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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing
Director, FCC, at 202–418–0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0710.
Title: Policy and Rules Under Parts 1
and 51 Concerning the Implementation
of the Local Competition Provisions in
the Telecommunications Act of 1996—
CC Docket No. 96–98.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents: 15,282
respondents; 1,067,987 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .50
hours to 4,000 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 1–4,
201–205, 214, 224, 251, 303(r) and 601
of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 645,798 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission is not requesting
respondents to submit confidential
information to the Commission. If the
respondents wish confidential treatment
of their information, they may request
confidential treatment under 47 CFR
0.459 of the Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this expiring information
collection during this comment period
to obtain the full, three year clearance
from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). The Commission is
reporting no change in the
recordkeeping, reporting and/or third
party disclosure requirements. There is
no change in the Commission’s previous
(2010) burdens.
The Commission adopted rules in this
information collection to implement the
First Report and Order on
Reconsideration issued in CC Docket
No. 96–98 implementing parts of
sections 251 and 252 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 that
affect local competition. Incumbent
local exchange carriers (LECs) are
required to offer interconnection,
unbundled network elements (UNEs),
transport and termination, and
wholesale rates for certain services to
new entrants. Incumbent LECS must
price such services and rates that are
cost-based and just and reasonable and
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provide access to right-of-way as well as
establish reciprocal compensation
arrangements for the transport and
termination of telecommunications
traffic.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0742.
Title: Sections 52.21 through 52.36,
Telephone Number Portability, 47 CFR
Part 52, Subpart (C) and CC Docket No.
95–116.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents: 3,616
respondents; 10,001,890 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours
to 410 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and one time reporting requirements,
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 151,
152, 154(i), 201–205, 215, 251(b)(2),
251(e)(2) and 332 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 672,516 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $13,424,320.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission is not requesting
respondents to submit confidential
information to the Commission. If the
respondents wish confidential treatment
of their information, they may request
confidential treatment under 47 CFR
0.459 of the Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this expiring information
collection during this comment period
to obtain the full, three year clearance
from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). There is no change to the
reporting, recordkeeping and/or third
party disclosure requirements. There is
no change in the Commission’s previous
burden hour and cost estimates.
Section 251(b)(2) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, requires LECs to ‘‘provide, to
the extent technically feasible, number
portability in accordance with
requirements prescribed by the
Commission.’’ Through the LNP
process, consumers have the ability to
retain their phone number when
switching telecommunications service
providers, enabling them to choose a
provider that best suits their needs and
enhancing competition. In the Porting
Interval Order and Further Notice, the
Commission mandated a one business
day porting interval for simple wireline-
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to-wireline and intermodal port
requests.
The information collected in the
standard local service request data fields
is necessary to complete simple
wireline-to-wireline and intermodal
ports within the one business day
porting interval mandated by the
Commission and will be used to comply
with Section 251 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
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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.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burden and as
required b y 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.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
SUMMARY:
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submitted on or before August 26, 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: Direct 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–XXXX.
Title: Survey for Urban Rates for
Fixed Voice and Fixed Broadband
Residential Services.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 1,000
respondents; 1,000 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 3.5
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 254 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 3,500 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The information being collected is not
confidential and no assurances of
confidentiality are being provided.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this new collection to the
OMB for approval in order to obtain the
three year clearance from them.
To implement certain reforms to
universal service support, the
Commission’s Wireline Competition
Bureau and the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau in an
Order, DA 13–598, adopted the form
and content for a survey of urban rates
for fixed voice and fixed broadband
residential services. The information
collected in this survey will be used to
establish a rate floor that eligible
telecommunications carriers (ETCs)
receiving high-cost loop support (HCLS)
or frozen high-cost support must meet to
receive their full support amounts and
to help ensure that universal service
support recipients offering fixed voice
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and broadband services do so at
reasonably comparable rates to those in
urban areas.
Specifically, the Commission directed
the Bureaus to ‘‘develop a
methodology’’ to survey a representative
sample of facilities-based fixed voice
service providers taking into account
the relative categories of fixed voice
providers as determined in the most
recent FCC Form 477 data collection.
‘‘The Commission also delegated
authority to conduct an annual survey,
in order to specify an appropriate
minimum for usage allowances and to
adjust such a minimum over time.’’
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2013–17950 Filed 7–25–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission
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
SUMMARY:
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does not display a valid OMB control
number.
Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before September 24,
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 Benish Shah, Federal
Communications Commission, via the
Internet at Benish.shah@fcc.gov. To
submit your PRA comments by email
send them to: PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Benish Shah, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418–7866.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
Control No.: 3060–0936.
Title: Sections 95.1215, 95.1217,
95.1223 and 95.1225—Medical Device
Radiocommunications Service
(MedRadio).
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit and not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 3,120
respondents; 3,120 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1–3
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement, third party
disclosure requirement and
recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151 and 303
of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 9,120 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $462,600.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
No information is requested that would
require assurance of confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this information collection
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) after this 60 day comment period
in order to obtain the full three year
clearance from them. The Commission
is requesting a revision (there has been
a program change in the reporting,
recordkeeping requirements and/or
third party disclosure requirements, the
number of respondents/operators
increased from 100 to 2,620, therefore,
the annual burden and cost has also
increased).
The Commission now seeks OMB
approval for a revision. On May 24,
2012, the Commission released a Report
DATES:
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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 b y 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.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
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submitted on or before August 26, 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: Direct 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-XXXX.
Title: Survey for Urban Rates for Fixed Voice and Fixed Broadband
Residential Services.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 1,000 respondents; 1,000 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 3.5 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 254 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 3,500 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The information being
collected is not confidential and no assurances of confidentiality are
being provided.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this new collection to
the OMB for approval in order to obtain the three year clearance from
them.
To implement certain reforms to universal service support, the
Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau and the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau in an Order, DA 13-598, adopted the form and
content for a survey of urban rates for fixed voice and fixed broadband
residential services. The information collected in this survey will be
used to establish a rate floor that eligible telecommunications
carriers (ETCs) receiving high-cost loop support (HCLS) or frozen high-
cost support must meet to receive their full support amounts and to
help ensure that universal service support recipients offering fixed
voice and broadband services do so at reasonably comparable rates to
those in urban areas.
Specifically, the Commission directed the Bureaus to ``develop a
methodology'' to survey a representative sample of facilities-based
fixed voice service providers taking into account the relative
categories of fixed voice providers as determined in the most recent
FCC Form 477 data collection.
``The Commission also delegated authority to conduct an annual
survey, in order to specify an appropriate minimum for usage allowances
and to adjust such a minimum over time.''
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-17950 Filed 7-25-13; 8:45 am]
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