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Proposed Rulemaking, In the Matter of
Rules and Regulations Implementing
Minimum Customer Account Record
Exchange Obligations on All Local and
Interexchange Carriers (2005 Report and
Order), CG Docket No. 02–386, FCC 05–
29, which was released on February 25,
2005, the Commission adopted rules
governing the exchange of customer
account information between local
exchange carriers (LECs) and
interexchange carriers (IXCs). The
Commission concluded that mandatory,
minimum standards are needed in light
of record evidence demonstrating that
information needed by carriers to
execute customer requests and properly
bill customers is not being consistently
provided by all LECs and IXCs.
Specifically, the 2005 Report and Order
requires LECs to supply customer
account information to IXCs when: (1)
The LEC places an end user on, or
removes an end user from, an IXC’s
network; (2) an end user presubscribed
to an IXC makes certain changes to her
account information via her LEC; (3) an
IXC requests billing name and address
information for an end user who has
usage on an IXC’s network but for whom
the IXC does not have an existing
account; and (4) a LEC rejects an IXCinitiated PIC order. The 2005 Report and
Order required IXCs to notify LECs
when an IXC customer informs an IXC
directly of the customer’s desire to
change IXCs. In the accompanying
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,
the Commission sought comment on
whether to require the exchange of
customer account information between
LECs. In December 2007, the
Commission declined to adopt
mandatory LEC-to-LEC data exchange
requirements.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1088.
Title: Rules and Regulations
Implementing the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991, Report
and Order and Third Order on
Reconsideration, CG Docket No. 05–338,
FCC 06–42.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions; and Individuals or
households.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 5,340,000 respondents;
6,051,545 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 3
minutes (.05 hours) to 30 minutes (.50
hours).
Frequency of Response: Annual,
monthly, and on occasion reporting
requirements; Recordkeeping; and Third
party disclosure.
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Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The
authorizing statutes for this information
collection are: Telephone Consumer
Protection Act of 1991, Public Law 102–
243. 105 Stat. 2394 (1991); Junk Fax
Prevention Act, Public Law 109–21, 119
Stat. 359 (2005).
Total Annual Burden: 3,670,945
hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,051,042.00.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Confidentiality is an issue to the extent
that individuals and households
provide personally identifiable
information, which is covered under the
FCC’s updated system of records notice
(SORN), FCC/CGB–1, ‘‘Informal
Complaints, Inquiries and Requests for
Dispute Assistance’’, which became
effective on September 24, 2014.
Privacy Impact Assessment: The
Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for
Informal Complaints and Inquiries was
completed on June 28, 2007. It may be
reviewed at https://www.fcc.gov/omd/
privacyact/Privacy_Impact_
Assessment.html. The Commission is in
the process of updating the PIA to
incorporate various revisions to it as a
result of revisions to the SORN.
Needs and Uses: On April 5, 2006, the
Commission adopted a Report and
Order and Third Order on
Reconsideration, In the Matter of Rules
and Regulations Implementing the
Telephone Consumer Protection Act of
1991; Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005,
CG Docket Nos. 02–278 and 05–338,
FCC 06–42, which modified the
Commission’s facsimile advertising
rules to implement the Junk Fax
Prevention Act. The Report and Order
and Third Order on Reconsideration
contained information collection
requirements pertaining to: (1) Opt-out
Notice and Do-Not-Fax Requests
Recordkeeping in which the rules
require senders of unsolicited facsimile
advertisements to include a notice on
the first page of the facsimile that
informs the recipient of the ability and
means to request that they not receive
future unsolicited facsimile
advertisements from the sender; (2)
Established Business Relationship
Recordkeeping whereas the Junk Fax
Prevention Act provides that the sender,
e.g., a person, business, or a nonprofit/
institution, is prohibited from faxing an
unsolicited advertisement to a facsimile
machine unless the sender has an
‘‘established business relationship’’
(EBR) with the recipient; (3) Facsimile
Number Recordkeeping in which the
Junk Fax Prevention Act provides that
an EBR alone does not entitle a sender
to fax an advertisement to an individual
or business. The fax number must also
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be provided voluntarily by the recipient;
and (4) Express Invitation or Permission
Recordkeeping where in the absence of
an EBR, the sender must obtain the prior
express invitation or permission from
the consumer before sending the
facsimile advertisement.
On October 14, 2008, the Commission
released an Order on Reconsideration,
FCC 08–239, addressing certain issues
raised in petitions for reconsideration
and/or clarification filed in response to
the Commission’s Report and Order and
Third Order on Reconsideration (Junk
Fax Order), FCC 06–42. In document
FCC 08–239, the Commission clarified
that: (1) Facsimile numbers compiled by
third parties on behalf of the facsimile
sender will be presumed to have been
made voluntarily available for public
distribution so long as they are obtained
from the intended recipient’s own
directory, advertisement, or internet
site; (2) Reasonable steps to verify that
a recipient has agreed to make available
a facsimile number for public
distribution may include methods other
than direct contact with the recipient;
and (3) a description of the facsimile
sender’s opt-out mechanism on the first
web page to which recipients are
directed in the opt-out notice satisfies
the requirement that such a description
appear on the first page of the website.
The Commission believes these
clarifications will assist senders of
facsimile advertisements in complying
with the Commission’s rules in a
manner that minimizes regulatory
compliance costs while maintaining the
protections afforded consumers under
the Telephone Consumer Protection Act
(TCPA).
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
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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
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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 June 14, 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: 3060–0775.
Title: Section 64.1903 Obligations of
All Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 255 respondents; 255
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 500—
6,056 hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
Statutory authority for this information
collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151,
152, 154, 201, 202, 251, 271, 272, and
303(r) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
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Total Annual Burden: 155,280 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: The Commission
will submit this collection to the OMB
for approval of an extension in order to
obtain the three year clearance from
them. There is no change in the
recordkeeping requirement. There is no
change in the Commission’s previous
burden estimates. The Commission
imposed recordkeeping requirements on
independent local exchange carriers
(LECs). Independent incumbent LECs
wishing to offer international,
interexchange services must comply
with the requirements of the
Competitive Carrier Fifth Report and
Order, CC Docket Nos. 96–149 and 96–
61. One of the requirements is that the
independent incumbent LEC’s
international, interexchange affiliate (for
facilities-based providers of
international, interexchange services)
must maintain books of account
separate from such LEC’s local exchange
and other activities. See 47 CFR 64.1903
for the specific recordkeeping
requirements.
This recordkeeping requirement is
used by the Commission to ensure that
independent incumbent LECs that
provide international, interexchange
services do so in compliance with the
Communications Act, as amended, and
with Commission policies and
regulations.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–1078]
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 (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission) invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
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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 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 June 14, 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
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:
OMB Control Number: 3060–1078.
Title: Rules and Regulations
Implementing the Controlling the
Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography
and Marketing Act of 2003, CG Docket
No. 04–53. Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions; Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 1,908.572 respondents;
1,908,572 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .5—1
hour (average per response).
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; On
occasion reporting requirements; Third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this information collection
is the CAN–SPAM Act of 2003, 15
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0775]
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
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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 June 14,
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
[email protected] and to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele, (202) 418-2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0775.
Title: Section 64.1903 Obligations of All Incumbent Local Exchange
Carriers.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 255 respondents; 255
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 500--6,056 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154, 201,
202, 251, 271, 272, and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 155,280 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: The Commission will submit this collection to the
OMB for approval of an extension in order to obtain the three year
clearance from them. There is no change in the recordkeeping
requirement. There is no change in the Commission's previous burden
estimates. The Commission imposed recordkeeping requirements on
independent local exchange carriers (LECs). Independent incumbent LECs
wishing to offer international, interexchange services must comply with
the requirements of the Competitive Carrier Fifth Report and Order, CC
Docket Nos. 96-149 and 96-61. One of the requirements is that the
independent incumbent LEC's international, interexchange affiliate (for
facilities-based providers of international, interexchange services)
must maintain books of account separate from such LEC's local exchange
and other activities. See 47 CFR 64.1903 for the specific recordkeeping
requirements.
This recordkeeping requirement is used by the Commission to ensure
that independent incumbent LECs that provide international,
interexchange services do so in compliance with the Communications Act,
as amended, and with Commission policies and regulations.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-07398 Filed 4-12-19; 8:45 am]
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