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confidential treatment pursuant to
section 0.459 of the Commission’s rules
for such information. See 47 CFR 0.459.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: A request for
approval of this new information
collection is being submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to obtain the full three-year
clearance from OMB. In its November
2011 USF/ICC Transformation Order
(FCC 11–161), the Commission
established the Mobility Fund, which
consists of two phases. Mobility Fund
Phase I (MF–I) provided one-time
universal service support payments to
immediately accelerate deployment of
mobile broadband services. MF–II will
use a reverse auction to provide ongoing
universal service support payments to
continue to advance deployment of such
services. The Commission adopted the
rules and framework for MF–I in the
USF/ICC Transformation Order, and
sought comment in an accompanying
further notice of proposed rulemaking
on the proposed framework for MF–II.
In its February 2017 Mobility Fund II
Report and Order and Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (MF–II Report
and Order and/or FNPRM) (FCC 17–11),
the FCC adopted the rules and
framework for moving forward
expeditiously with the MF–II auction.
Among other things, the Commission
stated in the MF–II Report and Order
that, prior to the auction, it would
establish a map of areas presumptively
eligible for MF–II support based on the
most recently available FCC Form 477
mobile wireless coverage data, and
provide a limited timeframe for parties
to challenge those initial determinations
during the pre-auction process. The
Commission sought comment in the
accompanying Mobility Fund II FNPRM
on how to best design a robust, targeted
MF–II challenge process that efficiently
resolves disputes about the areas
eligible for MF–II support. In August
2017, the Commission released an Order
on Reconsideration and Second Report
and Order (Challenge Process Order)
(FCC 17–102) in which it (1)
reconsidered its earlier decision to use
FCC Form 477 data to compile the map
of areas presumptively eligible for MF–
II support and decided it would instead
conduct a new, one-time data collection
with specified data parameters tailored
to MF–II to determine the areas in
which there is deployment of qualified
LTE that will be used (together with
high-cost disbursement data available
from the Universal Service
Administrative Company (USAC)) for
this purpose, and (2) adopted a
streamlined challenge process that will
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efficiently resolve disputes about areas
deemed presumptively ineligible for
MF–II support. The map of areas
presumptively eligible for MF–II
support will serve as the starting point
for the challenge process pursuant to
which an interested party (challenger)
may initiate a challenge with respect to
one or more areas initially deemed
ineligible for MF–II support (i.e., areas
not listed on the Commission’s map of
areas presumptively eligible for MF–II
support and challenged parties can
respond to challenges. A challenger
seeking to initiate a challenge of one or
more areas initially deemed ineligible in
the Commission’s map of areas
presumptively eligible for MF–II
support may do so via the online
challenge portal developed by USAC for
this purpose (the USAC portal). For
each state, a challenger must (1) identify
the area(s) it seeks to challenge, (2)
submit detailed proof of a lack of
unsubsidized, qualified 4G LTE
coverage in each challenged area in the
form of actual outdoor speed test data
collected using the standardized
parameters specified by the Commission
in the Challenge Process Order and any
other parameters the Commission or the
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
and Wireline Competition Bureau (the
Bureaus) may implement, and (3) certify
its challenge.
After the challenge window closes,
the USAC system will use an automated
challenge validation process developed
by USAC to validate a challenger’s
evidence and will determine which
challenged areas pass validation and
which fail. Once all valid challenges
have been identified, a challenged party
that chooses to respond to any valid
challenge(s) will have a response
window within which to submit
additional data via the online USAC
portal. A challenged party may submit
technical information that is probative
regarding the validity of a challenger’s
speed tests (i.e., information
demonstrating that the challenger’s
speed tests are invalid or do not
accurately reflect network performance),
including speed test data and other
device-specific data collected from
transmitter monitoring software or,
alternatively, may submit its own speed
test data that conforms to the same
standards and requirements specified by
the Commission and the Bureaus for
challengers.
In conjunction with the qualified 4G
LTE data separately collected pursuant
to OMB 3060–1242 that will be used to
create the map of areas presumptively
eligible for MF–II support, the
information collected under this new
MF–II challenge process collection will
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enable the Commission to efficiently
resolve disputes concerning the
eligibility or ineligibility of an area
initially deemed ineligible for MF–II
support and establish the final map of
areas eligible for such support, thereby
furthering the Commission’s goal of
targeting MF–II support to areas that
lack adequate mobile voice and
broadband coverage absent subsidies
through a transparent process.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–26731 Filed 12–11–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0686]
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 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
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 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.
SUMMARY:
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Written comments should be
submitted on or before February 12,
2018. 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 below as soon as
possible.
DATES:
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: As part of
its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, and as required by
the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, the FCC
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 No.: 3060–0686.
Title: International Section 214
Process and Tariff Requirements—47
CFR sections 63.10, 63.11, 63.13, 63.18,
63.19, 63.21, 63.22, 63.24, 63.25 and
1.1311.
Form No.: International Section 214—
New Authorization; International
Section 214 Authorization—Transfer of
Control/Assignment; International
Section 214—Special Temporary
Authority and International Section
214—Foreign Carrier Affiliation
Notification.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 528
respondents; 792 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1–20
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement, Quarterly
reporting requirement, Recordkeeping
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requirement and third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The
Commission’s statutory authority for
this information collection under
sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 10, 11, 201–205,
208, 211, 214, 218, 219, 220, 303(r), 309,
310, 403 and 571 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j),
154(j), 160, 161, 201–205, 208, 211, 214,
218, 219, 220, 303(r), 309, 310, 403 and
571.
Total Annual Burden: 3,152 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: $752,400.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission has not granted
assurances of confidentiality to those
parties submitting the information,
except for the list or routes required
under 47 CFR 63.22(h) which the
Commission will treat as not routinely
available for public inspection. In all the
other cases where a respondent believes
information requires confidentiality, the
respondent can request confidential
treatment under Section 0.459 of the
Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 0.459.
Needs and Uses: The Federal
Communications Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) is requesting that the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approve a revision of OMB
Control No. 3060–0686 titled,
‘‘International Section 214
Authorization Process and Tariff
Requirements—47 CFR Sections 63.10,
63.11, 63.13, 63.18, 63.19, 63.21, 63.24,
63.25 and 1.1311.’’ The purpose of this
revision is to obtain OMB approval for
the reporting requirements under newly
adopted 47 CFR 63.22(h), which
requires facilities-based international
service providers electronically to
submit, and maintain, a list of routes on
which they have direct termination
arrangements with a foreign carrier. In
addition, this list maybe used to initiate
targeted data collections regarding those
routes. Finally, we remove from this
collection the requirements related to 47
U.S.C. 310(b) which are now included
in the collection under OMB Control
No. 3060–1163.
The current title of OMB Control No.
3060–0686 is ‘‘International Section 214
Process and Tariff Requirements—47
CFR Sections 63.10, 63.11, 63.13, 63.18,
63.19, 63.21, 63.24, 63.25 and 1.1311’’.
The Commission would like to change
the title to ‘‘International Section 214
Process and Tariff Requirements—47
CFR Sections 63.10, 63.11, 63.13, 63.18,
63.19, 63.21, 63.22, 63.24, 63.25 and
1.1311’’ to reflect the addition of 47 CFR
63.22(h) to the information collection.
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The information will be used by the
Commission staff in carrying out its
duties under the Communications Act.
The information collections pertaining
to Part 63 are necessary largely to
determine the qualifications of
applicants to provide common carrier
international telecommunications
service under section 214 of the
Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 214,
including applicants that are, or are
affiliated with, foreign carriers, and to
determine whether and under what
conditions the authorizations are in the
public interest, convenience, and
necessity. The information collections
are also necessary to maintain effective
oversight of U.S. international carriers
generally.
The frequency of filing applications
pursuant to Sections 214 will be
determined largely by the applicant
seeking to provide U.S international
common carrier service under section
214 of the Communications Act, 47
U.S.C. 214. Carriers will also determine
largely the frequency of filing under the
other rules included in this collection,
with the exception of the quarterly
reports required of certain carriers
under 47 CFR 63.10(c) and the list of
routes for which a facilities-based
international service provider must
make a one-time filing and update as
necessary under 47 CFR 63.22(h). If the
collections are not conducted or are
conducted less frequently, applicants
will not obtain the authorizations
necessary to provide
telecommunications services, and the
Commission will be unable to carry out
its mandate under the Communications
Act of 1934. In addition, without the
information collections, the United
States would jeopardize its ability to
fulfill the U.S. obligations as negotiated
under the World Telecommunications
Organization (WTO) Basic Telecom
Agreement because these collections are
imperative to detecting and deterring
anticompetitive conduct. They are also
necessary to preserve the Executive
Branch agencies’ and the Commission’s
ability to review foreign investments for
national security, law enforcement,
foreign policy, and trade concerns.
Regarding 47 CFR 63.11, carriers
determine largely when to notify the
Commission of planned investments by
or in foreign carriers. If the information
is not collected by the Commission, we
will not be able to prevent carriers that
control bottleneck facilities in foreign
countries from using those bottlenecks
to discriminate against unaffiliated U.S.
carriers.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–26729 Filed 12–11–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Federal Advisory Committee Act;
Communications Security, Reliability,
and Interoperability Council
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, this
document advises interested persons
that the Federal Communications
Commission’s (FCC or Commission)
Communications Security, Reliability,
and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) VI
will hold its third meeting.
DATES: December 12, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications
Commission, Room TW–C305
(Commission Meeting Room), 445 12th
Street SW, Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffery Goldthorp, Designated Federal
Officer, (202) 418–1096 (voice) or
jeffery.goldthorp@fcc.gov (email); or
Suzon Cameron, Deputy Designated
Federal Officer, (202) 418–1916 (voice)
or suzon.cameron@fcc.gov (email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice
of this meeting was first published in
the Federal Register on December 5,
2017, only 7 days in advance of the
meeting. While the publication did not
meet the 15-day requirement for
advance publication, exceptional
circumstances warrant proceeding with
the December 12, 2017 CSRIC meeting.
CSRIC members and the public were
informed of the December 12 meeting at
the October 26, 2017 public meeting of
the Council, and CSRIC members have
been advised informally of the
December meeting date on more than
one occasion since then. In addition, the
date of the December meeting has been
available on the FCC’s CSRIC website
for at two months. A significant number
of Council members have made business
and travel plans in accordance with this
schedule, and there is no date within
one month of the planned date that will
accommodate Council members’
schedules. Delaying the meeting will
cause undue financial burdens on many
of the members and any members of the
public who have made travel
arrangements.
In addition, it is not possible at this
time to schedule a half-day meeting in
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the FCC’s Commission Meeting Room
for any date within one month of
December 12, 2017. As the December
2017 meeting date was announced at the
October 2017 public meeting of the
Council, the meeting has now been
broadly announced to the public more
than once.
The December 5, 2017, Federal
Register notice is available at 82 FR
57444 (December 5, 2017) and https://
www.federalregister.gov/documents/
2017/12/05/2017-26159/federaladvisory-committee-actcommunications-security-reliabilityand-interoperability-council.
Additional information regarding the
CSRIC can be found at: https://
www.fcc.gov/about-fcc/advisorycommittees/communications-securityreliability-and-interoperability-council.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–26732 Filed 12–11–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Announcement of Board
Approval Under Delegated Authority
and Submission to OMB
Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System (Board) is
adopting a proposal to extend for three
years, without revision, the Quarterly
Savings and Loan Holding Company
Report.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Federal Reserve Board Clearance
Officer—Nuha Elmaghrabi—Office of
the Chief Data Officer, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, Washington, DC 20551, (202)
452–3829. Telecommunications Device
for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact
(202) 263–4869, Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System,
Washington, DC 20551.
OMB Desk Officer—Shagufta
Ahmed—Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
20503 or by fax to (202) 395–6974.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June
15, 1984, the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board
authority under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) to approve of and
assign OMB control numbers to
collection of information requests and
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requirements conducted or sponsored
by the Board. Board-approved
collections of information are
incorporated into the official OMB
inventory of currently approved
collections of information. Copies of the
Paperwork Reduction Act Submission,
supporting statements and approved
collection of information instrument(s)
are placed into OMB’s public docket
files. The Federal Reserve may not
conduct or sponsor, and the respondent
is not required to respond to, an
information collection that has been
extended, revised, or implemented on or
after October 1, 1995, unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Final approval under OMB delegated
authority of the extension for three
years, without revision, of the following
report:
Report title: Quarterly Savings and
Loan Holding Company Report.
Agency form number: FR 2320.
OMB control number: 7100–0345.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Respondents: Savings and loan
holding companies (SLHCs) that are
currently exempt from filing other
Federal Reserve regulatory reports.
Estimated number of respondents: 15.
Estimated average hours per response:
2.5 hours.
Estimated annual burden hours: 150
hours.
General Description of Report: The FR
2320 collects select parent only and
consolidated balance sheet and income
statement financial data and
organizational structure data from
SLHCs that are currently exempt from
filing other Federal Reserve regulatory
reports (exempt SLHCs).1 The FR 2320
is used by the Board to analyze the
overall financial condition of exempt
SLHCs to ensure safe and sound
operations. These data assist the Board
in the evaluation of a diversified
holding company and in determining
whether an institution is in compliance
with applicable laws and regulations.
Legal authorization and
confidentiality: The Board has
determined that the Home Owners’
Loan Act authorizes the Board to require
SLHCs to file ‘‘such reports as may be
required by the Board’’ and instructs
that such reports ‘‘shall contain such
information concerning the operations
of such savings and loan holding
1 To be exempt, an SLHC must meet one of the
following criteria: (1) The SLHC was formed under
section 10(c)(9)(C) of the Home Owners’ Loan Act
(HOLA) and the consolidated assets of its saving
association subsidiaries make up less than 5 percent
of the total consolidated assets of the SLHC; or (2)
its top-tier holding company is an insurance
company that only prepares financial statements
using statutory accounting principles.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0686]
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 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 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 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.
[[Page 58395]]
DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before February 12,
2018. 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 below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email:
[email protected] and to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, and as required by the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, the
FCC 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 No.: 3060-0686.
Title: International Section 214 Process and Tariff Requirements--
47 CFR sections 63.10, 63.11, 63.13, 63.18, 63.19, 63.21, 63.22, 63.24,
63.25 and 1.1311.
Form No.: International Section 214--New Authorization;
International Section 214 Authorization--Transfer of Control/
Assignment; International Section 214--Special Temporary Authority and
International Section 214--Foreign Carrier Affiliation Notification.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 528 respondents; 792 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1-20 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, Quarterly
reporting requirement, Recordkeeping requirement and third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
Commission's statutory authority for this information collection under
sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 10, 11, 201-205, 208, 211, 214, 218, 219, 220,
303(r), 309, 310, 403 and 571 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 154(j), 160, 161, 201-205, 208,
211, 214, 218, 219, 220, 303(r), 309, 310, 403 and 571.
Total Annual Burden: 3,152 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: $752,400.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission has not
granted assurances of confidentiality to those parties submitting the
information, except for the list or routes required under 47 CFR
63.22(h) which the Commission will treat as not routinely available for
public inspection. In all the other cases where a respondent believes
information requires confidentiality, the respondent can request
confidential treatment under Section 0.459 of the Commission's rules,
47 CFR 0.459.
Needs and Uses: The Federal Communications Commission
(``Commission'') is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approve a revision of OMB Control No. 3060-0686 titled,
``International Section 214 Authorization Process and Tariff
Requirements--47 CFR Sections 63.10, 63.11, 63.13, 63.18, 63.19, 63.21,
63.24, 63.25 and 1.1311.'' The purpose of this revision is to obtain
OMB approval for the reporting requirements under newly adopted 47 CFR
63.22(h), which requires facilities-based international service
providers electronically to submit, and maintain, a list of routes on
which they have direct termination arrangements with a foreign carrier.
In addition, this list maybe used to initiate targeted data collections
regarding those routes. Finally, we remove from this collection the
requirements related to 47 U.S.C. 310(b) which are now included in the
collection under OMB Control No. 3060-1163.
The current title of OMB Control No. 3060-0686 is ``International
Section 214 Process and Tariff Requirements--47 CFR Sections 63.10,
63.11, 63.13, 63.18, 63.19, 63.21, 63.24, 63.25 and 1.1311''. The
Commission would like to change the title to ``International Section
214 Process and Tariff Requirements--47 CFR Sections 63.10, 63.11,
63.13, 63.18, 63.19, 63.21, 63.22, 63.24, 63.25 and 1.1311'' to reflect
the addition of 47 CFR 63.22(h) to the information collection.
The information will be used by the Commission staff in carrying
out its duties under the Communications Act. The information
collections pertaining to Part 63 are necessary largely to determine
the qualifications of applicants to provide common carrier
international telecommunications service under section 214 of the
Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 214, including applicants that are, or
are affiliated with, foreign carriers, and to determine whether and
under what conditions the authorizations are in the public interest,
convenience, and necessity. The information collections are also
necessary to maintain effective oversight of U.S. international
carriers generally.
The frequency of filing applications pursuant to Sections 214 will
be determined largely by the applicant seeking to provide U.S
international common carrier service under section 214 of the
Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 214. Carriers will also determine largely
the frequency of filing under the other rules included in this
collection, with the exception of the quarterly reports required of
certain carriers under 47 CFR 63.10(c) and the list of routes for which
a facilities-based international service provider must make a one-time
filing and update as necessary under 47 CFR 63.22(h). If the
collections are not conducted or are conducted less frequently,
applicants will not obtain the authorizations necessary to provide
telecommunications services, and the Commission will be unable to carry
out its mandate under the Communications Act of 1934. In addition,
without the information collections, the United States would jeopardize
its ability to fulfill the U.S. obligations as negotiated under the
World Telecommunications Organization (WTO) Basic Telecom Agreement
because these collections are imperative to detecting and deterring
anticompetitive conduct. They are also necessary to preserve the
Executive Branch agencies' and the Commission's ability to review
foreign investments for national security, law enforcement, foreign
policy, and trade concerns. Regarding 47 CFR 63.11, carriers determine
largely when to notify the Commission of planned investments by or in
foreign carriers. If the information is not collected by the
Commission, we will not be able to prevent carriers that control
bottleneck facilities in foreign countries from using those bottlenecks
to discriminate against unaffiliated U.S. carriers.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-26729 Filed 12-11-17; 8:45 am]
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