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Submission of Wholesale Power
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through 19 to be effective 7/16/2020.
Filed Date: 7/16/20.
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Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/6/20.
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fercgensearch.asp) by querying the
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Dated: July 16, 2020.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–1247; FRS 16937]
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 September 21,
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 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: 3060–1247.
Title: Part 32 Uniform System of
Accounts.
SUMMARY:
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Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 949 respondents; 1,944
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 20–40
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
and annual reporting requirements;
recordkeeping requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 10, 201, 219–
220, 224, 254(k), 272(e)(3), and 403 of
the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 160, 201, 219–220,
224, 254(k), 272(e)(3), and 403.
Total Annual Burden: 69,820 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
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
is confidential, respondents may request
confidential treatment of such
information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: On February 24,
2017, the Commission released the Part
32 Order, WC Docket No. 14–130, CC
Docket No. 80–286, FCC 17–15, which
minimized the compliance burdens
imposed by the Uniform System of
Accounts (USOA) on price cap and rateof-return telephone companies, while
ensuring that the Commission retains
access to the information it needs to
fulfill its regulatory duties. The
Commission consolidated Class A and
Class B accounts by eliminating the
current classification of carriers, which
divides incumbent LECS into two
classes for accounting purposes based
on annual revenues. Carriers subject to
Part 32’s USOA are now only required
to keep Class B accounts.
Pursuant to the Part 32 Order, price
cap carriers may elect to use generally
accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
for all regulatory accounting purposes if
they: (1) Establish an ‘‘Implementation
Rate Difference’’ (IRD) which is the
difference between pole attachment
rates calculated under Part 32 and under
GAAP as of the last full year preceding
the carrier’s initial opting out of Part 32
accounting requirements; and (2) adjust
their annually-computed GAAP-based
pole attachment rates by the IRD for a
period of 12 years after the election.
Alternatively, price cap carriers may
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elect to use GAAP accounting for all
purposes other than those associated
with pole attachment rates and continue
to use the Part 32 accounts and
procedures applicable to pole
attachment rates for up to 12 years. A
price cap carrier may be required to
submit pole attachment accounting data
to the Commission for three years
following the effective date of the rule
permitting a price cap carrier to elect
GAAP accounting. If a pole attacher
informs the Commission of a suspected
problem with pole attachment rates, the
Commission will require the price cap
carrier to file its pole attachment data
for the state in question. This
requirement may be extended for an
additional three years, if necessary.
The Commission reduced the
accounting requirements for telephone
companies with a continuing obligation
to comply with Part 32 in a number of
areas. Telephone companies may: (1)
Carry an asset at its purchase price
when it was acquired, even if its value
has increased or declined when it goes
into regulated service; (2) reprice an
asset at market value after a merger or
acquisition consistent with GAAP; (3)
use GAAP principles to determine
Allowance-for-Funds-Used-During
Construction; and (4) employ the GAAP
standard of materiality. Rate-of-return
carriers receiving cost-based support
must determine materiality consistent
with the general materiality guidelines
promulgated by the Auditing Standards
Board. Price cap carriers with a
continuing Part 32 accounting
obligation must maintain continuing
property records necessary to track
substantial assets and investments in an
accurate, auditable manner. The carriers
must make such property information
available to the Commission upon
request. Carriers subject to Part 32 must
continue to comply with the USOA’s
depreciation procedures and its rules for
cost of removal-and-salvage accounting.
Pursuant to the October 24, 2018
Rate-of-Return Business Data Services
Report and Order, WC Docket No. 17–
144, FCC 18–146, rate-of-return carriers
currently receiving model-based or
other fixed high-cost support may
voluntarily elect to transition their
business services offerings from rate-ofreturn to incentive regulation. Thus,
electing carriers that choose to use
GAAP instead of the Uniform System of
Accounts are relieved of virtually all of
the filing and recordkeeping
requirements of the Uniform System of
Accounts, with the sole exception of the
same data provisioning requirements for
the calculation of pole attachment rates
as price cap carriers.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020–15849 Filed 7–21–20; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–XXXX; FRS 16938]
Information Collection Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
Office of Management and Budget
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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 can
further reduce the information
collection burden for small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
DATES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted on or before August 21, 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 Cathy
Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
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 Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918. 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
SUMMARY:
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‘‘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: 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 does not display
a valid OMB control number.
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–XXXX.
Title: 3.7 GHz Band Relocation
Coordinator and Relocation Payment
Clearinghouse Real-Time Disclosure of
Communications Required by Sections
27.1413(c)(6) and 27.1414(b)(4)(i).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New information
collection.
Respondents: Business or other for
profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 2
respondents; 12 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1247; FRS 16937]
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 September
21, 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: 3060-1247.
Title: Part 32 Uniform System of Accounts.
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: 949 respondents; 1,944
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 20-40 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, and annual reporting
requirements; recordkeeping requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 10, 201, 219- 220, 224, 254(k), 272(e)(3), and 403 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 160, 201, 219-220,
224, 254(k), 272(e)(3), and 403.
Total Annual Burden: 69,820 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
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 is confidential, respondents may request confidential treatment
of such information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: On February 24, 2017, the Commission released the
Part 32 Order, WC Docket No. 14-130, CC Docket No. 80-286, FCC 17-15,
which minimized the compliance burdens imposed by the Uniform System of
Accounts (USOA) on price cap and rate-of-return telephone companies,
while ensuring that the Commission retains access to the information it
needs to fulfill its regulatory duties. The Commission consolidated
Class A and Class B accounts by eliminating the current classification
of carriers, which divides incumbent LECS into two classes for
accounting purposes based on annual revenues. Carriers subject to Part
32's USOA are now only required to keep Class B accounts.
Pursuant to the Part 32 Order, price cap carriers may elect to use
generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for all regulatory
accounting purposes if they: (1) Establish an ``Implementation Rate
Difference'' (IRD) which is the difference between pole attachment
rates calculated under Part 32 and under GAAP as of the last full year
preceding the carrier's initial opting out of Part 32 accounting
requirements; and (2) adjust their annually-computed GAAP-based pole
attachment rates by the IRD for a period of 12 years after the
election. Alternatively, price cap carriers may
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elect to use GAAP accounting for all purposes other than those
associated with pole attachment rates and continue to use the Part 32
accounts and procedures applicable to pole attachment rates for up to
12 years. A price cap carrier may be required to submit pole attachment
accounting data to the Commission for three years following the
effective date of the rule permitting a price cap carrier to elect GAAP
accounting. If a pole attacher informs the Commission of a suspected
problem with pole attachment rates, the Commission will require the
price cap carrier to file its pole attachment data for the state in
question. This requirement may be extended for an additional three
years, if necessary.
The Commission reduced the accounting requirements for telephone
companies with a continuing obligation to comply with Part 32 in a
number of areas. Telephone companies may: (1) Carry an asset at its
purchase price when it was acquired, even if its value has increased or
declined when it goes into regulated service; (2) reprice an asset at
market value after a merger or acquisition consistent with GAAP; (3)
use GAAP principles to determine Allowance-for-Funds-Used-During
Construction; and (4) employ the GAAP standard of materiality. Rate-of-
return carriers receiving cost-based support must determine materiality
consistent with the general materiality guidelines promulgated by the
Auditing Standards Board. Price cap carriers with a continuing Part 32
accounting obligation must maintain continuing property records
necessary to track substantial assets and investments in an accurate,
auditable manner. The carriers must make such property information
available to the Commission upon request. Carriers subject to Part 32
must continue to comply with the USOA's depreciation procedures and its
rules for cost of removal-and-salvage accounting.
Pursuant to the October 24, 2018 Rate-of-Return Business Data
Services Report and Order, WC Docket No. 17-144, FCC 18-146, rate-of-
return carriers currently receiving model-based or other fixed high-
cost support may voluntarily elect to transition their business
services offerings from rate-of-return to incentive regulation. Thus,
electing carriers that choose to use GAAP instead of the Uniform System
of Accounts are relieved of virtually all of the filing and
recordkeeping requirements of the Uniform System of Accounts, with the
sole exception of the same data provisioning requirements for the
calculation of pole attachment rates as price cap carriers.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-15849 Filed 7-21-20; 8:45 am]
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