Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget, 32392-32394 [2020-11602]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 104 (Friday, May 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32392-32394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11602]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0589, OMB 3060-1149, OMB 1270; FRS 16789]


Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval 
to Office of Management and Budget

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, 
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. Pursuant to the Small Business 
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it 
might ``further reduce the information collection burden for 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

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does not display a valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be submitted on or before June 29, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting 
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function. Your comment must be submitted into 
www.reginfo.gov per the above instructions for it to be considered. In 
addition to submitting in www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of your 
comment on the proposed information collection to Nicole Ongele, FCC, 
via email to [email protected] and to [email protected]. 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 Title 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, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the FCC invited the general public and 
other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the 
following information collection. Comments are requested concerning: 
(a) 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; (b) the accuracy 
of the Commission's burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) 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. Pursuant to the Small Business 
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might ``further 
reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns 
with fewer than 25 employees.''
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0589.
    Title: FCC Remittance Advice Forms, FCC Form 159/159-C, 159-B, 159-
E, and 159-W.
    Form Number(s): FCC Form 159 Remittance Advice, 159-C Remittance 
Advice Continuation Sheet, 159-B Remittance Advice Bill for Collection, 
159-E Remittance Voucher, and 159-W Interstate Telephone Service 
Provider Worksheet.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities; Individuals 
or households; Not-for-profit institutions; and State, Local, or Tribal 
Governments.
    Number of Respondent and Responses: 102,405 respondents; 102,405 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes (0.25 hours).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting 
requirements; third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory Authority for this information collection is contained in the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended; Section 8 (47 U.S.C. 158) for 
Application Fees; Section 9 (47 U.S.C. 159) for Regulatory Fees; 
Section 309(j) for Auction Fees; and the Debt Collection Improvement 
Act of 1996, Public Law 104-134, Chapter 10, Section 31001.
    Total Annual Burden: 25,601 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality, except for personally identifiable information (PII) 
that individuals may submit on one or more of these forms. FCC Form 159 
series instructions include a Privacy Act Statement. Furthermore, while 
the Commission is not requesting that the respondents submit 
confidential information to the FCC, respondents may request 
confidential treatment for information they believe to be confidential 
under 47 CFR Section 0.459 of the Commission's rules. The Commission 
has a system of records notice (SORN), FCC/OMD-25, Financial Operations 
Information System (FOIS), to cover any PII that individuals may 
submit. The SORN is posted on the FCC Privacy web page at: https://www.fcc.gov/general/privacy-act-information#systems. Privacy Impact 
Assessment (PIA): A PIA is being drafted and posted on the FCC Privacy 
web page at: https://www.fcc.gov/general/privacy-act-information#systems.
    Needs and Uses: The FCC supports a series of remittance advice 
forms and a remittance voucher form that may be submitted in lieu of a 
remittance advice form when entities or individuals electronically 
submit a payment. A remittance advice form (or a remittance voucher 
form in lieu of an advice form) must accompany any payment to the 
Federal Communications Commission (e.g. payments for regulatory fees, 
application filing fees, auctions, fines, forfeitures, Freedom of 
Information Act (FOIA) billings, or any other debt due to the FCC. 
Information is collected on these forms to ensure credit for full 
payment, to ensure entities and individuals receive any refunds due, to 
service public inquiries, and to comply with the Debt Collection 
Improvement Act of 1996. On August 12, 2013, the Commission released a 
Report and Order (R&O), In the Matter Assessment and Collection of 
Regulatory Fee for Fiscal Year 2013 and Procedures for Assessment and 
Collection of Regulatory Fees, MD Docket Nos. 13-140 and 12-201, FCC 
13-110. In this R&O, the Commission requires that beginning in FY 2014, 
all regulatory fee payments be made electronically and that the 
Commission will no longer mail out initial regulatory fee assessments 
to CMRS providers.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1149.
    Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback 
on Agency Service Delivery.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, Business or other for-
profit, Not-for-profit institutions, and State, Local, or Tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 259,600 respondents and 
259,600 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .166 hours (10 minutes).
    Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
    Total Annual Burden: 43,267 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Responses to feedback 
instruments will be confidential.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: There is no Privacy Act impact as 
personally identifiable information(PII) will not be collected.

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    Needs and Uses: The information collection activity will garner 
qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely 
manner, in accordance with the Administration's commitment to improving 
service delivery. By qualitative feedback we mean information that 
provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but are not 
statistical surveys that yield quantitative results that can be 
generalized to the population of study. This feedback will provide 
insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences and 
expectations, provide an early warning of issues with service, or focus 
attention on areas where communication, training or change in 
operations might improve delivery of products or services. These 
collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and actionable 
communications between the Agency and its customers and stakeholders. 
It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement 
of program management. Feedback collected under this generic clearance 
will provide useful information, but it will not yield data that can be 
generalized to the overall population. This type of generic clearance 
for qualitative information will not be used for quantitative 
information collections that are designed to yield reliably actionable 
results, such as monitoring trends over time or documenting program 
performance. Such data uses require more rigorous designs that address: 
The target population to which generalizations will be made, the 
sampling frame, the sample design (including stratification and 
clustering), the precision requirements or power calculations that 
justify the proposed sample size, the expected response rate, methods 
of assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 
collection, and any testing procedures that were or will be undertaken 
prior fielding the study. Depending on the degree of influence the 
results are likely to have, such collections may still be eligible for 
submission for other generic mechanisms that are designed to yield 
quantitative results.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1270.
    Title: Protecting National Security Through FCC Programs.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,257 respondents; 2,257 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 1.4(b)(1), 1.103(a), 151-154, 201(b), 229, 254, and 1004.
    Total Annual Burden: 6,771 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission will consider 
the potential confidentiality of any information submitted, 
particularly where public release of such information could raise 
security concerns (e.g., granular location information). We expect, 
however, that the public interest in knowing whether a carrier uses or 
owns equipment or services from Huawei or ZTE would significantly 
outweigh any interest the carrier would have in keeping such 
information confidential. Respondents may request materials or 
information submitted to the Commission or to the Universal Service 
Administrative Company be withheld from public inspection under 47 CFR 
0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as an extension 
during this comment period to obtain the full three-year clearance from 
OMB. Under this information collection, the Commission proposes to 
collect information to determine the extent to which potentially 
prohibited equipment exists in current networks and the costs 
associated with removing such equipment and replacing it with 
equivalent equipment. The Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 
requires the ``preservation and advancement of universal service.'' 47 
U.S.C. 254(b). The information collection requirements reported under 
this collection are the result of Commission actions to promote the 
Act's universal service goals. On November 22, 2019, the Commission 
adopted a Report and Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and 
Order, WC Docket No. 18-89, FCC 19-121 (Protecting Against National 
Security Threats to the Communications Supply Chain Through FCC 
Programs). The Report and Order prohibits future use of Universal 
Service Fund (USF) monies to purchase, maintain, improve, modify, 
obtain, or otherwise support any equipment or services produced or 
provided by a company that poses a national security threat to the 
integrity of communications networks or the communications supply 
chain. It also initially designated two entities--Huawei Technologies 
Company (Huawei) and ZTE Corporation (ZTE), along with their 
affiliates, subsidiaries, and parents--as covered companies posing such 
a national security threat. In the Further Notice, the Commission 
proposed to make the requirement to remove covered equipment and 
services from carriers' networks contingent on the availability of a 
funded reimbursement program, in an effort to mitigate the impact on 
affected entities. This information collection is designed to collect 
data from eligible telecommunication carriers (ETCs) and other carriers 
to determine the extent of which potentially prohibited equipment 
exists in current networks and the costs associated with removing such 
equipment and replacing it with equivalent equipment. The data will aid 
the Commission's review of the record and guide our next steps in this 
proceeding.

Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-11602 Filed 5-28-20; 8:45 am]
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