[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 110 (Friday, June 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34382-34383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13594]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
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.
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 July 8, 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] and 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, FCC, at 202-418-0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0975.
Title: Sections 68.105 and 1.4000, Promotion of Competitive
Networks in Local Telecommunications Markets Multiple Tenant
Environments (MTEs).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit
institutions, Federal Government and state, local or tribal government.
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Number of Respondents: 7,367 respondents; 7,367 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 26.3109814 hours.
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. sections 151 and 224 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 193,833 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 information
collection during this comment period to obtain the full, three year
clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The
Commission is requesting OMB approval for an extension (no change in
the reporting and/or third party disclosure requirements). The
Commission is reporting a 451 hour burden decrease. This is due to
adjustments over time because requests for location information would
have already been made at most buildings.
This collection involves information regarding the location of the
demarcation point, antennas placed on subscriber premises, and the
state of the market. In an October 2001 Order (FCC 22-366), the
Commission adopted the following information collection requirements:
(1) Prohibited carriers from entering into contracts that restrict
or effectively restrict a property owner's ability to permit entry by
competing carriers;
(2) Established procedures to facilitate moving the demarcation
point to the minimum point of entry (``MPOE'') at the building owner's
request, and requires incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) to
timely disclose the location of existing demarcation points where they
are not located at the MPOE;
(3) Determined that, under section 224 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, utilities, including LECs, must afford
telecommunications carriers and cable service providers reasonable and
nondiscriminatory access to conduits and rights-of-way located in
customer buildings and campuses, to the extent such conduits and
rights-of-way are owned or controlled by the utility; and
(4) Extended to antennas that receive and transmit
telecommunications and other fixed wireless signals the existing
prohibition of restrictions that impair the installation, maintenance
or use of certain video antennas on property within the exclusive use
or control of the antenna user, where the user has a direct or indirect
ownership or leasehold interest in the property.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1135.
Title: Rules Authorizing the Operation of Low Power Auxiliary
Stations (including Wireless Microphones).
Form Number: N/A.
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: 5,100 respondents; 127,500 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours (15 minutes).
Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure requirement
(disclosure and labeling requirements).
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151, 152,
154(i), 154, 301, 302(a), 303, 304, 307, 308, 309, 316, 332, 336 and
337 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 31,875 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,625,000.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality as these are third party disclosure and labeling
requirements.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection as an extension during this comment period to obtain the
full, three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB).
This collection has two parts. The first part requires that
manufacturers, dealers, distributors, and other entities that sell or
lease wireless microphones must display a disclosure at the point of
sale or lease that informs consumers of the conditions that apply to
the operation of wireless microphones. The second part establishes a
labeling requirement for wireless microphones capable of operating in
the 700 MHz band that are destined for non-U.S. markets.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1181.
Title: Study Area Boundary Data Reporting in Esri Shapefile Format,
DA 12-1777 and DA 13-282.
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: 1,443 respondents; 1,443 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 26 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and biennially reporting
requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. section 254(b) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 7,924 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $705,935.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No questions of a
confidential nature are asked.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection as an extension during this comment period. The Commission
sought emergency OMB approval for this information collection in
January 2013. Since emergency approvals are only granted for six
months, we are now submitting to OMB to obtain the full, three year
clearance from them.
The Commission requires all incumbent local exchange carriers
(ILECs) to file shapefile maps of their service territories in a state
(study area). State commissions can also submit these data voluntarily
for ILECs in their state. Shapefiles are a commonly used, digitized,
geographic information system (GIS) format. Accurate and accessible
maps are essential to the legitimate distribution of universal service
support to rural, high cost carriers. After the shapefiles are uploaded
into a web interface provided by the Commission, each ILEC (or state)
must certify the accuracy of its study area maps. Filers must also
submit updated shapefile maps if their study area boundaries change,
and must recertify the accuracy of the map every two years.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing
Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-13594 Filed 6-6-13; 8:45 am]
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