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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Information Collection Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
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. An agency 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 control number.
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 comments should be
submitted on or before February 8, 2012.
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 contacts below as soon as
possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via fax (202)
395–5167, or via email
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and
to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email:
PRA@fcc.gov, and mailto: PRA@fcc.gov
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and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. Include
in the comments the OMB control
number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or copies of the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918. To view a
copy of this information collection
request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go
to the Web page https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the
section of the Web page called
‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on
the downward-pointing arrow in the
‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the
‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4)
select ‘‘Federal Communications
Commission’’ from the list of agencies
presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box,
(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the
right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6)
when the list of FCC ICRs currently
under review appears, look for the OMB
control number of this ICR and then
click on the ICR Reference Number. A
copy of the FCC submission to OMB
will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0208.
Title: Section 73.1870, Chief
Operators.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business and other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 18,498 respondents; 36,996
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.166–
26 hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 484,019 hours.
Total Annual Costs: None.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in Sections
154(i) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR Section
73.1870 requires that the licensee of an
AM, FM, or TV broadcast station
designate a chief operator of the station.
Section 73.1870(b)(3) requires that this
designation must be in writing and
posted with the station license. Section
73.1870(c)(3) requires that the chief
operator, or personnel delegated and
supervised by the chief operator, review
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the station records at least once each
week to determine if required entries are
being made correctly, and verify that the
station has been operated in accordance
with FCC rules and the station
authorization. Upon completion of the
review, the chief operator must date and
sign the log, initiate corrective action
which may be necessary and advise the
station licensee of any condition which
is repetitive. The posting of the
designation of the chief operator is used
by interested parties to readily identify
the chief operator. The review of the
station records is used by the chief
operator, and FCC staff in
investigations, to ensure that the station
is operating in accordance with its
station authorization and the FCC rules
and regulations.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
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:
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
SUMMARY:
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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.
Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before March 9, 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: 3060–0400.
Title: Part 61, Tariff Review Plan
(TRP).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents: 2,840
respondents; 8,554 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .5
hours to 53 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
annual biennial, and one time reporting
requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 201, 202, 203,
and 251(b)(5) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 121,656 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Respondents are not being asked to
submit confidential information to the
Commission. If the Commission
requests respondents to submit
information which respondents believe
are confidential, respondents may
request confidential treatment of such
information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this revised information
collection to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) after this 60 day
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comment period to obtain the full three
year approval from them. The hourly
burden has increased by 117,056 hours
which is due to an Order that was
adopted and released requiring or
permitting incumbent and competitive
local exchange carriers, as part of
transitioning regulation of interstate and
intrastate switched access rates and
reciprocal compensation rates to billand-keep under section 251(b)(5), to file
tariffs with state commissions and the
FCC. This transition affects different
switched access rates at specified
timeframes and establishes an Access
Recovery Charge by which carriers will
be able to assess end users a monthly
charge to recover some or all of the
revenues they are permitted to recover
resulting from reductions in intercarrier
compensation rates. Price cap LECs
must remove the rate elements in the
traffic-sensitive and trunking baskets
from price cap regulation on July 1,
2012. There interstate tariff filings will
require cost support that generally is
encompassed in the existing support
burdens and, in many cases, may be
satisfied through the data collection
encompassed by a new information
collection entitled ‘‘Intercarrier
Compensation and Universal Service
Compliance and Monitoring’’ which
will also be submitted to the OMB for
approval and assigned an OMB control
number (see description of new
information collection below). The
intrastate tariff filings may, depending
on state requirements, require
supporting materials to be filed that may
also largely be satisfied by submitting
the new information collection
referenced above.
As of November 2010, there are 92
total incumbent LECs that file interstate
tariffs. Of them, there are 39 ILECs that
file pursuant to price cap regulation
under Sections 61.41–61.49 of the
Commission’s rules. Outside of the
National Exchange Carrier Association
(NECA), there are 12 ILECs filing their
own tariffs pursuant to rate-of-return
regulation under Section 61.38 of the
Commission’s rules. The remaining 40
ILECs file their own tariffs pursuant to
section 61.39 of the Commission’s rules.
NECA files one Tariff Review Plan for
approximately 1,000 Sections 61.38 and
61.39 ILECs. Therefore, we estimate 51
+ 40 + 1 (NECA) = 92 filing entities.
We also estimate that 330 competitive
and incumbent LECs will have to make
a one-time interstate tariff filing to
permit them to assess access charges on
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
calls. We estimate that 2,840
competitive and incumbent LECs will
have to file intrastate tariffs annually
which may require supporting materials
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to be filed. We also estimate that 2,840
competitive and incumbent LECs will
have to make a one-time intrastate tariff
filing to establish VoIP rates at interstate
rate levels that may require supporting
materials to be filed. Finally, we
estimate that 1,340 incumbent LECs
annually will certify, as part of their
tariff filings to the Commission and to
the relevant state commission, that they
are not seeking duplicative recovery in
the state jurisdiction for an Eligible
Recovery subject to the recovery
mechanism.
For those services still requiring cost
support, TRPs assist the Commission in
determining whether ILEC access
charges are just and reasonable as
required under the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended.
OMB Control Number: 3060–XXXX.
Title: Intercarrier Compensation and
Universal Service Compliance and
Monitoring.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents: 1,340
respondents; 5,360 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour
to 15 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual
reporting requirements and third party
disclosure requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 201 through
205 and 251 through 254 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 61,640 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Respondents are not being asked to
submit confidential information to the
Commission. If the Commission
requests respondents to submit
information which respondents believe
are confidential, respondents may
request confidential treatment of such
information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this new information
collection to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for approval and
assignment of an OMB control number
after this comment period to obtain the
full three year approval. The
Commission estimates a program change
increase of 61,640 total annual burden
hours for this new information
collection.
The USF/ICC Transformation Order,
FCC 11–161, requires or permits
incumbent and competitive local
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exchange carriers (LECs) as part of
transitioning regulation of interstate and
intrastate switched access and
reciprocal compensation rate regulation
to bill-and-keep under section 251(b)(5)
to file tariffs with state commissions and
the FCC. This transition affects different
interstate and intrastate switched access
rates at specified timeframes and
establishes an Access Recovery Charge
by which incumbent LECs will be able
to assess end users a monthly charge to
recover some or all of the revenues they
are permitted to recover from reductions
in intercarrier compensation rates. To
permit the Commission and state
commissions to monitor compliance
with the revised intercarrier
compensation rules and for incumbent
LECs to receive CAF ICC support must
also certify with its 2012 annual access
tariff filing and on April 1st of each
subsequent year that it has complied
with the procedures for calculating its
eligible recovery, the calculation of the
appropriate access recovery charge, and
that it is eligible to receive the CAF ICC
support requested.
The Commission estimates that 1,340
incumbent LECs annually will have to
file the required data with the FCC, the
relevant station commissions, and
USAC. We also estimate that those
incumbent LECs will have to make the
above new certification annually.
The information collected through
these data collections will be used by
the Commission and state commissions
to determine whether the revised
intercarrier compensation rules are
being complied with and the services
offered are just and reasonable as the
Act requires. The data will also provide
the Commission with the information to
develop procedures to transition
remaining intercarrier switched access
rates to bill-and-keep. USAC will use
the data to ensure that the CAF ICC
payments it makes are appropriate
under the revised rules. The
certification is a further step in the
compliance and monitoring process.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Information Collection Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
Federal Communications
Commission.
AGENCY:
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Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
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. 3502–
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 estimates; (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 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 8, 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 (OMB), 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, FCC, at (202) 418–0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
Control Number: 3060–0813.
Title: Section 20.18, Enhanced 911
Emergency Calling Systems.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
SUMMARY:
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Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Federal Government, and State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 47,031
respondents; 47,031 responses.
Estimated Time per Response:
4.2142416 hours (average).
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and annual reporting requirements, and
third party disclosure requirement.
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(i), 303(f), and (r), 309, 316 and 332
of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 198,200 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this expiring information
collection to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) during this 30 day
comment period in order to obtain the
full three year clearance from them. The
Commission is requesting OMB
approval for an extension (no change in
the reporting, recordkeeping and/or
third party disclosure requirements).
There is no change in the
Commission’s previous burden
estimates.
The notification requirement on
Public Safety Answer Points (PSAPs)
will be used by the carriers to verify that
wireless E911 calls are referred to
PSAPs who have the technical
capability to use the data to the caller’s
benefit. TTY and dispatch notification
requirements will be used to avoid
customer confusion as to the
capabilities of their handsets in reaching
help in emergency situations, thus
minimizing the possibility of critical
delays in response time.
The annual TTY reports will be used
to monitor the progress of TTY
technology and thus capability.
Consultations on the specific meaning
assigned to pseudo-Automatic Location
Identification (ALI) are appropriate to
ensure that all parties are working with
the same information. Coordination
between carriers and state and local
entities to determine the appropriate
PSAPs to receive and respond to E911
calls is necessary because of the
difficulty in assigning PSAPs based on
the location of the wireless caller. The
deployment schedule that must be
submitted by carriers seeking a waiver
of Phase I or Phase II deployment
schedule will be used by the
Commission to guarantee that the rules
are enforced in as timely manner as
possible within technological
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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
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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 March 9, 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: 3060-0400.
Title: Part 61, Tariff Review Plan (TRP).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 2,840 respondents; 8,554 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .5 hours to 53 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual biennial, and one time
reporting requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 201, 202, 203, and 251(b)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 121,656 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Respondents are not being
asked to submit confidential information to the Commission. If the
Commission requests respondents to submit information which respondents
believe are confidential, respondents may request confidential
treatment of such information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's
rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this revised information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60
day comment period to obtain the full three year approval from them.
The hourly burden has increased by 117,056 hours which is due to an
Order that was adopted and released requiring or permitting incumbent
and competitive local exchange carriers, as part of transitioning
regulation of interstate and intrastate switched access rates and
reciprocal compensation rates to bill-and-keep under section 251(b)(5),
to file tariffs with state commissions and the FCC. This transition
affects different switched access rates at specified timeframes and
establishes an Access Recovery Charge by which carriers will be able to
assess end users a monthly charge to recover some or all of the
revenues they are permitted to recover resulting from reductions in
intercarrier compensation rates. Price cap LECs must remove the rate
elements in the traffic-sensitive and trunking baskets from price cap
regulation on July 1, 2012. There interstate tariff filings will
require cost support that generally is encompassed in the existing
support burdens and, in many cases, may be satisfied through the data
collection encompassed by a new information collection entitled
``Intercarrier Compensation and Universal Service Compliance and
Monitoring'' which will also be submitted to the OMB for approval and
assigned an OMB control number (see description of new information
collection below). The intrastate tariff filings may, depending on
state requirements, require supporting materials to be filed that may
also largely be satisfied by submitting the new information collection
referenced above.
As of November 2010, there are 92 total incumbent LECs that file
interstate tariffs. Of them, there are 39 ILECs that file pursuant to
price cap regulation under Sections 61.41-61.49 of the Commission's
rules. Outside of the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA),
there are 12 ILECs filing their own tariffs pursuant to rate-of-return
regulation under Section 61.38 of the Commission's rules. The remaining
40 ILECs file their own tariffs pursuant to section 61.39 of the
Commission's rules. NECA files one Tariff Review Plan for approximately
1,000 Sections 61.38 and 61.39 ILECs. Therefore, we estimate 51 + 40 +
1 (NECA) = 92 filing entities.
We also estimate that 330 competitive and incumbent LECs will have
to make a one-time interstate tariff filing to permit them to assess
access charges on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls. We
estimate that 2,840 competitive and incumbent LECs will have to file
intrastate tariffs annually which may require supporting materials to
be filed. We also estimate that 2,840 competitive and incumbent LECs
will have to make a one-time intrastate tariff filing to establish VoIP
rates at interstate rate levels that may require supporting materials
to be filed. Finally, we estimate that 1,340 incumbent LECs annually
will certify, as part of their tariff filings to the Commission and to
the relevant state commission, that they are not seeking duplicative
recovery in the state jurisdiction for an Eligible Recovery subject to
the recovery mechanism.
For those services still requiring cost support, TRPs assist the
Commission in determining whether ILEC access charges are just and
reasonable as required under the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
Title: Intercarrier Compensation and Universal Service Compliance
and Monitoring.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 1,340 respondents; 5,360 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour to 15 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirements and third
party disclosure requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 201 through 205 and 251 through 254 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 61,640 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Respondents are not being
asked to submit confidential information to the Commission. If the
Commission requests respondents to submit information which respondents
believe are confidential, respondents may request confidential
treatment of such information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's
rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this new information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval
and assignment of an OMB control number after this comment period to
obtain the full three year approval. The Commission estimates a program
change increase of 61,640 total annual burden hours for this new
information collection.
The USF/ICC Transformation Order, FCC 11-161, requires or permits
incumbent and competitive local
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exchange carriers (LECs) as part of transitioning regulation of
interstate and intrastate switched access and reciprocal compensation
rate regulation to bill-and-keep under section 251(b)(5) to file
tariffs with state commissions and the FCC. This transition affects
different interstate and intrastate switched access rates at specified
timeframes and establishes an Access Recovery Charge by which incumbent
LECs will be able to assess end users a monthly charge to recover some
or all of the revenues they are permitted to recover from reductions in
intercarrier compensation rates. To permit the Commission and state
commissions to monitor compliance with the revised intercarrier
compensation rules and for incumbent LECs to receive CAF ICC support
must also certify with its 2012 annual access tariff filing and on
April 1st of each subsequent year that it has complied with the
procedures for calculating its eligible recovery, the calculation of
the appropriate access recovery charge, and that it is eligible to
receive the CAF ICC support requested.
The Commission estimates that 1,340 incumbent LECs annually will
have to file the required data with the FCC, the relevant station
commissions, and USAC. We also estimate that those incumbent LECs will
have to make the above new certification annually.
The information collected through these data collections will be
used by the Commission and state commissions to determine whether the
revised intercarrier compensation rules are being complied with and the
services offered are just and reasonable as the Act requires. The data
will also provide the Commission with the information to develop
procedures to transition remaining intercarrier switched access rates
to bill-and-keep. USAC will use the data to ensure that the CAF ICC
payments it makes are appropriate under the revised rules. The
certification is a further step in the compliance and monitoring
process.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-74 Filed 1-6-12; 8:45 am]
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