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Title: Sections 1.49 and 1.54,
Forbearance Petition Filing
Requirements.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 2 respondents; 2 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 640
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement, recordkeeping
requirement 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. 10, 151, 154(i),
154(j), 155(c), 160, 201 and 303(r) of the
Communications Act of 1934.
Total Annual Burden: 1,280 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission is not requesting
respondents to submit or disclose
confidential information. Respondents
may, however, request confidential
treatment for information they believe to
be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of
the Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: Under section 10 of
the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, telecommunications carriers
may petition the Commission to forbear
from applying to a telecommunications
carrier any statutory provision or
Commission regulation. When a carrier
petitions the Commission for
forbearance, section 10 requires the
Commission to make three
determinations with regard to the need
for the challenged provision or
regulation. If the Commission fails to act
within one year (extended by three
additional months, if necessary), the
petition is ‘‘deemed granted’’ by
operation of law. These determinations
require complex, fact-intensive analysis,
e.g., ‘‘whether forbearance from
enforcing the provision or regulation
will promote competitive market
conditions.’’ Under the filing
procedures, the Commission requires
that petitions for forbearance must be
‘‘complete as filed’’ and explain in
detail what must be included in the
forbearance petition. The Commission
also incorporates by reference its rule,
47 CFR 1.49, which states the
Commission’s standard ‘‘specifications
as to pleadings and documents.’’ Precise
filing requirements are necessary
because of section 10’s strict time limit
for Commission action. Also,
commenters must be able to understand
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clearly the scope of the petition in order
to comment on it. Finally, standard
filing procedures inform petitioners
precisely what the Commission expects
from them in order to make the statutory
determinations that the statute requires.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0292, 3060–0743]
Information Collections 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.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before April 8, 2019.
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
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advise the contact listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Nicole.ongele@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole
Ongele, (202) 418–2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0292.
Title: Section 69.605, Reporting and
Distribution of Pool Access Revenues,
Part 69-Access Charges.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 732 respondents; 8,773
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.75
hours–1 hour.
Frequency of Response: Annual and
monthly 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. 154, 201, 202,
203, 205, 218 and 403 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 6,580 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: Section 69.605
requires that access revenues and cost
data shall be reported by participants in
association tariffs to the association for
computation of monthly pool revenues
distributions. The association shall
submit a report on or before February 1
of each calendar year describing the
associations’ cost study review process
for the preceding calendar year as well
as the results of that process. For any
revisions to the cost study results made
or recommended by the association that
would change the respective carrier’s
calculated annual common line or
traffic sensitive revenue requirement by
ten percent or more, the report shall
include the following information:
(1) Name of the carrier;
(2) A detailed description of the
revisions;
(3) The amount of the revisions;
(4) The impact of the revisions on the
carrier’s calculated common line and
traffic sensitive revenue requirements;
and
(5) The carrier’s total annual common
line and traffic sensitive revenue
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requirement. The information is used to
compute charges in tariffs for access
service (or origination and termination)
and to compute revenue pool
distributions. Neither process could be
implemented without the information.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0743.
Title: Implementation of the Pay
Telephone Reclassification and
Compensation Provisions of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC
Docket No. 96–128.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities and state, local and tribal
government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 4,471 respondents; 10,071
responses.
Estimated Time per Response:
11.730414 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
quarterly and monthly reporting
requirements, recordkeeping
requirement 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. 276 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 118,137 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission is not requesting that
respondents submit confidential
information to the FCC. If the
Commission requests respondents to
submit information which respondents
believe is confidential, they may request
confidential treatment of such
information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: In CC Docket No.
96–128, the Commission promulgated
rules and requirements implementing
Section 276 of the Telecommunications
Act of 1996. Among other things, the
rules (1) establish fair compensation for
every completed intrastate and
interstate payphone call; (2) discontinue
intrastate and interstate access charge
payphone service elements and
payments, and intrastate and interstate
payphone subsidies from basic
exchange services; and (3) adopt
guidelines for use by the states in
establishing public interest payphones
to be located where there would
otherwise not be a payphone. The
information collected under LEC
Provision of Emergency Numbers to
Carrier-Payers would able used to
ensure that interexchange carriers,
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payphone service providers (‘‘PSP’’)
LECs, and the states, comply with their
obligations under the 1996 Act.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–00994 Filed 2–4–19; 8:45 am]
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COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0185 and OMB 3060–0214]
Information Collections 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 non-substantive and nonmaterial change to 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:
Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The total
annual reporting burdens and costs for
the respondents are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0185.
OMB Approval Date: December 4,
2018.
OMB Expiration Date: July 31, 2020.
Title: Section 73.3613, Availability of
Contracts.
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities and Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 2,400 respondents; 2,400
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 to
0.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On-occasion
reporting requirement, Recordkeeping
requirement, Third-party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
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authority for this information collection
is contained in sections 154(i) and 303
the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 975 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $ 135,000.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this information collection.
Privacy Act: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The information
collection requirements included under
OMB Control Number 3060–0185
require that commercial and
noncommercial AM, FM, TV, and
international broadcast stations make
station contracts and other documents
available to the FCC as set forth in 47
CFR 73.3613. The FCC received
approval from OMB for a nonsubstantive and non-material change to
the information collection under OMB
Control No. 3060–0185 as a result of a
recent rulemaking discussed below.
On October 23, 2018, the FCC adopted
and released the Filing of Contracts
Report & Order, FCC 18–145 (Order), as
part of the FCC’s ongoing Modernization
of Media Regulation Initiative. The
Order advances the FCC’s goal of
eliminating outdated and unnecessary
regulatory burdens that can impede
competition and innovation in media
markets.
In the Order, the FCC revised Section
73.3613 to eliminate the requirement
that licensees and permittees of
commercial and noncommercial AM,
FM, TV, and international broadcast
stations routinely file paper copies of
station contracts and other documents
with the FCC within 30 days of
executing such documents. Rather than
continuing to require routine paper
filings, the FCC will rely instead on its
existing online public inspection file
rules as discussed in the Order and its
ability to obtain the documents from
licensees and permittees upon request
as needed.
In addition to eliminating the routine
paper filing requirement for Section
73.3613 documents, the FCC also
eliminated a redundant disclosure
requirement pertaining to certain
Section 73.3613 documents and
expanded an existing redaction
allowance for confidential or
proprietary information in Section
73.3613 documents. Unredacted copies
of the documents must be provided to
the FCC upon request. The revised
requirements will take effect as stated in
the summary of the Order, published at
83 FR 65551, on December 21, 2018.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0214.
OMB Approval Date: December 6,
2018.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0292, 3060-0743]
Information Collections 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.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before April 8,
2019. 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 contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email
PRA@fcc.gov and to Nicole.ongele@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele, (202) 418-2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0292.
Title: Section 69.605, Reporting and Distribution of Pool Access
Revenues, Part 69-Access Charges.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 732 respondents; 8,773
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.75 hours-1 hour.
Frequency of Response: Annual and monthly 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. 154, 201, 202, 203, 205, 218 and 403 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 6,580 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: Section 69.605 requires that access revenues and
cost data shall be reported by participants in association tariffs to
the association for computation of monthly pool revenues distributions.
The association shall submit a report on or before February 1 of each
calendar year describing the associations' cost study review process
for the preceding calendar year as well as the results of that process.
For any revisions to the cost study results made or recommended by the
association that would change the respective carrier's calculated
annual common line or traffic sensitive revenue requirement by ten
percent or more, the report shall include the following information:
(1) Name of the carrier;
(2) A detailed description of the revisions;
(3) The amount of the revisions;
(4) The impact of the revisions on the carrier's calculated common
line and traffic sensitive revenue requirements; and
(5) The carrier's total annual common line and traffic sensitive
revenue
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requirement. The information is used to compute charges in tariffs for
access service (or origination and termination) and to compute revenue
pool distributions. Neither process could be implemented without the
information.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0743.
Title: Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and
Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC
Docket No. 96-128.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities and state, local
and tribal government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,471 respondents; 10,071
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 11.730414 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly and monthly reporting
requirements, recordkeeping requirement 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. 276 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 118,137 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting that respondents submit confidential information to the FCC.
If the Commission requests respondents to submit information which
respondents believe is confidential, they may request confidential
treatment of such information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's
rules.
Needs and Uses: In CC Docket No. 96-128, the Commission promulgated
rules and requirements implementing Section 276 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996. Among other things, the rules (1)
establish fair compensation for every completed intrastate and
interstate payphone call; (2) discontinue intrastate and interstate
access charge payphone service elements and payments, and intrastate
and interstate payphone subsidies from basic exchange services; and (3)
adopt guidelines for use by the states in establishing public interest
payphones to be located where there would otherwise not be a payphone.
The information collected under LEC Provision of Emergency Numbers to
Carrier-Payers would able used to ensure that interexchange carriers,
payphone service providers (``PSP'') LECs, and the states, comply with
their obligations under the 1996 Act.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-00994 Filed 2-4-19; 8:45 am]
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