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[Federal Register: November 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 224)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 
Notice of Public Information Collection Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested

November 13, 2009.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the 
following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. An agency may not conduct 
or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for 
failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control 
number. Comments are requested concerning (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's 
burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information collected; and (d) 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.

DATES: Persons wishing to comments on this information collection 
should submit comments on January 22, 2010. 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 contact 
listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at (202) 395-5167, or via the 
Internet at Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to Judith B. Herman, 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC). To submit your PRA comments by 
e-mail send them to: PRA@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, OMD, 202-418-0214. 
For additional information about the information collection(s) send an 
e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Judith B. Herman, 202-418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No: 3060-0719.
     Title: Quarterly Report of IntraLATA Carriers Listing Payphone 
Automatic Number Identifications (ANIs).
     Form No.: N/A.
     Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
     Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
     Number of Respondents: 400 respondents; 1,600 responses.
     Estimated Time Per Response: 3.5 hours.
     Frequency of Response: Quarterly reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
     Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
collection of information is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151, 154, 
201-205, 215, 218, 219, 220, 226 and 276.
     Total Annual Burden: 5,600 hours.
     Total Annual Cost: N/A.
     Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
     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 the 
information they believe is confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 
Commission's rules.
     Need and Uses: The Commission is submitting this collection as an 
extension to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60 
day comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance 
from them.
    Pursuant to the mandate in Section 276(b)(1)(A) to ``establish a 
per call compensation plan to ensure that all payphone service 
providers are fairly compensated for each and every completed 
intrastate and interstate call,'' intraLATA carriers are required to 
provide to interexchange carriers (IXCs) a quarterly report listing 
payphone Automatic Number Identification (ANIs). Without provision of 
this report, resolution of disputed ANIs would be rendered very 
difficult. Interexchange carriers would not be able to discern which 
ANIs pertain to payphones and therefore would not be able to ascertain 
which dial-around calls were originated by payphones for compensation 
purposes. There would be no way to guard against possible fraud. 
Without this reporting requirement, lengthy investigations would be 
necessary to verify claims. The quarterly report allows IXCs to 
determine which dial-around calls are made from payphones. The data 
which must be maintained for at least 18 months after the close of a 
compensation period, will facilitate verification of disputed ANIs.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. E9-28005 Filed 11-20-09; 8:45 am]

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