[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23928-23930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09444]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review and Approval
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and 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.
3502-3520), 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 estimates; 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 collection burden on 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 May 23, 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 Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at 202-395-5167 or via Internet at
[email protected][email protected] and to Judith B. Herman, Federal
Communications Commission, via the Internet at [email protected].
To submit your PRA
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comments by email send them to:
[email protected][email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing
Director, FCC, at 202-418-0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0496.
Title: ARMIS Operating Data Report.
Report No.: FCC Report 43-08.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 55 respondents; 55 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 139 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 11, 219(b) and 220 of
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 7,645 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In most cases, ARMIS reports
do not require submission of any confidential or commercially-sensitive
data. The areas in which detailed information is required are fully
subject to regulation. If a respondent finds it necessary to submit a
confidential or commercially-sensitive data request, 47 CFR 0.459 of
the Commission's rules contains the procedures for requesting
confidential treatment of data.
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 requirement). There is no change to the Commission's
previous burden estimates.
The ARMIS (Automated Reporting Management Information System)
reporting requirements were established by the Commission in 1987 to
facilitate the timely and efficient analysis of carrier operating costs
and rates of return that provide an improved basis for audits and other
oversight functions; and to enhance the Commission's ability to
quantify the effects of alternative policy proposals. Additional ARMIS
Reports were added in 1991 and 1992. Certain incumbent local exchange
carriers (LECs) were required to submit the ARMIS Reports to the
Commission annually on or before April 1. See Reporting Requirements of
Certain Class A and Tier 1 Telephone Companies (Parts 31, 43, 67 and 69
of the Commission's rules) CC Docket No. 86-182, Order, 2 FCC Rcd 5770
(1987), modified on recon. 3 FCC Rcd 6375 (1988); see also 47 CFR Part
43, Sections 43.21.
The information contained in FCC Report 43-08 has helped the
Commission fulfill its regulatory responsibilities. These data
facilitate the timely and efficient analysis of revenue requirements,
rates of return and price caps, provide an improved basis for auditing
and other oversight functions, and enhance the Commission's ability to
quantify the effects of policy proposals. Automated reporting of these
data also augments the Commission's ability to process and analyze the
extensive amount of data provided in the reports.
The Commission has granted AT&T, Verizon, legacy Qwest and other
similarly-situated carriers forbearance from FCC Report 43-08, except
for Table III, columns FC, FD, FE and FI, business line count
information. See Petition of AT&T Inc. for Forbearance under 47 U.S.C.
160 from Enforcement of Certain of the Commission's Cost Assignment
Rules, WC Docket Nos. 07-21, 05-342, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 23
FCC Rcd 7302 (2008) (AT&T Cost Assignment Forbearance Order), pet. for
recon pending, pet.for review pending, NASUCA v. FCC, Case No. 08-1226
(D.C. Cir. Filed June 23, 2008); Service Quality, Customer
Satisfaction, Infrastructure and Operating Data Gathering, WC Docket
Nos. 08-190, 07-139, 07-204, 07-273, 07-21, Memorandum Opinion and
Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 23 FCC Rcd 13747 (2008)
(Verizon/Qwest Cost Assignment Forbearance Order), pet. for recon.
pending, pet. for review pending, NASCUA v. FCC, Case No. 08-1353 (D.C.
Cir. Filed Nov. 4, 2008).
Despite this forbearance, the Commission seeks OMB approval for the
extension of this information collection for three years because
petitions for reconsideration and review of those forbearance decisions
are currently pending before the Commission and the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0816.
Title: Local Telephone Competition and Broadband Reporting (Report
and Order, WC Docket No. 07-38, FCC 08-89; Order on Reconsideration, WC
Docket No. 07-38 FCC 08-148).
Form Number: FCC Form 477.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit
institutions and state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 1,980 respondents; 3,960 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 296 hours.
Frequency of Response: Semi-annual reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 4(i), 201, 218-220,
251-252, 271, 303(r), 332, and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended and section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as
amended, codified in section 1302 of the Broadband Data Improvement
Act, 47 U.S.C. section 1302.
Total Annual Burden: 1,172,160 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission will continue
to allow respondents to certify, on the first page of the each
submission, that some data contained in that submission are privileged
or confidential commercial or financial information and that disclosure
of such information would likely cause substantial harm to the
competitive position of the entity making the submission. If the
Commission receives a request for, or proposes to disclose the
information, the respondent would be required to show, pursuant to
Commission rules for withholding from public inspection information
submitted to the Commission, that the information in question is
entitled to confidential treatment. We will retain our current policies
and procedures regarding the confidential treatment of submitted FCC
Form 477 data, including use of the aggregated, non-company specific
data in our published reports.
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 requirements. There are changes to the Commission's
previous burden estimates. The Commission has increased the estimated
average time per response for this information collection from 289
hours to 296 hours. The adjustment is also due to the increased number
of respondents and their types of operations, (e.g., interconnected
VoIP service providers with multi-state operations.) There is no change
to the FCC Form 477.
FCC Form 477 gathers information on the development of local
telephone competition including telephone services and interconnected
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, and on the deployment of
broadband also
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known as advanced telecommunications services.
The data are necessary to evaluate the status of competition in
local telecommunications services markets and to evaluate the status of
broadband deployment. The information is used by the FCC staff to
advice the Commission about the efficacy of Commission rules and
policies adopted to implement the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing
Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-09444 Filed 4-22-13; 8:45 am]
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