Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review to the Office of Management and Budget, 20301-20302 [E9-10036]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 83 / Friday, May 1, 2009 / Notices 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 reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements) of this information collection. The Commission is reporting a significant decrease in the estimated number of respondents/responses since this was last submitted to OMB in 2006. In 2006, the Commission reported 10 respondents/responses with 6,000 total annual burden hours. For this submission to the OMB, the number of respondents/responses increased to 24 with an estimated annual burden of 6,000 total annual burden hours and an increase in annual costs. The annual costs are now estimated to be $785,320 (no costs were estimated in 2006). The reasons for the change in burden are thus: (1) The estimated time per response was changed from 6,000 hours to 250 hours; (2) A re-estimate of the number of respondents/responses from 10 to 24 respondents; and (3) The annual costs have been added to include a $32,680 filing fee per 47 CFR 1.1105. Section 43.43 establishes the reporting requirements for depreciation prescription purposes. Communication common carriers with annual operating revenues of $138 million or more that the Commission has found to be dominant must file information specified in Section 43.43 before making any change in the depreciation rates applicable to their operating plant. Section 220 also allows the Commission, in its discretion, to prescribe the form of any and all accounts, records, and memoranda to be kept by carriers subject to the Act, including the accounts, records and memoranda of the movement of traffic, as well as receipts and expenditures of moneys. Carriers are required to file four summary exhibits along with the underlying data used to generate them, and must provide the depreciation factors (i.e., life, salvage, curve shape, depreciation reserve) required to verify the calculation of the carrier’s depreciation expenses and rates. Midsized carriers are no longer required to file theoretical reserve studies. Certain price cap incumbent LECs in certain instances may request a waiver of the depreciation prescription process. OMB Control Number: 3060–0441. Title: Section 90.621(b)(4) and (b)(5), Selection and Assignment of Frequencies. Form No.: N/A. VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:15 Apr 30, 2009 Jkt 217001 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: 20 respondents; 20 responses. Estimated Time per Response: Respondents contracting out the on occasion reporting requirement will need an estimated .5 hours to comply with this requirement and respondents who will use in-house respondents will need an estimated 1.5 hours. Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and recordkeeping requirement. Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 309(j). Total Annual Burden: 30 hours. Total Annual Cost: $2,000. 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 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 a revision which is due to the elimination of a reporting requirement for minor modification applicants filing pursuant to ShortSpacing Separation Table of under section 90.621(b)(4), which previously required that licensees file notifications of such minor modifications, as well as, the implementation of the 800 MHz rebanding 2nd Report and Order. There are no additional recordkeeping or other compliance requirements imposed beyond those contained in the 800 MHz Report and Order, 61 FR 41190 (July 31, 1997). The Commission has adjusted this collection to reflect the decrease in the total number of filings made pursuant to sections 90.621(b)(4) that do not involve compliance with the referenced short spacing table and 90.621(b)(5) since the time of the previous OMB submission. The Commission reported 1,000 responses in 2006 which we have reduced to 20; the burden hours have reduced from 1,500 hours to 30 hours; and the annual cost has reduced from $100,000 to $2,000. The Commission will continue to use this information to determine whether to grant licenses to applicants making ‘‘minor modifications’’ to their systems which do not satisfy mileage separation requirements pursuant to the ShortSpacing Separation Table. PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 20301 Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–10050 Filed 4–30–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review to the Office of Management and Budget April 28, 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 June 1, 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, via fax at 202– 395–5167 or the 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 E:\FR\FM\01MYN1.SGM 01MYN1 20302 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 83 / Friday, May 1, 2009 / Notices 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 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: Hearing Aid Compatibility Status Report and section 20.19, Hearing Aid-Compatible Mobile Handsets (Hearing Aid-Compatibility Act). Form No.: FCC Form 655—electronic only. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Business or other forprofit. Number of Respondents: 925 respondents; 925 responses. Estimated Time per Response: 1–2.5 hours. Frequency of Response: Annual and on occasion reporting requirement and third party disclosure requirement. Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 157, 201, 202, 208, 214, 301, 303, 308, 309(j) and 310. Total Annual Burden: 12,063 hours. Total Annual Cost: N/A. Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Information 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 under 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. There is a slight change in the number of respondents/responses. In 2008, we reported 950 respondents/responses. Therefore, the Commission has recalculated the estimates and the annual burden hours have decreased by 537 hours. VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:15 Apr 30, 2009 Jkt 217001 In the First Report and Order in WT Docket No. 07–250, FCC 08–68, which updated several of the performance benchmarks for manufacturers and service providers, and instituted new requirements for manufacturers to refresh their product lines and for service providers to offer hearing aidcompatible handset models with differing levels of functionality. The Commission also adopted a new version of the technical standard for measuring hearing aid compatibility, and addressed the application of the rules to phones that operate in multiple frequency bands or air interfaces. In order to avoid potential consumer confusion over technical capabilities, the Order also modified the product labeling requirements slightly. The Commission is also revising this information collection to implement mandatory electronic filing using the newly created FCC Form 655. Many of these data elements have already been approved by OMB, however, the Commission decided to create this new electronic form to eliminate the paperbased annual reports and will require annual reports filed by manufacturers and service providers beginning on July 15, 2009. Use of the electronic FCC Form 655 will help filers ensure that their reports include all of the required information, will facilitate the Commission’s compilation of data from the reports, and will decrease the paperwork burden on all respondents. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–10036 Filed 4–30–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY [No. 2009–N–04] Federal Home Loan Bank Members Selected for Community Support Review AGENCY: Federal Housing Finance Agency. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is announcing the Federal Home Loan Bank (Bank) members it has selected for the 2008–09 fifth quarter review cycle under the FHFA’s community support requirements regulation. This notice also prescribes the deadline by which Bank members selected for review must submit Community Support Statements to FHFA. PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DATES: Bank members selected for the review cycle under the FHFA’s community support requirements regulation must submit completed Community Support Statements to FHFA on or before June 15, 2009. ADDRESSES: Bank members selected for the 2008–09 fifth quarter review cycle under the FHFA’s community support requirements regulation must submit completed Community Support Statements to FHFA either by hard-copy mail at the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Housing Mission and Goals, 1625 Eye Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006, or by electronic mail at LENORA.MORTON@FHFA.GOV. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lenora Morton, Administrative Specialist, Housing Mission and Goals, Federal Housing Finance Agency, by telephone at 202/408–2819, by electronic mail at LENORA.MORTON@FHFA.GOV, or by hard-copy mail at the Federal Housing Finance Agency, 1625 Eye Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Selection for Community Support Review Section 10(g)(1) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (Bank Act) requires FHFA to promulgate regulations establishing standards of community investment or service Bank members must meet in order to maintain access to long-term advances. See 12 U.S.C. 1430(g)(1). The regulations promulgated by FHFA must take into account factors such as the Bank member’s performance under the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (CRA), 12 U.S.C. 2901 et seq., and record of lending to first-time homebuyers. See 12 U.S.C. 1430(g)(2). Pursuant to section 10(g) of the Bank Act, FHFA has promulgated a community support requirements regulation that establishes standards a Bank member must meet in order to maintain access to long-term advances, and review criteria FHFA must apply in evaluating a member’s community support performance. See 12 CFR part 944. The regulation includes standards and criteria for the two statutory factors—CRA performance and record of lending to first-time homebuyers. 12 CFR 944.3. Only members subject to the CRA must meet the CRA standard. 12 CFR 944.3(b). All members, including those not subject to CRA, must meet the first-time homebuyer standard. 12 CFR 944.3(c). Under the rule, FHFA selects approximately one-eighth of the members in each Bank district for community support review each E:\FR\FM\01MYN1.SGM 01MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 83 (Friday, May 1, 2009)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

April 28, 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 June 1, 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, via fax at 202-395-5167 or the 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

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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: Hearing Aid Compatibility Status Report and section 20.19, 
Hearing Aid-Compatible Mobile Handsets (Hearing Aid-Compatibility Act).
    Form No.: FCC Form 655--electronic only.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 925 respondents; 925 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1-2.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual and on occasion reporting requirement 
and third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 157, 201, 202, 208, 214, 301, 303, 308, 309(j) and 
310.
    Total Annual Burden: 12,063 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Information 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 under 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. There is a slight 
change in the number of respondents/responses. In 2008, we reported 950 
respondents/responses. Therefore, the Commission has recalculated the 
estimates and the annual burden hours have decreased by 537 hours.
    In the First Report and Order in WT Docket No. 07-250, FCC 08-68, 
which updated several of the performance benchmarks for manufacturers 
and service providers, and 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. The Commission also adopted a new version of the 
technical standard for measuring hearing aid compatibility, and 
addressed the application of the rules to phones that operate in 
multiple frequency bands or air interfaces. In order to avoid potential 
consumer confusion over technical capabilities, the Order also modified 
the product labeling requirements slightly.
    The Commission is also revising this information collection to 
implement mandatory electronic filing using the newly created FCC Form 
655. Many of these data elements have already been approved by OMB, 
however, the Commission decided to create this new electronic form to 
eliminate the paper-based annual reports and will require annual 
reports filed by manufacturers and service providers beginning on July 
15, 2009. Use of the electronic FCC Form 655 will help filers ensure 
that their reports include all of the required information, will 
facilitate the Commission's compilation of data from the reports, and 
will decrease the paperwork burden on all respondents.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-10036 Filed 4-30-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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