[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 119 (Thursday, June 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34929-34930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13627]


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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

June 11, 2008.
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to comment on the following 
information collection(s). 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. An agency may not conduct or 
sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB 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 that does not display a valid OMB control 
number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before July 17, 
2008. 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: Submit your comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget (e-mail address: [email protected]), and to the 
Federal Communications Commission's PRA mailbox (e-mail address: 
[email protected]). Include in the e-mails the OMB control number of the 
collection as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below or, 
if there is no OMB control number, the Title as shown in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. If you are unable to submit your 
comments by e-mail contact the person listed below to make alternate 
arrangements.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact 
Leslie F. Smith via e-mail at [email protected] or at (202) 418-0217. To view 
or obtain a copy of an information collection request (ICR) submitted 
to OMB: (1) Go to this OMB/GSA 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, and (6) when the list of FCC 
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the OMB control number of 
the ICR you want to view (or its title if there is no OMB control 
number) and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC 
submission to OMB will be displayed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0298.
    Title: Part 61, Tariffs (Other than Tariff Review Plan).
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 580 respondents; 1,160 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 50 hours.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting 
requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 58,000 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: $899,000.
    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 Section 0.459 
of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: Sections 201, 202, 203, 204 and 205 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, (``Act'') as amended, 47 U.S.C. 201, 202, 
203, 204 and 205, require that common carriers establish just and 
reasonable charges, practices and regulations must be filed with the 
Commission which is required to determine whether such schedules are 
just, reasonable and not unduly discriminatory.
    Part 61 of the Commission's Rules, 47 CFR Part 61, establishes the 
procedures for filing tariffs which contain the charges, practices and 
regulations of the

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common carriers, supporting economic data and other related documents. 
The supporting data must also conform to other parts of the 
Commission's Rules such as Parts 36 and 69, 47 CFR Parts 36 and 69. 
Part 61 prescribes the framework for the initial establishment of and 
subsequent revisions to tariffs. Tariffs that do not conform to Part 61 
may be required to post their schedules or rates and regulations, 47 
CFR Section 61.72.
    On August 31, 2007, the Commission released the Section 272(f)(1) 
Sunset Order, which found the BOCs to be nondominant in the provision 
of in-region, interstate and international, long distances services, 
whether they provide these services directly or through affiliates that 
are neither section 272 nor rule 64.1903 affiliates. Accordingly, AT&T, 
Verizon and Qwest are now barred from filing tariffs for in-region, 
interstate and international, long distance services pursuant to 
section 203 of the Act and sections 61.31-61.38 and 61.43 of the 
Commission's Rules, 47 CFR Sections 61.31-61.38 and 61.43.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-13627 Filed 6-16-08; 8:45 am]
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