[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 158 (Thursday, August 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47601-47602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18846]


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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 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-XXXX.
    Title: Service Quality Measurement Plan for Interstate Special 
Access and Monthly Usage Reporting Requirements (272 Sunset 
Rulemaking).
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 3 respondents; 48 responses 
annually.
    Estimated Time per Response: 25-75 hours.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 47 
U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 154(j), 201-204, 214, 220(a), 251, 252, 271, 
272, and 303(r).

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    Frequency of Response: Monthly and quarterly reporting 
requirements; third party disclosure.
    Total Annual Burden: 3,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact.
    Nature of Extent of Confidentiality: The respondents may request 
confidentiality protection for the special access performance 
information. The respondents are not required to file their customers' 
monthly usage information with the Federal Communications Commission 
(FCC).
    Needs and Uses: The service quality measurement plan for interstate 
special access would require the respondents to report special access 
performance metrics on a quarterly basis. Because, pursuant to Section 
272(f)(1) Sunset of the BOC Separate Affiliate and Related 
Requirements; 2000 Biennial Regulatory Review Separate Affiliate 
Requirements of Section 64.1903 of the Commission's Rules; Petition of 
AT&T Inc. for Forbearance Under 47 U.S.C. 160(c) with Regard to Certain 
Dominant Carrier Regulations for In-Region, Interexchange Services, WC 
Docket Nos. 02-112, 06-120, CC Docket No. 00-175, Report and Order and 
Memorandum Opinion and Order, 22 FCC Rcd 16440 (2007) (Section 272 
Sunset Order), the respondents are no longer required to comply with 
the section 272 structural safeguards, the special access performance 
metrics reporting requirements will help ensure that these carriers do 
not engage in non-price discrimination in the provision of special 
access services to unaffiliated entities and will provide the FCC and 
other interested parties with reasonable tools to monitor these 
carriers' performance in providing these special access services to 
themselves and their competitors. The monthly usage reporting 
requirement would require the respondents to provide each of their 
residential customers who subscribe to a call plan that establishes a 
single rate for unlimited wireline local exchange and long distance 
telecommunications service with the total number of long distance 
telecommunications service minutes used by that customer each month. 
This monthly usage reporting requirement will help ensure that, as a 
result of the relief granted in the Section 272 Sunset Order 
residential interstate long distance consumers receive adequate 
information regarding their monthly usage in order to make informed 
choices among alternative long distance calling plans.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0760.
    Title: 272 Sunset Order, WC Docket No. 06-120; Access Charge 
Reform, CC Docket No. 96-262 (First Report and Order); Second Order on 
Reconsideration and Memorandum Opinion and Order, and Fifth Report and 
Order.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 17 respondents; 904 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3-300 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and one time reporting 
requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. See 
47 FR 69.727.
    Total Annual Burden: 30,348 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $700,600.
    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: Pursuant to the recently-released Section 272 
Sunset Order, FCC 07-159, respondents are no longer required to comply 
with 47 U.S.C. 272 structural safeguards. As such, the respondents must 
now file certifications with the Commission prior to providing contract 
tariff services to itself or to any affiliate that is neither a section 
272 nor a rule 64.1903 separate affiliate for use in the provision of 
any in-region, long distance services that it provides service pursuant 
to that contract tariff to an unaffiliated customer. The certification 
requirement will ensure, as a result of the relief granted in FCC 07-
159, equivalent protection in the event the BOCs provide in-region, 
long distance services directly and will be less burdensome and less 
costly for these providers.
    Please note that the Commission is republishing this notice in the 
Federal Register due to our determination that the initial publication 
contained several errors and that the methodology use to estimate the 
burdens should be revised. The initial publication was on July 24, 2008 
(73 FR 43228). Also, the revisions to information collection 3060-0760 
stem from the 272 Sunset Order that prompted the new information 
collection 30-day notice being published simultaneously.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-18846 Filed 8-13-08; 8:45 am]
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