Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review to the Office of Management and Budget, 6406-6407 [E9-2570]

Download as PDF 6406 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 25 / Monday, February 9, 2009 / Notices (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on February 13, 2009. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–2606 Filed 2–6–09; 8:45 am] Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–2605 Filed 2–6–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. ER09–75–001] Pioneer Transmission, LLC; Notice of Filing sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES February 2, 2009. Take notice that on January 26, 2009, Pioneer Transmission, LLC submitted a Study Report pursuant to their Formula Rate and Incentive Rate Filing submitted on October 15, 2008, in response to the Commission’s December 11, 2008 letter. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant and all the parties in this proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible online at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:35 Feb 06, 2009 Jkt 217001 Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review to the Office of Management and Budget February 2, 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 (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 April 10, 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 email to PRA@fcc.gov. PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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: 3060–0859. Title: Suggested Guidelines for Petitions for Ruling Under Section 253 of the Communications Act. Form No.: N/A. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Business or other forprofit. Number of Respondents: 80 respondents; 80 responses. Estimated Time per Response: 63–125 hours. Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement. Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authority for this information collection are contained in 47 U.S.C. 253. Total Annual Burden: 6,280 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. 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 is requesting an extension (no change in the on reporting requirement). The Commission published a Public Notice in November 1998 which established various procedural guidelines related to the Commission’s processing of petitions for preemption pursuant to Section 253 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. The Commission will use the information to discharge its statutory mandate relating to the preemption of state or local statutes or other state or local legal requirements. Section 253 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; added by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, requires the Commission, with certain important exceptions, to preempt the enforcement of any state or local statute or regulation, or other state or local legal requirement (to the extent necessary) that prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service. The Commission’s consideration of preemption begins with the filing of a E:\FR\FM\09FEN1.SGM 09FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 25 / Monday, February 9, 2009 / Notices petition by an aggrieved party. The petition is placed on public notice and commented on by others. The Commission’s decision is based on the public record, generally composed of the petition and comments. The Commission has considered a number of preemption items since the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and believes it in the public interest to inform the public of the information necessary to support its full consideration of the issues likely to be involved in preemption actions. In order to render a timely and informed decision, the Commission expects petitioners and commenters to provide it with relevant information sufficient to describe the legal regime involved in the controversy and to establish the factual basis necessary for decision. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–2570 Filed 2–6–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management and Budget February 2, 2009. SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Butler, Federal Communications Commission, (202) 418–1492 or via the Internet at Thomas.butler@fcc.gov. sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control No.: 3060–0816. OMB Approval Date: January 30, 2009. Expiration Date: January 31, 2010. Title: Local Telephone Competition and Broadband Reporting (Report and Order, WC Docket No. 07–38, FCC 08– 89; Order on Reconsideration, WC Docket No. 07–38, FC 08–148). Form Number(s): FCC Form 477. Estimated Annual Burden: 1,610 respondents; 3,220 responses; 1,085,140 total annual hours; 337 hours per response (average). VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:35 Feb 06, 2009 Jkt 217001 Needs and Uses: This information collection (IC) was approved by OMB as a revision. The Commission reported an increase of 956,340 hours to the total annual burden. This program change increase is due to an increase in the estimated number of respondents and responses since this IC was last submitted to the OMB in June 2008. The Commission submitted two Orders to the OMB for approval. The first was a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in WC Docket No. 07–38, FCC 08–89 and the second was an Order on Reconsideration in WC Docket No. 07– 38, FCC 08–148. With these two Orders, the Commission revised the FCC Form 477 data collection to improve the Commission’s understanding of the extent of broadband deployment, facilitating the development of appropriate broadband policies. In particular, these amendments will improve the Commission’s ability to carry out its obligation under section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to ‘‘determine whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion.’’ The Report and Order revised the FCC Form 477 to require all broadband providers to report the number of broadband connections in service in individual Census Tracts. The Report and Order adopted three additional changes to FCC Form 477. First, it requires providers to report broadband service speed data in conjunction with subscriber counts according to new categories for download and upload speeds. These new speed tiers will better identify services that support advanced applications. Second, it amended reporting requirements for mobile wireless broadband providers to require them to report the number of subscribers whose data plans allow them to browse the Internet and access the lawful Internet content of their choice. Third, it requires providers of interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (interconnected VoIP) service to report subscribership information on FCC Form 477. The Order on Reconsideration amended FCC Form 477 to require filers to report the percentage of broadband connections that are residential at the Census Tract level. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 directs the Commission to take actions to open all telecommunications markets to competition and to seek to promote innovation and investment by all participants, including new entrants. A central task in creating this framework is the opening of previously PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 6407 monopolized local telecommunications markets. By collecting timely and reliable information about the pace and extent of competition for local telephony service in different geographic areas—including rural areas—the Commission significantly improves the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of actions the Commission and the states are taking to facilitate economic competition in those markets. The Report and Order provides for additional methods to supplement the data reported by FCC Form 477 filers, including a voluntary self-reporting system, and a recommendation to the Census Bureau that the American Community Survey questionnaire be modified to gather information about broadband availability and subscription in households. The information is used by the Commission to prepare reports that help inform consumers and policy makers at the federal and state level of the development of competition in the local telephone service market and the deployment of broadband services. The Commission will continue to use the information to better inform its understanding of broadband deployment in conjunction with its congressionally mandated section 706 reports. The Commission also uses the data to support its analyses in a variety of rulemaking proceedings under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Absent this information collection, the Commission would lack essential data for assisting it in determining the effectiveness of its policies and fulfilling its statutory responsibilities in accordance with the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–2575 Filed 2–6–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested February 3, 2009 SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction E:\FR\FM\09FEN1.SGM 09FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 25 (Monday, February 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6406-6407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2570]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

February 2, 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 (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 April 10, 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.

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: 3060-0859.
    Title: Suggested Guidelines for Petitions for Ruling Under Section 
253 of the Communications Act.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 80 respondents; 80 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 63-125 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authority for this 
information collection are contained in 47 U.S.C. 253.
    Total Annual Burden: 6,280 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. 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 is requesting an extension (no change in the 
on reporting requirement).
    The Commission published a Public Notice in November 1998 which 
established various procedural guidelines related to the Commission's 
processing of petitions for preemption pursuant to Section 253 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended. The Commission will use the 
information to discharge its statutory mandate relating to the 
preemption of state or local statutes or other state or local legal 
requirements.
    Section 253 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; added by 
the Telecommunications Act of 1996, requires the Commission, with 
certain important exceptions, to preempt the enforcement of any state 
or local statute or regulation, or other state or local legal 
requirement (to the extent necessary) that prohibits or has the effect 
of prohibiting the ability of any entity to provide any interstate or 
intrastate telecommunications service. The Commission's consideration 
of preemption begins with the filing of a

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petition by an aggrieved party. The petition is placed on public notice 
and commented on by others. The Commission's decision is based on the 
public record, generally composed of the petition and comments. The 
Commission has considered a number of preemption items since the 
passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and believes it in the 
public interest to inform the public of the information necessary to 
support its full consideration of the issues likely to be involved in 
preemption actions. In order to render a timely and informed decision, 
the Commission expects petitioners and commenters to provide it with 
relevant information sufficient to describe the legal regime involved 
in the controversy and to establish the factual basis necessary for 
decision.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E9-2570 Filed 2-6-09; 8:45 am]
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