[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 96 (Friday, May 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29133-29134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11797]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission, Comments Requested

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 July 16, 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 questions 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-XXXX.
    Title: Survey for Urban Rates for Fixed Voice and Fixed Broadband 
Residential Services.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000 respondents; 1,000 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. section 254 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Section 254(g) was added by 
Section 101(a) of the 1996 Telecommunications Act).
    Total Annual Burden: 3,500 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The information being 
collected is not confidential and no assurances of confidentiality are 
being provided.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this new information 
collection after this comment period to obtain the full, three year 
clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). To implement 
certain reforms to universal service support, the Commission's Wireline 
Competition Bureau and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau in an 
Order, DA 13-598, adopted the form and content for a survey of urban 
rates for fixed voice and fixed broadband residential services. The 
information collected in this survey will be used to establish a rate 
floor that eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) receiving high-
cost loop support (HCLS) or frozen high-cost support must meet to 
receive their full support amounts and to help ensure that universal 
service support recipients offering fixed voice and broadband services 
do so at reasonably comparable rates to those in urban areas.
    Specifically, the Commission directed the Bureaus to ``develop a 
methodology

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to survey a representative sample of facilities-based fixed voice 
service providers taking into account the relative categories of fixed 
voice providers as determined in the most recent FCC Form 477 data 
collection.'' The Commission also delegated ``authority to conduct an 
annual survey, in order to specify an appropriate minimum for usage 
allowances and to adjust such a minimum over time.''

Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing 
Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-11797 Filed 5-16-13; 8:45 am]
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