[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 28 (Monday, February 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7744-7745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2461]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated 
Authority, Comments Requested

February 4, 2008.
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 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. An agency 
may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it 
displays a current 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 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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before April 11, 
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 contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: You may submit all PRA comments by e-mail or U.S. mail. To 
submit your comments by e-mail, send them to [email protected]. To submit 
your comments by U.S. mail, send them to Leslie F. Smith, Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-C216, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554, or via the Internet to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection(s), contact Leslie F. Smith via the Internet at 
[email protected] or call (202) 418-0217.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0986.
    Title: Competitive Carrier Line Count Report.
    Form Number: FCC Form 525.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,300 respondents; 4,753 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-6 hours.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly and annual reporting 
requirements; third party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 3,707 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $0.00.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impacts.
    Nature of Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting that the respondents submit confidential information to the 
FCC. Respondents may, however, request confidential treatment for 
information they believe to be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 
Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will use the information 
requirements to determine whether and to what extent rural 
telecommunications carriers and competitive eligible telecommunications 
carriers (ETCs) providing the data are eligible to receive universal 
service support. This information includes loop counts, by 
disaggregation zone, for rural incumbent carriers, which is used to 
calculate the per-line high-cost universal service support amount 
available to competitive ETCs serving their territories. It also 
includes loop counts, by disaggregation zone or unbundled network 
element zone, for competitive ETCs, which is used to calculate the 
total high-cost universal service support amount available to 
competitive ETCs. This competitive ETC loop count requirement includes 
areas served by incumbent non-rural carriers, in addition to incumbent 
rural carriers, due to the consolidation of information collections 
included in a previous revision. Additionally, this information 
collection requires states to certify that incumbent rural carriers and

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competitive ETCs are using the high-cost universal service support only 
for the provision, maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and 
services for which the support is intended. Finally, this information 
collection includes cost data filed by incumbent rural carriers on an 
as-needed basis to establish eligibility for the safety net and safety 
valve high-cost universal service support mechanisms.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-2461 Filed 2-8-08; 8:45 am]
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