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Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
Statutory authority for this information
collection is contained in 47 U.S.C.
sections 151, 152, 154(i), 201, 202, and
254 of the Communications Act of 1934.
Total Annual Burden: 12,100 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission does not anticipate
providing confidentiality of the
information submitted by prepaid
calling card providers. Particularly, the
prepaid call card providers must send
reports to their transport providers.
Additionally, the quarterly certifications
sent to the Commission will be made
public through the Commission’s
Electronic Comment Filing System
(ECFS) process. These certifications will
be filed in the Commission’s docket
associated with this proceeding. If the
respondents submit information they
believe to be confidential, they 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 expiring information
collection after this comment period to
obtain the full, three year clearance from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). The Commission is requesting
approval for an extension (no change in
the reporting and/or third party
disclosure requirements). There are
changes to the Commission’s previous
burden estimates. The Commission
reduced the total annual burden hours
by 3,700 hours. This is due to a decrease
in the number of respondents/
responses.
Prepaid calling card service providers
must report quarterly the percentage of
interstate, intrastate and international
access charges to carriers from which
they purchase transport services.
Prepaid calling card providers must also
file certifications with the Commission
on a quarterly basis that include the
above information and a statement that
they are contributing to the federal
Universal Service Fund based on all
interstate and international revenue,
except for revenue from the sale of
prepaid calling cards by, to, or pursuant
to contract with the Department of
Defense (DoD) or a DoD entity.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Information Collection(s) Being
Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission,
Comments Requested
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice; 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:
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;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; 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 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.
SUMMARY:
Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before April 1, 2013. 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 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: 3060–0496.
DATES:
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Title: ARMIS Operating Data Report.
Report Number: FCC Report 43–08.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents: 55
respondents; 55 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 139
hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
Statutory authority for this information
collection is contained in 47 U.S.C.
sections 11, 219(b) and 220 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 7,645 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
In most cases, ARMIS reports do not
require submission of any confidential
or commercially-sensitive data. The
areas in which detailed information is
required are fully subject to regulation.
If a respondent finds it necessary to
submit a confidential or commerciallysensitive data, Section 0.459, 47 CFR
contains the procedures for requesting
confidential treatment of data.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this expiring information
collection after this comment period to
obtain the full, three year clearance from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). The Commission is requesting
approval for an extension (no change in
the reporting requirement). There is no
change to the Commission’s previous
burden estimates.
The ARMIS (Automated Reporting
Management Information System)
reporting requirements were established
by the Commission in 1987 to facilitate
the timely and efficient analysis of
carrier operating costs and rates of
return that provide an improved basis
for audits and other oversight functions;
and to enhance the Commission’s ability
to quantify the effects of alternative
policy proposals. Additional ARMIS
Reports were added in 1991 and 1992.
Certain incumbent local exchange
carriers (LECs) were required to submit
the ARMIS Reports to the Commission
annually on or before April 1. See
Reporting Requirements of Certain Class
A and Tier 1 Telephone Companies
(Parts 31, 43, 67 and 69 of the
Commission’s rules) CC Docket No. 86–
182, Order, 2 FCC Rcd 5770 (1987),
modified on recon. 3 FCC Rcd 6375
(1988); see also 47 CFR Part 43, Sections
43.21.
The information contained in FCC
Report 43–08 has helped the
Commission fulfill its regulatory
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responsibilities. These data facilitate the
timely and efficient analysis of revenue
requirements, rates of return and price
caps, provide an improved basis for
auditing and other oversight functions,
and enhance the Commission’s ability to
quantify the effects of policy proposals.
Automated reporting of these data also
augments the Commission’s ability to
process and analyze the extensive
amount of data provided in the reports.
The Commission has granted AT&T,
Verizon, legacy Qwest and other
similarly-situated carriers forbearance
from FCC Report 43–08, except for
Table III, columns FC, FD, FE and FI,
business line count information. See
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 (D.C. Cir. Filed June 23, 2008);
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 13747 (2008) (Verizon/Qwest Cost
Assignment Forbearance Order), pet. for
recon. pending, pet. for review pending,
NASCUA v. FCC, Case No. 08–1353
(D.C. Cir. Filed Nov. 4, 2008).
Despite this forbearance, the
Commission seeks OMB approval for
the extension of this information
collection for three years because
petitions for reconsideration and review
of those forbearance decisions are
currently pending before the
Commission and the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0775.
Title: Section 64.1903, Obligations of
All Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers
(LECs).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents: 510
respondents; 510 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 500
hours to 6,056 hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
Statutory authority for this information
collection is contained in 47 U.S.C.
sections 151, 152, 154, 201, 202, 251,
271, 272 and 303(r) of the
Communications Act of 1934.
Total Annual Burden: 310,560 hours.
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Total Annual Cost: $15,217,440.
Privacy 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 after this comment period to
obtain the full, three year clearance from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). The Commission is requesting
approval for an extension (no change in
the recordkeeping requirements). There
are no changes to the Commission’s
previous burden estimates.
Section 64.1903 imposes
recordkeeping requirements on
independent local exchange carriers
(LECs) offering in-region, interstate,
interexchange services or in-region
international interexchange services.
Among other requirements, section
64.1903 requires independent LECs and
their affiliates to maintain separate
books of account. This regulation does
not require that the affiliate maintain
books of account that comply with the
Commission’s Part 32 rules; rather it
refers to the fact that as a separate legal
entity, the international, interexchange
affiliate must maintain its own books of
account in the ordinary course of
business.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0895.
Title: Numbering Resource
Optimization.
Form Number: FCC Form 502.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities and state, local or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents: 2,780
respondents; 7,385 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour
to 44.4 hours
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and semi-annual reporting requirements
and recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
Statutory authority for this information
collection is contained in 47 U.S.C.
sections 151, 153, 154, 201–205 and 251
of the Communications Act of 1934.
Total Annual Burden: 131,782 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $3,462,800.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Disaggregated, carrier specific forecast
and utilization data will be treated as
confidential and will be exempt from
public disclosure under 5 U.S.C.
552(b)(4).
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this expiring information
collection after this comment period to
obtain the full, three year clearance from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). There are no changes to the
reporting and/or recordkeeping
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requirements. There are no changes to
the Commission’s previous burden
estimates.
The data collected on FCC Form 502
helps the Commission manage the tendigit North American Numbering Plan
(NANP), which is currently being used
by the United States and 19 other
countries. Under the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, the
Commission was given ‘‘exclusive
jurisdictions over those portions of the
North American Numbering Plan that
pertains to the United States.’’ Pursuant
to that authority, the Commission
conducted a rulemaking in March 2000
that the Commission found that
mandatory data collection is necessary
to efficiently monitor and manage
numbering use. The Commission
received OMB approval for this
requirement and the following:
(1) Utilization/Forecast Report;
(2) Application for initial numbering
resource;
(3) Application for growth numbering
resources;
(4) Recordkeeping requirement;
(5) Notifications by state
commissions;
(6) Demonstration to state
commission; and
(7) Petitions for additional delegation
of numbering authority.
The data from this information
collection is used by the FCC, state
regulatory commissions, and the
NANPA to monitor numbering resource
utilization by all carriers using the
resource and to project the dates of area
code and NANP exhaust.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1044.
Title: Review of the Section 251
Unbundling Obligations of Incumbent
Local Exchange Carriers, CC Docket No.
03–338 and WC Docket No. 04–313,
FCC 04–290, Order on Remand.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, not-for-profit institutions,
and state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 645
respondents; 645 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 8
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement, recordkeeping
requirement 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. section 251 of
the Communications Act of 1934.
Total Annual Burden: 5,160 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
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Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission is not requesting
respondents to submit or disclose
confidential information. However, in
certain circumstances, respondents may
voluntarily choose to submit
confidential information pursuant to
applicable Commission confidentiality
rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this expiring information
collection after this comment period to
obtain the full, three year clearance from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). The Commission is requesting
approval for an extension (no change in
the reporting, recordkeeping and/or
third party disclosure requirements).
There are no changes to the
Commission’s previous burden
estimates. Section 251 is designed to
accelerate private sector and
deployment of telecommunications
technologies and services by spurring
competition. In order to foster
competition in the local telephone
market, the Telecommunications Act of
1996 requires incumbent local exchange
carriers (incumbent LECs) to share
certain elements of their local telephone
networks, providing them to other
carriers at reasonable prices on an
unbundled basis. These ‘‘unbundled
network elements (UNEs)’’ are necessary
for competition because the only
alternative, building entire new
telephone networks, would be
prohibitively expensive for new
entrants. In Order FCC 03–36, the
Commission adopted rules and
regulation designed to eliminate
operation barriers to competition in the
telecommunications services market
and implement certain provisions of
section 251, including the UNE
obligations of incumbent LECs. In the
Order on Remand, FCC 04–290, the
Commission responded to a decision by
the United States Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia that vacated the
‘‘sub-delegation’’ of authority to state
commissions and vacated and remanded
certain nationwide impairment findings,
including mass market switching and
dedicated transport.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1138.
Title: Sections 1.49 and 1.54,
Forbearance Petition Filing
Requirements.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents: 10
respondents; 10 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 640
hours.
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Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement, recordkeeping
requirement 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 10,
151, 154(i), 154(j), 155(c), 160, 201 and
303(r) of the Communications Act of
1934.
Total Annual Burden: 6,400 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission is not requesting
respondents to submit or disclose
confidential information. Respondents
may, however, request confidential
treatment for information they believe to
be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of
the Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this expiring information
collection after this comment period to
obtain the full, three year clearance from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). The Commission is requesting
approval for an extension (no change in
the reporting, recordkeeping and/or
third party disclosure requirements).
Under section 10 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, telecommunications carriers
may petition the Commission to forbear
from applying to a telecommunications
carrier any statutory provision or
Commission regulation. When a carrier
petitions the Commission for
forbearance, section 10 requires the
Commission to make three
determinations with regard to the need
for the challenged provision or
regulation. If the Commission fails to act
within one year (extended by three
additional months, if necessary) the
petition is ‘‘deemed granted’’ by
operation of law. These determinations
require complex, fact-intensive analysis,
e.g., ‘‘whether forbearance from
enforcing the provision or regulation
will promote competitive market
conditions.’’ Under the new filing
procedures, the Commission requires
that petitions for forbearance must be
‘‘complete as filed’’ and explain in
detail what must be included in the
forbearance petition. The Commission
also incorporates by reference its rule,
47 CFR 1.49, which states the
Commission’s standard ‘‘specifications
as to pleadings and documents.’’ Precise
filing requirements are necessary
because of section 10’s strict time limit
for Commission action. Also,
commenters must be able to understand
clearly the scope of the petition in order
to comment on it. Finally, standard
filing procedures inform petitioners
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precisely what the Commission expects
from them in order to make the statutory
determinations that the statute requires.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Information Collection(s) Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)
Federal Communications
Commission.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice; request for comments.
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:
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;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimates; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; 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 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.
SUMMARY:
Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before February 28,
2013. 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.
DATES:
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission, Comments Requested
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice; 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: 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; the
accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 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 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 April 1, 2013. 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 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: 3060-0496.
Title: ARMIS Operating Data Report.
Report Number: FCC Report 43-08.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 55 respondents; 55 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 139 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 11, 219(b)
and 220 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 7,645 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In most cases, ARMIS reports
do not require submission of any confidential or commercially-sensitive
data. The areas in which detailed information is required are fully
subject to regulation. If a respondent finds it necessary to submit a
confidential or commercially-sensitive data, Section 0.459, 47 CFR
contains the procedures for requesting confidential treatment of data.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection after this comment period to obtain the full,
three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
The Commission is requesting approval for an extension (no change in
the reporting requirement). There is no change to the Commission's
previous burden estimates.
The ARMIS (Automated Reporting Management Information System)
reporting requirements were established by the Commission in 1987 to
facilitate the timely and efficient analysis of carrier operating costs
and rates of return that provide an improved basis for audits and other
oversight functions; and to enhance the Commission's ability to
quantify the effects of alternative policy proposals. Additional ARMIS
Reports were added in 1991 and 1992. Certain incumbent local exchange
carriers (LECs) were required to submit the ARMIS Reports to the
Commission annually on or before April 1. See Reporting Requirements of
Certain Class A and Tier 1 Telephone Companies (Parts 31, 43, 67 and 69
of the Commission's rules) CC Docket No. 86-182, Order, 2 FCC Rcd 5770
(1987), modified on recon. 3 FCC Rcd 6375 (1988); see also 47 CFR Part
43, Sections 43.21.
The information contained in FCC Report 43-08 has helped the
Commission fulfill its regulatory
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responsibilities. These data facilitate the timely and efficient
analysis of revenue requirements, rates of return and price caps,
provide an improved basis for auditing and other oversight functions,
and enhance the Commission's ability to quantify the effects of policy
proposals. Automated reporting of these data also augments the
Commission's ability to process and analyze the extensive amount of
data provided in the reports.
The Commission has granted AT&T, Verizon, legacy Qwest and other
similarly-situated carriers forbearance from FCC Report 43-08, except
for Table III, columns FC, FD, FE and FI, business line count
information. See 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
(D.C. Cir. Filed June 23, 2008); 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 13747 (2008)
(Verizon/Qwest Cost Assignment Forbearance Order), pet. for recon.
pending, pet. for review pending, NASCUA v. FCC, Case No. 08-1353 (D.C.
Cir. Filed Nov. 4, 2008).
Despite this forbearance, the Commission seeks OMB approval for the
extension of this information collection for three years because
petitions for reconsideration and review of those forbearance decisions
are currently pending before the Commission and the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0775.
Title: Section 64.1903, Obligations of All Incumbent Local Exchange
Carriers (LECs).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 510 respondents; 510 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 500 hours to 6,056 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151, 152,
154, 201, 202, 251, 271, 272 and 303(r) of the Communications Act of
1934.
Total Annual Burden: 310,560 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $15,217,440.
Privacy 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 after this comment period to obtain the full,
three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
The Commission is requesting approval for an extension (no change in
the recordkeeping requirements). There are no changes to the
Commission's previous burden estimates.
Section 64.1903 imposes recordkeeping requirements on independent
local exchange carriers (LECs) offering in-region, interstate,
interexchange services or in-region international interexchange
services. Among other requirements, section 64.1903 requires
independent LECs and their affiliates to maintain separate books of
account. This regulation does not require that the affiliate maintain
books of account that comply with the Commission's Part 32 rules;
rather it refers to the fact that as a separate legal entity, the
international, interexchange affiliate must maintain its own books of
account in the ordinary course of business.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0895.
Title: Numbering Resource Optimization.
Form Number: FCC Form 502.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities and state, local
or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 2,780 respondents; 7,385 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour to 44.4 hours
Frequency of Response: On occasion and semi-annual reporting
requirements and recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151, 153,
154, 201-205 and 251 of the Communications Act of 1934.
Total Annual Burden: 131,782 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $3,462,800.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Disaggregated, carrier
specific forecast and utilization data will be treated as confidential
and will be exempt from public disclosure under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4).
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection after this comment period to obtain the full,
three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
There are no changes to the reporting and/or recordkeeping
requirements. There are no changes to the Commission's previous burden
estimates.
The data collected on FCC Form 502 helps the Commission manage the
ten-digit North American Numbering Plan (NANP), which is currently
being used by the United States and 19 other countries. Under the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, the Commission was given
``exclusive jurisdictions over those portions of the North American
Numbering Plan that pertains to the United States.'' Pursuant to that
authority, the Commission conducted a rulemaking in March 2000 that the
Commission found that mandatory data collection is necessary to
efficiently monitor and manage numbering use. The Commission received
OMB approval for this requirement and the following:
(1) Utilization/Forecast Report;
(2) Application for initial numbering resource;
(3) Application for growth numbering resources;
(4) Recordkeeping requirement;
(5) Notifications by state commissions;
(6) Demonstration to state commission; and
(7) Petitions for additional delegation of numbering authority.
The data from this information collection is used by the FCC, state
regulatory commissions, and the NANPA to monitor numbering resource
utilization by all carriers using the resource and to project the dates
of area code and NANP exhaust.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1044.
Title: Review of the Section 251 Unbundling Obligations of
Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers, CC Docket No. 03-338 and WC Docket
No. 04-313, FCC 04-290, Order on Remand.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension 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: 645 respondents; 645 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 8 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement,
recordkeeping requirement 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. section 251 of the Communications Act of 1934.
Total Annual Burden: 5,160 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
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Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting respondents to submit or disclose confidential information.
However, in certain circumstances, respondents may voluntarily choose
to submit confidential information pursuant to applicable Commission
confidentiality rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection after this comment period to obtain the full,
three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
The Commission is requesting approval for an extension (no change in
the reporting, recordkeeping and/or third party disclosure
requirements). There are no changes to the Commission's previous burden
estimates. Section 251 is designed to accelerate private sector and
deployment of telecommunications technologies and services by spurring
competition. In order to foster competition in the local telephone
market, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires incumbent local
exchange carriers (incumbent LECs) to share certain elements of their
local telephone networks, providing them to other carriers at
reasonable prices on an unbundled basis. These ``unbundled network
elements (UNEs)'' are necessary for competition because the only
alternative, building entire new telephone networks, would be
prohibitively expensive for new entrants. In Order FCC 03-36, the
Commission adopted rules and regulation designed to eliminate operation
barriers to competition in the telecommunications services market and
implement certain provisions of section 251, including the UNE
obligations of incumbent LECs. In the Order on Remand, FCC 04-290, the
Commission responded to a decision by the United States Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia that vacated the ``sub-
delegation'' of authority to state commissions and vacated and remanded
certain nationwide impairment findings, including mass market switching
and dedicated transport.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1138.
Title: Sections 1.49 and 1.54, Forbearance Petition Filing
Requirements.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 10 respondents; 10 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 640 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement,
recordkeeping requirement 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 10, 151, 154(i), 154(j), 155(c), 160, 201 and 303(r) of
the Communications Act of 1934.
Total Annual Burden: 6,400 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting respondents to submit or disclose confidential information.
Respondents may, however, request confidential treatment for
information they believe to be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection after this comment period to obtain the full,
three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
The Commission is requesting approval for an extension (no change in
the reporting, recordkeeping and/or third party disclosure
requirements).
Under section 10 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
telecommunications carriers may petition the Commission to forbear from
applying to a telecommunications carrier any statutory provision or
Commission regulation. When a carrier petitions the Commission for
forbearance, section 10 requires the Commission to make three
determinations with regard to the need for the challenged provision or
regulation. If the Commission fails to act within one year (extended by
three additional months, if necessary) the petition is ``deemed
granted'' by operation of law. These determinations require complex,
fact-intensive analysis, e.g., ``whether forbearance from enforcing the
provision or regulation will promote competitive market conditions.''
Under the new filing procedures, the Commission requires that petitions
for forbearance must be ``complete as filed'' and explain in detail
what must be included in the forbearance petition. The Commission also
incorporates by reference its rule, 47 CFR 1.49, which states the
Commission's standard ``specifications as to pleadings and documents.''
Precise filing requirements are necessary because of section 10's
strict time limit for Commission action. Also, commenters must be able
to understand clearly the scope of the petition in order to comment on
it. Finally, standard filing procedures inform petitioners precisely
what the Commission expects from them in order to make the statutory
determinations that the statute requires.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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