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Total Annual Burden: 63,486 hours.
Total Annual Cost(s): No Cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission notes that USAC must
preserve the confidentiality of all data
obtained from respondents; must not
use the data except for purposes of
administering the universal service
programs; and must not disclose data in
company-specific form unless directed
to do so by the Commission. Privatelyheld rate-of-return carriers may file the
financial information they disclose in
FCC Form 481 pursuant to a protective
order.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is
requesting the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) approval for this
revised information collection. On
November 18, 2011, the Commission
adopted an order reforming its high-cost
universal service support mechanisms.
Connect America Fund; A National
Broadband Plan for Our Future;
Establish Just and Reasonable Rates for
Local Exchange Carriers; High-Cost
Universal Service Support; Developing a
Unified Intercarrier Compensation
Regime; Federal-State Joint Board on
Universal Service; Lifeline and Link-Up;
Universal Service Reform—Mobility
Fund, WC Docket Nos. 10–90, 07–135,
05–337, 03–109; GN Docket No. 09–51;
CC Docket Nos. 01–92, 96–45; WT
Docket No. 10–208, Order and Further
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 26 FCC
Rcd 17663 (2011) (USF/ICC
Transformation Order), and the
Commission and Wireline Competition
Bureau have since adopted a number of
orders that implement the USF/ICC
Transformation Order; see also Connect
America Fund et al., WC Docket No. 10–
90 et al., Third Order on
Reconsideration, 27 FCC Rcd 5622
(2012); Connect America Fund et al.,
WC Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order, 27
FCC Rcd 605 (Wireline Comp. Bur.
2012); Connect America Fund et al., WC
Docket No. 10–90 et al., Fifth Order on
Reconsideration, 27 FCC Rcd 14549
(2012); Connect America Fund et al.,
WC Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order, 28
FCC Rcd 2051 (Wireline Comp. Bur.
2013); Connect America Fund et al., WC
Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order, 28 FCC
Rcd 7227 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013);
Connect America Fund, WC Docket No.
10–90, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd
7766 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013);
Connect America Fund, WC Docket No.
10–90, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd
7211 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013);
Connect America Fund, WC Docket No.
10–90, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd
10488 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013);
Connect America Fund et al., WC
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Docket No. 10–90 et al., Report and
Order, Order and Order on
Reconsideration and Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 3087
(2016). The Commission has received
OMB approval for most of the
information collections required by
these orders. At a later date, the
Commission plans to submit additional
revisions for OMB review to address
other reforms adopted in the orders
(e.g., 47 CFR 54.313(a)(6)).
More recently, on August 23, 2016,
the Commission adopted the Alaska
Plan Order. See Connect America Fund
et al., WC Docket Nos. 10–90, 16–271;
WT Docket No. 10–208, Report and
Order and Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 10139 (2016)
(Alaska Plan Order). In that order, the
Commission adopted a plan for
providing Alaskan rate-of-return carriers
and competitive eligible
telecommunications carriers (ETCs) the
option to obtain a fixed level of funding
for a defined term in exchange for
committing to deployment obligations
that are tailored to each Alaskan
carrier’s circumstances. ETCs receiving
support pursuant to the Alaska Plan
must comply with the Commission’s
existing high-cost reporting and
oversight mechanisms, with certain
exceptions and modifications.
On July 7, 2017, the Commission
adopted the ETC Reporting Streamlining
Order. See Connect America Fund; ETC
Annual Reports and Certifications, WC
Docket Nos. 10–90, 14–58, Report and
Order, 32 FCC Rcd 5944 (2017) (ETC
Reporting Streamlining Order). In that
order, the Commission streamlined the
annual reporting requirements for ETCs
by eliminating rules duplicative of other
reporting requirements or that are no
longer necessary.
Further, since the previous filing
deadline associated with this collection,
changing circumstances have made
filing certain information no longer
necessary or required under the rules.
For instance, the final Connect America
Phase I incremental support deployment
deadlines were in early 2017, so there
are no longer any reporting obligations
associated with that support. Moreover,
because the Connect America Phase II
challenge process has ended, the
Commission proposes to remove Form
505 from this collection. The
Commission also proposes to move FCC
Form 507, FCC Form 508, FCC Form
509 and the accompanying instructions
to information collection 3060–0233.
The Commission therefore proposes
to revise this information collection, as
well as Form 481 and its accompanying
instructions, to reflect these new or
modified requirements. The
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Commission also proposes a number of
non-substantive changes to the Form
481 and accompanying instructions.
Any increased burdens for particular
reporting requirements are associated
with ETCs newly subject to those
requirements as a condition of receiving
high-cost support.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene J. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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COMMISSION
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Information Collection Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
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 Commission 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.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted on or before April 20, 2018.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
SUMMARY:
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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: 3060–0149.
Title: Part 63, Accelerating Wireline
Broadband Deployment by Removing
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Barriers to Infrastructure Investment,
WC Docket No. 17–84, FCC 17–154.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 58 respondents; 58
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 6 hours
per response.
Frequency of Response: One-time
reporting requirement and third-party
disclosure 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 214 and 402 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 348 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Information filed in section 214
applications has generally been nonconfidential. Requests from parties
seeking confidential treatment are
considered by Commission staff
pursuant to 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is
seeking Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for a revision to
a currently approved collection. Section
214 of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended, requires that a carrier first
obtain FCC authorization either to (1)
construct, operate, or engage in
transmission over a line of
communications, or (2) discontinue,
reduce or impair service over a line of
communications. Part 63 of Title 47 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
implements Section 214. Part 63 also
implements provisions of the Cable
Communications Policy Act of 1984
pertaining to video which was approved
under this OMB Control Number 3060–
0149. In 2009, the Commission modified
Part 63 to extend to providers of
interconnected Voice of Internet
Protocol (VoIP) service the
discontinuance obligations that apply to
domestic non-dominant
telecommunications carriers under
Section 214 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended. In 2014, the
Commission adopted improved
administrative filing procedures for
domestic transfers of control, domestic
discontinuances and notices of network
changes, and among other adjustments,
modified Part 63 to require electronic
filing for applications for authorization
to discontinue, reduce, or impair service
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under section 214(a) of the Act. In July
2016, the Commission revised certain
section 214(a) discontinuance
procedures. To reduce burdens on
carriers, the Commission revised its
rules to: (1) Allow carriers to provide
notice via email or other alternative
methods to offer additional options to
customers, and (2) provide for
streamlined treatment of applications to
discontinue services for which the
carrier has had no existing customers or
reasonable requests for service during
the previous 180 days. It also addressed
a gap in the Commission’s rules by
making a competitive LEC’s application
for discontinuance deemed granted on
the effective date of any copper
retirement that made the discontinuance
unavoidable. The Commission further
concluded that applicants must provide
notice of discontinuance applications to
federally-recognized Tribal Nations. In
Accelerating Wireline Broadband
Deployment by Removing Barriers to
Infrastructure Investment, WC Docket
No. 17–84, Report and Order,
Declaratory Ruling, and Further Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 17–154
(rel. Nov. 29, 2017) (Wireline
Infrastructure Order), the Commission,
among other things, reduced the public
comment and auto-grant periods for
applications that grandfather low speed
legacy services and applications to
discontinue previously grandfathered
legacy data services. The Commission
also held that if a carrier files an
application to discontinue, reduce, or
impair a legacy voice or data service
below 1.544 Mbps for which it has had
no customers and no request for service
for at least a 30-day period immediately
preceding submission of the
application, that application will be
automatically granted on the 15th day
after its filing with the Commission,
absent Commission notice to the
contrary. The Commission will use the
information collected under these
revisions to 47 CFR Section 63 to
determine if affected respondents are in
compliance with its rules and the
requirements of section 214 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0149]
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 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 April 20,
2018. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find
it
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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 [email protected]; and to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via
email [email protected] and to [email protected]. 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: 3060-0149.
Title: Part 63, Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by
Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, WC Docket No. 17-84,
FCC 17-154.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 58 respondents; 58 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 6 hours per response.
Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement and third-
party disclosure 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 214 and 402 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 348 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Information filed in section
214 applications has generally been non-confidential. Requests from
parties seeking confidential treatment are considered by Commission
staff pursuant to 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for a revision to a currently approved
collection. Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
requires that a carrier first obtain FCC authorization either to (1)
construct, operate, or engage in transmission over a line of
communications, or (2) discontinue, reduce or impair service over a
line of communications. Part 63 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) implements Section 214. Part 63 also implements
provisions of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 pertaining to
video which was approved under this OMB Control Number 3060-0149. In
2009, the Commission modified Part 63 to extend to providers of
interconnected Voice of Internet Protocol (VoIP) service the
discontinuance obligations that apply to domestic non-dominant
telecommunications carriers under Section 214 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended. In 2014, the Commission adopted improved
administrative filing procedures for domestic transfers of control,
domestic discontinuances and notices of network changes, and among
other adjustments, modified Part 63 to require electronic filing for
applications for authorization to discontinue, reduce, or impair
service under section 214(a) of the Act. In July 2016, the Commission
revised certain section 214(a) discontinuance procedures. To reduce
burdens on carriers, the Commission revised its rules to: (1) Allow
carriers to provide notice via email or other alternative methods to
offer additional options to customers, and (2) provide for streamlined
treatment of applications to discontinue services for which the carrier
has had no existing customers or reasonable requests for service during
the previous 180 days. It also addressed a gap in the Commission's
rules by making a competitive LEC's application for discontinuance
deemed granted on the effective date of any copper retirement that made
the discontinuance unavoidable. The Commission further concluded that
applicants must provide notice of discontinuance applications to
federally-recognized Tribal Nations. In Accelerating Wireline Broadband
Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, WC Docket
No. 17-84, Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, and Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 17-154 (rel. Nov. 29, 2017) (Wireline
Infrastructure Order), the Commission, among other things, reduced the
public comment and auto-grant periods for applications that grandfather
low speed legacy services and applications to discontinue previously
grandfathered legacy data services. The Commission also held that if a
carrier files an application to discontinue, reduce, or impair a legacy
voice or data service below 1.544 Mbps for which it has had no
customers and no request for service for at least a 30-day period
immediately preceding submission of the application, that application
will be automatically granted on the 15th day after its filing with the
Commission, absent Commission notice to the contrary. The Commission
will use the information collected under these revisions to 47 CFR
Section 63 to determine if affected respondents are in compliance with
its rules and the requirements of section 214 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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