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FERC–917 (NON-DISCRIMINATORY OPEN ACCESS TRANSMISSION TARIFF) AND FERC–918 (INFORMATION TO BE POSTED
ON OASIS & AUDITING TRANSMISSION SERVICE INFORMATION)—Continued
Number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses
Average burden hours
and cost 4 per
response
($)
Total annual burden hour
and total
annual cost
($)
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
Posting of metrics for System Impact Studies (Reporting).
Post all rules to OASIS (Record Keeping) ...
FERC–918, Sub-Total of Record Keeping
Requirements.
FERC–918, Sub-Total of Reporting Requirements.
FERC–918, Sub Total of Reporting and
Recordkeeping Requirements.
Total FERC–917 and FERC–918 (Reporting
and Recordkeeping Requirements).
Off-site storage cost .....................................
Annual
number of
responses
per
respondent
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1) = (6)
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100 hrs., $7,200.00 .........
13,400 hrs.; $964,800.00
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5 hrs., $163.70 ................
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670 hrs., $21,935.80 .......
6,030 hrs., $1,197,694.68
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50,384.00 hrs.,
$3,627,648.
56,414 hrs.,
$4,825,342.68.
124,888 hrs.,
$9,702,862.28.
$7,400,000 .......................
Dated: June 5, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–12466 Filed 6–11–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0999]
Information Collection Approved by
the Office of Management and Budget
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) has received Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval for a revision of a currently
approved public information collection
pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. An agency may not conduct
or sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
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SUMMARY:
4 The estimated hourly cost (salary plus benefits)
provided in this section is based on the salary
figures for May 2017 posted by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics for the Utilities sector (available at https://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm) and
benefits May 2017 (available at https://www.bls.gov/
oes/current/naics2_22.htm):
Legal (Occupation Code: 23–0000): $143.68.
Consulting (Occupation Code: 54–1600): $89.00.
Management Analyst (Occupation Code: 13–
1111): $63.49.
Office and Administrative Support (Occupation
Code: 43–000): $40.89.
Electrical Engineer (Occupation Code: 17–2071):
$68.12.
Information Security Analyst (Occupation Code:
15–1122): $66.34.
File Clerk (Occupation Code: 43–4071): $32.74.
The skill sets are assumed to contribute equally,
so the hourly cost is an average [($143.68 + $89.00
+ $63.49 + $40.89 + $68.12 + $66.34 + 32.74) ÷ 7
= $72.04]. The figure is rounded to $72.00 per hour.
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control number, and no person is
required to respond to a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid control number.
Comments concerning the accuracy of
the burden estimates and any
suggestions for reducing the burden
should be directed to the person listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cathy Williams, Office of the Managing
Director, at (202) 418–2918, or email:
Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The total
annual reporting burdens and costs for
the respondents are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0999.
OMB Approval Date: June 5, 2018.
OMB Expiration Date: June 30, 2021.
Title: Hearing Aid Compatibility
Status Report and Section 20.19,
Hearing Aid-Compatible Mobile
Handsets (Hearing Aid Compatibility
Act).
Form Number: FCC Form 655.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 934 respondents; 934
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 13
hours per response (average).
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and annual reporting requirements 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 151,
154(i), 157, 160, 201, 202, 208, 214, 301,
303, 308, 309(j), 310 and 610 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 12,140 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No costs.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Information requested in the reports
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may include confidential information.
However, covered entities are allowed
to request that such materials submitted
to the Commission be withheld from
public inspection.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The revision of this
collection implements the final rules
promulgated in the 2015 Fourth Report
and Order, FCC 15–155 (Fourth Report
and Order), which expanded the scope
of the rules due to a shift from
Commercial Mobile Radio Services
(CMRS) to digital mobile service. We
estimate that there will be a small
increase in the number of respondents/
responses, total annual burden hours,
and total annual cost from the
previously approved estimates.
This collection is necessary to
implement certain disclosure
requirements that are part of the
Commission’s wireless hearing aid
compatibility rule. In a Report and
Order in WT Docket No. 01–309, FCC
03–168, adopted and released in
September 2003, implementing a
mandate under the Hearing Aid
Compatibility Act of 1988, the
Commission required digital wireless
phone manufacturers and service
providers to make certain digital
wireless phones capable of effective use
with hearing aids, label certain phones
they sold with information about their
compatibility with hearing aids, and
report to the Commission (at first every
six months, then on an annual basis) on
the numbers and types of hearing aidcompatible phones they were producing
or offering to the public. These reporting
requirements were subsequently
amended on several occasions, and the
previous OMB-approved collection
under this OMB control number
included these modifications.
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On November 19, 2015, the
Commission adopted final rules in a
Fourth Report and Order, FCC 15–155
(Fourth Report and Order), that, among
other changes, expanded the scope of
the Commission’s hearing aid
compatibility provisions to cover
handsets used with any digital
terrestrial mobile service that enables
two-way real-time voice
communications among members of the
public or a substantial portion of the
public, including through the use of preinstalled software applications. Prior to
2018, the hearing aid compatibility
provisions were limited only to
handsets used with two-way switched
voice or data services classified as
Commercial Mobile Radio Service, and
only to the extent they were provided
over networks meeting certain
architectural requirements that enable
frequency reuse and seamless handoff.
As a result of the Fourth Report and
Order, beginning January 1, 2018, all
device manufacturers and Tier I carriers
that offer handsets falling under the
expanded scope of covered handsets are
required to comply with the
Commission’s hearing aid compatibility
provisions, including annual reporting
requirements on FCC Form 655. For
other service providers that are not Tier
I carriers, the expanded scope of the
Commission’s hearing aid compatibility
provisions applies beginning April 1,
2018.
Following release of the Fourth
Report and Order, the Commission was
required to amend FCC Form 655 to
reflect the newly expanded scope of
handsets covered by the hearing aid
compatibility provisions, as well as to
capture information regarding existing
disclosure requirements clarified by the
Commission in the Fourth Report and
Order. As a consequence of the Fourth
Report and Order, FCC Form 655 filing
and other requirements will apply to
those newly-covered handsets offered
by device manufacturers and service
providers that have already been
reporting annually on their compliance
with the Commission’s hearing aid
compatibility provisions, as well to any
device manufacturers and service
providers that were previously exempt
because they did not offer any covered
handsets or services prior to 2018.
As a result, the Commission requested
a revision of this collection in order to
implement the final rules promulgated
in the Fourth Report and Order, which
expanded the scope of the rules due to
a shift from Commercial Mobile Radio
Services (CMRS) to digital mobile
service. We estimate that the expanded
scope will increase the potential
number of respondents subject to this
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collection and correspondingly increase
the responses and burden hours. The
minor language changes to the
instructions to FCC Form 655 and to the
form itself clarifying this expanded
scope will help the Commission
compile data and monitor compliance
with the current version of the hearing
aid compatibility rules while making
more complete and accessible
information available to consumers.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–12627 Filed 6–11–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0819]
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.
SUMMARY:
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Written comments should be
submitted on or before July 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 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.
DATES:
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0999]
Information Collection Approved by the Office of Management and
Budget
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for a revision of a
currently approved public information collection pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number, and no person is required to respond to a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid control number.
Comments concerning the accuracy of the burden estimates and any
suggestions for reducing the burden should be directed to the person
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Williams, Office of the Managing
Director, at (202) 418-2918, or email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The total annual reporting burdens and costs
for the respondents are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0999.
OMB Approval Date: June 5, 2018.
OMB Expiration Date: June 30, 2021.
Title: Hearing Aid Compatibility Status Report and Section 20.19,
Hearing Aid-Compatible Mobile Handsets (Hearing Aid Compatibility Act).
Form Number: FCC Form 655.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 934 respondents; 934
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 13 hours per response (average).
Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting
requirements 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 151, 154(i), 157, 160, 201, 202, 208, 214, 301, 303,
308, 309(j), 310 and 610 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 12,140 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No costs.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Information requested in the
reports may include confidential information. However, covered entities
are allowed to request that such materials submitted to the Commission
be withheld from public inspection.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The revision of this collection implements the
final rules promulgated in the 2015 Fourth Report and Order, FCC 15-155
(Fourth Report and Order), which expanded the scope of the rules due to
a shift from Commercial Mobile Radio Services (CMRS) to digital mobile
service. We estimate that there will be a small increase in the number
of respondents/responses, total annual burden hours, and total annual
cost from the previously approved estimates.
This collection is necessary to implement certain disclosure
requirements that are part of the Commission's wireless hearing aid
compatibility rule. In a Report and Order in WT Docket No. 01-309, FCC
03-168, adopted and released in September 2003, implementing a mandate
under the Hearing Aid Compatibility Act of 1988, the Commission
required digital wireless phone manufacturers and service providers to
make certain digital wireless phones capable of effective use with
hearing aids, label certain phones they sold with information about
their compatibility with hearing aids, and report to the Commission (at
first every six months, then on an annual basis) on the numbers and
types of hearing aid-compatible phones they were producing or offering
to the public. These reporting requirements were subsequently amended
on several occasions, and the previous OMB-approved collection under
this OMB control number included these modifications.
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On November 19, 2015, the Commission adopted final rules in a
Fourth Report and Order, FCC 15-155 (Fourth Report and Order), that,
among other changes, expanded the scope of the Commission's hearing aid
compatibility provisions to cover handsets used with any digital
terrestrial mobile service that enables two-way real-time voice
communications among members of the public or a substantial portion of
the public, including through the use of pre-installed software
applications. Prior to 2018, the hearing aid compatibility provisions
were limited only to handsets used with two-way switched voice or data
services classified as Commercial Mobile Radio Service, and only to the
extent they were provided over networks meeting certain architectural
requirements that enable frequency reuse and seamless handoff. As a
result of the Fourth Report and Order, beginning January 1, 2018, all
device manufacturers and Tier I carriers that offer handsets falling
under the expanded scope of covered handsets are required to comply
with the Commission's hearing aid compatibility provisions, including
annual reporting requirements on FCC Form 655. For other service
providers that are not Tier I carriers, the expanded scope of the
Commission's hearing aid compatibility provisions applies beginning
April 1, 2018.
Following release of the Fourth Report and Order, the Commission
was required to amend FCC Form 655 to reflect the newly expanded scope
of handsets covered by the hearing aid compatibility provisions, as
well as to capture information regarding existing disclosure
requirements clarified by the Commission in the Fourth Report and
Order. As a consequence of the Fourth Report and Order, FCC Form 655
filing and other requirements will apply to those newly-covered
handsets offered by device manufacturers and service providers that
have already been reporting annually on their compliance with the
Commission's hearing aid compatibility provisions, as well to any
device manufacturers and service providers that were previously exempt
because they did not offer any covered handsets or services prior to
2018.
As a result, the Commission requested a revision of this collection
in order to implement the final rules promulgated in the Fourth Report
and Order, which expanded the scope of the rules due to a shift from
Commercial Mobile Radio Services (CMRS) to digital mobile service. We
estimate that the expanded scope will increase the potential number of
respondents subject to this collection and correspondingly increase the
responses and burden hours. The minor language changes to the
instructions to FCC Form 655 and to the form itself clarifying this
expanded scope will help the Commission compile data and monitor
compliance with the current version of the hearing aid compatibility
rules while making more complete and accessible information available
to consumers.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-12627 Filed 6-11-18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P