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1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Federal
Communications 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0004.
Title: Sections 1.1307 and 1.1311,
Guidelines for Evaluating the
Environmental Effects of
Radiofrequency Exposure.
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, and State,
Local or Tribal government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 284,332 Respondents;
284,332 Responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1
hour–5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting 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
154(i), 302, 303, 303(r), and 307.
Total Annual Burden: 58,865 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $5,449,750.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is a minimal exemption from the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5
U.S.C. 552(b)(4), and 47 CFR 0.459 of
the Commission’s rules, that is granted
for trade secrets, which may be
submitted to the Commission as part of
the documentation of test results. The
exemption is normally granted for a
short time (weeks to months) for
requests relating to routine
authorizations and for a longer time for
requests relating to experimental
authorizations. No other assurances of
confidentiality are provided to
respondents.
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Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this expiring 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.
This information collection is a result
of responsibility placed on the FCC by
the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969. NEPA requires that
each federal agency evaluate the impact
of ‘‘major actions significantly affecting
the quality of the human environment.’’
It is the FCC’s opinion that this is the
most efficient and reasonable method of
complying with NEPA with regard to
the environmental issue of
radiofrequency radiation from FCCregulated transmitters.
The Commission requires applicants
to submit limited information during
the licensing and authorization process.
In many services, the Commission
simply requires licensees to provide
reliable service to specific geographic
areas, but does not require licensees to
file site-specific information. It does not
appear that the FCC’s present licensing
methods can provide public notification
of site-specific information without
imposing new and significant additional
burden to the Commission’s applicants.
However, we note that applicants with
the greatest potential to exceed the
Commission’s exposure limits are
required to perform an environmental
evaluation as part of the licensing and
authorization process.
The Commission advises concerned
members of the public, seeking sitespecific information, to contact the FCC
for the name and telephone number of
the service providers in the concerned
party’s area. The Commission
encourages all service providers to
provide site-specific, technical
information and environmental
evaluation documentation upon public
request. In addition, we note alternative
sources of information may be state and
local governments, which may collect
some site-specific information as part of
the zoning process.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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Information Collections Being
Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission Under
Delegated Authority
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, 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 July 17, 2017.
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: As part of
its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, and as required by
SUMMARY:
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the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Federal
Communications 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0704.
Title: Sections 42.10, 42.11, 64.1900
and Section 254(g): Policies and Rules
Concerning the Interstate, Interexchange
Marketplace.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 700 respondents; 2,800
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .50
hours–2 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual
reporting requirements, third party
disclosure requirements and
recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in: Sections 1, 4(i), 10, 201–
205, 215, 218–220, 226, and 254 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 151–154, 160, 201–
205, 215, 218–220, 226, and 254.
Total Annual Burden: 2,450 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission is not requesting that
the respondents submit confidential
information to the Commission. If the
Commission requests respondents to
submit information which 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
will submit this information collection
after this 60-day comment period in
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order to obtain the full three-year
clearance from the OMB. The four
information collection requirements
under this OMB Control Number are
information disclosure requirements,
Internet posting requirements,
recordkeeping requirements, and annual
certification requirements. These
requirements are necessary to provide
consumers ready access to information
concerning the rates, terms, and
conditions governing the provision of
interstate, domestic, interexchange
services offered by nondominant
interexchange carriers (IXCs) in a
detariffed and increasingly competitive
environment. The information collected
under the information disclosure
requirement and the Internet posting
requirement must be disclosed to the
public to ensure that consumers have
access to the information they need to
select a telecommunications carrier and
to bring to the Commission’s attention
to possible violations of the
Communications Act without a specific
public disclosure requirement. The
information collected under the
recordkeeping and certification
requirements will be used by the
Commission to ensure that affected
interexchange carriers fulfill their
obligations under the Communications
Act, as amended.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1120.
Title: Service Quality Measure Plan
for Interstate Special Access Quarterly
Reporting Requirements.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 3 respondents; 12 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 25
hours.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151,152,
154(i), 154(j), 201–204, 214, 220(a), 251,
252, 271, 272, and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 300 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission anticipates that the
Bell Operating Companies (BOCs)
which are AT&T, CenturyLink, and
Verizon, may request confidentiality
protection for the special access
performance information.
Needs and Uses: In 2007, the
Commission established a framework to
govern the provision of in-region, long-
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distance services that allows the BOCs
to provide in-region, interstate, long
distance services either directly or
through affiliates that are neither section
272 separate affiliates nor rule 64.1903
affiliates, see Section 272 Sunset Order,
FCC 07–159. Because the BOCs are no
longer required to comply with the
section 272 structural safeguards, the
Commission established special access
performance metrics reporting
requirements, i.e., ordering,
provisioning, and repair and
maintenance to ensure that the BOCs
and their independent incumbent LEC
affiliates do not engage in non-price
discrimination in the provision of
special access services to unaffiliated
entities. The information gleaned from
these performance metrics will provide
the Commission and other interested
parties with reasonable tools to monitor
each BOC’s performance in providing
these special access services to itself
and its competitors.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–09890 Filed 5–15–17; 8:45 am]
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Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission Under Delegated
Authority
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 of 1995 (PRA), the Federal
Communications 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
SUMMARY:
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0704, 3060-1120]
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
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, 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 July 17,
2017. 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: As part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, and as required by
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the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the
Federal Communications 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0704.
Title: Sections 42.10, 42.11, 64.1900 and Section 254(g): Policies
and Rules Concerning the Interstate, Interexchange Marketplace.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 700 respondents; 2,800
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .50 hours-2 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirements, third party
disclosure requirements and recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in:
Sections 1, 4(i), 10, 201-205, 215, 218-220, 226, and 254 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151-154, 160, 201-
205, 215, 218-220, 226, and 254.
Total Annual Burden: 2,450 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting that the respondents submit confidential information to the
Commission. If the Commission requests respondents to submit
information which 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 will submit this information
collection after this 60-day comment period in order to obtain the full
three-year clearance from the OMB. The four information collection
requirements under this OMB Control Number are information disclosure
requirements, Internet posting requirements, recordkeeping
requirements, and annual certification requirements. These requirements
are necessary to provide consumers ready access to information
concerning the rates, terms, and conditions governing the provision of
interstate, domestic, interexchange services offered by nondominant
interexchange carriers (IXCs) in a detariffed and increasingly
competitive environment. The information collected under the
information disclosure requirement and the Internet posting requirement
must be disclosed to the public to ensure that consumers have access to
the information they need to select a telecommunications carrier and to
bring to the Commission's attention to possible violations of the
Communications Act without a specific public disclosure requirement.
The information collected under the recordkeeping and certification
requirements will be used by the Commission to ensure that affected
interexchange carriers fulfill their obligations under the
Communications Act, as amended.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1120.
Title: Service Quality Measure Plan for Interstate Special Access
Quarterly Reporting Requirements.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 3 respondents; 12 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 25 hours.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 151,152, 154(i), 154(j), 201-204, 214, 220(a), 251, 252, 271,
272, and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 300 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission anticipates
that the Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) which are AT&T, CenturyLink,
and Verizon, may request confidentiality protection for the special
access performance information.
Needs and Uses: In 2007, the Commission established a framework to
govern the provision of in-region, long-distance services that allows
the BOCs to provide in-region, interstate, long distance services
either directly or through affiliates that are neither section 272
separate affiliates nor rule 64.1903 affiliates, see Section 272 Sunset
Order, FCC 07-159. Because the BOCs are no longer required to comply
with the section 272 structural safeguards, the Commission established
special access performance metrics reporting requirements, i.e.,
ordering, provisioning, and repair and maintenance to ensure that the
BOCs and their independent incumbent LEC affiliates do not engage in
non-price discrimination in the provision of special access services to
unaffiliated entities. The information gleaned from these performance
metrics will provide the Commission and other interested parties with
reasonable tools to monitor each BOC's performance in providing these
special access services to itself and its competitors.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-09890 Filed 5-15-17; 8:45 am]
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