[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40882-40883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-14382]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

July 17, 2007.
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 September 24, 2007. If you anticipate that you 
will be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within 
the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC 
contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Jasmeet K. Seehra, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 
395-3123, 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: 3060-0975.
    Title: Promotion of Competitive Networks in Local 
Telecommunications Networks.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, Federal Government, and state, local and tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 6,421 respondents; 6,421 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Total Annual Burden: 571,350 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this extension to the 
OMB after this 60-day comment period to obtain the full three-year 
clearance from them. There is no change in the number of respondents, 
responses, and/or burden hours.
    On October 2000, the Federal Communications Commission adopted and 
released several rulemakings to foster competition in local 
communications markets by implementing measures to ensure that 
competing telecommunications providers are able to provide services to 
customers in multiple tenant environments (``MTEs'').
    Specifically, the rulemakings require the following: (1) Prohibited 
carriers from entering into contracts that restrict or effectively 
restrict a property owner's ability to permit entry by competing 
carriers; (2) established procedures to facilitate moving the 
demarcation point to the minimum point of entry (``MPOE'') at the 
building owner's request, and requires incumbent local exchange 
carriers (``LECs'') to timely disclose the location of existing 
demarcation points where they are not located a the MPOE; (3) 
determined that, under Section 224 of the Communications Act, 
utilities, including LECs, must afford telecommunications carriers and 
cable service providers reasonable and nondiscriminatory access to 
conduits and right-of-way located in customer buildings and campuses, 
to the extent such conduits and rights-of-way are owned or controlled 
by the utility; and (4) extended to antennas that receive and transmit 
telecommunications and other fixed wireless signals the existing 
prohibition of restrictions that impair the installation, maintenance 
or use of certain video antennas on property within the exclusive use 
or control of the antenna user, where the user has a direct or indirect 
ownership or leasehold interest in the property.

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    The demarcation point burden consists of two components. (1) The 
LEC shall make available information on the location of demarcation 
point within ten business days of a request from the premises owner 
(location information); and (2) At the time of installation, the LEC 
shall fully inform the premises owner of its options and rights 
regarding the placement of the demarcation point or points (options 
information).
    The OTARD portion of this information collection relates to the 
revisions of the Commission's rules regarding Over-the-Air Reception 
Devices (``OTARDs''), 47 CFR 1.4000. Under those revisions, as a 
condition of invoking protection under 47 CFR 1.4000 from government, 
landlord, and association restrictions, a licensee must ensure that 
subscriber antennas are labeled to give notice of potential radio 
frequency safety hazards of these antennas. Labeling information should 
include minimum separation distances required between users and 
radiating antennas to meet the Commission's radio frequency exposure 
guidelines. Labels should also reference to the Commission's applicable 
radio frequency exposure guidelines and should use the ANSI-specified 
warning symbol for frequency exposure. In addition, the instruction 
manuals and other information accompanying subscriber transceivers 
should include a full explanation of the labels, as well as a reference 
to the applicable Commission radiofrequency exposure guidelines.
    The availability of this information will give notice to the 
public--particularly to purchasers of OTARD dishes--of potential 
radiofrequency safety hazards of OTARD antennas used for 
telecommunications service. Thus, this information will help ensure 
that these antennas comply with the Commission's limits on radio 
frequency exposure.
    This information will facilitate efficient interaction between 
premises owners and LECs regarding the placement of the demarcation 
point, which marks the end of wiring under control of the LEC and the 
beginning of wiring under the control of the premises owner or 
subscriber. The demarcation point is a critical point of 
interconnection where competitive LECs can gain access to the inside 
wiring of the building to provide service to customers in the building. 
This collection will also help ensure that customer-end antennas used 
for telecommunications service comply with the Commission's limits on 
radio frequency exposure, and it will provide the Commission with 
information on the state of the market. In short, this information will 
be used to foster competition in local telecommunications markets by 
ensuring that competing telecommunications providers are able to 
provide services to customers in multiple tenant environments (MTEs).

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-14382 Filed 7-24-07; 8:45 am]
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