[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 60 (Monday, March 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16678-16679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07187]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[3060-0400]
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission)
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the following information collections.
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
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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 comments should be submitted on or before April 29,
2015. 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 contacts below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via
email [email protected]; and to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via
email [email protected] and to [email protected]. Include in the comments
the OMB control number as shown in the ``Supplementary Information''
section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.
To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR)
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page <http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain>, (2) look for the section of the Web page called
``Currently Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in
the ``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading,
(4) select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of
agencies presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the
``Submit'' button to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when
the list of FCC ICRs currently under review appears, look for the OMB
control number of this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number.
A copy of the FCC submission to OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0400.
Title: Part 61, Tariff Review Plan (TRP).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 2,840 respondents; 8,554 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours to 53 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual, biennial, and one time
reporting requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. Sections 201, 202, 203, and 251(b)(5) of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 121,656 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Respondents are not being
asked to submit confidential information to the Commission. If the
Commission requests respondents to submit information which respondents
believe are confidential, respondents may request confidential
treatment of such information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's
rules.
Needs and Uses: On November 18, 2011, the Commission released the
USF/ICC Transformation Order, FCC 11-61 and the Second Order on
Reconsideration, FCC 12-47, released on April 25, 2012, required
incumbent and competitive local exchange carriers to submit supporting
documentation as part of their Tariff Review Plans (TRPs).
Certain local exchange carriers are required to submit a biennial
or annual TRP in partial fulfillment of cost support material required
by 47 CFR part 61. Sections 201, 202, and 203 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended, require common carriers to establish joint and
reasonable charges, practices, and regulations for their interstate
telecommunications services provided. For services that are still
covered under Section 203, tariff schedules containing charges, rates,
rules, and regulations must be filed with the Commission. If the FCC
takes no action within the notice period, then the filing becomes
effective. The Commission is granted broad authority to require the
submission of data showing the value of property used to provide the
services, some of which are automatically required by its rules and
some of which can be required through individual requests. All filings
that become effective are considered legal but only those filed
pursuant to Section 204(a)(3) of the Act are deemed lawful.
For services that are detariffed, no tariffs are filed at the FCC
and determination of reasonableness and any unreasonable discrimination
is generally addressed through the complaint process. Incumbent local
exchange carriers (ILECs) can make a voluntary filing at any time, but
are required to update rates annually or biennially. See 47 CFR 69.3.
Among other reforms, the Commission developed the TRP to minimize
reporting burdens on reporting ILECs. TRPs set forth the summary
material ILECs file to support revisions to the rates in their
interstate access service tariffs. For those services still requiring
cost support, TRPs assist the Commission in determining whether ILEC
access charges are just and reasonable as required under the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
The Commission also minimized reporting burdens by developing
incentive-based regulation (price caps), which simplifies the process
of determining the reasonableness of rates and rate structures for
ILECs subject to price caps. Supporting material requirements for price
cap ILECs having 50,000 or fewer access lines do not have to file any
supporting material unless requested to do so. Price cap carriers can
elect to be subject to Title I versus Title II of the Act for certain
forms of internet access in order to offer their internet service on a
detariffed basis pursuant to private contracts. Rate-of-return ILECs
can choose to charge from tariffed to detariffed for the same internet
services, but are subject to Title II regulation. Through forbearance,
the Commission has allowed those LECs whose petition has been granted
to choose mandatory detariffing of certain broadband and packet
services.
Federal Communications Commission.
Sheryl D. Todd,
Deputy Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Managing
Director.
[FR Doc. 2015-07187 Filed 3-27-15; 8:45 am]
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