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OMB Control Number: 3060–0989.
Title: Sections 63.01, 63.03, 63.04,
Procedures for Applicants Requiring
Section 214 Authorization for Domestic
Interstate Transmission Lines Acquired
Through Corporate Control.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents of Responses:
92 respondents; 92 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.5–12
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
Total Annual Burden: 1,031 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: $86,275.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impacts.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality. The
FCC is not requiring applicants to
submit confidential information to the
Commission. If applicants want to
request confidential treatment of the
documents they submit to Commission,
they may do so under 47 CFR 0.459 of
the Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: This collection will
be submitted as an extension (no change
in reporting requirements) after this 60
day comment period to Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in order
to obtain the full three year clearance.
A Report and Order, FCC 02–78,
adopted and released in March 2002
(Order), set forth the procedures for
common carriers requiring authorization
under section 214 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, to acquire domestic interstate
transmission lines through a transfer of
control. Under section 214 of the Act,
carriers must obtain FCC approval
before constructing, acquiring, or
operating an interstate transmission
line. Acquisitions involving interstate
common carriers require affirmative
action by the Commission before the
acquisition can occur. This information
collection contains filing procedures for
domestic transfer of control applications
under sections 63.03 and 63.04. (a)
Section 63.03 and 63.04 requires
domestic section 214 applications
involving domestic transfers of control,
at a minimum, should specify: (1) The
name, address and telephone number of
each applicant; (2) the government,
state, or territory under the laws of
which each corporate or partnership
applicant is organized; (3) the name,
title, post office address, and telephone
number of the officer or contact point,
such as legal counsel, to whom
correspondence concerning the
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application is to be addressed; (4) the
name, address, citizenship and
principal business of any person or
entity that directly or indirectly owns at
least ten percent of the equity of the
applicant, and the percentage of equity
owned by each of those entities (to the
nearest one percent); (5) certification
pursuant to 47 CFR 1.2001 that no party
to the application is subject to a denial
of Federal benefits pursuant to section
5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of
1988; (6) a description of the
transaction; (7) a description of the
geographic areas in which the transferor
and transferee (and their affiliates) offer
domestic telecommunications services,
and what services are provided in each
area; (8) a statement as to how the
application fits into one or more of the
presumptive streamlined categories in
section 63.03 or why it is otherwise
appropriate for streamlined treatment;
(9) identification of all other
Commission applications related to the
same transaction; (10) a statement of
whether the applicants are requesting
special consideration because either
party to the transaction is facing
imminent business failure; (11)
identification of any separately filed
waiver request being sought in
conjunction with the transaction; and
(12) a statement showing how grant of
the application will serve the public
interest, convenience, and necessity,
including any additional information
that may be necessary to show the effect
of the proposed transaction on
competition in domestic markets. Where
an applicant wishes to file a joint
international section 214 transfer of
control application and domestic
section 214 transfer of control
application, the applicant must submit
information that satisfies the
requirements of 47 CFR 63.18. In the
attachment to the international
application, the applicant must submit
information described in 47 CFR
63.04(a)(6. When the Commission,
acting through the Wireline Competition
Bureau, determines that applicants have
submitted a complete application
qualifying for streamlined treatment, it
shall issue a public notice commencing
a 30-day review period to consider
whether the transaction serves the
public interest, convenience and
necessity. Parties will have 14 days to
file any comments on the proposed
transaction, and applicants will be given
7 days to respond. (b) Applicants are not
required to file post-consummation
notices of pro forma transactions, except
that a post transaction notice must be
filed with the Commission within 30
days of a pro forma transfer to a
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bankruptcy trustee or a debtor-inpossession. The notification can be in
the form of a letter (in duplicate to the
Secretary, Federal Communications
Commission). The letter or other form of
notification must also contain the
information listed in sections (a)(1). A
single letter may be filed for more than
one such transfer of control. The
information will be used by the
Commission to ensure that applicants
comply with the requirements of 47
U.S.C. 214.
Federal Communications Commission.
Bulah P. Wheeler,
Deputy Manager, Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
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Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Federal Communications
Commission (FCC), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
burdens, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection, 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 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 control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
PRA that does not display a valid Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
control number.
SUMMARY:
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Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before July 25, 2011.
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
Paul Laurenzano, FCC, via e-mail
PRA@fcc.gov and to
Paul.Laurenzano@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Paul
Laurenzano at (202) 418–1359.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0395.
Title: The ARMIS USOA Report
(ARMIS Report 43–02); the ARMIS
Service Quality Report (ARMIS Report
43–05); and the ARMIS Infrastructure
Report (ARMIS Report 43–07).
Form Number: FCC Reports 43–02,
43–05 and 43–07.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 48 respondents; 63
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 322.5
hours.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory—
The 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 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).
Frequency of Response: Annual
reporting requirements.
Total Annual Burden: 20,317.5 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 for two of these
reports. Respondents have requested
and filed for confidential treatment of
information they believe should be
withheld from public inspection under
47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: FCC Report 43–02 is
prescribed for each incumbent local
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exchange carrier with annual operating
revenues for the preceding year equal to
or above the indexed revenue threshold.
The report collects the operating results
of the carrier’s total activities for every
account in the Uniform System of
Accounts at the operating company
level, as specified in Part 32 of the
Commission’s Rules. There are no
changes to the ARMIS Report 43–02.
ARMIS Report 43–05 is prescribed for
every mandatory price cap ILEC and
local exchange carriers electing the
incentive regulation plan. This report is
designed to capture trends in service
quality under price cap regulation. It
provides service quality information in
the areas of interexchange access service
installation and repair intervals, local
service installation and repair intervals,
trunk blockage, and total switch
downtime for price cap companies. We
are adjusting the number of respondents
submitting the 43–05 from 14 to 15 to
reflect a carrier that was not included in
the prior approval process.
ARMIS Report 43–07 is prescribed for
every ILEC for whom price cap
regulation is mandatory. The report is
designed to capture trends in telephone
industry infrastructure development
under price cap regulation. It provides
switch deployment and capabilities
data. The information is also 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 its regulatory
responsibility. There are no changes to
the ARMIS Report 43–07.
Federal Communications Commission.
Bulah P. Wheeler,
Deputy Manager, Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
service contract actions over $25,000
that were made in FY 2010. The
information is organized by function to
show how contracted resources are
distributed throughout the agency. The
inventory has been developed in
accordance with guidance issued on
November 5, 2010 by the Office of
Management and Budget’s Office of
Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP).
OFPP’s guidance is available at: https://
www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/
omb/procurement/memo/servicecontract-inventories-guidance11052010.pdf.
The Federal Communications
Commission has posted its inventory
and a summary of the inventory on the
Federal Communications Commission’s
Web site at the following link: https://
www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/servicecontract-inventory-2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions regarding the service contract
inventory should be directed to Mr.
Arnett Rogiers, Deputy Chief of
Contracts & Purchasing Center,
Administrative Operations, Office of the
Managing Director at 202–418–1973 or
Arnett.Rogiers@fcc.gov.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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Federal Advisory Committee Act;
Technological Advisory Council
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Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of intent to reestablish.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
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Public Availability of the Federal
Communications Commission FY 2010
Service Contract Inventory
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of public availability of
FY 2010 Service Contract Inventory.
AGENCY:
The Federal Communications
Commission is publishing this notice to
advise the public of the availability of
the FY 2010 Service Contract Inventory
as required by Section 743 of Division
C of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–117). This
inventory provides information on
SUMMARY:
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AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
purpose of this notice is to announce
that a Federal Advisory Committee,
known as the ‘‘Technological Advisory
Council’’ (hereinafter the ‘‘TAC’’) is
being reestablished.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications
Commission, Attn: Walter E. Johnston,
Chief, Electromagnetic Compatibility
Division, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 7–
A224, Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Walter E. Johnston, Chief Technologist,
Federal Communications Commission,
445 12th Street, SW., Room 7–A224,
Washington, DC 20554. Telephone:
(202) 418–2406, e-mail:
walter.johnston@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Chairman of the Federal
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection 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 (FCC), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection, 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 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 control number. No person shall be
subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of
information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
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DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before July 25,
2011. 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 Paul Laurenzano, FCC, via e-mail
PRA@fcc.gov and to Paul.Laurenzano@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Paul Laurenzano at (202) 418-1359.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0395.
Title: The ARMIS USOA Report (ARMIS Report 43-02); the ARMIS
Service Quality Report (ARMIS Report 43-05); and the ARMIS
Infrastructure Report (ARMIS Report 43-07).
Form Number: FCC Reports 43-02, 43-05 and 43-07.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 48 respondents; 63 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 322.5 hours.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory--The 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 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).
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirements.
Total Annual Burden: 20,317.5 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 for two of these reports.
Respondents have requested and filed for confidential treatment of
information they believe should be withheld from public inspection
under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: FCC Report 43-02 is prescribed for each incumbent
local exchange carrier with annual operating revenues for the preceding
year equal to or above the indexed revenue threshold. The report
collects the operating results of the carrier's total activities for
every account in the Uniform System of Accounts at the operating
company level, as specified in Part 32 of the Commission's Rules. There
are no changes to the ARMIS Report 43-02.
ARMIS Report 43-05 is prescribed for every mandatory price cap ILEC
and local exchange carriers electing the incentive regulation plan.
This report is designed to capture trends in service quality under
price cap regulation. It provides service quality information in the
areas of interexchange access service installation and repair
intervals, local service installation and repair intervals, trunk
blockage, and total switch downtime for price cap companies. We are
adjusting the number of respondents submitting the 43-05 from 14 to 15
to reflect a carrier that was not included in the prior approval
process.
ARMIS Report 43-07 is prescribed for every ILEC for whom price cap
regulation is mandatory. The report is designed to capture trends in
telephone industry infrastructure development under price cap
regulation. It provides switch deployment and capabilities data. The
information is also 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 its regulatory
responsibility. There are no changes to the ARMIS Report 43-07.
Federal Communications Commission.
Bulah P. Wheeler,
Deputy Manager, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
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