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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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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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acting through the Wireline Competition
Bureau, determines that applicants have
submitted a complete application
qualifying for streamlined treatment, it
shall issue a public notice commencing
a 30-day review period to consider
whether the transaction serves the
public interest, convenience and
necessity. Parties will have 14 days to
file any comments on the proposed
transaction, and applicants will be given
7 days to respond. (b) Applicants are not
required to file post-consummation
notices of pro forma transactions, except
that a post transaction notice must be
filed with the Commission within 30
days of a pro forma transfer to a
bankruptcy trustee or a debtor-inpossession. The notification can be in
the form of a letter (in duplicate to the
Secretary, Federal Communications
Commission). The letter or other form of
notification must also contain the
information listed in sections (a)(1). A
single letter may be filed for more than
one such transfer of control. The
information will be used by the
Commission to ensure that applicants
comply with the requirements of 47
U.S.C. 214.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014–03878 Filed 2–21–14; 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 and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Federal Communications
Commission (FCC), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
burden invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995. Comments are
requested concerning: (a) Whether the
proposed collection(s) of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Commission,
including whether the information shall
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the Commission’s burden estimate; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
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collection(s) of information on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology;
and (e) ways to further reduce the
information burden for small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Control
Number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that
does not display a valid OMB Control
Number.
Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before 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 FCC contact listed below as
soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Leslie F. Smith, Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), via
email PRA@fcc.gov or to Leslie.Smith@
fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information the information
collection, contact Leslie F. Smith at
(202) 418–0217.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commission received OMB
reinstatement of two information
collections, 3060–0370 and 3060–0741,
under the emergency processing
provisions of the PRA, 5 CFR 1320.5,
1320.8(d), and 1320.13 on February 12,
2014.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0370.
Title: Part 32, Uniform System of
Accounts for Telecommunications
Companies.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Reinstatement
without change of a previously
approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, and
state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 859 respondents; 859
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting 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. 11, 151, 154,
161, 201–205, 215, and 218–220.
Total Annual Burden: 859 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost(s).
DATES:
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Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission is not requesting that
the respondents submit confidential
information to the Commission. If the
Commission requests applicants to
submit information that the respondents
believe is confidential, respondents may
request confidential treatment of such
information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission, in
2004, adopted the Joint Conference’s
recommendations to reinstate the
following Part 32 accounts:
Account 5230, Directory revenue;
Account 6621, Call completion
services;
Account 6622, Number services;
Account 6623, Customer services;
Account 6561, Depreciation expensetelecommunications plant in service;
Account 6562, Depreciation expenseproperty held for future
telecommunications use;
Account 6563, Amortization expensetangible;
Account 6564, Amortization expenseintangible; and
Account 6565, Amortization expenseother.
These accounting changes are
mandatory only for Class A Incumbent
Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs). The
reinstatement of these accounts imposed
a minor increase in burden only Class
A ILECs only. The Commission also
established a recordkeeping requirement
that Class A ILECs maintain subsidiary
record categories for unbundled
network element revenues, resale
revenues, reciprocal compensation
revenues, and other interconnection
revenues in the accounts in which these
revenues are currently recorded. The
use of subsidiary record categories
allows carriers to use whatever
mechanisms they choose, including
those currently in place, to identify the
relevant amounts as long as the
information can be made available to
state and federal regulators upon
request. The use of subsidiary record
categories for interconnection revenue
does not require massive changes to the
ILECs’ accounting systems and is a far
less burdensome alternative than the
creation of new accounts and/or
subaccounts. The information submitted
to the Commission by carriers provides
the necessary detail to enable the
Commission to fulfill its regulatory
responsibilities.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0741.
Title: Implementation of the Local
Competition Provisions of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC
Docket No. 96–98, Second Report and
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority, 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(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 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 for-profit.
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 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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acting through the Wireline Competition Bureau, determines that
applicants have submitted a complete application qualifying for
streamlined treatment, it shall issue a public notice commencing a 30-
day review period to consider whether the transaction serves the public
interest, convenience and necessity. Parties will have 14 days to file
any comments on the proposed transaction, and applicants will be given
7 days to respond. (b) Applicants are not required to file post-
consummation notices of pro forma transactions, except that a post
transaction notice must be filed with the Commission within 30 days of
a pro forma transfer to a bankruptcy trustee or a debtor-in-possession.
The notification can be in the form of a letter (in duplicate to the
Secretary, Federal Communications Commission). The letter or other form
of notification must also contain the information listed in sections
(a)(1). A single letter may be filed for more than one such transfer of
control. The information will be used by the Commission to ensure that
applicants comply with the requirements of 47 U.S.C. 214.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-03878 Filed 2-21-14; 8:45 am]
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