[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 110 (Friday, June 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26791-26792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11960]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1046]
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, the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) 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 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 Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of
information
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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 July 10, 2017.
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 listed 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 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: 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 the Commission) 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 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1046.
Title: Part 64, Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation
Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 469 respondents; 3,725
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 hours-200 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, one-time, annual, and quarterly
reporting requirements; third party disclosure requirements; and
recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 151, 154 and 276.
Total Annual Burden: 73,494 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. Respondents
may request confidential treatment of their information that they
believe to be confidential pursuant to 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's
rules.
Needs and Uses: In the Order on Reconsideration (FCC 04-251), the
Commission considered four petitions for reconsideration of our Report
and Order. The Report and Order (FCC 03-235) established detailed rules
(Payphone Compensation Rules) ensuring that payphone service providers
or PSPs are ``fairly compensated'' for each and every completed
payphone-originated call pursuant to section 276 of the Communications
Act, as amended (the Act). The Payphone Compensation Rules satisfy
section 276 by identifying the party liable for compensation and
establishing a mechanism for PSPs to be paid. The Payphone Compensation
Rules: (1) Place liability to compensate PSPs for payphone-originated
calls on the facilities-based long distance carriers or switch-based
resellers (SBRs) from whose switches such calls are completed; (2)
define these responsible carriers as ``Completing Carriers'' and
require them to develop their own system of tracking calls to
completion, the accuracy of which must be confirmed and attested to by
a third-party auditor; (3) require Completing Carriers to file with
PSPs a quarterly report and also submit an attestation by the chief
financial officer (CFO) that the payment amount for that quarter is
accurate and is based on 100% of all completed calls; (4) require
quarterly reporting obligations for other facilities-based long
distance carriers in the call path, if any, and define these carriers
as ``Intermediate Carriers;'' (5) give parties flexibility to agree to
alternative compensation arrangements (ACA) so that small Completing
Carriers may avoid the expense of instituting a tracking system and
undergoing an audit. The Order on Reconsideration did not change this
compensation framework, but rather refined and built upon its approach.
While the Commission increased the time carriers must retain certain
data and added burden in that regard, the Commission also removed
potentially burdensome paperwork requirements by encouraging carriers
to comply with the reporting requirements through electronic means. We
believe that the clarifications adopted in the Order on Reconsideration
significantly decrease the paperwork burden on carriers. Specifically,
the Commission did the following: (1) Clarified alternative
arrangements for small businesses requiring a Completing Carrier to
give the PSP adequate notice of an ACA prior to its effective date with
sufficient time for the PSP to object to an ACA, and also prior to the
termination of an ACA; (2) clarified any paperwork burdens imposed on
carriers allowing Completing Carriers the ability to give PSPs adequate
notice of payphone compensation requirements by placing notice on a
clearinghouse Web site or through electronic methods; (3) required
Completing Carriers and Intermediate Carriers to report only completed
calls in their quarterly reports; and (4) extended the time period from
18 to 27 months for Completing Carriers and Intermediate Carriers to
retain certain payphone records.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-11960 Filed 6-8-17; 8:45 am]
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