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the date, time, and duration of the call.
Finally, the bill must display a toll–free
number which subscribers may call to
obtain information about pay–per–call
services. Similar billing disclosure
requirements apply to charges for
information services either billed to
subscribers on a collect basis or
accessed by subscribers through a toll–
free number. The billing disclosure
requirements are intended to ensure that
telephone subscribers billed for pay–
per–call or other information services
can understand the charges levied and
are informed of their rights and
responsibilities with respect to payment
of such charges.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
[FR Doc. E9–30965 Filed 12–29–09; 8:45 am]
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COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission
for Extension Under Delegated
Authority, Comments Requested
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December 24, 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 collect or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB 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 OMB 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.
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DATES: Persons wishing to comment on
this information collection should
submit comments on or before March 1,
2010. If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contact listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax
at (202) 395–5167, or via the Internet at
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and
to Leslie F. Smith, Federal
Communications Commission, at
Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov. To submit your
comments by e-mail, send them to
PRA@fcc.gov. Include in the e-mail the
OMB Control Number of the collection
or, if there is no OMB control number,
the Title shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below. If you are
unable to submit your comments by email, contact the person listed below to
make alternate arrangements.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection(s) or to obtain a
copy of the collection, send an e-mail to
PRA@fcc.gov and include the
collection’s OMB control number as
shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below, or call
Leslie F. Smith at (202) 418–0217.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0951.
Title: Sections 1.204(b) and 1.1206(a)
Note 1, Service of Petitions for
Preemption.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit entities; Individuals or
households; Not-for-profit institutions;
and State, local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 125; 125
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25
hours (15 minutes).
Frequency of Response: Occasional
reporting requirements; Third party
disclosure.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 35 hours.
Total Annual Costs: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission is not requesting that
respondents submit confidential
information to the Commission. If the
Commission requests respondents to
submit information which respondents
believe is confidential, respondents may
request confidential treatment of such
information pursuant to section 0.459 of
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the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR Section
0.459. The FCC has a system of records,
FCC/OGC–5, ‘‘Pending Civil Cases,’’ to
cover the collection, purpose(s), storage,
safeguards, and disposal of the
personally identifiable information (PII)
that individuals may submit with their
petitions for preemption that they file
with the Commission.
Needs and Uses: These provisions
supplement the procedures for filing
petitions seeking Commission
preemption of state and local
government regulation of
telecommunications services. They
require that such petitions, whether in
the form of a petition for rulemaking or
a petition for declaratory ruling, be
served on all state and local
governments. The actions for which are
cited as a basis for requesting
preemption. Thus, in accordance with
these provisions, persons seeking
preemption must serve their petitions
not only on the state or local
governments whose authority would be
preempted, but also on other state or
local governments whose actions are
cited in the petition.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9–31013 Filed 12–29–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission
for Extension Under Delegated
Authority, Comments Requested
December 22, 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 collect or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB 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 OMB 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
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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: Persons wishing to comment on
this information collection should
submit comments on or before March 1,
2010. If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contact listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax
at (202) 395–5167, or via the Internet at
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and
to Leslie F. Smith, Federal
Communications Commission, at
Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov. To submit your
comments by e-mail, send them to
PRA@fcc.gov. Include in the e-mail the
OMB Control Number of the collection
or, if there is no OMB control number,
the Title shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below. If you are
unable to submit your comments by
e-mail, contact the person listed below
to make alternate arrangements.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection(s) or to obtain a
copy of the collection, send an e-mail to
PRA@fcc.gov and include the
collection’s OMB control number as
shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below, or call
Leslie F. Smith at (202) 418–0217.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control No.: 3060–0411.
Title: Procedures for Formal
Complaints Filed Against Common
Carriers.
Form Number: FCC 485.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions,
Federal Government, and State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 26; 26
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–12
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping, On occasion reporting
requirements; and Third party
disclosure.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 1,001 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,409,600.
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Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impacts.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
47 CFR 1.731 provides for confidential
treatment of materials disclosed or
exchanged during the course of formal
complaint proceedings when those
materials have been identified by the
disclosing party as proprietary or
confidential. In the rare case in which
a producing party believes that Section
1.731 will not provide adequate
protection for its asserted confidential
material, it may request either that the
opposing party consent to greater
protection, or that the staff supervising
the proceeding order greater protection.
Needs and Uses: Sections 206–209 of
the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended (the ‘‘Act’’), provide the
statutory framework for the
Commission’s rules for resolving formal
complaints against common carriers.
Section 208(a) authorizes complaints by
any person ‘‘complaining of anything
done or omitted to be done by any
common carrier’’ subject to the
provisions of the Act. Section 208(a)
states that if a carrier does not satisfy a
complaint or there appears to be any
reasonable ground for investigating the
complaint, the Commission shall
‘‘investigate the matters complained of
in such manner and by such means as
it shall deem proper.’’ Certain categories
of complaints are subject to a statutory
deadline for resolution. See, e.g., 47
U.S.C. 208(b)(1) (imposing a five-month
deadline for complaints challenging the
‘‘lawfulness of a charge, classification,
regulation, or practice’’); 47 U.S.C.
271(d)(6) (imposing a 90-day deadline
for complaints alleging that a Bell
operating company (BOC) has ceased to
meet conditions imposed in connection
with approval to provide in-region
interLATA services).
Formal complaint proceedings before
the Commission are similar to civil
litigation in federal district court. In
fact, under section 207 of the Act, a
party claiming to be damaged by a
common carrier, may file its complaint
with the Commission or in any district
court of the United States, ‘‘but such
person shall not have the right to pursue
both such remedies’’ (47 U.S.C. 207).
The Commission has promulgated rules
(the ‘‘Formal Complaint Rules’’) to
govern its formal complaint proceedings
that are similar in many respects to the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See 47
CFR 1.720–1.736. These rules require
the submission of information from the
parties necessary to create a record on
which the Commission can decide
complex legal and factual issues. As
described in Section 1.720 of the
Commission’s rules, formal complaint
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proceedings are resolved on a written
record consisting of a complaint, answer
or response, and joint statement of
stipulated facts, disputed facts and key
legal issues, along with all associated
affidavits, exhibits and other
attachments.
This collection of information
includes the process for submitting a
formal complaint. The Commission uses
this information to determine the
sufficiency of complaints and to resolve
the merits of disputes between the
parties. Orders issued by the
Commission in formal complaint
proceedings are based upon evidence
and argument produced by the parties
in accordance with the Formal
Complaint Rules. If the information
were not collected, the Commission
would not be able to resolve common
carrier-related complaint proceedings,
as required by Section 208 of the Act.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9–31039 Filed 12–29–09; 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
December 23, 2009.
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burden and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s).
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; (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; and (e) ways to
further reduce the information burden
for small business concerns with fewer
than 25 employees. The FCC may not
conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB Control Number.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated
Authority, Comments Requested
December 22, 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 collect or sponsor a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB 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 OMB 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
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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: Persons wishing to comment on this information collection should
submit comments on or before March 1, 2010. If you anticipate that you
will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the
period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contact
listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at (202) 395-5167, or via the
Internet at Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to Leslie F. Smith,
Federal Communications Commission, at Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov. To submit
your comments by e-mail, send them to PRA@fcc.gov. Include in the e-
mail the OMB Control Number of the collection or, if there is no OMB
control number, the Title shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section below. If you are unable to submit your comments by e-mail,
contact the person listed below to make alternate arrangements.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection(s) or to obtain a copy of the collection, send
an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov and include the collection's OMB control
number as shown in the Supplementary Information section below, or call
Leslie F. Smith at (202) 418-0217.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control No.: 3060-0411.
Title: Procedures for Formal Complaints Filed Against Common
Carriers.
Form Number: FCC 485.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions, Federal Government, and State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 26; 26 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-12 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping, On occasion reporting
requirements; and Third party disclosure.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 1,001 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,409,600.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impacts.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 47 CFR 1.731 provides for
confidential treatment of materials disclosed or exchanged during the
course of formal complaint proceedings when those materials have been
identified by the disclosing party as proprietary or confidential. In
the rare case in which a producing party believes that Section 1.731
will not provide adequate protection for its asserted confidential
material, it may request either that the opposing party consent to
greater protection, or that the staff supervising the proceeding order
greater protection.
Needs and Uses: Sections 206-209 of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended (the ``Act''), provide the statutory framework for the
Commission's rules for resolving formal complaints against common
carriers. Section 208(a) authorizes complaints by any person
``complaining of anything done or omitted to be done by any common
carrier'' subject to the provisions of the Act. Section 208(a) states
that if a carrier does not satisfy a complaint or there appears to be
any reasonable ground for investigating the complaint, the Commission
shall ``investigate the matters complained of in such manner and by
such means as it shall deem proper.'' Certain categories of complaints
are subject to a statutory deadline for resolution. See, e.g., 47
U.S.C. 208(b)(1) (imposing a five-month deadline for complaints
challenging the ``lawfulness of a charge, classification, regulation,
or practice''); 47 U.S.C. 271(d)(6) (imposing a 90-day deadline for
complaints alleging that a Bell operating company (BOC) has ceased to
meet conditions imposed in connection with approval to provide in-
region interLATA services).
Formal complaint proceedings before the Commission are similar to
civil litigation in federal district court. In fact, under section 207
of the Act, a party claiming to be damaged by a common carrier, may
file its complaint with the Commission or in any district court of the
United States, ``but such person shall not have the right to pursue
both such remedies'' (47 U.S.C. 207). The Commission has promulgated
rules (the ``Formal Complaint Rules'') to govern its formal complaint
proceedings that are similar in many respects to the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure. See 47 CFR 1.720-1.736. These rules require the
submission of information from the parties necessary to create a record
on which the Commission can decide complex legal and factual issues. As
described in Section 1.720 of the Commission's rules, formal complaint
proceedings are resolved on a written record consisting of a complaint,
answer or response, and joint statement of stipulated facts, disputed
facts and key legal issues, along with all associated affidavits,
exhibits and other attachments.
This collection of information includes the process for submitting
a formal complaint. The Commission uses this information to determine
the sufficiency of complaints and to resolve the merits of disputes
between the parties. Orders issued by the Commission in formal
complaint proceedings are based upon evidence and argument produced by
the parties in accordance with the Formal Complaint Rules. If the
information were not collected, the Commission would not be able to
resolve common carrier-related complaint proceedings, as required by
Section 208 of the Act.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-31039 Filed 12-29-09; 8:45 am]
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