Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Approved by the Office of Management and Budget, 51459 [2010-20736]

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 161 (Friday, August 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 51459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20736]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Approved by the Office 
of Management and Budget

August 13, 2010.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission has received Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 
information collection(s) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 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 OMB 
control number, and no person is required to respond to a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. 
Comments concerning the accuracy of the burden estimate(s) and any 
suggestions for reducing the burden should be directed to the person 
listed in the ``FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT'' section below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact 
Melissa Kirkel, melissa.kirkel@fcc.gov, (202) 418-7958.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0742.
    OMB Approval Date: 7/29/2010.
    Expiration Date: 7/31/2013.
    Title: Sections 52.21 through 52.36, Telephone Number Portability 
(47 CFR Part 52, Subpart C) and CC Docket No. 95-116.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3,616 respondents; 10,001,890 responses; 
672,516 total annual hours; 4 minutes-410 hours per response.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. sections 1, 2, 3, 251 and 332 of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended.
    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 the respondents believe is confidential, respondents 
may request confidential treatment under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission 
rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission has revised this information 
collection (IC) by adding standardized local service request data 
fields. Section 251(b)(2) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 
requires LECs to ``provide, to the extent technically feasible, number 
portability in accordance with requirements prescribed by the 
Commission.'' Through the Local Number Portability (LNP) process, 
consumers have the ability to retain their phone number when switching 
telecommunications service providers, enabling them to choose a 
provider that best suits their needs and enhancing competition. In the 
Porting Internal Order and Further Notice, the Commission mandated a 
one-business day porting interval for simple wireline-to-wireline and 
intermodal port requests. The information collected in the standard 
local service request data fields is necessary to complete simple 
wireline-to-wireline and intermodal ports within the one business day 
porting interval mandated by the Commission and will be used to comply 
with section 251 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
    Part 52, Subpart C implements the statutory requirements that LECs 
and Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) providers provide LNP as set 
forth in Sections 1, 2, 4, 251, and 332 of the Telecommunications Act 
of 1996. The Commission requires the following information to be 
collected from various entities: (1) Requests for long-term number 
portability; (2) petitions to extend implementation deadline; (3) 
tariffs and cost support materials; and (4) recordkeeping requirement.
    (1) Long-term number portability must be provided by LECs and CMRS 
providers in switches for which another carrier has made a specific 
request for number portability, according to the Commission's 
deployment schedule. Wireline carriers began providing LNP in 1998. In 
a Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 02-215, CC Docket No. 95-116, the 
Commission extended the deadline for CMRS providers to offer LNP. CMRS 
providers began offering LNP in 2003.
    (2) Carriers that are unable to meet the deadlines for implementing 
a long-term number portability solution are required to file with the 
Commission at least 60 days in advance of the deadline a petition to 
extend the time by which implementation in its network will be 
completed.
    (3) Incumbent LECs may recover their carrier-specific costs 
directly related to providing long-term number portability by 
establishing in tariffs filed with the Commission certain number 
portability charges. See 47 CFR 52.33. Incumbent LECs are required to 
include many details in their cost support that are unique to the 
number portability proceeding pursuant to the Cost Classification 
Order. For instance, incumbent LECs must demonstrate that any 
incremental overhead costs claimed in their cost support are actually 
new cost incremental to and resulting from the provision of long-term 
number portability. See the Cost Classification Order.
    (4) Incumbent LECs are required to maintain records that detail 
both the nature and specific amount of these carrier-specific costs 
that are directly related to number portability, and those carrier-
specific costs that are not directly related to number portability. The 
information collected and required by the Commission will be used to 
comply with Section 251 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-20736 Filed 8-19-10; 8:45 am]
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