[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 248 (Friday, December 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73815-73816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25216]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

December 18, 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 of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Sections 3501-3520. 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

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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 Reductions Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before January 28, 2008. 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 FCC 
contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, via e-mail to [email protected] 
or via fax at (202) 395-5167 and to the Federal Communications 
Commission via e-mail to [email protected] or by U.S. mail to Leslie F. 
Smith, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C216, 445 12th Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20554 at 202-418-0217.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact 
Leslie F. Smith via e-mail at [email protected] or call 202-418-0217. To view 
a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: 
(1) Go to the Web page http://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 the ICR (or its OMB control 
number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR Reference Number to 
view detailed information about this ICR.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0741.
    Title: Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC Docket No. 96-98, Second Report and 
Order and Memorandum Opinion and Order, et al.
    Form Number(s): N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 2,166 respondents; 39,303 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5--8 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements; 
recordkeeping; third party disclosure.
    Obligation to Respond: 47 U.S.C. 251.
    Total Annual Burden: 68,588 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $0.00.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: There are no impacts under the Privacy 
Act.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality.
    Needs and Uses: Section 251 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. 251, is designed to accelerate private sector 
development and deployment of telecommunications technologies and 
services by spurring competition. These OMB collections are designed to 
help implement certain provisions of section 251, and to eliminate 
operational barriers to competition in the telecommunications services 
market. Specifically, these OMB collections will be used to implement 
(1) local exchange carriers' (``LECs'') obligations to provide their 
competitors with dialing parity and non-discriminatory access to 
certain services and functionalities; (2) incumbent local exchange 
carriers' (``ILECs'') duty to make network information disclosures; and 
(3) numbering administration. This collection also is being revised to 
remove two information collection requirements--submission of toll 
dialing parity implementation plans and justification for non-
compliance. The sections containing those expired deadlines, 47 CFR 
51.211 (a)--(f) and 47 CFR 51.213(d), (e), have been eliminated. See 
Biennial Regulatory Review of Regulations Administered by the Wireline 
Competition Bureau, WC Docket No. 02-313, 21 FCC Rcd 9937, 9942, paras. 
20-21 (2006) (WCB Biennial Reg. Review).

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-25216 Filed 12-27-07; 8:45 am]
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