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Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirements.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in 47 U.S.C.
sections 151, 154(i), 154(j), 201–205,
303(r), and 403.
Total Annual Burden: 130 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: $10,985.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
No information of a confidential nature
is requested. However, respondents may
request materials or information
submitted to the Commission to be
withheld from public inspection under
47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: In an August 1999
Fifth Report and Order and Further
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Pricing
Flexibility Order), FCC–206, CC Docket
Nos. 94–1 et al., 64 FR 51280 (Sept. 22,
1999), the Commission permitted price
cap local exchange carriers (LECs) to
introduce new services on a streamlined
basis, without prior approval or cost
support requirements. The Commission
eliminated the public interest showing
required by section 69.4(g), and, except
in the case of new loop-based switched
access services, eliminated the new
services test required by sections 61.49
(f) and (g). The information submitted
by price cap LECs will be used to
determine whether their proposed rates
for new loop-based switched access
services are in the public interest and
whether they meet the new services test.
The Commission has eliminated
references to sections 1.774, 61.55,
61.58, 69.707, 69.13, and 69.729
because, based on further review, these
sections are not applicable to this
information collection and were
inadvertently included in previous
submissions. Also, these rule sections
already have PRA coverage under
collection 3060–0760.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary, Office of the Managing Director.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
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Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
AGENCY:
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Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
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 Communications
Commission (FCC or the Commission)
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
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 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 Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before December 1,
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
Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole
Ongele at (202) 418–2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0430.
Title: Section 1.1206, Permit-butDisclose Proceedings.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit;
Not-for-profit institutions; Federal
Government; and State, local, or tribal
governments.
SUMMARY:
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Number of Respondent and
responses: 11,500 respondents; 34,500
responses.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain benefits. Statutory authority for
this collection of information is
contained in sections 4(i) and (j), 303(r),
and 409 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and
(j), 303(r), and 409.
Estimated Time per Response: 45
minutes (0.75 hours).
Total Annual Burden: 25,875 hours.
Total Annual Costs: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Consistent with the Commission’s rules
on confidential treatment of
submissions, under 47 CFR 0.459, a
presenter may request confidential
treatment of ex parte presentations. In
addition, the Commission will permit
parties to remove metadata containing
confidential or privileged information,
and the Commission will also not
require parties to file electronically ex
parte notices that contain confidential
information. The Commission will,
however, require a redacted version to
be filed electronically at the same time
the paper filing is submitted, and that
the redacted version must be machinereadable whenever technically possible.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The Commission’s
rules, under 47 CFR 1.1206, require that
a public record be made of ex parte
presentations (i.e., written presentations
not served on all parties to the
proceeding or oral presentations as to
which all parties have not been given
notice and an opportunity to be present)
to decision-making personnel in
‘‘permit-but-disclose’’ proceedings, such
as notice-and-comment rulemakings and
declaratory ruling proceedings.
On February 2, 2011, the FCC released
a Report and Order and Further Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking, GC Docket
Number 10–43, FCC 11–11, which
amended and reformed the
Commission’s rules on ex parte
presentations (47 CFR 1.1206(b)(2))
made in the course of Commission
rulemakings and other permit-butdisclose proceedings. The modifications
to the existing rules adopted in this
Report and Order require that parties
file more descriptive summaries of their
ex parte contacts, by ensuring that other
parties and the public have an adequate
opportunity to review and respond to
information submitted ex parte, and by
improving the FCC’s oversight and
enforcement of the ex parte rules. The
modified ex parte rules which contain
information collection requirements
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which OMB approved on December 6,
2011, are as follows: (1) Ex parte notices
will be required for all oral ex parte
presentations in permit-but-disclose
proceedings, not just for those
presentations that involve new
information or arguments not already in
the record; (2) If an oral ex parte
presentation is limited to material
already in the written record, the notice
must contain either a succinct summary
of the matters discussed or a citation to
the page or paragraph number in the
party’s written submission(s) where the
matters discussed can be found; (3)
Notices for all ex parte presentations
must include the name of the person(s)
who made the ex parte presentation as
well as a list of all persons attending or
otherwise participating in the meeting at
which the presentation was made; (4)
Notices of ex parte presentations made
outside the Sunshine period must be
filed within two business days of the
presentation; (5) The Sunshine period
will begin on the day (including
business days, weekends, and holidays)
after issuance of the Sunshine notice,
rather than when the Sunshine Agenda
is issued (as the current rules provide);
(6) If an ex parte presentation is made
on the day the Sunshine notice is
released, an ex parte notice must be
submitted by the next business day, and
any reply would be due by the following
business day. If a permissible ex parte
presentation is made during the
Sunshine period (under an exception to
the Sunshine period prohibition), the ex
parte notice is due by the end of the
same day on which the presentation was
made, and any reply would need to be
filed by the next business day. Any
reply must be in writing and limited to
the issues raised in the ex parte notice
to which the reply is directed; (7)
Commissioners and agency staff may
continue to request ex parte
presentations during the Sunshine
period, but these presentations should
be limited to the specific information
required by the Commission; (8) Ex
parte notices must be submitted
electronically in machine-readable
format. PDF images created by scanning
a paper document may not be
submitted, except in cases in which a
word-processing version of the
document is not available. Confidential
information may continue to be
submitted by paper filing, but a redacted
version must be filed electronically at
the same time the paper filing is
submitted. An exception to the
electronic filing requirement will be
made in cases in which the filing party
claims hardship. The basis for the
hardship claim must be substantiated in
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the ex parte filing; (9) To facilitate
stricter enforcement of the ex parte
rules, the Enforcement Bureau is
authorized to levy forfeitures for ex
parte rule violations; (10) Copies of
electronically filed ex parte notices
must also be sent electronically to all
staff and Commissioners present at the
ex parte meeting so as to enable them
to review the notices for accuracy and
completeness. Filers may be asked to
submit corrections or further
information as necessary for compliance
with the rules; and (11) Parties making
permissible ex parte presentations in
restricted proceedings must conform
and clarify rule changes when filing an
ex parte notice with the Commission.
The information is used by parties to
permit-but-disclose proceedings,
including interested members of the
public, to respond to the arguments
made and data offered in the
presentations. The responses may then
be used by the Commission in its
decision-making. The availability of the
ex parte materials ensures that the
Commission’s decisional processes are
fair, impartial, and comport with the
concept of due process in that all
interested parties can know of and
respond to the arguments made to the
decision-making officials.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary, Office of the Managing Director.
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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:
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 Communications
Commission (FCC or the Commission)
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
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;
SUMMARY:
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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 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 Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before December 1,
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: 3060–1030.
Title: Service Rules for Advanced
Wireless Services (AWS) in the 1.7 GHz
and 2.1 GHz Bands.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; state, local, or tribal
government; Federal Government and
not for profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 393
respondents; 83,505 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 to
5 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual, semiannual, one time, and on occasion
reporting requirements, recordkeeping
requirement, third-party disclosure
requirements, and every ten years
reporting requirements.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
in sections 1, 2, 4(i), 201, 301, 302, 303,
307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, 324, 332,
and 333 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, and sections 6003,
6004, and 6401 of the Middle Class Tax
Relief Act of 2012, Public Law 112–96,
126 Stat. 156, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i),
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[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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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 Communications Commission (FCC or the
Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the following information
collection. 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 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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before December
1, 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 Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email
PRA@fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0430.
Title: Section 1.1206, Permit-but-Disclose Proceedings.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Federal Government; and State,
local, or tribal governments.
Number of Respondent and responses: 11,500 respondents; 34,500
responses.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain benefits. Statutory
authority for this collection of information is contained in sections
4(i) and (j), 303(r), and 409 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and (j), 303(r), and 409.
Estimated Time per Response: 45 minutes (0.75 hours).
Total Annual Burden: 25,875 hours.
Total Annual Costs: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Consistent with the
Commission's rules on confidential treatment of submissions, under 47
CFR 0.459, a presenter may request confidential treatment of ex parte
presentations. In addition, the Commission will permit parties to
remove metadata containing confidential or privileged information, and
the Commission will also not require parties to file electronically ex
parte notices that contain confidential information. The Commission
will, however, require a redacted version to be filed electronically at
the same time the paper filing is submitted, and that the redacted
version must be machine-readable whenever technically possible.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The Commission's rules, under 47 CFR 1.1206,
require that a public record be made of ex parte presentations (i.e.,
written presentations not served on all parties to the proceeding or
oral presentations as to which all parties have not been given notice
and an opportunity to be present) to decision-making personnel in
``permit-but-disclose'' proceedings, such as notice-and-comment
rulemakings and declaratory ruling proceedings.
On February 2, 2011, the FCC released a Report and Order and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, GC Docket Number 10-43, FCC 11-
11, which amended and reformed the Commission's rules on ex parte
presentations (47 CFR 1.1206(b)(2)) made in the course of Commission
rulemakings and other permit-but-disclose proceedings. The
modifications to the existing rules adopted in this Report and Order
require that parties file more descriptive summaries of their ex parte
contacts, by ensuring that other parties and the public have an
adequate opportunity to review and respond to information submitted ex
parte, and by improving the FCC's oversight and enforcement of the ex
parte rules. The modified ex parte rules which contain information
collection requirements
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which OMB approved on December 6, 2011, are as follows: (1) Ex parte
notices will be required for all oral ex parte presentations in permit-
but-disclose proceedings, not just for those presentations that involve
new information or arguments not already in the record; (2) If an oral
ex parte presentation is limited to material already in the written
record, the notice must contain either a succinct summary of the
matters discussed or a citation to the page or paragraph number in the
party's written submission(s) where the matters discussed can be found;
(3) Notices for all ex parte presentations must include the name of the
person(s) who made the ex parte presentation as well as a list of all
persons attending or otherwise participating in the meeting at which
the presentation was made; (4) Notices of ex parte presentations made
outside the Sunshine period must be filed within two business days of
the presentation; (5) The Sunshine period will begin on the day
(including business days, weekends, and holidays) after issuance of the
Sunshine notice, rather than when the Sunshine Agenda is issued (as the
current rules provide); (6) If an ex parte presentation is made on the
day the Sunshine notice is released, an ex parte notice must be
submitted by the next business day, and any reply would be due by the
following business day. If a permissible ex parte presentation is made
during the Sunshine period (under an exception to the Sunshine period
prohibition), the ex parte notice is due by the end of the same day on
which the presentation was made, and any reply would need to be filed
by the next business day. Any reply must be in writing and limited to
the issues raised in the ex parte notice to which the reply is
directed; (7) Commissioners and agency staff may continue to request ex
parte presentations during the Sunshine period, but these presentations
should be limited to the specific information required by the
Commission; (8) Ex parte notices must be submitted electronically in
machine-readable format. PDF images created by scanning a paper
document may not be submitted, except in cases in which a word-
processing version of the document is not available. Confidential
information may continue to be submitted by paper filing, but a
redacted version must be filed electronically at the same time the
paper filing is submitted. An exception to the electronic filing
requirement will be made in cases in which the filing party claims
hardship. The basis for the hardship claim must be substantiated in the
ex parte filing; (9) To facilitate stricter enforcement of the ex parte
rules, the Enforcement Bureau is authorized to levy forfeitures for ex
parte rule violations; (10) Copies of electronically filed ex parte
notices must also be sent electronically to all staff and Commissioners
present at the ex parte meeting so as to enable them to review the
notices for accuracy and completeness. Filers may be asked to submit
corrections or further information as necessary for compliance with the
rules; and (11) Parties making permissible ex parte presentations in
restricted proceedings must conform and clarify rule changes when
filing an ex parte notice with the Commission.
The information is used by parties to permit-but-disclose
proceedings, including interested members of the public, to respond to
the arguments made and data offered in the presentations. The responses
may then be used by the Commission in its decision-making. The
availability of the ex parte materials ensures that the Commission's
decisional processes are fair, impartial, and comport with the concept
of due process in that all interested parties can know of and respond
to the arguments made to the decision-making officials.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary, Office of
the Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-23269 Filed 9-29-14; 8:45 am]
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