Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated Authority, Comments Requested, 13183-13184 [2011-5525]

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 47 (Thursday, March 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13183-13184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5525]


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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

February 28, 2011.
    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. 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,

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including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology, and (e) ways to further reduce the information 
collection 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. 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 currently valid OMB control number.
    Dates: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before May 9, 2011. 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 via the Internet at 
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to the Federal Communications 
Commission via e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov.
    For Further Information Contact: Judith B. Herman, Office of 
Managing Director, (202) 418-0214. For additional information, contact 
Judith B. Herman, OMD, 202-418-0214 or e-mail judith-b.herman@fcc.gov.
    Supplementary Information:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1005.
    Title: Numbering Resource Optimization--Phase 3.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and State, local or 
Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 17 respondents; 34 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 40-50 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 this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 153, 154, 201-205, 207-209, 218, 225-227, 251-252, 271 and 332.
    Total Annual Burden: 830 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 to submit 
information which respondents believe is confidential, respondents may 
request confidential treatment of such information pursuant to 47 CFR 
0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring 
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
after this comment period to obtain the full, three year clearance from 
them. There is no change in the reporting and/or third party disclosure 
requirements. The Commission is reporting a 30 hour decrease adjustment 
in burden. This decrease is due to recalculations of the previous 
burdens submitted to OMB in 2008.
    The Commission established a safety valve to ensure that carriers 
experiencing rapid growth in a given market will be able to meet 
customer demand. States may use this safety valve to grant requests 
from carriers that demonstrate the following:
    (1) The carrier will exhaust its numbering resources in a market or 
rate area within three months (in lieu of six months-to-exhaust 
requirement); and
    (2) Projected growth is based on the carrier's actual growth in the 
market or rate area, or in the carrier's actual growth in a reasonably 
comparable market, but only if that projected growth varies no more 
than 15 percent from historical growth in the relevant market.
    The Commission lifted the ban on service-specific and technology-
specific overlays (collectively, specialized overlays or SOs), allowing 
State commissions seeking to implement SOs to request delegated 
authority to do so on a case-by-case basis. To provide further guidance 
to State commissions, the Commission set forth the criteria that each 
request for delegated authority to implement a SO should address. This 
will enable us to examine the feasibility of SOs in a particular area, 
and determine whether the Commission's stated goals are likely to be 
met if the SO is implemented.
    Specifically, State commissions should also specifically address 
the following:
    (1) The technologies or services to be included in the SO;
    (2) The geographic area to be covered;
    (3) Whether the SO will be transitional;
    (4) When the SO will be implemented and, if a transitional SO is 
proposed, when the SO will become an all-services overlay;
    (5) Whether the SO will include take-backs;
    (6) Whether there will be 10-digit dialing in the SO and the 
underlying area code(s);
    (7) Whether the SO and underlying area code(s) will be subject to 
rationing; and
    (8) Whether the SO will cover an area in which pooling is taking 
place.
    The Commission uses the information it collects to assist the State 
commissions in carrying out their delegated authority over numbering 
resources.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-5525 Filed 3-9-11; 8:45 am]
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