[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45190-45191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17951]
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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; 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 August 26, 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].
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing
Director, FCC, at 202-418-0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0710.
Title: Policy and Rules Under Parts 1 and 51 Concerning the
Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions in the
Telecommunications Act of 1996--CC Docket No. 96-98.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 15,282 respondents; 1,067,987 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .50 hours to 4,000 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement,
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 1-4, 201-205, 214, 224, 251, 303(r) and 601 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 645,798 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 respondents wish confidential treatment of their
information, they may request confidential treatment under 47 CFR 0.459
of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection during this comment period to obtain the full,
three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
The Commission is reporting no change in the recordkeeping, reporting
and/or third party disclosure requirements. There is no change in the
Commission's previous (2010) burdens.
The Commission adopted rules in this information collection to
implement the First Report and Order on Reconsideration issued in CC
Docket No. 96-98 implementing parts of sections 251 and 252 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 that affect local competition. Incumbent
local exchange carriers (LECs) are required to offer interconnection,
unbundled network elements (UNEs), transport and termination, and
wholesale rates for certain services to new entrants. Incumbent LECS
must price such services and rates that are cost-based and just and
reasonable and provide access to right-of-way as well as establish
reciprocal compensation arrangements for the transport and termination
of telecommunications traffic.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0742.
Title: Sections 52.21 through 52.36, Telephone Number Portability,
47 CFR Part 52, Subpart (C) and CC Docket No. 95-116.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 3,616 respondents; 10,001,890 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours to 410 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and one time 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 151, 152, 154(i), 201-205, 215, 251(b)(2), 251(e)(2)
and 332 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 672,516 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $13,424,320.
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 respondents wish confidential treatment of their
information, they may request confidential treatment under 47 CFR 0.459
of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection during this comment period to obtain the full,
three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
There is no change to the reporting, recordkeeping and/or third party
disclosure requirements. There is no change in the Commission's
previous burden hour and cost estimates.
Section 251(b)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
requires LECs to ``provide, to the extent technically feasible, number
portability in accordance with requirements prescribed by the
Commission.'' Through the LNP process, consumers have the ability to
retain their phone number when switching telecommunications service
providers, enabling them to choose a provider that best suits their
needs and enhancing competition. In the Porting Interval Order and
Further Notice, the Commission mandated a one business day porting
interval for simple wireline-to-wireline and intermodal port requests.
The information collected in the standard local service request
data fields is necessary to complete simple wireline-to-wireline and
intermodal ports within the one business day porting interval mandated
by the Commission and will be used to comply with Section 251 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-17951 Filed 7-25-13; 8:45 am]
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