[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 9 (Monday, January 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2673-2674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00555]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection(s). Comments are requested
concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; the
accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the
information burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25
employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. No person
shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection
of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does
not display a valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before March 15, 2013. If you anticipate that you will
be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within the
period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC
contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments to Judith B. Herman, Federal
Communications Commission, via the Internet at [email protected].
To submit your PRA comments by email send them to: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418-0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0743.
Title: Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and
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Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC
Docket No. 96-128.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 4,471 respondents; 10,071 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .50 hours to 100 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly and monthly reporting
requirements, recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. section 276 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 118,137 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the
Commission. If the Commission requests respondents to submit
information which respondents believe are confidential, respondents may
request confidential treatment of such information under 47 CFR 0.459
of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
after this comment period to obtain the full, three-year clearance from
them. The Commission is seeking an extension for these requirements.
There is no change in the Commission's previous burden estimates.
The collection of information implements the following reporting,
recordkeeping and/or third party disclosure requirements under section
276 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. They are: (a) State showing
of proof of market failure for exception to market-rate local coin call
requirement; (b) state review of adequacy of provision of public
interest payphone; (c) payphone providers' transmission of specific
payphone coding digits; (d) LEC verification of disputed ANIS and
maintaining and making available the verification data; (e) LEC timely
notification of payphone disconnection; (f) LEC indication on the
payphone's monthly bill that the amount due is for payphone service;
(g) LEC tariff filing; (h) reclassification of LEC-owned payphones; (i)
payphone provider's verification of its status to payer of
compensation; (j) payphone providers' posting of local coin call rate
on each payphone placard; and (k) LEC provision of list of emergency
numbers to carrier-payers will know that they do not have to compensate
payphone providers for those calls.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0292.
Title: Section 69.605, Reporting and Distribution of Pool Access
Revenues, Part 69, Access Charges.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 1,250 respondents; 15,000 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .75 hours (45 minutes).
Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual and monthly reporting
requirements, recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. sections 154, 201, 202, 203, 205, 218 and 403 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 11,250 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection after this comment period to obtain the full,
three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
The Commission is requesting approval for an extension (no change in
the reporting and/or third party disclosure requirements. There is no
change to the Commission's previous burden estimates.
Part 69 of the Commission's rules and regulations establishes the
rules for access charges for interstate or foreign access provided by
telephone companies on or after January 1, 1984, Part 69 essentially
consists of rules or the procedures for the computation of access
charges which are not information collections as defined by OMB's
rules, 5 CFR 1320. Any reporting or disclosure occurs in connection
with particular tariff filings and other reporting requirements with
the FCC, National Exchange Carriers Association (NECA), or state
commissions or with records maintained in accordance with the Uniform
System of Accounts (USOA). OMB approval of tariff filings and USOA
records required by the FCC is contained under OMB Control Numbers
3060-0298, 3060-0370 and 3060-0400.
Section 69.605 requires that access revenues and cost data shall be
reported by participants in association tariffs to the association for
computation of monthly pool revenues distributions. The association
shall submit a report on or before February 1 of each calendar year as
well as the results of that process. For any revisions to the cost
study results made or recommended by the association that would change
the respective carrier's calculated annual common line or traffic
sensitive revenue requirement by ten percent or more, the report shall
include the following information: (1) Name of the carrier; (2) a
detailed description of the revisions; (3) the amount of the revisions;
(4) the impact of the revisions on the carrier's calculated common line
and traffic sensitive revenue requirements; and (5) the carrier's total
annual common line and traffic sensitive revenue requirement.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-00555 Filed 1-11-13; 8:45 am]
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