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On February 2, 2011, the FCC released
a Report and Order and Further Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking, CG Docket
Number 10–43, FCC 11–11, which
amends and reforms the Commission’s
rules on ex parte presentations (47 CFR
Section 1.1206(b)(2)) made in the course
of Commission rulemakings and other
permit-but-disclose proceedings. The
modifications to the existing rules
adopted in this Report and Order
address these problems by requiring that
parties file more descriptive summaries
of their ex parte contacts, by ensuring
that other parties and the public have an
adequate opportunity to review and
respond to information submitted ex
parte, and by improving the FCC’s
oversight and enforcement of the ex
parte rules. The modified ex parte rules
provide as follows: (1) Ex parte notices
will be required for all oral ex parte
presentations in permit-but-disclose
proceedings, not just for those
presentations that involve new
information or arguments not already in
the record; (2) If an oral ex parte
presentation is limited to material
already in the written record, the notice
must contain either a succinct summary
of the matters discussed or a citation to
the page or paragraph number in the
party’s written submission(s) where the
matters discussed can be found; (3)
Notices for all ex parte presentations
must include the name of the person(s)
who made the ex parte presentation as
well as a list of all persons attending or
otherwise participating in the meeting at
which the presentation was made; (4)
Notices of ex parte presentations made
outside the Sunshine period must be
filed within two business days of the
presentation; (5) The Sunshine period
will begin on the day (including
business days, weekends, and holidays)
after issuance of the Sunshine notice,
rather than when the Sunshine Agenda
is issued (as the current rules provide);
(6) If an ex parte presentation is made
on the day the Sunshine notice is
released, an ex parte notice must be
submitted by the next business day, and
any reply would be due by the following
business day. If a permissible ex parte
presentation is made during the
Sunshine period (under an exception to
the Sunshine period prohibition), the ex
parte notice is due by the end of the
same day on which the presentation was
made, and any reply would need to be
filed by the next business day. Any
reply must be in writing and limited to
the issues raised in the ex parte notice
to which the reply is directed; (7)
Commissioners and agency staff may
continue to request ex parte
presentations during the Sunshine
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period, but these presentations should
be limited to the specific information
required by the Commission; (8) Ex
parte notices must be submitted
electronically in machine-readable
format. PDF images created by scanning
a paper document may not be
submitted, except in cases in which a
word-processing version of the
document is not available. Confidential
information may continue to be
submitted by paper filing, but a redacted
version must be filed electronically at
the same time the paper filing is
submitted. An exception to the
electronic filing requirement will be
made in cases in which the filing party
claims hardship. The basis for the
hardship claim must be substantiated in
the ex parte filing; (9) To facilitate
stricter enforcement of the ex parte
rules, the Enforcement Bureau is
authorized to levy forfeitures for ex
parte rule violations; (10) Copies of
electronically filed ex parte notices
must also be sent electronically to all
staff and Commissioners present at the
ex parte meeting so as to enable them
to review the notices for accuracy and
completeness. Filers may be asked to
submit corrections or further
information as necessary for compliance
with the rules; and (11) Minor
conforming and clarifying rule changes
proposed in the Notice are adopted. The
only changes entailing increased
information collection are the
requirement that parties making
permissible ex parte presentations in
restricted proceedings file an ex parte
notice, and that ex parte notices contain
either a summary of the presentation or
a reference to where the information can
be found in the written record, and that
ex parte notices list all persons
attending the presentation
The information is used by parties to
permit-but-disclose proceedings,
including interested members of the
public, to respond to the arguments
made and data offered in the
presentations. The responses may then
be used by the Commission in its
decision-making. The availability of the
ex parte materials ensures that the
Commission’s decisional processes are
fair, impartial, and comport with the
concept of due process in that all
interested parties can know of and
respond to the arguments made to the
decision-making officials.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Information Collection Being
Submitted for Review by the Federal
Communications Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and Request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burden and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Communications Commission invites
the general public and other Federal
agencies to comment on the following
information collection. 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 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 valid OMB control
number.
SUMMARY:
Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before July 11, 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.
DATES:
Paul
Laurenzano, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418–1359 or via Internet
at Paul.Laurenzano@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0410.
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Title: ARMIS Forecast of Investment
Usage Report, FCC Report 495A; and the
ARMIS Actual Usage of Investment
Report FCC Reports 495B.
Report Numbers: FCC Reports 495–A
and 495–B.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 70 respondents; 140
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 40
hours.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory—
The Automated Reporting Management
Information System (ARMIS) reporting
requirements were established by the
Commission in 1987 to facilitate the
timely and efficient analysis of carrier
operating costs and rates of return, to
provide an improved basis for audits
and other oversight functions, and to
enhance the Commission’s ability to
quantify the effects of alternative policy
proposals. Additional ARMIS Reports
were added in 1991 and 1992.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers
(LECs) must submit the ARMIS reports
to the Commission annually on or
before April 1. See Reporting
Requirements of Certain Class A and
Tier I Telephone Companies (Parts 31,
43, 67 and 69 of the FCC’s Rules), Order,
2 FCC Rcd 5770 (1987), modified on
recon, 3 FCC Rcd 6375 (1988) (ARMIS
Order). Also, see 47 CFR part 43,
Section 43.21. The statutory authority
for this collection is contained in
Sections 11,219(b), and 220 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 161, 219(b), and
220.
Frequency of Response: Annual
reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 5,600 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impacts.
Nature of Extent of Confidentiality:
This collection addresses information of
a confidential nature. Respondents have
requested and filed for confidential
treatment of information they believe
should be withheld from public
inspection under 47 CFR Section 0.459
of the Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: The 495A Report
provides the forecast and resulting
investment allocation incorporated in a
carrier’s cost support for its access tariff.
The 495B Report enables the
Commission’s staff to monitor actual
and forecasted investment use. These
reports help ensure that the regulated
operations of the carriers do not
subsidize the nonregulated operations of
those same carriers. This information is
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also a part of the data necessary to
support the Commission’s audit and
other oversight functions. The data
provide the necessary detail to enable
the Commission to fulfill it regulatory
responsibility. There are no changes to
the ARMIS Reports 495A and 495B.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the
Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
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COMMISSION
Information Collections Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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 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 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 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 June 9, 2011. If
you anticipate that you will be
submitting PRA comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
SUMMARY:
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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 e-mail to
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and
to the Federal Communications
Commission via e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov
and Cathy.Williams@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 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 Cathy
Williams on (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0548.
Title: Section 76.1708, Principal
Headend; Sections 76.1709 and 76.1620,
Availability of Signals; Section 76.56,
Signal Carriage Obligations; Section
76.1614, Identification of Must-Carry
Signals.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 11,000 respondents; 132,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–1.0
hour.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement; On occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in Sections 4(i), 614 and
615 of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 66,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review by the Federal
Communications Commission
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the
Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on the following information collection.
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 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 valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before July 11, 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: Paul Laurenzano, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418-1359 or via Internet at Paul.Laurenzano@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0410.
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Title: ARMIS Forecast of Investment Usage Report, FCC Report 495A;
and the ARMIS Actual Usage of Investment Report FCC Reports 495B.
Report Numbers: FCC Reports 495-A and 495-B.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 70 respondents; 140 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 40 hours.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory--The Automated Reporting
Management Information System (ARMIS) reporting requirements were
established by the Commission in 1987 to facilitate the timely and
efficient analysis of carrier operating costs and rates of return, to
provide an improved basis for audits and other oversight functions, and
to enhance the Commission's ability to quantify the effects of
alternative policy proposals. Additional ARMIS Reports were added in
1991 and 1992. Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) must submit the
ARMIS reports to the Commission annually on or before April 1. See
Reporting Requirements of Certain Class A and Tier I Telephone
Companies (Parts 31, 43, 67 and 69 of the FCC's Rules), Order, 2 FCC
Rcd 5770 (1987), modified on recon, 3 FCC Rcd 6375 (1988) (ARMIS
Order). Also, see 47 CFR part 43, Section 43.21. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained in Sections 11,219(b), and
220 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 161,
219(b), and 220.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 5,600 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impacts.
Nature of Extent of Confidentiality: This collection addresses
information of a confidential nature. Respondents have requested and
filed for confidential treatment of information they believe should be
withheld from public inspection under 47 CFR Section 0.459 of the
Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The 495A Report provides the forecast and resulting
investment allocation incorporated in a carrier's cost support for its
access tariff. The 495B Report enables the Commission's staff to
monitor actual and forecasted investment use. These reports help ensure
that the regulated operations of the carriers do not subsidize the
nonregulated operations of those same carriers. This information is
also a part of the data necessary to support the Commission's audit and
other oversight functions. The data provide the necessary detail to
enable the Commission to fulfill it regulatory responsibility. There
are no changes to the ARMIS Reports 495A and 495B.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing
Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-11380 Filed 5-9-11; 8:45 am]
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