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about this rule or any policy or action
of the Coast Guard.
C. Collection of Information
This rule will not call for a new
collection of information under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501–3520).
D. Federalism and Indian Tribal
Governments
A rule has implications for federalism
under Executive Order 13132,
Federalism, if it has a substantial direct
effect on the States, on the relationship
between the national government and
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analyzed this rule under that Order and
have determined that it is consistent
with the fundamental federalism
principles and preemption requirements
described in Executive Order 13132.
Also, this rule does not have tribal
implications under Executive Order
13175, Consultation and Coordination
with Indian Tribal Governments,
because it does not have a substantial
direct effect on one or more Indian
tribes, on the relationship between the
Federal Government and Indian tribes,
or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities between the Federal
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believe this rule has implications for
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contact the person listed in the FOR
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E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531–1538) requires
Federal agencies to assess the effects of
their discretionary regulatory actions. In
particular, the Act addresses actions
that may result in the expenditure by a
State, local, or tribal government, in the
aggregate, or by the private sector of
$100,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) or
more in any one year. Though this rule
will not result in such an expenditure,
we do discuss the effects of this rule
elsewhere in this preamble.
F. Environment
We have analyzed this rule under
Department of Homeland Security
Management Directive 023–01 and
Commandant Instruction M16475.lD,
which guide the Coast Guard in
complying with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and have
determined that this action is one of a
category of actions that do not
individually or cumulatively have a
significant effect on the human
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environment. This rule involves a safety
zone lasting only during inbound transit
and cargo operations of the M/V SWAN.
It is categorically excluded from further
review under paragraph 34(g) of Figure
2–1 of the Commandant Instruction. A
Record of Environmental Consideration
supporting this determination is
available in the docket where indicated
under ADDRESSES.
G. Protest Activities
The Coast Guard respects the First
Amendment rights of protesters.
Protesters are asked to contact the
person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section to
coordinate protest activities so that your
message can be received without
jeopardizing the safety or security of
people, places or vessels.
List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165
Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation
(water), Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Security measures,
Waterways.
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33
CFR part 165 as follows:
PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION
AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS
1. The authority citation for part 165
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 50 U.S.C. 191;
33 CFR 1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5;
Department of Homeland Security
Delegations No. 0170.1.
2. Add § 165.T07–0977 to read as
follows:
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§ 165.T07–0977 Safety Zone; Crane Transit
and Unloading from M/V SWAN, Savannah
River, Savannah, GA.
(a) Regulated area. The following
areas are established as safety zones:
(1) All waters of the Savannah River
within one nautical mile ahead and
astern of the M/V SWAN as it transits
from the Savannah River entrance to
Garden City Terminal.
(2) All waters within a 500-yard
radius around the M/V SWAN while
conducting cargo operations at Garden
City Terminal.
(b) Definition. As used in this section,
‘‘designated representative’’ means
Coast Guard Patrol Commanders,
including Coast Guard coxswains, petty
officers, and other officers operating
Coast Guard vessels or aircraft, and
federal, state, and local officers
designated by or assisting the Captain of
the Port (COTP) Savannah in the
enforcement of the regulated areas.
(c) Regulations. (1) All persons and
vessels are prohibited from entering,
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transiting through, anchoring in, or
remaining within the regulated area of
the safety zone unless authorized by the
COTP Savannah or a designated
representative.
(2) Persons or vessels desiring to
enter, transit through, anchor in, or
remain within the safety zone may
contact COTP Savannah by telephone at
(912) 652–4353, or a designated
representative via VHF radio on channel
16, to request authorization. If
authorization to enter, transit through,
anchor in, or remain within the
regulated area is granted by the COTP
Savannah or a designated
representative, all persons and vessels
receiving such authorization must
comply with the instructions of the
COTP Savannah or a designated
representative.
(3) The Coast Guard will provide
notice of the regulated areas by Local
Notice to Mariners, Broadcast Notice to
Mariners, Marine Safety Security
Bulletins, and on-scene designated
representatives.
(d) Enforcement period. This rule will
be enforced from November 21, 2017
through December 2, 2017.
Dated: November 17, 2017.
Norm C. Witt,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of
the Port Savannah.
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COMMISSION
47 CFR Parts 1 and 69
[WC Docket Nos. 16–143, 05–25, GN Docket
No. 13–5 and RM–10593; FCC 17–43]
Sunset Order; Access Charge Reform;
Business Data Services
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of
effective date.
AGENCY:
In this document, the
Commission announces that the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) has
approved, for a period of three years, an
information collection associated with
the Commission’s Business Data
Services Report and Order, FCC 17–43,
which reformed the business data
services/special access regulations for
incumbent and competitive LECs. The
Commission’s reforms included
replacing the application-based pricing
flexibility rules with a new framework
for determining the circumstances
under which business data services will
SUMMARY:
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be subject to ex ante pricing regulation.
The Commission amended its rules to
specify that its pricing flexibility rules
no longer apply to business data
services. The Commission also limited
the circumstances under which price
cap LECs must file their business data
services contracts as contract-based
tariffs. This document is consistent with
the Order, which stated that the
Commission would publish a document
in the Federal Register announcing the
effective date of this rule.
DATES: The amendments to §§ 1.776 and
69.701 of the Commission’s rules,
published at June 2, 2017, 82 FR 25660,
are effective November 29, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Kehoe, Pricing Policy Division,
Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202)
418–7122, or email: william.kehoe@
fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document announces that, on November
7, 2017, OMB approved, for a period of
three years, the changes in information
collection requirements relating to
§§ 1.774, 1.776 and 69.701 of the
Commission’s rules, as contained in the
Commission’s Business Data Services
Report and Order, FCC 17–43,
published at 82 FR 25660, June 2, 2017.
The OMB Control Number is 3060–
0760. The Commission publishes this
document as an announcement of the
effective date of §§ 1.776 and 69.701 of
the Commission’s rules. If you have any
comments on the burden estimates
listed below, or how the Commission
can improve the collections and reduce
any burdens caused thereby, please
contact Nicole Ongele, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 1–
A620, 445 12th Street SW., Washington,
DC 20554. Please include the OMB
Control Number, 3060–0760, in your
correspondence. The Commission will
also accept your comments via email at
PRA@fcc.gov. To request materials in
accessible formats for people with
disabilities (Braille, large print,
electronic files, audio format), send an
email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the
Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202)
418–0432 (TTY).
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507),
the FCC is notifying the public that it
received final OMB approval on
November 7, 2017, for the information
collection requirements contained in the
modifications to §§ 1.774, 1.776, and
69.701 of the Commission’s rules. Under
5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not
conduct or sponsor a collection of
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information unless it displays a current,
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 that does not
display a current, valid OMB Control
Number. The OMB Control Number is
3060–0760.
The foregoing notice is required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995,
and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens
and costs for the respondents are as
follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0760.
OMB Approval Date: November 7,
2017.
OMB Expiration Date: November 30,
2020.
Title: 272 Sunset Order, WC Docket
No. 06–120; Access Charge Reform, CC
Docket No. 96–262, First Report and
Order; Second Order on
Reconsideration and Memorandum
Opinion and Order; and Fifth Report
and Order; Business Data Services
Report and Order, WC Docket No. 16–
143 et al.
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 13 respondents; 66
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 3–80
hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time
reporting requirement; on-occasion
reporting requirement; 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. 1, 4(i) through
(j), 201 through 205, and 303(r) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i) through
(j), 201 through 205, and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 1,256 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $61,050.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The information requested is not of a
confidential nature. However,
respondents may request materials or
information submitted to the
Commission be withheld from public
inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: On April 28, 2017,
the Commission released the Business
Data Services Order, WC Docket No. 16–
143 et al., FCC 17–43, reforming the
business data services/special access
regulations for incumbent and
competitive LECs. The Commission’s
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reforms included replacing the
application-based pricing flexibility
rules with a new framework under
which: (a) Packet-based services, time
division multiplexing (TDM) services
with bandwidth greater than 45 mbps,
and TDM transport services are not
subject to ex ante pricing regulation; (b)
a new standard is applied to determine
the extent to which the Commission
regulates price cap LECs’ TDM end user
channel terminations with bandwidth
less than 45 mbps and certain other low
bandwidth business data services.
Under this standard, a price cap LEC is
not subject to ex ante pricing regulation
in the provision of these services in
counties deemed competitive under the
Commission’s competitive market test
or for which the price cap LEC
previously obtained Phase II pricing
flexibility; (c) the price cap LEC is
subject to ex ante pricing regulation in
other counties where it is the incumbent
LEC, but in these counties the price cap
LEC has downward pricing flexibility
(i.e., the equivalent of Phase I pricing
flexibility under the prior rules); and (d)
the Commission will update the
competitive market test results every
three years using data already collected
in FCC Form 477.
Among other rules changes, the
Business Data Services Order repealed
§ 1.774, which set forth requirements for
pricing flexibility applications, and
added § 1.776, which limits the
circumstances under which price cap
LECs must file their business data
services contracts as contract-based
tariffs. The Commission also amended
§ 69.701 of its rules to specify that its
pricing flexibility rules no longer apply
to business data services.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Parts 1 and 69
[WC Docket Nos. 16-143, 05-25, GN Docket No. 13-5 and RM-10593; FCC 17-
43]
Sunset Order; Access Charge Reform; Business Data Services
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years,
an information collection associated with the Commission's Business
Data Services Report and Order, FCC 17-43, which reformed the business
data services/special access regulations for incumbent and competitive
LECs. The Commission's reforms included replacing the application-based
pricing flexibility rules with a new framework for determining the
circumstances under which business data services will
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be subject to ex ante pricing regulation. The Commission amended its
rules to specify that its pricing flexibility rules no longer apply to
business data services. The Commission also limited the circumstances
under which price cap LECs must file their business data services
contracts as contract-based tariffs. This document is consistent with
the Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in
the Federal Register announcing the effective date of this rule.
DATES: The amendments to Sec. Sec. 1.776 and 69.701 of the
Commission's rules, published at June 2, 2017, 82 FR 25660, are
effective November 29, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Kehoe, Pricing Policy
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-7122, or email:
william.kehoe@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on November 7,
2017, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the changes in
information collection requirements relating to Sec. Sec. 1.774, 1.776
and 69.701 of the Commission's rules, as contained in the Commission's
Business Data Services Report and Order, FCC 17-43, published at 82 FR
25660, June 2, 2017. The OMB Control Number is 3060-0760. The
Commission publishes this document as an announcement of the effective
date of Sec. Sec. 1.776 and 69.701 of the Commission's rules. If you
have any comments on the burden estimates listed below, or how the
Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens caused
thereby, please contact Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications
Commission, Room 1-A620, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554.
Please include the OMB Control Number, 3060-0760, in your
correspondence. The Commission will also accept your comments via email
at PRA@fcc.gov. To request materials in accessible formats for people
with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio
format), send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432
(TTY).
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received final OMB
approval on November 7, 2017, for the information collection
requirements contained in the modifications to Sec. Sec. 1.774, 1.776,
and 69.701 of the Commission's rules. Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency
may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it
displays a current, 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
that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB
Control Number is 3060-0760.
The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents
are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0760.
OMB Approval Date: November 7, 2017.
OMB Expiration Date: November 30, 2020.
Title: 272 Sunset Order, WC Docket No. 06-120; Access Charge
Reform, CC Docket No. 96-262, First Report and Order; Second Order on
Reconsideration and Memorandum Opinion and Order; and Fifth Report and
Order; Business Data Services Report and Order, WC Docket No. 16-143 et
al.
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 13 respondents; 66 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 3-80 hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement; on-occasion
reporting requirement; 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. 1, 4(i) through (j), 201 through 205, and 303(r) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i) through
(j), 201 through 205, and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 1,256 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $61,050.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The information requested is
not of a confidential nature. However, respondents may request
materials or information submitted to the Commission be withheld from
public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: On April 28, 2017, the Commission released the
Business Data Services Order, WC Docket No. 16-143 et al., FCC 17-43,
reforming the business data services/special access regulations for
incumbent and competitive LECs. The Commission's reforms included
replacing the application-based pricing flexibility rules with a new
framework under which: (a) Packet-based services, time division
multiplexing (TDM) services with bandwidth greater than 45 mbps, and
TDM transport services are not subject to ex ante pricing regulation;
(b) a new standard is applied to determine the extent to which the
Commission regulates price cap LECs' TDM end user channel terminations
with bandwidth less than 45 mbps and certain other low bandwidth
business data services. Under this standard, a price cap LEC is not
subject to ex ante pricing regulation in the provision of these
services in counties deemed competitive under the Commission's
competitive market test or for which the price cap LEC previously
obtained Phase II pricing flexibility; (c) the price cap LEC is subject
to ex ante pricing regulation in other counties where it is the
incumbent LEC, but in these counties the price cap LEC has downward
pricing flexibility (i.e., the equivalent of Phase I pricing
flexibility under the prior rules); and (d) the Commission will update
the competitive market test results every three years using data
already collected in FCC Form 477.
Among other rules changes, the Business Data Services Order
repealed Sec. 1.774, which set forth requirements for pricing
flexibility applications, and added Sec. 1.776, which limits the
circumstances under which price cap LECs must file their business data
services contracts as contract-based tariffs. The Commission also
amended Sec. 69.701 of its rules to specify that its pricing
flexibility rules no longer apply to business data services.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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