[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 165 (Monday, August 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50013-50014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19660]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for 
Review to the Office of Management and Budget

August 14, 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 (PRA) 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. 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. 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before October 24, 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: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, (202) 395-5887, or via fax at 202-395-5167 or 
via internet at [email protected] and to [email protected], Federal Communications Commission, or an e-mail to 
[email protected]. To view a copy of this information collection request 
(ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the 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 
title of this ICR (or its OMB Control Number, if there is one) and then 
click on the ICR Reference Number to view detailed information about 
this ICR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact 
Judith B. Herman at 202-418-0214 or via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0742.
    Title: Sections 52.21 through 52.33, Telephone Number Portability 
(47 CFR Part 52, Subpart C), CC Docket No. 95-116.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,990 respondents; 1,990 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours-50 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and one-time reporting 
requirements, recordkeeping requirement, and third party disclosure 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,850 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $91,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality. The Commission is not requesting respondents to submit 
confidential information to the Commission. If the Commission requests 
respondents to submit information which the respondent believes is 
confidential, they may request confidential treatment of such 
information pursuant to Section 0.459 of the Commission's rules (see 47 
CFR 0.459).
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as an extension 
after this 60 day comment period to obtain the full three year 
clearance from them. There is no change to the reporting, recordkeeping 
and/or third party disclosure requirements. However, the Commission is 
reporting an adjusted increase in the number of respondents filing 
information with the Commission, and the tariff and cost support 
estimate has been reduced from 149 hours per response to 50 hours per 
response.
    Thereby, reducing the total annual burden by 8,483 hours. There are 
four information collection requirements in

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this information collection subject to OMB review and approval under 
the Paperwork Reduction Act. They are: (1) Requests for long-term 
number portability; (2) petitions to extend implementation deadlines; 
(3) tariffs and cost support; and (4) recordkeeping requirement. The 
reporting requirements and recordkeeping requirement are as follows:
    (a) Requests for long-term number portability--Long-term number 
portability (LNP) must be provide by Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) and 
Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) providers in switches for which 
another carrier has made a specific request for number portability, 
according to the Commission's deployment schedule. Wireline carriers 
began providing LNP in 1998. CMRS providers began offering LNP in 2003.
    (b) Petitions to extend implementation deadline--Carriers that are 
unable to meet the deadlines for implementing a long-term number 
portability solution are required to file with the Commission at least 
60 days in advance of the deadline a petition to extend the time by 
which implementation in its network will be completed.
    (c) Tariffs and cost support--Incumbent LECs may recover their 
carrier-specific costs directly related to providing long-term number 
portability by establishing in tariffs filed with the Commission 
certain number portability charges. Incumbent LECs are required to 
include many details in their cost support that are unique to the 
number portability proceeding pursuant to the Cost Classification 
Order. For instance, incumbent LECs must demonstrate that any 
incremental overhead costs claimed in their cost support are actually 
new costs incremental to and resulting from the provision of long-term 
number portability.
    (d) Recordkeeping requirement--Incumbent LECs are required to 
maintain records that detail both the nature and specific amount of 
these carrier-specific costs that are directly related to number 
portability, and those carrier-specific costs that are not directly 
related to number portability.
    The information collected and used by the Commission to determine 
compliance with Section 251 of the Communications Act, as amended, and 
the Commission's LNP orders and rules.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-19660 Filed 8-22-08; 8:45 am]
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