Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, 41256-41257 [2011-17563]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41256-41257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17563]


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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: Submit your PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via Internet at 
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 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.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0704.
    Title: Sections 42.10, 42.11, 64.1900 and Section 254(g): Policies 
and Rules Concerning the Interstate, Interexchange Marketplace.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently-approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 700 respondents; 2,800 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .50-2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirements, third party 
disclosure requirements and recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
section 254(g) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,450 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting that the respondents submit confidential information to the 
Commission. If the Commission requests respondents to submit 
information which respondents believe is confidential, respondents may 
request confidential treatment of such information under 47 CFR section 
0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection as an extension (no change in reporting, third party 
disclosure requirements, and/or recordkeeping requirements) after this 
60-day comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance 
from the OMB. The four information collection requirements under this 
OMB Control Number are information disclosure requirements, internet 
posting requirements, recordkeeping requirements, and annual 
certification requirements. These requirements are necessary to provide 
consumers ready access to information concerning the rates, terms, and 
conditions governing the provision of interstate, domestic, 
interexchange services offered by nondominant interexchange carriers 
(IXCs) in a detariffed and increasingly competitive environment. The 
information collected under the information disclosure requirement and 
the Internet posting requirement must be disclosed to the public to 
ensure that consumers have access to the information they need to 
select a telecommunications carrier and to bring to the Commission's 
attention possible violations of the Communications Act without a 
specific public disclosure requirement. The information collected under 
the recordkeeping and certification requirements will be used by the 
Commission to ensure that affected interexchange carriers fulfill their 
obligations under the Communications Act, as amended. There has been an 
adjustment since the previous submission because the number of 
responses was miscalculated in the previous submission. As such, the 
number of responses has increased from 700 to 2,800 (an increase of 
2,100 responses).

Federal Communications Commission.
Bulah P. Wheeler,
Deputy Manager, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-17563 Filed 7-12-11; 8:45 am]
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