Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, 65392 [2019-25772]

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 65392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25772]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0298; FRS 16278]


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.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before January 
27, 2020. 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: 3060-0298.
    Title: Part 61, Tariffs (Other than the Tariff Review Plan).
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,840 respondents; 5,605 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1-50 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual, biennial, and one-time 
reporting requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. Sections 151-155, 201-205, 208, 251-271, 403, 502 and 503 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 196,677 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $1,444,800.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Respondents are not being 
asked to submit confidential information to the Commission. If the 
Commission requests respondents to submit information which respondents 
believe are confidential, respondents may request confidential 
treatment of such information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's 
rules.
    Needs and Uses: On September 27, 2019, the Commission released the 
Access Arbitrage Order, WC Docket No. 18-155, FCC 19-94, making access-
stimulating local exchange carriers (LECs) financially responsible for 
the terminating tandem switching and transport service access charges 
associated with the delivery of traffic from an interexchange carrier 
(IXC) to the access-stimulating LEC end office or its functional 
equivalent. The Access Arbitrage Order required that, within 45 days of 
its effective date, access-stimulating LECs remove any existing tariff 
provisions for terminating tandem switching or terminating tandem 
switched transport access charges. Affected intermediate access 
providers have the same time period to prepare any tariff revisions 
which they may wish to file. The Access Arbitrage Order also required 
that access-stimulating LECs provide notice of their assumption of that 
financial responsibility to the Commission by filing a record of its 
access-stimulating status and acceptance of financial responsibility to 
the Commission by filing a record of its access-stimulating status and 
acceptance of financial responsibility in the Commission's Access 
Arbitrage Order docket, and to provide notice to any affected IXCs and 
intermediate access providers of the same, within 45 days of approval 
by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). If, after approval of 
this requirement by OMB, access-stimulating LECs no longer engage in 
access stimulation they must also file notice of that change in status 
with the Commission and with any affected IXCs and intermediate access 
providers.
    The information collected through carriers' tariffs is used by the 
Commission and state commissions to determine whether services offered 
are just and reasonable, as the Act requires. The tariffs and any 
supporting documentation are examined in order to determine if the 
services are offered in a just and reasonable manner.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-25772 Filed 11-26-19; 8:45 am]
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