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and quality of their broadband service.
This collection will provide the
Commission with unique data on
household availability of broadband and
on relative broadband speeds.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1042.
Title: Request for Technical Support—
Help Request Form.
Form Number: N/A—electronic only.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals and
households, business or other for-profit,
not-for-profit institutions, and state,
local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 36,300
respondents; 36,300 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 8
minutes.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement and
recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
There is no statutory authority for this
information collection.
Total Annual Burden: 4,480 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $387,200.
Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes.
Records may include information about
individuals or households, and the
use(s) and disclosure of this information
is governed by the requirements of a
system of records, FCC/WTB–7,
‘‘Remedy Action Request System’’
(RARS). There are no additional impacts
under the Privacy Act.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Submission of the form is voluntary.
Individuals may decline to provide the
information requested in the on-line
form; however, support will not be
funnled via electronic means into the
Commission. The customer will have to
call the Commission to request support
in lieu of submitting an electronic
submission.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this expiring information
collection to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) after this comment
period to obtain the full, three year
clearance from them. The Commission
is seeking an extension for these
requirements. There is no change in the
Commission’s previous burden
estimates.
The FCC maintains Internet software
used by the public to apply for licenses,
participate in auctions for spectrum,
and maintain license information. In
this mission, FCC has a ‘‘help desk’’ that
answers questions related to these
systems as well as requesting and/or
issuing user passwords for access to
these systems. The form currently is
available on the Commission’s Web site
https://esupport.fcc.gov/request.htm
under OMB control number 3060–1042.
This form will continue to substantially
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decrease public and staff burden since
all the information needed to facilitate
a support request will be submitted in
a standard format but be available to a
wider audience. This eliminates or at
least minimizes the need to follow-up
with the customers to obtain all the
information necessary to respond to
their request. This form also helps
presort requests into previously defined
categories to all staff to respond more
quickly.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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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. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) 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 further
ways to 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 Control
Number.
SUMMARY:
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Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before March 14, 2013.
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 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 Leslie F. Smith, Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), via
the Internet at Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov. To
submit your PRA comments by email,
send them to PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Leslie F. Smith, Office of Managing
Director, FCC, at (202) 418–0217, or via
the Internet at Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0392.
Title: 47 CFR 1 Subpart J—Pole
Attachment Complaint Procedures.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of currently
approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit, and State, local or tribal
governments.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 1,772 respondents; 1,772
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 to
100 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 224.
Total Annual Burden: 2,629 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $450,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
privacy impacts.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality.
However, respondents may request
materials or information submitted to
the Commission be withheld from
public inspection under 47 CFR Section
0.459 of FCC rules.
Needs and Uses: The rules and
regulations contained in 47 CFR Part 1
Subpart J provide complaint and
enforcement procedures to ensure that
telecommunications carriers and cable
system operators have
nondiscriminatory access to utility
poles, ducts, conduits, and rights-of-way
on rates, terms and conditions that are
just and reasonable. The FCC will use
the information collected under these
rules to hear and resolve petitions for
DATES:
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stay and complaints as mandated by
Section 224 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended. The information
that is also filed is used to determine the
merits of the petitions and complaints.
Additionally, state certifications are
used to make public notice of the states’
authority to regulate rates, terms and
conditions for pole attachments, and to
determine the scope of the FCC’s
jurisdiction.
On April 7, 2011, the FCC released a
Report and Order and Order on
Reconsideration, Implementation of
Section 224 of the Act; A National
Broadband Plan for our Future, WC
Docket No. 07–245 and GN Docket No.
09–51, FCC 11–50. This rulemaking
added 47 C.F.R. Section 1.1424. Section
1.1424 states that the procedures for
handling pole attachment complaints
filed by incumbent local exchange
carriers are the same as the procedures
for handling other pole attachment
complaints. Section 1.1424 further
requires incumbent local exchange
carriers that claim they are similarlysituated to other attachers to bear the
burden of demonstrating their
similarity.
The Commission has also revised
Section 1.1403(b) which requires that
requests for access to a utility’s poles,
ducts, conduits or rights-of-way by a
telecommunications carrier or cable
operator be in writing. If access is not
granted within 45 days of the request for
access, the utility must explain the
denial or grant of access conditioned on
the performance of make-ready by the
45th day.1
The other applicable rule sections
remain unchanged: Section 1.1403(c)
requires a utility to provide a cable
television system operator or
telecommunications carrier no less than
60 days written notice prior to removal
of facilities, termination of any services
to those facilities, increase in pole
attachment rates, or modification of
facilities. Section 1.1403(d) allows a
cable television system operator or
telecommunications carrier to file a
‘‘Petition for Temporary Stay’’ of the
action contained in a notice received
pursuant to Section 1.1403(c) within 15
days of receipt of such notice. The
‘‘Petition for Temporary Stay’’ must
contain, in concise terms, the relief
sought, the reasons for such relief,
including a showing of irreparable harm
and likely cessation of cable television
service or telecommunications service, a
copy of the notice, and a certificate of
service. The named respondent may file
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slightly to make it comport better with the language
in 47 CFR Section 1.1403(b).
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an answer within 7 days of the date the
Petition was filed.
Section 1.1403(e) requires cable
operators to notify pole owners upon
offering telecommunications services.
Section 1.1404 specifies the
information that must be included in a
pole attachment complaint.
Section 1.1406(b) requires a
complainant to file additional
information supporting its complaint, if
requested by the Commission.
Section 1.1407 requires the
respondent to file a response within 30
days from the date the complaint was
filed. The complainant then has 20 days
from the date the response was filed to
file a reply. The response and reply
shall be served on all parties listed in
the certificate of service.
Section 1.1414 requires states that
regulate the rates, terms and conditions
for pole attachments to file a
certification with the FCC.
Section 1.1417 requires a utility to
apportion the cost of providing
unusable space on a pole so that such
apportionment equals two-thirds of the
costs of providing unusable space that
would be allocated to such entity under
an equal apportionment of such costs
among all attaching entities. Section
1.1417 sets forth the procedures to be
followed in establishing a maximum
just and reasonable pole attachment
rate.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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Emergency Access Advisory
Committee; Announcement of Date of
Next Meeting
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This document announces the
date of the Emergency Access Advisory
Committee’s (Committee or EAAC) next
meeting. At the March 2013 meeting,
the agenda will include discussion of
reports from the subcommittees and
other activities needed to ensure access
to 911 by individuals with disabilities.
DATES: The Committee’s next meeting
will take place on Friday, March 1,
2013, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST), at
the headquarters of the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission).
SUMMARY:
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Federal Communications
Commission, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554, in the
Commission Meeting Room.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Suzy Rosen Singleton, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, 202–810–
1503, or Suzanne.Singleton@fcc.gov
(email); and/or Zenji Nakazawa, Public
Safety and Homeland Security Bureau,
202–418–7949, Zenji.Nakazawa@fcc.gov
(email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
December 7, 2010, in document DA 10–
2318, Chairman Julius Genachowski
announced the establishment and
appointment of members and CoChairpersons of the EAAC, an advisory
committee required by the Twenty-First
Century Communications and Video
Accessibility Act (CVAA), Public Law
11–260, for the purpose of achieving
equal access to emergency services by
individuals with disabilities as part of
our nation’s migration to a national
Internet protocol-enabled emergency
network, also known as the next
generation 9–1–1 system (NG 9–1–1).
The purpose of the EAAC is to
determine the most effective and
efficient technologies and methods by
which to enable access to Next
Generation 911 (NG 9–1–1) emergency
services by individuals with disabilities,
and to make recommendations to the
Commission on how to achieve those
effective and efficient technologies and
methods. During the spring of 2011, the
EAAC conducted a nationwide survey
of individuals with disabilities and
released a report on that survey on June
21, 2011. Following release of the
survey report, the EAAC developed
recommendations, which it submitted to
the Commission on December 7, 2011,
as required by the CVAA. At the March
2013 EAAC meeting, the agenda will
include discussion of reports from the
subcommittees and other activities
needed to ensure access to 911 by
individuals with disabilities.
The meeting site is fully accessible to
people using wheelchairs or other
mobility aids. Sign language
interpreters, open captioning, and
assistive listening devices will be
provided on site. Other reasonable
accommodations for people with
disabilities are available upon request.
In your request, include a description of
the accommodation you will need and
a way we can contact you if we need
more information. Last minute requests
will be accepted, but may be impossible
to fill. Send an email to: fcc504@fcc.gov
or call the Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530
(voice), (202) 418–0432 (TTY). To
ADDRESSES:
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review and Approval
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
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 (FCC) 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 further ways to 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 Control Number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before March 14, 2013. 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 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 Leslie F. Smith, Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), via the Internet at
Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov. To submit your PRA comments by email, send them
to PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie F. Smith, Office of Managing
Director, FCC, at (202) 418-0217, or via the Internet at
Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0392.
Title: 47 CFR 1 Subpart J--Pole Attachment Complaint Procedures.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit, and State, local or
tribal governments.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,772 respondents; 1,772
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 to 100 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third
party disclosure.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 224.
Total Annual Burden: 2,629 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $450,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No privacy impacts.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality. However, respondents may request materials or
information submitted to the Commission be withheld from public
inspection under 47 CFR Section 0.459 of FCC rules.
Needs and Uses: The rules and regulations contained in 47 CFR Part
1 Subpart J provide complaint and enforcement procedures to ensure that
telecommunications carriers and cable system operators have
nondiscriminatory access to utility poles, ducts, conduits, and rights-
of-way on rates, terms and conditions that are just and reasonable. The
FCC will use the information collected under these rules to hear and
resolve petitions for
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stay and complaints as mandated by Section 224 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended. The information that is also filed is used to
determine the merits of the petitions and complaints. Additionally,
state certifications are used to make public notice of the states'
authority to regulate rates, terms and conditions for pole attachments,
and to determine the scope of the FCC's jurisdiction.
On April 7, 2011, the FCC released a Report and Order and Order on
Reconsideration, Implementation of Section 224 of the Act; A National
Broadband Plan for our Future, WC Docket No. 07-245 and GN Docket No.
09-51, FCC 11-50. This rulemaking added 47 C.F.R. Section 1.1424.
Section 1.1424 states that the procedures for handling pole attachment
complaints filed by incumbent local exchange carriers are the same as
the procedures for handling other pole attachment complaints. Section
1.1424 further requires incumbent local exchange carriers that claim
they are similarly-situated to other attachers to bear the burden of
demonstrating their similarity.
The Commission has also revised Section 1.1403(b) which requires
that requests for access to a utility's poles, ducts, conduits or
rights-of-way by a telecommunications carrier or cable operator be in
writing. If access is not granted within 45 days of the request for
access, the utility must explain the denial or grant of access
conditioned on the performance of make-ready by the 45th day.\1\
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comport better with the language in 47 CFR Section 1.1403(b).
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The other applicable rule sections remain unchanged: Section
1.1403(c) requires a utility to provide a cable television system
operator or telecommunications carrier no less than 60 days written
notice prior to removal of facilities, termination of any services to
those facilities, increase in pole attachment rates, or modification of
facilities. Section 1.1403(d) allows a cable television system operator
or telecommunications carrier to file a ``Petition for Temporary Stay''
of the action contained in a notice received pursuant to Section
1.1403(c) within 15 days of receipt of such notice. The ``Petition for
Temporary Stay'' must contain, in concise terms, the relief sought, the
reasons for such relief, including a showing of irreparable harm and
likely cessation of cable television service or telecommunications
service, a copy of the notice, and a certificate of service. The named
respondent may file an answer within 7 days of the date the Petition
was filed.
Section 1.1403(e) requires cable operators to notify pole owners
upon offering telecommunications services.
Section 1.1404 specifies the information that must be included in a
pole attachment complaint.
Section 1.1406(b) requires a complainant to file additional
information supporting its complaint, if requested by the Commission.
Section 1.1407 requires the respondent to file a response within 30
days from the date the complaint was filed. The complainant then has 20
days from the date the response was filed to file a reply. The response
and reply shall be served on all parties listed in the certificate of
service.
Section 1.1414 requires states that regulate the rates, terms and
conditions for pole attachments to file a certification with the FCC.
Section 1.1417 requires a utility to apportion the cost of
providing unusable space on a pole so that such apportionment equals
two-thirds of the costs of providing unusable space that would be
allocated to such entity under an equal apportionment of such costs
among all attaching entities. Section 1.1417 sets forth the procedures
to be followed in establishing a maximum just and reasonable pole
attachment rate.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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