[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 158 (Thursday, August 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47600-47601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18845]


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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

August 6, 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 September 
15, 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 email contact the person listed below to make alternate 
arrangements.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact 
Leslie F. Smith via email at [email protected] or at

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(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: 3060-0169.
    Title: Sections 43.51 and 43.53--Reports and Records of 
Communications Common Carriers and Affiliates.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 63 respondents; 1,218 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 4.2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting 
requirement; recordkeeping requirement; and third party disclosure 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. See 
47 CFR 43.51 and 43.53.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,247 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impacts.
    Nature and 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: Section 43.51 (47 CFR 43.51) requires that any 
communications common carrier described in paragraph 43.51(b) file with 
the Commission, within thirty (30) days of execution, a copy of each 
contract, agreement, concession, license, authorization, operating 
agreement or other arrangement to which it is a party and any 
amendments. Section 43.51 also requires carriers to maintain copies of 
certain contracts, to have them readily accessible to Commission staff 
and members of the public upon request and to forward individual 
contracts to the Commission as requested. Section 43.53 (47 CFR 43.53) 
requires each communications common carrier engaged directly in the 
transmission or reception of telegraph communications between the 
continental United States and any foreign country to file a report with 
the Commission within thirty (30) days of the date of any arrangement 
concerning the division of the total telegraph charges on such 
communications other than transiting.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-18845 Filed 8-13-08; 8:45 am]
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