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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.
DATES:
For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Paul
Laurenzano at (202) 418–1359.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–1081.
Title: Telecommunications Carriers
Eligible To Receive Universal Service
Support.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 1529 respondents; 1529
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25–
40 hours.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits, 47 CFR 54.202,
54.209.
Frequency of Response: One-time and
annual reporting requirements;
recordkeeping requirements.
Total Annual Burden: 1,356 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature of Extent of Confidentiality: If
respondents submit information which
respondents believe is confidential,
respondents may request confidential
treatment of such information pursuant
to section 0.459 of the Commission’s
rules, 47 CFR 0.459.
Needs and Uses: Designation as an
Eligible Telecommunications Carrier
(ETC) makes a telecommunications
carrier eligible to participate in the
Universal Service Fund’s high-cost and
low-income programs, which support
the extension of telecommunications
services to underserved rural and lowincome communities. In the absence of
this information collection, the
Commission’s ability to oversee the use
of Federal universal service funds and
to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in the
use of Federal funds would be
compromised. The Commission’s rules
for ETCs require the collection of the
following information as stated in
paragraphs a–c:
a. ETC Designation Application. Rule
54.202 requires carriers seeking
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designation from the Commission to
submit an application that certifies that
the carrier will reasonably provide
service to customers in their designated
service area, 47 CFR 54.202(a)(1)(i),
includes a five-year plan that describes
network improvements or why such
improvements are unnecessary,
§ 54.202(a)(1)(ii), demonstrates the
carrier’s ability to remain functional in
emergency situations, § 54.202(a)(2),
demonstrates the carrier’s commitment
to consumer protection and service
quality standards, § 54.202(a)(3),
demonstrates that carrier offers a local
usage plan comparable to the one
offered by the incumbent telephone
company, § 54.202(a)(4), and certifies
that the Commission may require the
carrier to provide equal access to other
long distance carriers, § 54.202(a)(5). If
the carrier is seeking designation on
Tribal lands, the carrier must also
submit a copy of its application to the
Tribal government and Tribal regulatory
authority. § 54.202(d).
b. ETC Annual Reporting. Rule 54.209
requires Federally designated ETCs to
submit each year an annual report on
October 1 that parallels many of the
requirements of an application. The
annual report must include a progress
report on the ETC’s five-year plan,
§ 54.209(a)(1), detailed outage
information, § 54.209(a)(2), the number
of unfulfilled requests for service from
potential customers within its service
areas, § 54.209(a)(3), the number of
complaints per 1,000 handsets or lines,
§ 54.209(a)(4), certification that the ETC
is complying with applicable service
quality standards and consumer
protection rules, § 54.209(a)(5),
certification that the ETC is able to
function in emergency situations,
§ 54.209(a)(6), certification that the ETC
is offering a local usage plan comparable
to that offered by the incumbent LEC in
the relevant service areas, § 54.209(a)(7),
and certification that the Commission
may require the carrier to provide equal
access to other long distance carriers,
§ 54.209(a)(8).
c. ETC Recordkeeping. Rule 54.202(e)
requires all ETCs to keep for a period of
at least five years all records required to
demonstrate to auditors that the support
received was consistent with the
universal service high-cost program
rules.
Federal Communications Commission.
Bulah P. Wheeler,
Deputy Manager, Office of the Secretary,
Office of the Managing Director.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission
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, 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,
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 July 25, 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 e-mail to
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and
to the Federal Communications
Commission via e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov
and Paul.Laurenzano@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information, contact Paul
Laurenzano on (202) 418–1359.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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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.
[FR Doc. 2011–13018 Filed 5–25–11; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
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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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, 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, 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 July 25, 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 e-mail to
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to the Federal Communications
Commission via e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov and Paul.Laurenzano@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact
Paul Laurenzano on (202) 418-1359.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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 for-profit.
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 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 bankruptcy trustee or a
debtor-in-possession. 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.
[FR Doc. 2011-13018 Filed 5-25-11; 8:45 am]
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