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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–1256; FRS 16614]
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 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 June 2, 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.
SUMMARY:
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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: 3060–1256.
Title: Application for Connect
America Fund Phase II and Rural Digital
Opportunity Fund Auction Support.
Form Number: FCC Form 683.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, not-for-profit institutions,
and state, local or tribal governments.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 530 respondents and 1,060
responses.
Time per Response: 2—12 hours (on
average).
Frequency of Response: Annual
reporting requirements, on occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
47 U.S.C. 154, 214, 254 and 303(r) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
7,420 hours.
Total Annual Costs: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Although most information collected in
FCC Form 683 will be made available
for public inspection, the Commission
will withhold certain information
collected in FCC Form 683 from routine
public inspection. Specifically, the
Commission will treat certain financial
and technical information submitted in
FCC Form 683 as confidential. In
addition, an applicant may use the
abbreviated process under 47 CFR
0.459(a)(4) to request confidential
treatment of the audited financial
statements that are submitted during the
post-selection review process. However,
if a request for public inspection for this
technical or financial information is
made under 47 CFR 0.461, and the
applicant has any objections to
disclosure, the applicant will be notified
and will be required to justify continued
confidential treatment. To the extent
that an applicant seeks to have other
information collected in FCC Form 683
or during the post-selection review
process withheld from public
inspection, the applicant may request
confidential treatment pursuant to 47
CFR 0.459.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses:
ADDRESSES:
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Connect America Fund Phase II
Auction
The Commission is requesting the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval for this revised
information collection. On November
18, 2011, the Commission released the
USF/ICC Transformation Order and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,
WC Docket No. 10–90 et al., FCC 11–161
(USF/ICC Transformation Order and/or
FNPRM), which comprehensively
reformed and modernized the high-cost
program within the universal service
fund to focus support on networks
capable of providing voice and
broadband services. Among other
things, the Commission created the
Connect America Fund (CAF) and
concluded that support in price cap
areas would be provided through a
combination of ‘‘a new forward-looking
model of the cost of constructing
modern multi-purpose networks’’ and a
competitive bidding process (CAF Phase
II auction or Auction 903). The
Commission also sought comment in the
accompanying USF/ICC Transformation
FNPRM on proposed rules governing the
CAF Phase II auction, including basic
auction design and the application
process.
In the CAF Phase II auction, service
providers competed to receive support
of up to $1.98 billion over 10 years to
offer voice and broadband service in
unserved high-cost areas. The
information collection requirements
reported under this collection are the
result of several Commission decisions
to implement the reform adopted in the
USF/ICC Transformation Order and
move forward with conducting the CAF
Phase II auction. In the April 2014
Connect America Order, WC Docket No.
10–90 et al., FCC 14–54, the
Commission adopted various rules
regarding participation in the CAF
Phase II auction, the term of support,
and the eligible telecommunications
carrier (ETC) designation process. In the
Phase II Auction Order, WC Docket No.
10–90 et al., FCC 16–64, the
Commission adopted rules to govern the
CAF Phase II auction, including the
adoption of a two-stage application
process, which includes a pre-auction
short-form application to be submitted
by parties interested in bidding in the
CAF Phase II auction and a post-auction
long-form application that must be
submitted by winning bidders seeking
to become authorized to receive CAF
Phase II auction support. The
Commission concluded, based on its
experience with auctions and consistent
with the record, that this two-stage
application process balances the need to
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collect information essential to
conducting a successful auction and
authorizing CAF Phase II support with
administrative efficiency.
On January 30, 2018, the Commission
adopted a public notice that established
the final procedures for the CAF Phase
II auction, including the long-form
application disclosure and certification
requirements for winning bidders
seeking to become authorized to receive
CAF Phase II auction support. See Phase
II Auction Procedures Public Notice, WC
Docket No. 17–182 et al., FCC 18–6. The
Commission also adopted the Phase II
Auction Order on Reconsideration, WC
Docket No. 10–90 et al., FCC 18–5,
which modified the Commission’s letter
of credit rules to provide some
additional relief for CAF Phase II
auction support recipients by reducing
the costs of maintaining a letter of
credit.
The Commission proposes to reduce
the number of respondents that are
subject to this collection now that the
CAF Phase II auction winning bidders
have been announced.
Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
Auction
On February 7, 2020 the Commission
released the Rural Digital Opportunity
Fund Order, WC Docket Nos. 19–126,
10–90, FCC 20–5 which will commit up
to $20.4 billion over the next decade to
support up to gigabit speed broadband
networks in rural America. The funding
will be allocated through a multi-round,
reverse, descending clock auction that
favors faster services with lower latency
and encourages intermodal competition
in order to ensure that the greatest
possible number of Americans will be
connected to the best possible networks,
all at a competitive cost.
To implement the Rural Digital
Opportunity Fund auction (or Auction
904), the Commission adopted new
rules for the Rural Digital Opportunity
Fund auction, including the adoption of
a two-stage application process. Like
with the CAF Phase II auction, this
process includes a pre-auction shortform application to be submitted by
parties interested in bidding in the
Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction
(FCC Form 183) and a post-auction longform application that must be submitted
by winning bidders (or their designees)
seeking to become authorized to receive
Rural Digital Opportunity Fund support
(FCC Form 683). The Commission is
seeking approval for the short-form
application (FCC Form 183) in a
separate collection under the OMB
control number 3060–1252.
This proposed revision seeks approval
of the disclosures and certifications
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adopted by the Commission that must
be made by winning bidders seeking to
become authorized for Rural Digital
Opportunity Fund support. The
Commission plans to submit at a later
date additional revisions or new
collections for OMB review to address
other reforms adopted in the abovereferenced Order.
The Commission therefore proposes
to revise this information collection to
reflect these requirements to determine
the recipients of Connect America Phase
II auction and Rural Digital Opportunity
Fund auction support.
Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
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16593]
Next Meeting of the North American
Numbering Council
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In this document, the
Commission released a public notice
announcing the meeting of the North
American Numbering Council (NANC),
which will be held via conference call
and available to the public via live
internet feed.
DATES: Tuesday, May 5, 2020. The
meeting will come to order at 9:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The Meeting will be held
via conference call and open to the
public on the internet via live feed from
the FCC’s web page at https://
www.fcc.gov/live.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marilyn Jones, Designated Federal
Officer (DFO) of the NANC, at
marilyn.jones@fcc.gov or 202–418–2357
and Jordan Reth, Deputy DFO, at
jordan.reth@fcc.gov or 202–418–1418.
More information about the NANC is
available at https://www.fcc.gov/aboutfcc/advisory-committees/general/northamerican-numbering-council.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
NANC meeting is open to the public on
the internet via live feed from the FCC’s
web page at https://www.fcc.gov/live.
Open captioning will be provided for
this event. Other reasonable
accommodations for people with
disabilities are available upon request.
Requests for such accommodations
SUMMARY:
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1256; FRS 16614]
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 June 2,
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: 3060-1256.
Title: Application for Connect America Fund Phase II and Rural
Digital Opportunity Fund Auction Support.
Form Number: FCC Form 683.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit
institutions, and state, local or tribal governments.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 530 respondents and 1,060
responses.
Time per Response: 2--12 hours (on average).
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirements, on occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection 47 U.S.C. 154, 214,
254 and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 7,420 hours.
Total Annual Costs: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Although most information
collected in FCC Form 683 will be made available for public inspection,
the Commission will withhold certain information collected in FCC Form
683 from routine public inspection. Specifically, the Commission will
treat certain financial and technical information submitted in FCC Form
683 as confidential. In addition, an applicant may use the abbreviated
process under 47 CFR 0.459(a)(4) to request confidential treatment of
the audited financial statements that are submitted during the post-
selection review process. However, if a request for public inspection
for this technical or financial information is made under 47 CFR 0.461,
and the applicant has any objections to disclosure, the applicant will
be notified and will be required to justify continued confidential
treatment. To the extent that an applicant seeks to have other
information collected in FCC Form 683 or during the post-selection
review process withheld from public inspection, the applicant may
request confidential treatment pursuant to 47 CFR 0.459.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses:
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Connect America Fund Phase II Auction
The Commission is requesting the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval for this revised information collection. On November 18,
2011, the Commission released the USF/ICC Transformation Order and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, WC Docket No. 10-90 et al., FCC
11-161 (USF/ICC Transformation Order and/or FNPRM), which
comprehensively reformed and modernized the high-cost program within
the universal service fund to focus support on networks capable of
providing voice and broadband services. Among other things, the
Commission created the Connect America Fund (CAF) and concluded that
support in price cap areas would be provided through a combination of
``a new forward-looking model of the cost of constructing modern multi-
purpose networks'' and a competitive bidding process (CAF Phase II
auction or Auction 903). The Commission also sought comment in the
accompanying USF/ICC Transformation FNPRM on proposed rules governing
the CAF Phase II auction, including basic auction design and the
application process.
In the CAF Phase II auction, service providers competed to receive
support of up to $1.98 billion over 10 years to offer voice and
broadband service in unserved high-cost areas. The information
collection requirements reported under this collection are the result
of several Commission decisions to implement the reform adopted in the
USF/ICC Transformation Order and move forward with conducting the CAF
Phase II auction. In the April 2014 Connect America Order, WC Docket
No. 10-90 et al., FCC 14-54, the Commission adopted various rules
regarding participation in the CAF Phase II auction, the term of
support, and the eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) designation
process. In the Phase II Auction Order, WC Docket No. 10-90 et al., FCC
16-64, the Commission adopted rules to govern the CAF Phase II auction,
including the adoption of a two-stage application process, which
includes a pre-auction short-form application to be submitted by
parties interested in bidding in the CAF Phase II auction and a post-
auction long-form application that must be submitted by winning bidders
seeking to become authorized to receive CAF Phase II auction support.
The Commission concluded, based on its experience with auctions and
consistent with the record, that this two-stage application process
balances the need to collect information essential to conducting a
successful auction and authorizing CAF Phase II support with
administrative efficiency.
On January 30, 2018, the Commission adopted a public notice that
established the final procedures for the CAF Phase II auction,
including the long-form application disclosure and certification
requirements for winning bidders seeking to become authorized to
receive CAF Phase II auction support. See Phase II Auction Procedures
Public Notice, WC Docket No. 17-182 et al., FCC 18-6. The Commission
also adopted the Phase II Auction Order on Reconsideration, WC Docket
No. 10-90 et al., FCC 18-5, which modified the Commission's letter of
credit rules to provide some additional relief for CAF Phase II auction
support recipients by reducing the costs of maintaining a letter of
credit.
The Commission proposes to reduce the number of respondents that
are subject to this collection now that the CAF Phase II auction
winning bidders have been announced.
Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Auction
On February 7, 2020 the Commission released the Rural Digital
Opportunity Fund Order, WC Docket Nos. 19-126, 10-90, FCC 20-5 which
will commit up to $20.4 billion over the next decade to support up to
gigabit speed broadband networks in rural America. The funding will be
allocated through a multi-round, reverse, descending clock auction that
favors faster services with lower latency and encourages intermodal
competition in order to ensure that the greatest possible number of
Americans will be connected to the best possible networks, all at a
competitive cost.
To implement the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction (or Auction
904), the Commission adopted new rules for the Rural Digital
Opportunity Fund auction, including the adoption of a two-stage
application process. Like with the CAF Phase II auction, this process
includes a pre-auction short-form application to be submitted by
parties interested in bidding in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
auction (FCC Form 183) and a post-auction long-form application that
must be submitted by winning bidders (or their designees) seeking to
become authorized to receive Rural Digital Opportunity Fund support
(FCC Form 683). The Commission is seeking approval for the short-form
application (FCC Form 183) in a separate collection under the OMB
control number 3060-1252.
This proposed revision seeks approval of the disclosures and
certifications adopted by the Commission that must be made by winning
bidders seeking to become authorized for Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
support. The Commission plans to submit at a later date additional
revisions or new collections for OMB review to address other reforms
adopted in the above-referenced Order.
The Commission therefore proposes to revise this information
collection to reflect these requirements to determine the recipients of
Connect America Phase II auction and Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
auction support.
Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-07036 Filed 4-2-20; 8:45 am]
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