[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 206 (Thursday, October 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63466-63467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24950]
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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 (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 December 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, 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, (202) 418-0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1142.
Title: Electronic Tariff filing System (ETFS), WC Docket No. 10-
141.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 1,500 respondents; 1,500 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting
requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 201-205, and 226(h)(l)(A) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 1,500 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,267,500.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission does not
anticipate providing confidentiality of the information submitted by
local exchange carriers. Particularly, the tariffs and related
documents sent to the Commission will be made public through ETFS. If
the respondents submit information they believe to be 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 submit this expiring
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval of an extension request (no change in the reporting
requirements). There is no change in the annual hour burden or the
annual cost burden.
Incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) file their tariffs and
associated documents electronically, using ETFS. ETFS has improved the
usefulness of tariff filings for both filers and the public and made
the entire tariff filing process more transparent. The Commission
received OMB approval for the NPRM in 2010.
The Commission released a Report and Order, WC Docket No. 10-141,
FCC 11-92, adopting the final rules that were unchanged from those
proposed in the NPRM. Therefore, there are no changes to the reporting
requirements. In particular, to create a more open, transparent and
efficient flow of information to the public, we determined that the
benefits of using ETFS for incumbent LEC tariff filings would also be
obtained if all tariff filers filed electronically. Such action will
benefit the public and carriers by creating a central system providing
on-line access to all carrier tariffs and related documents filed with
the Commission. As such, competitive LECs (and other nondominant
carriers) must now file tariffs and associated documents
electronically.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-24950 Filed 10-23-13; 8:45 am]
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