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time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contact listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: You may submit all PRA
comments by e-mail or U.S. mail. To
submit your comments by e-mail, send
them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit your
comments by U.S. mail, send them to
Leslie F. Smith, Federal
Communications Commission, Room
1–C216, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection(s), contact Leslie
F. Smith via the Internet at PRA@fcc.gov
or call (202) 418–0217.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0515.
Title: Section 43.21(c), Miscellaneous
Common Carrier Annual Letter Filing
Requirement.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for
profit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 27 respondents; 27
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Obligation To Respond: Mandatory
(47 CFR 43.21(c)).
Frequency of Response: Annual
reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 27 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: $0.00.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impacts.
Nature of 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 Section
0.459 of the Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: Section 43.21(c)
requires each miscellaneous common
carrier with operating revenues for a
calendar year in excess of the indexed
threshold, as defined in 47 CFR Section
32.9000, to file with the Chief, Wireline
Competition Bureau (formerly the
Common Carrier Bureau) a letter
showing its operating revenues for that
year and the value of its total
communications plant at the end of that
year. The letter must be filed no later
than April 1 of the following year. The
information is used by the FCC staff for
regulatory or compliance purposes and
by the public to analyze the industry.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management
and Budget
May 13, 2008.
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, 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: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before June 20, 2008. 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
Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, (202) 395–
5887, or via fax at 202–395–5167 or via
internet at
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and
to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal
Communications Commission, or an email to PRA@fcc.gov. To view a copy of
this information collection request (ICR)
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web
page https://reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the
web page called ‘‘Currently Under
Review’’, (3) click on the downwardpointing arrow in the ‘‘Select Agency’’
box below the ‘‘Currently Under
Review’’ heading, (4) select ‘‘Federal
Communications Commission’’ from the
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list of agencies presented in the ‘‘Select
Agency’’ box, (5) click the ‘‘Submit’’
button to the right of the ‘‘Select
Agency’’ box, and (6) when the list of
FCC ICRs currently under review
appears, look for the title of this ICR (or
its OMB Control Number, if there is one)
and then click on the ICR Reference
Number to view detailed information
about this ICR.
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: 3060–0999.
Title: Section 20.19, Hearing AidCompatible Mobile Handsets (Hearing
Aid-Compatibility Act).
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 925
respondents; 950 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 13.2
hours average burden per response.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and annual reporting requirements and
third party disclosure requirement
(labeling/posting requirements).
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 12,600 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Information requested in the reports
may include confidential information.
However, covered entities would be
allowed to request that such materials
submitted to the Commission be
withheld from public inspection (see 47
CFR 0.459 of the Commission’s rules).
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this information collection
(IC) to the OMB as a revision during this
comment period to obtain the full threeyear clearance from them. This
information collection was preapproved by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) when the
Commission adopted the Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking on 12/27/07.
[Previously approved was a Report
and Order adopted in 2003 in which the
Commission modified the exemption for
telephones used with public mobile
services from the requirements of the
Hearing Aid Compatibility Act of 1988
(HAC Act). The Order required digital
wireless phone manufacturers and
service providers to make certain digital
wireless phones capable of effective use
with hearing aids. As part of that Order,
manufacturers and service providers
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were required to label certain phones
they sold with information about their
compatibility with hearing aids, and
also to report to the Commission (at first
every six months, then on an annual
basis) on the number and types of
hearing aid-compatible phones they
were producing or offering to the
public.]
Now, the Commission has adopted
and released a Report and Order, FCC
08–68, which updated several of the
performance benchmarks for
manufacturers and service providers,
instituted new requirements for
manufacturers to refresh their product
lines and for service providers to offer
hearing aid-compatible handset models
with differing levels of functionality,
adopted a new version of the technical
standard for measuring hearing aid
compliance, and addressed the
application of the rules to phones that
operate in multiple frequency bands or
air interfaces. To assist the Commission
in monitoring the implementation of the
new requirements and to provide
information to the public, the Report
and Order also requires manufacturers
and service providers to continue to file
annual reports on the status of their
compliance with these requirements,
and requires manufacturers and service
providers that maintain public Web
sites to publish up-to-date information
on those Web sites regarding their
hearing aid-compatible handset models.
The annual reports required in this
Order contain different and additional
information than in previous versions of
this information collection (see above).
Those requirements, along with the
requirement to post certain information
on Web sites, are intended to give
consumers the information they need to
navigate a technically complex and
rapidly changing world of hearing aidcompatible wireless phones, and to
allow the Commission to monitor
compliance with its new regulations.
Finally, in order to avoid potential
consumer confusion over technical
capabilities, the Order modified the
product labeling requirements slightly.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–11399 Filed 5–20–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
VerDate Aug<31>2005
15:18 May 20, 2008
Jkt 214001
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management
and Budget
May 12, 2008.
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, 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: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before July 21, 2008. 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
Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, (202) 395–
5887, or via fax at 202–395–5167 or via
internet at
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and
to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal
Communications Commission, or an email to PRA@fcc.gov. To view a copy of
this information collection request (ICR)
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the web
page https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the
web page called ‘‘Currently Under
Review’’, (3) click on the downwardpointing arrow in the ‘‘Select Agency’’
box below the ‘‘Currently Under
Review’’ heading, (4) select ‘‘Federal
Communications Commission’’ from the
PO 00000
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list of agencies presented in the ‘‘Select
Agency’’ box, (5) click the ‘‘Submit’’
button to the right of the ‘‘Select
Agency’’ box, and (6) when the list of
FCC ICRs currently under review
appears, look for the title of this ICR (or
its OMB Control Number, if there is one)
and then click on the ICR Reference
Number to view detailed information
about this ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information, contact Judith B.
Herman at 202–418–0214 or via the
Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–1094.
Title: Licensing, Operation, and
Transition of the 2495–2690 MHz Band.
Form Nos.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, and
state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 2,500
respondents; 12,726 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 3.334
hours (average burden per response) and
adds .50 hours for the new requirement
for wireless service providers (see
paragraph one of the supporting
statement that will be submitted to OMB
after this 60 day comment period).
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and one time reporting requirement,
recordkeeping requirement, third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 8,457 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $266,666.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: In a Fourth
Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC
08–83, adopted on March 20, 2008, the
Commission adopted Wireless
Communications Association
International, Inc’s. (WCA) modified
proposal regarding the formula used to
calculate height benchmarking and
clarifying how non-contiguous licensees
calculate their height benchmark.
Because licensees are now required
under 47 CFR 27.1221(f) to provide the
geographic coordinates, the height
above ground level of the center of
radiation for each transmit and receive
antenna, and the date transmissions
commenced for each of the base stations
in its geographic service area (GSA)
within 30 days of receipt of a request
from a co-channel, neighboring
Broadband Radio Service/Educational
Broadband Service (BRS/EBS)
licensee(s).
The Commission is revising this
information collection to add the
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management and Budget
May 13, 2008.
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, 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: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before June 20, 2008. 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 Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, (202) 395-5887, or via fax at 202-395-5167 or
via internet at Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to Judith-
B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal Communications Commission, or an e-mail to
PRA@fcc.gov. To view a copy of this information collection request
(ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page https://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, and (6)
when the list of FCC ICRs currently under review appears, look for the
title of this ICR (or its OMB Control Number, if there is one) and then
click on the ICR Reference Number to view detailed information about
this ICR.
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: 3060-0999.
Title: Section 20.19, Hearing Aid-Compatible Mobile Handsets
(Hearing Aid-Compatibility Act).
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 925 respondents; 950 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 13.2 hours average burden per
response.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting
requirements and third party disclosure requirement (labeling/posting
requirements).
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 12,600 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Information requested in the
reports may include confidential information. However, covered entities
would be allowed to request that such materials submitted to the
Commission be withheld from public inspection (see 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission's rules).
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection (IC) to the OMB as a revision during this comment period to
obtain the full three-year clearance from them. This information
collection was pre-approved by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) when the Commission adopted the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on
12/27/07.
[Previously approved was a Report and Order adopted in 2003 in
which the Commission modified the exemption for telephones used with
public mobile services from the requirements of the Hearing Aid
Compatibility Act of 1988 (HAC Act). The Order required digital
wireless phone manufacturers and service providers to make certain
digital wireless phones capable of effective use with hearing aids. As
part of that Order, manufacturers and service providers
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were required to label certain phones they sold with information about
their compatibility with hearing aids, and also to report to the
Commission (at first every six months, then on an annual basis) on the
number and types of hearing aid-compatible phones they were producing
or offering to the public.]
Now, the Commission has adopted and released a Report and Order,
FCC 08-68, which updated several of the performance benchmarks for
manufacturers and service providers, instituted new requirements for
manufacturers to refresh their product lines and for service providers
to offer hearing aid-compatible handset models with differing levels of
functionality, adopted a new version of the technical standard for
measuring hearing aid compliance, and addressed the application of the
rules to phones that operate in multiple frequency bands or air
interfaces. To assist the Commission in monitoring the implementation
of the new requirements and to provide information to the public, the
Report and Order also requires manufacturers and service providers to
continue to file annual reports on the status of their compliance with
these requirements, and requires manufacturers and service providers
that maintain public Web sites to publish up-to-date information on
those Web sites regarding their hearing aid-compatible handset models.
The annual reports required in this Order contain different and
additional information than in previous versions of this information
collection (see above). Those requirements, along with the requirement
to post certain information on Web sites, are intended to give
consumers the information they need to navigate a technically complex
and rapidly changing world of hearing aid-compatible wireless phones,
and to allow the Commission to monitor compliance with its new
regulations. Finally, in order to avoid potential consumer confusion
over technical capabilities, the Order modified the product labeling
requirements slightly.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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