[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69123-69125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20243]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for 
Review to the Office of Management and Budget

November 22, 2006.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the 
following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid 
control number. 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 estimate; (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.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before January 29, 2007. If you anticipate that you 
will be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within 
the period of

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time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC contact listed 
below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Allison E. Zaleski, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 
395-6466, or via fax at 202-395-5167 or via internet at [email protected] and to [email protected], Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-B441, 445 12th Street, SW., DC 20554 
or an e-mail to [email protected]. If you would like to obtain or view a copy 
of this information collection after the 60 day comment period, you may 
do so by visiting the FCC PRA Web page at: http://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection(s), contact Judith B. Herman at 202-418-
0214 or via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0496.
    Title: The ARMIS Operating Data Report.
    Report No.: FCC Report 43-08.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 56 respondents; 56 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 139 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
    Total Annual Burden: 7,784 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission contends that 
areas in which detailed information is required are fully subject to 
regulation and the issue of data being regarded as sensitive will arise 
in special circumstances only. In such circumstances, respondents are 
instructed on the appropriate procedures to follow to safeguard 
sensitive information. If respondents wish to submit information which 
they believe is confidential, they may request confidential treatment 
of such information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to OMB as an extension (no change in reporting requirements) 
after this 60 day comment period to obtain the full three-year 
clearance from them.
    ARMIS (Automated Reporting and Management Information Systems) was 
implemented to facilitate the timely and efficient analysis of revenue 
requirements, rates of return and price caps; to provide an improved 
basis for audits and other oversight functions; and to enhance the 
Commission's ability to quantify the effects of alternative policy. The 
Operating Data Report, FCC Report 43-08, collects annual statistical 
data in a consistent format that is essential for the Commission to 
monitor network growth, usage, and reliability. The information 
contained in the ARMIS Report 43-08 provides the necessary detail to 
enable the Commission to fulfill its regulatory responsibilities. 
Automated reporting of these data greatly enhances the Commission's 
ability to process and analyze the extensive amounts of data that are 
needed to administer its rules. Automating and organizing data 
submitted to the Commission facilitate the timely and efficient 
analysis of revenue requirements, rate of return and price caps, 
provide an improved basis for auditing and other oversight functions 
and enhance the Commission's ability to quantify the effects of policy 
proposals.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0895.
    Title: Numbering Resource Optimization, CC Docket No. 99-200.
    Form No.: FCC Form 502.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and state, local or 
tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 2,780 respondents; 2,780 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 48 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and semi-annual reporting 
requirements and recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
    Total Annual Burden: 133,370 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $7,858,650.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Disaggregated, carrier 
specific forecast and utilization data will be treated as confidential 
and will be exempt from public disclosure under 5 U.S.C. Section 
552(b)(4).
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to OMB as a revision after this 60 day comment period to 
obtain the full three-year clearance from them. Carriers that receive 
numbering resources from the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) 
Administrator or that receive numbering resources from the Pooling 
Administrator in thousand-blocks must report forecast and utilization 
data semi-annually. These carriers are also required to maintain 
detailed internal records of their number usage. Carriers must file 
applications for initial and growth numbering resources. The 
information will be used by FCC, state regulatory commissions, and the 
NANP administrator to monitor numbering resource utilization and to 
project the date of area code and NANP exhaust. The total annual burden 
hours have been reduced to adjust for the elimination of a one-time 
reporting requirement for cost data support.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0942.
    Title: Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local 
Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long Distance Users, Federal-State Joint 
Board on Universal Service.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 759 respondents; 759 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 28.09 hours (average).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual, quarterly reporting 
requirements, recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure 
requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 21,321 hours.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the 
Commission or to USAC. If the Commission requests respondents to submit 
information to the Commission that the respondents believe are 
confidential, respondents may request confidential treatment of such 
information pursuant to 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to OMB as an extension (no change in reporting requirements, 
recordkeeping requirement and/or third party disclosure requirement) 
after this 60 day comment period to obtain the full three-year 
clearance from them.
    When the Commission adopted a Report and Order, it took action to 
further accelerate the development of competition in the local and 
long-distance telecommunications market, and to further establish 
explicit universal service support that will be sustainable in an 
increasingly competitive marketplace, pursuant to the mandate of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act). The Commission requires the 
following information to be reported under the Coalitions for

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Affordable Local and Long Distance Service (CALLS) Proposal: tariff 
filing, quarterly and annual data filings and cost support information.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-1044.
    Title: Review of the Section 251 Unbundling Obligations of 
Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers, CC Docket No. 01-338 and WC Docket 
No. 04-313, Order on Remand.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 645 respondents; 645 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 8 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,160 hours.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Total Annual Cost: $103,200.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the 
Commission. However, in certain circumstances, respondents may 
voluntarily choose to submit confidential information pursuant to 
applicable confidentiality rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to OMB as a revision after this 60 day comment period to 
obtain the full three-year clearance from them.
    In FCC 03-36 (Order) the Commission adopted rules and regulations 
designed to eliminate operational barriers to competition in the 
telecommunications services market and implement certain provisions of 
Section 251, including the unbundled network elements (UNE) obligations 
of incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs). In the Order on Remand 
(FCC 04-290) the Commission responded to a decision by the United 
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that vacated the 
``sub-delegation'' of authority to state commissions and vacated and 
remanded certain nationwide impairment findings, including mass market 
switching and dedicated transport. This resulted in the removal of the 
``State Commission UNE Proceeding'' section of this collection.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-20243 Filed 11-28-06; 8:45 am]
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