Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review to the Office of Management and Budget, 80407-80408 [E8-31004]

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 251 (Wednesday, December 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80407-80408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-31004]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

December 19, 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 March 2, 2009. 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://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, 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: 3060-0848.
    Title: Deployment of Wireline Services Offering Advanced 
Telecommunications Capability, CC Docket No. 98-147.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,400 respondents; 17,340 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .50-26 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for these information collections are contained in 
47 U.S.C. Sections 151-154, 201-203, 251-254, 256 and 303(r) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 61,490 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. If the Commission requests respondents submit information 
which respondents believe is confidential, respondents may request 
confidential treatment of such information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 
Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection 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. The Commission

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is requesting a revision due to elimination of previously approved data 
element. The item eliminated is request for alternative physical access 
which was estimated at 700 burden hours. Other reporting requirement 
estimates were updated since the last submission to the OMB in 2006. 
Therefore, the Commission is reporting a -700 hour program change and a 
-103,410 hourly adjustment of the total annual burden resulting in a 
new estimated burden of 61,490 hours (previously estimated at 165,600 
total annual burden hours) since this collection was last submitted to 
the OMB for review and approval in 2006.
    This collection identifies 16 different information collection 
requirements. The Commission sought to further Congress's goal of 
promoting innovation and investment by all participating in the 
telecommunications marketplace, in order to stimulate competition for 
all services, including advanced telecommunications services. In 
furtherance of this goal, the Commission imposes certain information 
collection requirements on incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) in 
order to ensure compliance with the incumbent LEC's collocation 
obligations and to assist incumbent LECs in protecting network 
integrity. All of the collections will be used by the Commission and by 
competitive carriers to facilitate the deployment of advanced services 
and to implement section 251 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
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