[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 132 (Monday, July 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 33439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16483]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

July 6, 2009.
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 August 12, 2009. 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, 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].

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: 3060-0168.
    Title: Section 43.43, Report of Proposed Changes in Depreciation 
Rates.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 24 respondents; 24 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 250 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and 
recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 151, 152, 154, 161, 201-205, and 218-220.
    Total Annual Burden: 6,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $784,320.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality and respondents are not being asked to submit 
confidential information to the Commission. However, if the Commission 
requests respondents to submit information which they believe is 
confidential, respondents may request confidential treatment of such 
information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60 
day comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance 
from them. The Commission is requesting an extension (no change in the 
reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements) of this information 
collection. The Commission is reporting a significant decrease in the 
estimated number of respondents/responses since this was last submitted 
to OMB in 2006. In 2006, the Commission reported 10 respondents/
responses with 6,000 total annual burden hours. For this submission to 
the OMB, the number of respondents/responses increased to 24 with an 
estimated annual burden of 6,000 total annual burden hours and an 
increase in annual costs. The annual costs are now estimated to be 
$785,320 (no costs were estimated in 2006). The reasons for the change 
in burden are thus:
    (1) The estimated time per response was changed from 6,000 hours to 
250 hours;
    (2) A re-estimate of the number of respondents/responses from 10 to 
24 respondents; and
    (3) The annual costs have been added to include a $32,680 filing 
fee per 47 CFR 1.1105.
    43.43 establishes the reporting requirements for depreciation 
prescription purposes. Communication common carriers with annual 
operating revenues of $138 million or more that the Commission has 
found to be dominant must file information specified in Section 43.43 
before making any change in the depreciation rates applicable to their 
operating plant. Section 220 also allows the Commission, in its 
discretion, to prescribe the form of any and all accounts, records, and 
memoranda to be kept by carriers subject to the Act, including the 
accounts, records and memoranda of the movement of traffic, as well as 
receipts and expenditures of moneys. Carriers are required to file four 
summary exhibits along with the underlying data used to generate them, 
and must provide the depreciation factors (i.e., life, salvage, curve 
shape, depreciation reserve) required to verify the calculation of the 
carrier's depreciation expenses and rates. Mid-sized carriers are no 
longer required to file theoretical reserve studies. Certain price cap 
incumbent LECs in certain instances may request a waiver of the 
depreciation prescription process.

Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Federal Communications Commission.
[FR Doc. E9-16483 Filed 7-10-09; 8:45 am]
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