Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget, 59919-59920 [2023-18648]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59919-59920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18648]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0298; FR ID 166668]


Information Collection 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 does not display a 
valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be submitted on or before September 29, 
2023.

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: 3060-0298.
    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: 3,834 respondents; 4,659 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour-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 
sections 151-155, 201-205, 208, 251-271, 403, 502 and 503 of

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the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), 47 U.S.C. 151-
155, 201-205, 208, 251-271, 403, 502 and 503.
    Total Annual Burden: 171,378 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $604,000.
    Needs and Uses: This collection will be submitted as a revision of 
an existing collection in order to obtain Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) approval for the full three-year clearance.
    On April 21, 2023, the Commission released the Access Arbitrage 
Second Report and Order, WC Docket No. 18-155, FCC 23-31, 88 FR 35743, 
which added rules applicable to internet Protocol Enabled Service 
(IPES) Providers engaged in Access Stimulation. In the Access Arbitrage 
Second Report and Order the Commission adopted rules requiring that 
access-stimulating IPES Providers provide notice of their status to the 
Commission by filing a record of their access-stimulating status in the 
Commission's Access Arbitrage docket, and to provide notice to any 
affected IXCs and Intermediate Access Providers of the same, within 45 
days of the effective date of that requirement after approval of that 
information collection by OMB (or for an entity that later engages in 
access stimulation, 45 days from the date it commences access 
stimulation). If, after the effective date of this requirement 
subsequent to approval of this requirement by OMB, an access-
stimulating IPES Provider is no longer engaged in Access Stimulation, 
the IPES Provider must file notice of that change in status with the 
Commission and with any affected IXCs and Intermediate Access 
Providers.
    The revisions to this collection primarily reflect the conclusion 
of the rate transition(s) adopted in the 8YY Access Charge Reform 
Order, WC Docket No. 18-156, FCC 20-143, 85 FR 75894 and the notice and 
reporting requirements adopted by the Commission in the Access 
Arbitrage Second Report and Order. The information collected through a 
carrier's tariff 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. The information provided by IPES Providers pursuant to rules 
adopted in the Access Arbitrage Second Report and Order informs 
interested parties of an entities' engagement in Access Stimulation.

Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-18648 Filed 8-29-23; 8:45 am]
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