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9622(i), notice is hereby given of a
proposed administrative settlement for
recovery of response costs concerning
the North Hollywood Operable Unit of
the San Fernando Valley Area 1
Superfund Site, located in the vicinity
of Los Angeles, California, with the
following settling parties: Pick-YourPart Auto Wrecking; Hayward
Associates, LLC; and PNM Properties,
LLC. The settlement requires the settling
parties to pay a total of $102,161 to the
North Hollywood Operable Unit Special
Account within the Hazardous
Substance Superfund. The settlement
also includes a covenant not to sue the
settling parties pursuant to Section
107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a).
For thirty (30) days following the date
of publication of this notice, the Agency
will receive written comments relating
to the settlement. The Agency will
consider all comments received and
may modify or withdraw its consent to
the settlement if comments received
disclose facts or considerations which
indicate that the settlement is
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.
The Agency’s response to any comments
received will be available for public
inspection at the City of Los Angeles
Central Library, Science and
Technology Department, 630 West 5th
Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071 and at the
EPA Region 9 Superfund Records
Center, Mail Stop SFD–7C, 95
Hawthorne Street, Room 403, San
Francisco, CA 94105.
Comments must be submitted on
or before January 23, 2012.
Dated: December 7, 2011.
Jane Diamond,
Director, Superfund Division.
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The proposed settlement is
available for public inspection at the
EPA Region 9 Superfund Records
Center, Mail Stop SFD–7C, 95
Hawthorne Street, Room 403, San
Francisco, CA 94105. A copy of the
proposed settlement may also be
obtained from the EPA Region 9
Superfund Record Center, 95
Hawthorne Street, Mail Stop SFD–7C,
Room 403, San Francisco, CA 94105,
(415) 820–4700. Comments should
reference the North Hollywood
Operable Unit of the San Fernando
Valley Area 1 Superfund Site, and EPA
Docket No. 9–2011–0019 and should be
addressed to Michael Massey, EPA
Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, Mail
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San Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 972–
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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:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burden and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s).
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
SUMMARY:
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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 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 February 21,
2012. 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: 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 Judith B.Herman, Federal
Communications Commission, via the
Internet at Judith-b.herman@fcc.gov. To
submit your PRA comments by email
send them to: PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418–0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0986.
Title: Competitive Carrier Line Count
Report and Self-Certification as a Rural
Carrier, WC Docket Nos. 10–90 and 05–
337, CC Docket No. 96–45 and GN
Docket No. 09–51.
Form Number: FCC Form 525.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, not-for-profit institutions
and state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 3,016
respondents; 3,130 responses.
Estimated Time per Response:
.5 hours–8 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
quarterly and annual reporting
requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. Sections 151–
154, 201–206, 214, 218–220, 251, 252,
254, 256, 303(r), 403, 405 and 410 of the
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Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 9,995 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission is not requesting that
respondents submit confidential
information. However, respondents may
request materials or information
submitted to the Commission be
withheld from public inspection under
47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: This collection is
being submitted as a revision to a
currently approved collection. In
November 2011, the Commission
adopted an order reforming its high-cost
universal service support mechanisms.
Connect America Fund; A National
Broadband Plan for Our Future;
Establish Just and Reasonable Rates for
Local Exchange Carriers; High-Cost
Universal Service Support; Developing a
Unified Intercarrier Compensation
Regime; Federal-State Joint Board on
Universal Service; Lifeline and Link-Up;
Universal Service Reform—Mobility
Fund, WC Docket Nos. 10–90, 07–135,
05–337, 03–109; GN Docket No. 09–51;
CC Docket Nos. 01–92, 96–45; WT
Docket No. 10–208, FCC 11–161. This
revision addresses several reforms
adopted in the order. The Commission
plans to submit additional revisions to
3060–0986 for OMB review to address
other substantial, non-emergency
reforms adopted in the order at a later
date.
The order provides that existing highcost support for price cap incumbent
local exchange carriers will be frozen at
2011 levels. In addition, the order
provides for up to $300 million
annually in incremental support to
those carriers, to be allocated by the use
of a cost equation. Carriers accepting
such incremental funding will be
required to meet defined broadband
deployment obligations. Eligible carriers
will be required to notify the
Commission, the Universal Service
Fund Administrative Company (the
Universal Service Fund Administrator
or USAC), as well as relevant state and
Tribal authorities the amount, if any, of
funds they accept. Carriers accepting
funding will also be required to identify
the areas to which they will deploy
broadband to meet their deployment
obligations. Specifically, carriers will be
required to provide, in electronic form,
the following data for each location to
which they intend to deploy broadband
in satisfaction of their obligation:
latitude, longitude, census block, and
wire center.
The order also adopts a rule to reduce,
dollar-for-dollar, a carrier’s high-cost
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loop support (for rate-of-return carriers)
or Connect America Phase I support (for
price cap carriers) to the extent that the
carrier’s local end user rate plus state
regulated fees do not meet a specified
urban rate floor. Accordingly, carriers
will be required to report, on an annual
basis, the local end user rates that fall
below the specified urban rate floor, and
the number of lines associated with
each rate so that the universal service
fund Administrator can calculate
reductions in support.
The order also modifies section
54.307 (often called the ‘‘identical
support rule’’) and related rules, which
provide that competitive eligible
telecommunications carriers receive the
same per-line level of support as
received by incumbent LECs serving the
same areas. As a result, the Commission
will be reducing the burdens associated
with a number of collections in this
control number, including line count
filings for competitive ETCs and
incumbent LECs serving competitive
areas, disaggregation plans (which
permit incumbent LECs to target
support for the purpose of calculating
per-line support amounts), and
certifications for carriers serving Tribal
lands and Alaska native regions. In
addition, the Commission eliminates the
‘‘own costs’’ exception to the interim
cap for competitive ETCs. The interim
cap limited the total annual amount of
high-cost support competitive ETCs in
any state could receive to the amount
competitive ETCs in that state received
in March 2008 on an annualized basis.
The ‘‘own costs’’ exception provided
that competitive ETCs that showed that
they met the support threshold in the
same manner as the incumbent LEC
would not be subject to the cap.
Eliminating the ‘‘own costs’’ exception
does not alter the content of this
information collection; it does, however,
address the terms of clearance in the
May 2009 Notice of Office of
Management and Budget Action.
The order also revises the
certifications that state commissions (or
ETCs that are not subject to state
jurisdiction) are required to file
annually with the Commission and the
universal service fund Administrator to
ensure that carriers use universal
service support ‘‘only for the provision,
maintenance and upgrading of facilities
and services for which the support is
intended’’ consistent with section 254(e)
of the Act. The existing certifications are
prospective only. Although the existing
certifications are prospective only, the
revised certification will ensure that
carriers not only will use support in the
next year for the intended purposes, but
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also have used support in the prior year
for the intended purposes.
The order also eliminates eligibility
for Safety Net Additive support for costs
incurred after 2009. Accordingly, this
collection is being revised to eliminate
the requirement that carriers notify the
Commission and USAC that they qualify
for Safety Net Additive Support.
The order also eliminates the
distinction between ‘‘rural’’ and ‘‘nonrural’’ carriers. Therefore, this collection
is being revised to eliminate the
reporting requirements for selfcertification as a rural carrier.
The Order also moves the
recordkeeping requirement from 47 CFR
54.202(e) to new 47 CFR 54.320. It also
increases the required document
retention period from five to ten years
and makes clear that carriers are subject
to random compliance audits and other
investigations and must make all
documents and records available to the
Commission, any of its Bureaus or
Offices, the universal service fund
Administrator, and their respective
auditors.
Finally, during the review process,
the Commission determined that the
reporting requirements of OMB Control
Number 3060–0894 should be
eliminated. The order eliminated the
rate comparability review and
certification as well as the certification
letter accounting for receipt of federal
support in OMB Control Number 3060–
0894. These requirements are
duplicative of the certification pursuant
to section 254(e) of the Act, which is
contained in the instant OMB Control
Number. Upon OMB approval of this
revision, the Commission will
voluntarily discontinue OMB Control
Number 3060–0894.
Federal Communications Commission.
Bulah P. Wheeler,
Deputy Manager, Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011–32786 Filed 12–21–11; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission Under Delegated
Authority
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
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: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection(s). 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 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 February 21, 2012. 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: 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 Judith B.Herman, Federal
Communications Commission, via the Internet at Judith-b.herman@fcc.gov.
To submit your PRA comments by email send them to: PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418-0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0986.
Title: Competitive Carrier Line Count Report and Self-Certification
as a Rural Carrier, WC Docket Nos. 10-90 and 05-337, CC Docket No. 96-
45 and GN Docket No. 09-51.
Form Number: FCC Form 525.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit
institutions and state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 3,016 respondents; 3,130 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .5 hours-8 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly and annual reporting
requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. Sections 151-154, 201-206, 214, 218-220, 251, 252, 254, 256,
303(r), 403, 405 and 410 of the
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Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 9,995 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting that respondents submit confidential information. However,
respondents may request materials or information submitted to the
Commission be withheld from public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: This collection is being submitted as a revision to
a currently approved collection. In November 2011, the Commission
adopted an order reforming its high-cost universal service support
mechanisms. Connect America Fund; A National Broadband Plan for Our
Future; Establish Just and Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange
Carriers; High-Cost Universal Service Support; Developing a Unified
Intercarrier Compensation Regime; Federal-State Joint Board on
Universal Service; Lifeline and Link-Up; Universal Service Reform--
Mobility Fund, WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 07-135, 05-337, 03-109; GN Docket
No. 09-51; CC Docket Nos. 01-92, 96-45; WT Docket No. 10-208, FCC 11-
161. This revision addresses several reforms adopted in the order. The
Commission plans to submit additional revisions to 3060-0986 for OMB
review to address other substantial, non-emergency reforms adopted in
the order at a later date.
The order provides that existing high-cost support for price cap
incumbent local exchange carriers will be frozen at 2011 levels. In
addition, the order provides for up to $300 million annually in
incremental support to those carriers, to be allocated by the use of a
cost equation. Carriers accepting such incremental funding will be
required to meet defined broadband deployment obligations. Eligible
carriers will be required to notify the Commission, the Universal
Service Fund Administrative Company (the Universal Service Fund
Administrator or USAC), as well as relevant state and Tribal
authorities the amount, if any, of funds they accept. Carriers
accepting funding will also be required to identify the areas to which
they will deploy broadband to meet their deployment obligations.
Specifically, carriers will be required to provide, in electronic form,
the following data for each location to which they intend to deploy
broadband in satisfaction of their obligation: latitude, longitude,
census block, and wire center.
The order also adopts a rule to reduce, dollar-for-dollar, a
carrier's high-cost loop support (for rate-of-return carriers) or
Connect America Phase I support (for price cap carriers) to the extent
that the carrier's local end user rate plus state regulated fees do not
meet a specified urban rate floor. Accordingly, carriers will be
required to report, on an annual basis, the local end user rates that
fall below the specified urban rate floor, and the number of lines
associated with each rate so that the universal service fund
Administrator can calculate reductions in support.
The order also modifies section 54.307 (often called the
``identical support rule'') and related rules, which provide that
competitive eligible telecommunications carriers receive the same per-
line level of support as received by incumbent LECs serving the same
areas. As a result, the Commission will be reducing the burdens
associated with a number of collections in this control number,
including line count filings for competitive ETCs and incumbent LECs
serving competitive areas, disaggregation plans (which permit incumbent
LECs to target support for the purpose of calculating per-line support
amounts), and certifications for carriers serving Tribal lands and
Alaska native regions. In addition, the Commission eliminates the ``own
costs'' exception to the interim cap for competitive ETCs. The interim
cap limited the total annual amount of high-cost support competitive
ETCs in any state could receive to the amount competitive ETCs in that
state received in March 2008 on an annualized basis. The ``own costs''
exception provided that competitive ETCs that showed that they met the
support threshold in the same manner as the incumbent LEC would not be
subject to the cap. Eliminating the ``own costs'' exception does not
alter the content of this information collection; it does, however,
address the terms of clearance in the May 2009 Notice of Office of
Management and Budget Action.
The order also revises the certifications that state commissions
(or ETCs that are not subject to state jurisdiction) are required to
file annually with the Commission and the universal service fund
Administrator to ensure that carriers use universal service support
``only for the provision, maintenance and upgrading of facilities and
services for which the support is intended'' consistent with section
254(e) of the Act. The existing certifications are prospective only.
Although the existing certifications are prospective only, the revised
certification will ensure that carriers not only will use support in
the next year for the intended purposes, but also have used support in
the prior year for the intended purposes.
The order also eliminates eligibility for Safety Net Additive
support for costs incurred after 2009. Accordingly, this collection is
being revised to eliminate the requirement that carriers notify the
Commission and USAC that they qualify for Safety Net Additive Support.
The order also eliminates the distinction between ``rural'' and
``non-rural'' carriers. Therefore, this collection is being revised to
eliminate the reporting requirements for self-certification as a rural
carrier.
The Order also moves the recordkeeping requirement from 47 CFR
54.202(e) to new 47 CFR 54.320. It also increases the required document
retention period from five to ten years and makes clear that carriers
are subject to random compliance audits and other investigations and
must make all documents and records available to the Commission, any of
its Bureaus or Offices, the universal service fund Administrator, and
their respective auditors.
Finally, during the review process, the Commission determined that
the reporting requirements of OMB Control Number 3060-0894 should be
eliminated. The order eliminated the rate comparability review and
certification as well as the certification letter accounting for
receipt of federal support in OMB Control Number 3060-0894. These
requirements are duplicative of the certification pursuant to section
254(e) of the Act, which is contained in the instant OMB Control
Number. Upon OMB approval of this revision, the Commission will
voluntarily discontinue OMB Control Number 3060-0894.
Federal Communications Commission.
Bulah P. Wheeler,
Deputy Manager, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-32786 Filed 12-21-11; 8:45 am]
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