Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review to the Office of Management and Budget, 5715-5717 [E7-1992]

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 7, 2007)]
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[Pages 5715-5717]
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[FR Doc No: E7-1992]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for 
Review to the Office of Management and Budget

January 30, 2007.
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 (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104-13. 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: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before March 9, 2007. If you anticipate that you will 
be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within the 
period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC 
contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Allison E. Zaleski, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 
395-6466, or via fax at 202-395-5167 or via Internet at Allison--E.--
Zaleski@.omb.eop.gov and to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-B441, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554 or send an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. If you would 
like to

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obtain or view a copy of this information collection, you may do so by 
visiting the FCC PRA web page at: https://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection(s), contact Judith B. Herman at 202-418-
0214 or via the Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0678.
    Title: Part 25 of the Commission's Rules Governing the Licensing 
of, and Spectrum Usage by, Satellite Network Stations and Space 
Stations.
    Form No.: FCC Form 312, Schedule S.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 3,462 respondents; 3,462 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 12 hours (average).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting 
requirements and third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Total Annual Burden: 42,116 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $613,719,126.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to OMB as a revision during this comment period to obtain 
the full 3-year clearance from them. The Commission has revised this 
collection since it was last submitted to OMB. The Commission on its 
own motion, proposes to revise this collection to add a section to the 
FCC Form 312 which will enable satellite applicants to certify whether 
or not they are subject to geographic service or geographic coverage 
requirements and whether they will comply with those requirements. The 
Commission amended the FCC Form 312 in order to make it easier to 
ensure that applicants will comply with the geographic service rules 
and/or geographic coverage requirements contained in Part 25 of the 
Commission's rules. Without such information, the Commission could not 
determine whether to permit respondents to provide telecommunications 
services in the United States. Therefore, the Commission would be 
unable to fulfill its statutory responsibilities in accordance with the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the obligations imposed on 
parties to the WTO Basic Telecom Agreement.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1048.
    Title: Section 1.929(c)(1), Composite Interference Contour (CIC).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, and state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 50 respondents; 50 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and 
recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Total Annual Burden: 100 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to OMB as a revision during this comment period to obtain 
the full 3-year clearance from them.
    The Commission has revised this collection since it was last 
submitted to OMB. On February 22, 2005, the Commission released a 
Report and Order in WT Docket No. 03-103 (70 FR 19293), which amended 
this section to specify that expansion of a composite interference 
contour (CIC) of a site-based licensee in the Paging and Radiotelephone 
Service--as well as the Rural Radiotelephone Service and 800 MHz 
Specialized Mobile Radio Service--over water on a secondary, non-
interference basis should be classified as a minor (rather than a 
major) modification of a license. Such reclassification has eliminated 
the filing requirements associated with these license modifications, 
but requires site-based licensees to provide the geographic area 
licensee (on the same frequency) with the technical and engineering 
information necessary to evaluate the site-based licensee's operations 
over water. The purpose of this collection is to enable the geographic 
licensee to have technical and engineering information regarding a 
site-based licensee's operation over water in order to guard against 
unacceptable interference to its own operation(s).

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0496.
    Title: The ARMIS Operating Data Report.
    Report No.: FCC Report 43-08.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 56 respondents; 56 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 139 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
    Total Annual Burden: 7,784 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Ordinarily questions of a 
sensitive nature are not involved in the ARMIS Operating Data Report. 
The Commission contends that areas in which detailed information is 
required are fully subject to regulation and the issue of data being 
regarded as sensitive will arise in special circumstances only. In such 
circumstances, the respondent is instructed on the appropriate 
procedures to follow and safeguard sensitive data. Commission rules 47 
CFR 0.459 contain the procedures for requesting confidential treatment 
of data.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to OMB as an extension during this comment period to obtain 
the full 3-year clearance from them. There is no change in the number 
of respondents and/or burden hours.
    ARMIS Report 43-08 monitors network growth, usage, and reliability. 
Section 43.21 of the Commission's rules details that requirement. The 
Automated Reporting Management Information System (ARMIS) was 
implemented to facilitate the timely and efficient analysis of revenue 
requirements, rates of return and price caps; to provide an improved 
basis for audits and other oversight functions; and to enhance the 
Commission's ability to quantify the effects of alternative policy.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0798.
    Title: FCC Application for Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Radio 
Service Authorization.
    Form No.: FCC Form 601.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or household, business or other for-
profit, not-for-profit institutions, and state, local or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 250,920 respondents; 250,920 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .50-1.25 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and every 10 year reporting 
requirements, recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Total Annual Burden: 219,505 hours.

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    Total Annual Cost: $50,144,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Respondents may request 
materials or information submitted to the Commission be withheld from 
public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to OMB as an extension during this comment period to obtain 
the full 3-year clearance from them. There is no change in the number 
of respondents, burden hours and/or annual costs.
    The FCC Form 601 is a consolidated, multi-part application form, or 
``long form'', that is used for general market-based licensing and 
site-by-site licensing for wireless telecommunications and public 
safety services filed through the Commission's Universal Licensing 
System (ULS). FCC Form 601 is composed of a main form that contains the 
administrative information and a series of schedules used for filing 
technical and other information. Respondents are encouraged to submit 
FCC Form 601 electronically and are required to do so when submitting 
FCC Form 601 to apply for an authorization for which the applicant was 
the winning bidder in a spectrum auction. The data collected on the FCC 
Form 601 include the FCC Registration Number (FRN), which serves as a 
``common link'' for all filings an entity has with the Commission. The 
Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 requires that those entities 
filing with the Commission use a FRN.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-1044.
    Title: Review of the Section 251 Unbundling Obligations of 
Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers, CC Docket No. 01-338 and WC Docket 
No. 04-313, FCC 04-290, Order on Remand.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, and state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 645 respondents; 645 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 8 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,160 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting respondents to submit or disclose confidential information. 
However, in certain circumstances, respondents may voluntarily choose 
to submit confidential information pursuant to applicable 
confidentiality rules, 47 CFR 0.459.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to OMB as a revision during this comment period to obtain 
the full three-year clearance from them. The Commission has revised 
this collection since it was last submitted to OMB.
    In the Order on Remand (FCC 04-290), the Commission responded to a 
decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of 
Columbia that vacated the ``sub-delegation'' of authority to state 
commissions and vacated and remanded certain nationwide impairment 
findings, including mass market switching and dedicated transport.
    In the Order, the Commission adopted three specific service 
eligibility criteria for access to enhanced extended links (EELs), 
which are important to assure that requesting carriers may not obtain 
EELs if they do not provide services that qualify for unbundled network 
elements (UNEs) under the Commission's rules. The Order requires 
carriers to collect certain data regarding usage of local telephone 
networks, and includes the possibility of audits by the incumbent 
carrier. Under the first of the three EELs eligibility criteria, each 
carrier must have a state certification of authority to provide local 
voice service. Second, each carrier must have at least one local number 
assigned to each circuit and must provide 911 or E911 capability to 
each circuit, in order to demonstrate actual provision of local voice 
service. Third, each carrier must satisfy circuit-specific 
architectural safeguards. Carriers requesting EELs also must certify 
that they satisfy each criterion, subject to an incumbent local 
exchange carrier's (LECs) limited right to obtain an annual independent 
audit of the requesting carrier.
    The Commission has revised this information collection to eliminate 
the state commission UNE proceeding requirement from the collection due 
to the Order on Remand. This has resulted in a -68,690 burden hours and 
-$5,275,000 in annual costs.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0942.
    Title: Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local 
Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long Distance Users, Federal-State Joint 
Board on Universal Service.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 759 respondents; 3,241 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 5-60 hours (average).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly and annual reporting 
requirements, recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Total Annual Burden: 21,321 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the 
Commission or to USAC. If the Commission requests respondents to submit 
information to the Commission that the respondents believe are 
confidential, respondents may request confidential treatment of such 
information pursuant to 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to OMB as an extension during this comment period to obtain 
the full three-year clearance from them. In 2000, the Commission 
adopted an integrated interstate access reform and universal service 
proposal put forth by the members of the Coalition for Affordable Local 
and Long Distance Service (CALLS). The Commission requires the 
following information to be reported to the following entities under 
the CALLS proposal: (a) Tariff filing; (b) quarterly and annual data 
filings; and (c) cost support filings. The Commission and USAC 
(administrator) uses the information to ensure compliance with the 
interstate access reforms of the CALLS proposal, or uses the line count 
and other information filed by price cap and competitive LECs to 
determine, on a per-line basis, the amount that the carrier receives 
from the interstate access universal services support mechanism; or to 
implement requirements of section 201(b) of the Communications Act.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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