[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 5, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 11837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4047]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 54

[WC Docket No. 05-195; CC Docket No. 96-45; CC Docket No. 02-6; WC 
Docket No. 02-60; WC Docket No. 03-109; CC Docket No. 97-21; FCC 07-
150]


Comprehensive Review of the Universal Service Fund

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: On August 29, 2007, the FCC released a Report and Order, 
Comprehensive Review of the Universal Service Fund Management, 
Administration, and Oversight; Federal-State Joint Board on Universal 
Service; Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism; 
Rule Health Care Support Mechanism; Lifeline and Link-up; and Changes 
to the Board of Directors for the National Exchange Carrier 
Association, Inc., WC Docket No. 05-195; CC Docket No. 96-45; CC Docket 
No. 02-6; WC Docket No. 02-60; WC Docket No. 03-109; CC Docket No. 97-
21; FCC 07-150. The information collection requirements in this Report 
and Order required approval from the Office of Management and Budget. 
This document announces the effective date of these information 
collection requirements.

DATES: The information collection requirements in amendments to 
Sec. Sec.  54.202, 54.417, 54.619, and 54.706, published at 72 FR 
54214, September 24, 2007, were approved by the Office of Management 
and Budget on January 23, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mika Savir, Senior Attorney, Office of 
the Managing Director, (202) 418-0384, TTY 1 (888) 835-5322.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Report and Order stated that the 
Commission would publish a notice announcing the effective date of the 
information collection requirements. On January 23, 2008, OMB approved 
the information collection requirements contained in this Report and 
Order pursuant to OMB Control Number: 3060-1112, Comprehensive Review 
of the Universal Service Fund Management, Administration, and 
Oversight. Accordingly, the information collection requirements 
contained in the Report and Order became effective on January 23, 2008. 
The expiration date for the information collection is January 31, 2011.
    The Commission also published a separate Notice in the Federal 
Register on January 31, 2008 (73 FR 5843) in which the PRA various 
burden estimates for this information collection, 3060-1112, 
Comprehensive Review of the Universal Service Fund Management, which 
OMB has approved, were listed.
    Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid control number. Notwithstanding 
any other provisions of law, 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. Questions concerning this information collection, 3060-1112, 
should be directed to Leslie F. Smith, Federal Communications 
Commission, and (202) 418-0217 or via the Internet at 
[email protected].

Federal Communications Commission.

Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-4047 Filed 3-4-08; 8:45 am]
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