Internet for All grant programs provides herein a notice establishing the availability of thirty new categorical exclusions.

A programmatic Waiver of Subpoint (E) of the Definition of “Tribal Lands” in the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). This waiver will eliminate the requirement to show Tribal consent to broadband infrastructure deployment in locations that fall within the scope of subpoint (E) and terminate the requirement to have a binding agreement between a Tribe and a broadband service provider to treat prior governmental support for broadband deployment as “enforceable” in locations described in subpoint (E).

A conditional limited programmatic waiver pertaining to the requirement for a professional engineer (PE) certification of the “network design, diagram, project costs, build-out timeline and milestones for project implementation, and a capital investment schedule evidencing complete build-out and the initiation of service within four years of the date on which the entity receives the subgrant” (Section IV.D.2.c).

The BEAD NOFO states that “Eligible Entities may, with the permission of the Assistant Secretary, allow prospective subgrantees that have the ability to issue public bonds (e.g., municipalities) to provide comparable evidence in support of their financial capabilities.” The BEAD Financial Capability Alternatives Policy Notice provides additional guidance to Eligible Entities regarding what information should be included in making such a request and the form such comparable evidence might take.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), as the agency responsible for administering the BEAD program, provides herein guidance on the implementation of exceptions, adjustments, and clarifications to certain provisions of the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance), codified at 2 CFR Part 200, and the application of related provisions of the Uniform Guidance to the BEAD Program. This Policy Notice is not a substitute for the terms and conditions of specific awards. Should this Policy Notice and the BEAD award terms differ, the terms and conditions of a specific BEAD award govern.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (“NTIA”) has determined that certain manufactured products and construction materials are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and is issuing a limited applicability nonavailability waiver to recipients of Federal financial assistance under NTIA’s Middle Mile Grant Program (“MMG Program”).

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), as the agency responsible for administering the BEAD program, provides herein notice of a conditional programmatic waiver of the letter of credit requirements set forth in section IV.D.2.a.ii of the BEAD Program Notice of Funding Opportunity.