[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73861-73862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29235]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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 FCC invites the general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following
information collection. 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 PRA that does not display a valid OMB
Control Number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before January 8,
2014. 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 the
Internet at [email protected] and to Leslie Smith,
Office of Managing Director (OMD), Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), via the Internet at [email protected]. To submit your PRA
comments by email, send them to: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Smith, OMD, FCC, at 202-418-
0217, or via the Internet at: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
Title: Comprehensive Market Data Collection for Interstate Special
Access Services, FCC 12-153.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit
institutions and state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 6,400 respondents; 6,400 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 146 hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time reporting and recordkeeping
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j),
155, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 211, 215, 218, 219, 303(r), 332, 403,
503, and section 706 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 934,400 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $10,000,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: This collection calls for the
submission of data and information that is commercially and
competitively sensitive. The Commission plans to issue a Protective
Order specifically for this data collection outlining the procedures
for handling and treating the information. The Protective Order will
provide limited access to the competitively sensitive information for
certain representatives of persons participating in the proceeding,
while protecting that competitively sensitive information from improper
disclosure, and thereby will serve the public interest.
Needs and Uses: In a December 2012 Report and Order, FCC 12-153, 78
FR 2572 (Jan. 11, 2013), the Commission initiated a comprehensive
special access data collection and specified the nature of the data to
be collected and the scope of respondents. In conjunction with the
market analysis proposed by the Commission in the December 2012 Further
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 12-153, 78 FR 2600 (Jan. 11, 2013),
the data, information, and documents acquired through this new
collection will aid the Commission in conducting a comprehensive
evaluation of special access competition and updating its rules for
pricing flexibility for special access services. Pursuant to authority
delegated by the Commission, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau)
released a Report and Order in September 2013, DA 13-1909, 78 FR 67053
(Nov. 8, 2013), included in our submission to OMB, that (1) clarified
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the scope of the collection to reduce burden where doing so is
consistent with our delegated authority and will not impact the
Commission's ability to analyze the data; (2) provided instructions and
record format specifications for submitting information; and (3)
modified and amended questions and definitions contained in the
collection.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing
Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-29235 Filed 12-6-13; 8:45 am]
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