[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 160 (Tuesday, August 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49084-49085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19628]
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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 September
18, 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 F. Smith,
Office of Managing Director (OMD), Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), via the Internet at [email protected]. To submit your PRA
comments by email, please send them to: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie F. Smith, Office of Managing
Director (OMD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 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: Reinstatement without change of a previously
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.
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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 Act 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.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 2014-19628 Filed 8-18-14; 8:45 am]
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