Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, 25344-25345 [2011-10804]

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25344-25345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10804]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and Request for comments.

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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. 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 estimates; (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 
collection burden on 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 valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before July 5, 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 the Federal Communications 
Commission. To submit your PRA comments by e-mail send them to: 
PRA@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact 
Cathy Williams at 202-418-2918 or via the Internet at 
Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 3060-0169.
    Title: Section 43.51 and 43.53, Reports and Records of 
Communications Common Carriers and Affiliates.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 63 respondents; 1,218 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .25 hours to 25 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting 
requirements, recordkeeping 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. sections 151-154, 160, 161, 201-205, 211, 218, 220, 226, 303(g), 
303(r), and 332.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,247 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general, there is no need 
for confidentiality. However, respondents may request materials or 
information 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 expiring 
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 OMB approval for an 
extension (no change in the reporting, recordkeeping and/or third party 
disclosure requirements).
    There is no change in the Commission's previous burden estimates.
    Sections 43.51 and 43.53 require common carriers to submit reports 
so that the FCC can monitor various activities of these carriers to 
determine the impact on the just and reasonable rates required by the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Section 43.51 requires that any communications common carrier 
described in paragraph 43.51(b) of the Commissions' rules file with the 
Commission, within 30 days of execution a copy of each contract, 
agreement, concession, license, authorization, operating agreement or 
other agreement to which it is a party and any amendments.
    Section 43.53 requires each communications common carrier engage 
directly in the transmission or reception of telegraph communications 
between the continental United States and any foreign country to file a 
report with the Commission within 30 days of the date of any 
arrangement concerning the division of the total telegraph charges on 
such communications other than transiting.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-1120.
    Title: Service Quality Measure Plan for Interstate Special Access 
Quarterly Reporting Requirements.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 3 respondents; 12 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 25 hours.

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    Frequency of Response: Quarterly reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping 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. sections 151,152, 154(i), 154(j), 201-204, 214, 220(a), 251, 
252, 271, 272, and 303(r).
    Total Annual Burden: 300 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission anticipates 
that the Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) which are AT&T, Quest and 
Verizon, may request confidentiality protection for the special access 
performance information.
    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 OMB approval for a revision of 
this information collection.
    The Commission previously adopted two new information collection 
requirements that received OMB approval. The monthly usage information 
requirement has expired, pursuant to the terms of the Section 272 
Sunset Order. The burden for the monthly reporting requirement has been 
eliminated and we now seek continued OMB approval for the special 
access performance metric information requirement (quarterly reporting 
requirement) will be extended (continued).
    The Commission has established a new framework to govern the 
provision of in-region, long-distance services that allows the BOCs to 
provide in-region, interstate, long distance services either directly 
or through affiliates that are neither section 272 separate affiliates 
nor rule 64.1903 affiliates, see Section 272 Sunset Order, FCC 07-159.
    Because the BOCs are no longer required to comply with the section 
272 structural safeguards, the Commission established special access 
performance metrics reporting requirements, i.e., ordering, 
provisioning, and repair and maintenance to ensure that the BOCs and 
their independent incumbent LEC affiliates do not engage in non-price 
discrimination in the provision of special access services to 
unaffiliated entities.
    The information gleaned from these performance metrics will provide 
the Commission and other interested parties with reasonable tools to 
monitor each BOC's performance in providing these special access 
services to itself and its competitors.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Sections 15.713, 15.714, 15.715 and 15.717, TV White Space 
Broadcast Bands.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000 respondents; 2,000 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
154(i), 302, 303(c), 303(f), and 307.
    Total Annual Burden: 4,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $100,000.
    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 that portions of their information 
remain confidential in accordance with 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's 
rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this new 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 reporting a program change increase of 
4,000 total annual burden hours and an increase of $100,000 in annual 
costs.
    On November 14, 2008, the Commission adopted a Second Report and 
Order and Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 08-260, ET Docket No. 04-
186, that established rules to allow new and unlicensed wireless 
devices to operate in the broadcast television spectrum at locations 
where that spectrum is not being used by licensed services (this unused 
TV spectrum is often termed ``television white spaces''). The rules 
will allow for the use of unlicensed TV band devices in the unused 
spectrum to provide broadband data and other services for consumers and 
businesses.
    Subsequently on September 23, 2010, the Commission adopted a Second 
Memorandum Opinion and Order finalizing the rules to make the unused 
spectrum in the TV bands available for unlicensed broadband wireless 
devices. This action resolved on reconsideration certain legal and 
technical issues in order to provide certainty concerning the rules for 
operation of unlicensed transmitting devices in the television 
broadcast frequency bands (unlicensed TV bands devices or ``TVBDs''). 
Resolution of these issues will now allow manufacturers to begin 
marketing unlicensed communications devices and systems that operate on 
frequencies in the TV bands in areas where they are not used by 
licensed services (``TV white spaces'').
    In the Second Report and Order the Commission decided to designate 
one or more database administrators from the private sector to create 
and operate TV bands databases. The TV band database administrators 
will act on behalf of the FCC, but will offer a privately owned and 
operated service. Each database administrator will be responsible for 
operation of their database and coordination of the overall functioning 
of the database with other administrators, and will provide database 
access to TVBDs.
    The Commission also decided that operators of venues using 
unlicensed wireless microphones will be required to register their 
sites with the Commission which will transmit the information to the 
database administrators. The registration request must be filed at 
least 30 days in advance and the requests will be made public to 
provide an opportunity for public comment or objections

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
    Office of the Secretary,
    Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-10804 Filed 5-3-11; 8:45 am]
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