Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget, 26791-26792 [2017-11960]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 110 (Friday, June 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26791-26792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11960]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-1046]


Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to 
the Office of Management and Budget

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 Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of 
information

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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 PRA 
that does not display a valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before July 10, 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 contacts listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via 
email Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via 
email PRA@fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. Include in the comments 
the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991. 
To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted 
to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page <https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain>, (2) look for the section of the Web page called ``Currently 
Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the 
``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4) 
select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies 
presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button 
to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC 
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the OMB control number of 
this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC 
submission to OMB will be displayed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1046.
    Title: Part 64, Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation 
Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 469 respondents; 3,725 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 hours-200 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, one-time, annual, and quarterly 
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 47 
U.S.C. 151, 154 and 276.
    Total Annual Burden: 73,494 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting respondents to submit confidential information. Respondents 
may request confidential treatment of their information that they 
believe to be confidential pursuant to 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's 
rules.
    Needs and Uses: In the Order on Reconsideration (FCC 04-251), the 
Commission considered four petitions for reconsideration of our Report 
and Order. The Report and Order (FCC 03-235) established detailed rules 
(Payphone Compensation Rules) ensuring that payphone service providers 
or PSPs are ``fairly compensated'' for each and every completed 
payphone-originated call pursuant to section 276 of the Communications 
Act, as amended (the Act). The Payphone Compensation Rules satisfy 
section 276 by identifying the party liable for compensation and 
establishing a mechanism for PSPs to be paid. The Payphone Compensation 
Rules: (1) Place liability to compensate PSPs for payphone-originated 
calls on the facilities-based long distance carriers or switch-based 
resellers (SBRs) from whose switches such calls are completed; (2) 
define these responsible carriers as ``Completing Carriers'' and 
require them to develop their own system of tracking calls to 
completion, the accuracy of which must be confirmed and attested to by 
a third-party auditor; (3) require Completing Carriers to file with 
PSPs a quarterly report and also submit an attestation by the chief 
financial officer (CFO) that the payment amount for that quarter is 
accurate and is based on 100% of all completed calls; (4) require 
quarterly reporting obligations for other facilities-based long 
distance carriers in the call path, if any, and define these carriers 
as ``Intermediate Carriers;'' (5) give parties flexibility to agree to 
alternative compensation arrangements (ACA) so that small Completing 
Carriers may avoid the expense of instituting a tracking system and 
undergoing an audit. The Order on Reconsideration did not change this 
compensation framework, but rather refined and built upon its approach. 
While the Commission increased the time carriers must retain certain 
data and added burden in that regard, the Commission also removed 
potentially burdensome paperwork requirements by encouraging carriers 
to comply with the reporting requirements through electronic means. We 
believe that the clarifications adopted in the Order on Reconsideration 
significantly decrease the paperwork burden on carriers. Specifically, 
the Commission did the following: (1) Clarified alternative 
arrangements for small businesses requiring a Completing Carrier to 
give the PSP adequate notice of an ACA prior to its effective date with 
sufficient time for the PSP to object to an ACA, and also prior to the 
termination of an ACA; (2) clarified any paperwork burdens imposed on 
carriers allowing Completing Carriers the ability to give PSPs adequate 
notice of payphone compensation requirements by placing notice on a 
clearinghouse Web site or through electronic methods; (3) required 
Completing Carriers and Intermediate Carriers to report only completed 
calls in their quarterly reports; and (4) extended the time period from 
18 to 27 months for Completing Carriers and Intermediate Carriers to 
retain certain payphone records.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-11960 Filed 6-8-17; 8:45 am]
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