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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 36 / Monday, February 24, 2014 / Notices
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Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the
Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014–03744 Filed 2–21–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Information Collections Being
Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communication
Commission (FCC or Commission)
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
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
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
PRA that does not display a valid OMB
control number.
SUMMARY:
Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before April 25,
2014. 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 contact listed below as soon
as possible.
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DATES:
Direct all PRA comments to
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For
additional information about the
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information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
Control Number: 3060–0717.
Title: Billed Party Preference for
InterLATA 0+ Calls, CC Docket No. 92–
77, 47 CFR Sections 64.703(a), 64.709,
64.710.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 1,418 respondents;
11,250,150 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1
minute (.017 hours)—50 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual and
on-occasion reporting requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this information collection
is found at 47 U.S.C. 226, Telephone
Operator Services, Pub. L. 101–435, 104
Stat. 986, codified at 47 CFR 64.703(a)
Consumer Information, 64.709
Informational Tariffs, and 64.710
Operator Services for Prison Inmate
Phones.
Total Annual Burden: 205,023 hours.
Total Annual Cost: 126,750.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
An assurance of confidentiality is not
offered because this information
collection does not require the
collection of personally identifiable
information from individuals.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impacts(s).
Needs and Uses: Pursuant to 47 CFR
64.703(a), Operator Service Providers
(OSPs) are required to disclose, audibly
and distinctly to the consumer, at no
charge and before connecting any
interstate call, how to obtain rate
quotations, including any applicable
surcharges. 47 CFR 64.710 imposes
similar requirements on OSPs to
inmates at correctional institutions. 47
CFR 64.709 codifies the requirements
for OSPs to file informational tariffs
with the Commission. These rules help
to ensure that consumers receive
information necessary to determine
what the charges associated with an
OSP-assisted call will be, thereby
enhancing informed consumer choice in
the operator services marketplace.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1182.
Title: Section 64.604(c)(9), Emergency
Interim Rule for Registration and
Documentation of Disability for
Eligibility to Use IP Captioned
Telephone Service, CG Docket Nos. 13–
24 and 03–123.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
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Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Individuals or
households.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 12,004 respondents; 24,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes (.50 hours) to 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On-going
reporting requirement; One-time
reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this information collection
is Sec. 225 [47 U.S.C. 225]
Telecommunications Services for
Hearing-Impaired and Speech-Impaired
Individuals; The Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), Public
Law 101–336, 104 Stat. 327, 366–69,
enacted on July 26, 1990.
Total Annual Burden: 18,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $600,000.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
An assurance of confidentiality is not
offered because this information
collection does not involve the
collection of personally identifiable
information by the government from
individuals.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impacts(s).
Needs and Uses: The Commission
seeks to extend OMB approval of OMB
Control Number 3060–1182 for a period
of three years. The interim rules
containing these collections, which
were adopted in the IP CTS Interim
Order, published at 78 FR 8032,
February 5, 2013, will remain in effect
until the corresponding final rules,
adopted by the Commission in the IP
CTS Reform Order, published at 78 FR
53684, August 30, 2013, take effect. On
December 6, 2013, the United States
Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit granted in part a
motion by Sorenson Communications,
Inc. (Sorenson) seeking a stay of certain
of the final rules. See Sorenson
Communications, Inc. and CaptionCall,
LLC v. FCC, D.C. Cir., No. 13–1246,
December 6, 2013, at 1–2 (Stay Order).
Specifically, the Court stayed ‘‘the rule
adopted by the Commission prohibiting
compensation to providers for minutes
of use generated by equipment
consumers received from providers for
free or for less than $75.’’ For the
purpose of maintaining the status quo
until the court issues a final ruling in
court proceedings No. 13–1246 and
consolidated No. 13–1122, the
Commission therefore seeks to extend
OMB approval of OMB Control Number
3060–1182 for a period of three years.
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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 36 / Monday, February 24, 2014 / Notices
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the
Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014–03745 Filed 2–21–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission Under Delegated
Authority, Comments Requested
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burden(s) 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(s); 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 OMB Control
Number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before April 25, 2014.
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 the Internet at
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Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and
to Leslie F. Smith, Office of Managing
Director (OMD), 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 (OMD), Federal
Communications Commission (FCC),
(202) 418–0217, or via the Internet at
Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0989.
Title: Sections 63.01, 63.03, 63.04,
Procedures for Applicants Requiring
Section 214 Authorization for Domestic
Interstate Transmission Lines Acquired
Through Corporate Control.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents of Responses:
92 respondents; 92 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.5–12
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
Statutory authority for this collection is
contained in 47 U.S.C. 152, 154(i)–(j),
201, 214, and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 1,031 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: $89,250.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impacts.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality. The
FCC is not requiring applicants to
submit confidential information to the
Commission. If applicants want to
request confidential treatment of the
documents they submit to Commission,
they may do so under 47 CFR 0.459 of
the Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: A Report and Order,
FCC 02–78, adopted and released in
March 2002 (Order), set forth the
procedures for common carriers
requiring authorization under section
214 of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended, to acquire domestic
interstate transmission lines through a
transfer of control. Under section 214 of
the Act, carriers must obtain FCC
approval before constructing, acquiring,
or operating an interstate transmission
line. Acquisitions involving interstate
common carriers require affirmative
action by the Commission before the
acquisition can occur. This information
collection contains filing procedures for
domestic transfer of control applications
under sections 63.03 and 63.04. The
FCC filing fee amount for section 214
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applications is currently $1,050 per
application, which reflects an increase
of the previous fee of $1,015 per
application. (a) Sections 63.03 and 63.04
require domestic section 214
applications involving domestic
transfers of control, at a minimum,
should specify: (1) The name, address
and telephone number of each
applicant; (2) the government, state, or
territory under the laws of which each
corporate or partnership applicant is
organized; (3) the name, title, post office
address, and telephone number of the
officer or contact point, such as legal
counsel, to whom correspondence
concerning the application is to be
addressed; (4) the name, address,
citizenship and principal business of
any person or entity that directly or
indirectly owns at least ten percent of
the equity of the applicant, and the
percentage of equity owned by each of
those entities (to the nearest one
percent); (5) certification pursuant to 47
CFR 1.2001 that no party to the
application is subject to a denial of
Federal benefits pursuant to section
5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of
1988; (6) a description of the
transaction; (7) a description of the
geographic areas in which the transferor
and transferee (and their affiliates) offer
domestic telecommunications services,
and what services are provided in each
area; (8) a statement as to how the
application fits into one or more of the
presumptive streamlined categories in
section 63.03 or why it is otherwise
appropriate for streamlined treatment;
(9) identification of all other
Commission applications related to the
same transaction; (10) a statement of
whether the applicants are requesting
special consideration because either
party to the transaction is facing
imminent business failure; (11)
identification of any separately filed
waiver request being sought in
conjunction with the transaction; and
(12) a statement showing how grant of
the application will serve the public
interest, convenience, and necessity,
including any additional information
that may be necessary to show the effect
of the proposed transaction on
competition in domestic markets. Where
an applicant wishes to file a joint
international section 214 transfer of
control application and domestic
section 214 transfer of control
application, the applicant must submit
information that satisfies the
requirements of 47 CFR 63.18. In the
attachment to the international
application, the applicant must submit
information described in 47 CFR
63.04(a)(6). When the Commission,
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520), the Federal Communication Commission (FCC or Commission)
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the following information collections.
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 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 PRA that does not display a valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before April 25,
2014. 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 contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email
PRA@fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 3060-0717.
Title: Billed Party Preference for InterLATA 0+ Calls, CC Docket
No. 92-77, 47 CFR Sections 64.703(a), 64.709, 64.710.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,418 respondents; 11,250,150
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 minute (.017 hours)--50 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual and on-occasion reporting
requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this information collection is found at 47
U.S.C. 226, Telephone Operator Services, Pub. L. 101-435, 104 Stat.
986, codified at 47 CFR 64.703(a) Consumer Information, 64.709
Informational Tariffs, and 64.710 Operator Services for Prison Inmate
Phones.
Total Annual Burden: 205,023 hours.
Total Annual Cost: 126,750.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: An assurance of
confidentiality is not offered because this information collection does
not require the collection of personally identifiable information from
individuals.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impacts(s).
Needs and Uses: Pursuant to 47 CFR 64.703(a), Operator Service
Providers (OSPs) are required to disclose, audibly and distinctly to
the consumer, at no charge and before connecting any interstate call,
how to obtain rate quotations, including any applicable surcharges. 47
CFR 64.710 imposes similar requirements on OSPs to inmates at
correctional institutions. 47 CFR 64.709 codifies the requirements for
OSPs to file informational tariffs with the Commission. These rules
help to ensure that consumers receive information necessary to
determine what the charges associated with an OSP-assisted call will
be, thereby enhancing informed consumer choice in the operator services
marketplace.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1182.
Title: Section 64.604(c)(9), Emergency Interim Rule for
Registration and Documentation of Disability for Eligibility to Use IP
Captioned Telephone Service, CG Docket Nos. 13-24 and 03-123.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Individuals or
households.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 12,004 respondents; 24,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes (.50 hours) to 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On-going reporting requirement; One-time
reporting requirement; Third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this information collection is Sec. 225 [47
U.S.C. 225] Telecommunications Services for Hearing-Impaired and
Speech-Impaired Individuals; The Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990 (ADA), Public Law 101-336, 104 Stat. 327, 366-69, enacted on July
26, 1990.
Total Annual Burden: 18,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $600,000.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: An assurance of
confidentiality is not offered because this information collection does
not involve the collection of personally identifiable information by
the government from individuals.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impacts(s).
Needs and Uses: The Commission seeks to extend OMB approval of OMB
Control Number 3060-1182 for a period of three years. The interim rules
containing these collections, which were adopted in the IP CTS Interim
Order, published at 78 FR 8032, February 5, 2013, will remain in effect
until the corresponding final rules, adopted by the Commission in the
IP CTS Reform Order, published at 78 FR 53684, August 30, 2013, take
effect. On December 6, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit granted in part a motion by Sorenson
Communications, Inc. (Sorenson) seeking a stay of certain of the final
rules. See Sorenson Communications, Inc. and CaptionCall, LLC v. FCC,
D.C. Cir., No. 13-1246, December 6, 2013, at 1-2 (Stay Order).
Specifically, the Court stayed ``the rule adopted by the Commission
prohibiting compensation to providers for minutes of use generated by
equipment consumers received from providers for free or for less than
$75.'' For the purpose of maintaining the status quo until the court
issues a final ruling in court proceedings No. 13-1246 and consolidated
No. 13-1122, the Commission therefore seeks to extend OMB approval of
OMB Control Number 3060-1182 for a period of three years.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing
Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-03745 Filed 2-21-14; 8:45 am]
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