[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55479-55480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22023]
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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 October
16, 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: 3060-0760.
Title: 272 Sunset Order, WC Docket No. 06-120; Access Charge
Reform, CC Docket No. 96-262, First Report and Order; Second Order on
Reconsideration and Memorandum Opinion and Order; and Fifth Report and
Order.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 13 respondents; 367 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: Approximately 3-300 hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement; on-occasion
reporting requirement; 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, 154(i), 155, 201-205, and 303(r) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 6,170 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $310,115.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The information requested is
not of a confidential nature. However, respondents may request
materials or information submitted to the Commission be withheld from
public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: In an August 1999 Fifth Report and Order and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Pricing Flexibility Order), CC
Docket 96-262 et al., the Commission adopted detailed rules so that
incumbent local exchange carriers subject to price cap regulation could
receive pricing flexibility in the provision of interstate access
services as competition for those services developed, 47 C.F.R.
Sec. Sec. 69.701 et seq. Pursuant to these rules, a carrier is
required to file a petition with the Commission demonstrating that the
competitive showings contained in the rules are satisfied to receive
various levels of pricing flexibility. These showings, which focus on
unaffiliated collocations in wire centers, are intended to measure the
presence of competition in a given Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
or non-MSA so that regulatory relief is granted where warranted. The
Commission's rules
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provide that petitions for pricing flexibility for special access
services that are not denied within 90 days after the close of the
pleading cycle are deemed granted.
In an August 2012 Report and Order, FCC 12-92, 57 FR 57504 (Sept.
12, 2012), the Commission suspended, on an interim basis, the 90-day
deadline for the granting of pricing flexibility pending adoption of a
new regulatory framework. Notwithstanding the temporary suspension, the
Commission is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval
for an extension to obtain the full three-year clearance for this
expiring collection in the event the suspension is lifted. The
Commission will separately seek OMB's approval for any subsequent
modification of this collection, as a result of changes to the pricing
flexibility rules, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104-13.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-22023 Filed 9-15-14; 8:45 am]
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