[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28215-28217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11336]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
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, 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 July 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 Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via Internet at
[email protected]. To submit your PRA comments by email
send them to: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, FCC, Office of
Managing Director, (202) 418-0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0076.
Title: Common Carrier Annual Employment Report.
Form Number: FCC Form 395.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 809 respondents; 809 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement and
recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 154(i), 303,
and 307-310 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 809 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The respondents are
instructed on the appropriate procedures to follow to safeguard
information deemed confidential under 47 CFR 0.457 of the Commission's
rules details the type of records that are not routinely available for
public inspection. Section 0.459 of the Commission's rules contains
procedures for requesting that material and information submitted to
the Commission be withheld from public inspection.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will be submitting this expiring
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval of an extension request (no change in the public reporting
and/or recordkeeping requirements).
The FCC Report 395, Common Carrier Annual Employment Report, is a
data collection mechanism to implement the FCC's Equal Employment
Opportunity (EEO) rules. All common carrier
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licensees or permittees with sixteen (16) or more full-time employees
are required to file its Annual Employment Report. Each common carrier
is also obligated to file copies of all exhibits, letters and other
documents pertaining to all equal employment opportunity statements and
annual reports on complaints regarding violations of equal employment
provisions of Federal, State, Territorial, or local law filed with this
Commission. The common carriers are required to retain these documents
for a period of two years. The Annual Employment Report identifies each
filer's staff by gender, race, color and/or national origin in each of
ten major job categories. The report and all other EEOC documents are
filed with the Commission to detail the applicant's compliance with the
Commission's EEO rules. Those documents are available for public
inspection at the FCC's Public Reference Room.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0166.
Title: Part 42, Sections 42.5, 42.6 and 42.7, Preservation of
Records of Communications Common Carriers.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 56 respondents; 56 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement,
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. section 220 as amended
by the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 112 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The respondents are
instructed on the appropriate procedures to follow to safeguard
information deemed confidential under 47 CFR 0.457 of the Commission's
rules details the type of records that are not routinely available for
public inspection. Section 0.459 of the Commission's rules contains
procedures for requesting that material and information submitted to
the Commission be withheld from public inspection.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will be submitting this expiring
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval of an extension request (no change in the recordkeeping
requirement).
Section 42.5 requires that records kept in a machine-readable
medium be accompanied by a statement indicating the type of data
included in the record and certifying that the information contained in
it has been accurately duplicated.
Section 42.6 requires a carrier to retain telephone toll records
for 18 months that are necessary to provide the following billing
information about telephone toll calls: the name, address, and
telephone number of the caller, telephone number called, date, time and
length of call.
Section 42.7 allows a carrier to establish its own retention
periods for all of its records, except records of telephone toll calls
and records relevant to complaint proceedings.
Documentation of premature records destruction is necessary so that
the Commission can be aware of the frequency and consequences of such
destruction. If carriers were allowed to destroy records at will, the
Commission would lose historical information, thus making it impossible
to regulate the industry properly. A specific retention period for
telephone toll records of 18 months is imposed to assist Department of
Justice in law enforcement.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0807.
Title: Section 51.803, Procedures for Commission Notification of a
State Commission's Failure to Act; Supplemental Procedures for
Petitions Pursuant to Section 252(e)(5) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities and state, local
or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 60 respondents; 60 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 40 hours per requirement.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting 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 252(e)(5) as amended by the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 1,600 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting petitioners to submit confidential information to the
Commission.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will be submitting this expiring
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval of an extension request (no change in the reporting and/or
third party disclosure requirements). There is no change in the
Commission's burden estimates.
Any interested party seeking preemption of a state commission's
jurisdiction based on the state commission's failure to act shall
notify the Commission as follows: (1) File with the Secretary of the
Commission a detailed petition, supported by an affidavit, that states
with specificity the basis for any claim that it has failed to act; and
(2) serve the state commission and other parties to the proceeding on
the same day that the party serves the petition on the Commission.
Within 15 days of filing the petition, the state commission and parties
to the proceeding may file a response to the petition. In an OMB-
approved Public Notice, DA 97-2540, released December 4, 1997, the
Commission set forth procedures for filing petitions for preemption
pursuant to section 252(e)(5). Section 252(e)(5) provides that ``if a
state commission fails to act to carry out its responsibility under
this section in any proceeding or other matter under this section, then
the Commission shall issue an order preempting the state commission's
jurisdiction of the proceeding or matter within 90 days after being
notified (or taking notice) of such failure, and shall assume the
responsibility of the state commission under this section with respect
to the proceeding or matter and act for the state commission.'' All of
the requirements are used to ensure that petitioners have complied with
their obligations under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0992.
Title: Section 54.507(d)(1)-(4), Request for Extension of the
Implementation Deadline for Non-Recurring Services.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit
entities and state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 1,675 respondents; 1,675 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .75 hours (45 minutes).
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, third
party disclosure requirement and recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory
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authority for this information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C.
sections 151, 154(i), and (j), 201-205, 214, 254, and 403 as amended by
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 1,256 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting that the respondents submit confidential information to the
Commission. If the Commission requests applicants to submit information
that the applicant believes is confidential, they may request
confidential treatment of such information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will be submitting this expiring
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval of an extension request (no change in the reporting, third
party disclosure requirement and/or recordkeeping requirement).
Pursuant to the E-rate program (formerly known as the schools and
libraries universal support program), eligible schools, libraries, and
their consortia may apply for discounts for telecommunications
services, Internet access, and internal connections. In general, the
applicant must use the funded services within the funding year, which
runs from July 1 through June 30, except that the rules of the FCC,
hereinafter the ``Commission'', give applicants three additional
months, until September 30 following the close of the funding year, to
install one-time services known as non-recurring services. The
Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) may extend the
September 30 deadline if the applicant falls within at least one of
four designated circumstances. The applicant must, however, submit any
required documentation to support an extension on or before the
September 30 deadline. These extensions ensure that schools and
libraries are not penalized when they are not responsible for missing
the installation deadline. Additionally, implementation of this policy
provides clarify to the USAC and applicants by establishing a certain
deadline for installation. This rule also gives schools and libraries
in the program the opportunity to schedule implementation of non-
recurring services over the summer months.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
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