[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 250 (Monday, December 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79447-79448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31179]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public 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 (FCC) 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 further ways to reduce the
information burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25
employees.
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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 Control Number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before February 28, 2014. If you anticipate that you
will be submitting 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 Leslie F. Smith, 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: For additional information, contact
Leslie F. Smith at (202) 418-0217, or via the Internet at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0741.
Title: Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC Docket No. 96-98, Second Report and
Order and Memorandum Opinion and Order; Second Order on
Reconsideration; CC Docket No. 99-273, First Report and Order.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 5,907 respondents; 573,767
responses.
(The respondents are now more likely to be using advanced IT
software, automation, and standardized business practices to respond to
a request for the sharing of directory listings, which accounts for
their ability to provide a greater number of responses each year with a
reduced incremental burden.)
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour to 547,500 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual, 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. 151, 153, 154, 201, 222 and 251.
Total Annual Burden: 574,448 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the
Commission. If the Commission requests that carriers or providers
submit information which they believe is confidential, the carriers or
providers may request confidential treatment of their information under
47 CFR Section 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: In April 1996, the Commission issued a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) concerning certain provisions in the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 (``the Act''), including section 251.
Section 251 is designed to accelerate private sector development and
deployment of telecommunications technologies and services by spurring
competition. The Commission adopted rules and regulations designed to
implement certain provisions of section 251, and to eliminate
operational barriers to competition in the telecommunications services
markets.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0823.
Title: Part 64, Pay Telephone Reclassification.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 400 respondents; 16,820
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2.66 hours (average).
Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly and monthly reporting
requirements and third party disclosure requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 201-205,
218, 226 and 276.
Total Annual Burden: 44,700 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $652,000.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Confidentiality concerns are
not relevant to these types of disclosures. The Commission is not
requesting carriers or providers to submit confidential information to
the Commission. If the Commission requests that carriers or providers
submit information which they believe is confidential, the carriers or
providers may request confidential treatment of their information under
47 CFR Section 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission established a plan to ensure that
payphone service providers (PSPs) were compensated for certain non-coin
calls originated from their payphones. As part of this plan, the
Commission required that by October 7, 1997, local exchange carriers
were to provide payphone-specific coding digits to PSPs, and that PSPs
were to provide those digits from their payphones to interexchange
carriers. The provision of payphone-specific coding digits was a
prerequisite to payphone per-call compensation payments by IXCs to PSPs
for subscriber 800 and access code calls. The Commission's Wireline
Competition Bureau subsequently provided a waiver until March 9, 1998,
for those payphones for which the necessary coding digits were not
provided to identify calls. The Bureau also on that date clarified the
requirements established in the Payphone Orders for the provision of
payphone-specific coding digits and for tariffs that LECs must file
pursuant to the Payphone Orders.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing
Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-31179 Filed 12-27-13; 8:45 am]
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