Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, 41257-41258 [2011-17562]

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41257-41258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17562]


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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.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before September 
12, 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: 3060-0511.
    Title: ARMIS Access Report.
    Report No.: FCC Report 43-04.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 76 respondents; 76 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 153 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 161, 219(b) and 220 of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 11,628 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Ordinarily, questions of a 
sensitive nature are not involved in the ARMIS 43-04 Access Report. The 
Commission contends that areas in which detailed information is 
required are fully subject to regulation and the issue of data being 
regarded as sensitive will arise on special circumstances only. In such 
circumstances, the Commission instructs the respondent on the 
appropriate procedures to follow to safeguard sensitive data. 
Respondents may request confidential treatment of their documents under 
47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The ARMIS Report 43-04, Access Report, collects the 
results of the jurisdictional separations and access charge procedures 
as specified in Parts 36 and 69 of the Commission's Rules. The 43-04 
Report specifies information requirements in a

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consistent format and is essential to the FCC to monitor revenue 
requirements, joint cost allocations, jurisdictional separations and 
access charges. There are no changes to the ARMIS Report 43-04.
    Although the Commission has granted conditional forbearance from 
FCC Reports 43-04, the Commission still seeks OMB approval because 
petitions for reconsideration and review of those forbearance decisions 
are currently pending before the Commission and the courts, 
respectively. On April 24, 2008, the Commission in Petition of AT&T 
Inc. for Forbearance under 47 U.S.C. 160 from Enforcement of Certain of 
the Commission's Cost Assignment Rules, WC Docket Nos. 07-21, 05-342, 
Memorandum Opinion and Order, 23 FCC Rcd 7302 (2008) (AT&T Cost 
Assignment Forbearance Order), pet for recon. pending, pet. for review 
pending, NASUCA v. FCC, Case No. 08-1226 (DC Cir. filed June 23, 2008) 
granted forbearance, subject to conditions, from the statutory 
provision and Commission rules as requested in the Legacy AT&T and 
Legacy BellSouth petitions (collectively, ``Cost Assignment Rules''). 
AT&T asked for and the Commission granted forbearance from four of the 
Commission's reporting requirements--the Access Report (ARMIS 43-04), 
the Rate of Return Monitoring Report (FCC Form 492), the Reg/Non-Reg 
Forecast Report (FCC Form 495A) and the Reg/Non-Reg Actual Usage Report 
(FCC Form 495B)--because forbearance from the Cost Assignment Rules 
renders these reports meaningless. The Commission had concluded that 
the various accounting rules were intended to work together to help 
ensure the primary statutory goal of just and reasonable rates. See 
Separations of Costs of Regulated Telephone Service from Costs of 
Nonregulated Activities: Amendment of Part 31, the Uniform System of 
Accounts for Class A and Class B Telephone Companies to Provide for 
Nonregulated Activities and to Provide for Transactions Between 
Telephone Companies and their Affiliates, CC Docket 86-111, Report and 
Order, 2 FCC Rcd 1298 (1987), petition for review denied, Southwestern 
Bell Corp v. FCC, 896 F. 2d 1378 (DC Cir. 1990).
    In Service Quality, Customer Satisfaction, Infrastructure and 
Operating Data Gathering, WC Docket Nos. 08-190, 07-139, 07-204, 07-
273, 07-21, Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, 23 FCC Rcd 13647 (2008) (Verizon/Qwest Cost Assignment 
Forbearance Order), pet. for recon. pending, pet. for review pending, 
NASUCA v. FCC, Case No. 08-1353 (DC Cir. filed Nov. 4, 2008) the 
Commission extended to Verizon and Qwest forbearance from the statutory 
provision and Commission rules from the Cost Assignment Rules to the 
same extend granted AT&T in the AT&T Cost Assignment Forbearance Order 
and subject to the same conditions. The Commission concluded that there 
is no current Federal need for the Cost Assignment Rules, as they apply 
to Verizon and Qwest, to ensure that charges and practices are just, 
reasonable, and not unjustly discriminatory; to protect consumers; and 
to ensure the public interest. See AT&T Cost Assignment Forbearance 
Order, 23 FCC Rcd at 7307, paragraph 11.

Federal Communications Commission.
Bulah P. Wheeler,
Deputy Manager, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
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