[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22482-22483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10334]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0298]
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 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 June 14, 2018.
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: 3060-0298.
Title: Part 61, Tariffs (Other than the Tariff Review Plan).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,840 respondents; 5,543
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 30-50 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 151-155, 201-205, 208, 251-271, 403, 502 and 503 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 195,890 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,369,000.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
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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 April 28, 2017, the Commission released the
Business Data Services Order, WC Docket No. 16-143 et al., FCC 17-43,
which establishes a new regulatory framework for business data
services. Under this framework, price cap incumbent LECS are no longer
subject to price cap regulation of their: (a) Packet-based business
data services; (b) time-division multiplexing (TDM) transport business
data services; (c) TDM business data services with bandwidth in excess
of a DS3; and (d) DS1 and DS3 end user channel terminations, and other
lower bandwidth TDM business data services, to the extent a price cap
incumbent LEC provides them in counties deemed competitive under the
Commission's competitive market test or in counties for which the price
cap incumbent LEC had obtained Phase II pricing flexibility under the
Commission's prior regulatory regime. The Business Data Services Order
required that, within 36 months of its effective date (i.e., by August
1, 2020), price cap incumbent LECs must remove all business data
services that are no longer subject to price cap regulation from their
interstate tariffs. The Order also required that, by that same
deadline, competitive LECs must remove all business data services from
their interstate tariffs.
The information collected through the carriers' tariffs is used by
the Commission and state commissions to determine whether services
offered are just and reasonable as the Act requires. The tariffs and
any supporting documentation are examined in order to determine if the
services are offered in a just and reasonable manner.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-10334 Filed 5-14-18; 8:45 am]
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