Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority, 14166-14167 [2023-04578]

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14166-14167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04578]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0760; FR ID 129028]


Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority

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 (PRA) of 1995, the 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the 
general

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public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on the following information collection. 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 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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before May 8, 
2023. 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.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0760.
    Title: 272 Sunset Order, WC Docket No. 06-120; Access Charge 
Reform, CC Docket No. 96-262, First Report and Order; Second Order on 
Reconsideration and Memorandum Opinion and Order; and Fifth Report and 
Order; Business Data Services Report and Order, WC Docket No. 16-143 et 
al.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 13 respondents; 66 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3-80 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On-occasion reporting requirements and 
third-party disclosure 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(i)-(j), 201-205, and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i)-(j), 201-205, and 303(r).
    Total Annual Burden: 1,256 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $68,640.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The information requested is 
not of a confidential nature. However, respondents may request 
materials or information submitted to the Commission be withheld from 
public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: On April 28, 2017, the Commission released the 
Business Data Services Order, WC Docket No. 16-143 et al., FCC 17-43, 
reforming the business data services/special access regulations for 
incumbent and competitive LECs. The Commission's reforms included 
replacing the application-based pricing flexibility rules with a new 
framework under which: (a) packet-based services, time division 
multiplexing (TDM) services with bandwidth greater than 45 mbps, and 
TDM transport services are not subject to ex ante pricing regulation; 
(b) a new standard is applied to determine the extent to which the 
Commission regulates price cap LECs' TDM end user channel terminations 
with bandwidth less than 45 mbps and certain other low bandwidth 
business data services. Under this standard, a price cap LEC is not 
subject to ex ante pricing regulation in the provision of these 
services in counties deemed competitive under the Commission's 
competitive market test or for which the price cap LEC previously 
obtained Phase II pricing flexibility; (c) the price cap LEC is subject 
to ex ante pricing regulation in other counties where it is the 
incumbent LEC, but in these counties the price cap LEC has downward 
pricing flexibility (i.e., the equivalent of Phase I pricing 
flexibility under the prior rules); and (d) the Commission will update 
the competitive market test results every three years using data 
already collected in FCC Form 477.
    Among other rules changes, the Business Data Services Report and 
Order repealed section 1.774, which set forth requirements for pricing 
flexibility applications, and added section 1.776, which limits the 
circumstances under which price cap LECs must file their business data 
services contracts as contract-based tariffs. The Commission also 
amended section 69.701 of its rules to specify that its pricing 
flexibility rules no longer apply to business data services.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-04578 Filed 3-6-23; 8:45 am]
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