[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 486-487]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-33239]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0741]
Information Collections 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 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 Office of Management
and Budget (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 February 5,
2016. 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: 3060-0741.
Title: Technology Transitions, GN Docket No. 13-5, et al.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 5,357 respondents; 573,767
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-8 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements;
recordkeeping; third party disclosure.
Total Annual Burden: 575,840 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority is contained in 47 U.S.C. 222 and 251.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting that the respondents submit confidential information to the
FCC. Respondents may, however, request confidential treatment for
information they believe to be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission's rules.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Section 251 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 251, is designed to accelerate private sector
development and deployment of telecommunications technologies and
services by spurring competition. Section 222(e) is also designed to
spur competition by prescribing requirements for the sharing of
subscriber list information. These OMB collections are designed to help
implement certain provisions of sections 222(e) and 251, and to
eliminate operational barriers to competition in the telecommunications
services market. Specifically, these OMB collections will be used to
implement (1) local exchange carriers' (``LECs'') obligations to
provide their competitors with dialing parity and non-discriminatory
access to certain services and functionalities; (2) incumbent local
exchange carriers' (``ILECs'') duty to make network information
disclosures; and (3) numbering administration. The Commission estimates
that the total annual burden of the entire collection, as revised, is
575,840 hours. This revision relates to a change in one of many
components of the currently approved collection--specifically, certain
reporting, recordkeeping and/or third party disclosure requirements
under section 251(c)(5). In August 2015, the Commission adopted new
rules concerning certain information collection requirements
implemented under section 251(c)(5) of the Act, pertaining to network
change disclosures. The changes to those rules apply specifically to a
certain subset of network change disclosures, namely
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notices of planned copper retirements. The changes are designed to
provide interconnecting entities adequate time to prepare their
networks for the planned copper retirements and to ensure that
consumers are able to make informed choices. There is also a change in
the number of potential respondents to the rules promulgated under that
section. The number of respondents as to the information collection
requirements implemented under section 251(c)(5) of the Act, has
changed from 1,300 to 750, a decrease of 550 respondents from the
previous submission. Under section 251(f)(1) of the Act, rural
telephone companies are exempt from the requirements of section 251(c)
``until (i) such company has received a bona fide request for
interconnection, services, or network elements, and (ii) the State
commission determines . . . that such request is not unduly
economically burdensome, is technically feasible, and is consistent
with section 254. . . .'' The Commission has determined that the number
of potential respondents set forth in the previous submission
inadvertently failed to take this exemption into account. There are
1,429 ILECs nationwide. Of those, 87 are non-rural ILECs and 1,342 are
rural ILECs. The Commission estimates that of the 1,342 rural ILECs,
679 are entitled to the exemption and 663 are not entitled to the
exemption and thus must comply with rules promulgated under section
251(c) of the Act, including the rules that are the subject of this
information collection. Thus, the Commission estimates that there are
87 (non-rural) + 663 (rural) = 750 potential respondents. The
Commission estimates that the revision does not result in any
additional outlays of funds for hiring outside contractors or procuring
equipment.
Federal Communications Commission.
Sheryl D. Todd,
Deputy Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-33239 Filed 1-5-16; 8:45 am]
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