[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 55551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25919]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested

October 23, 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 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: Persons wishing to comments on this information collection 
should submit comments on December 28, 2009. If you anticipate that you 
will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the 
period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contact 
listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at (202) 395-5167, or via the 
Internet at [email protected] and to Judith B. Herman, 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC). To submit your PRA comments by 
e-mail send then to: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, OMD, 202-418-0214. 
For additional information about the information collection(s) send an 
e-mail to [email protected] or contact Judith B. Herman, 202-418-0214].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No: 3060-0775.
     Title: Section 64.1903, Obligations of All Incumbent Local 
Exchange Carriers (LECs).
     Form No.: N/A.
     Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
     Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
     Number of Respondents: 10 respondents; 10 responses.
     Estimated Time Per Response: 6,056 hours.
     Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping Requirement.
     Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
     Total Annual Burden: 60,560 hours.
     Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
     Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the 
Commission. This is a recordkeeping requirement.
     Need and Uses: The Commission is requesting an extension (no 
change in the recordkeeping requirement) in order to obtain the full 
three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 
There is no change in the estimated number of respondents/responses, 
burden hours and annual costs.
    In CC Docket Nos. 96-149 and 96-61, the Commission imposed 
recordkeeping requirements on independent local exchange carriers 
(LECs). Independent LECs wishing to offer international, Interexchange 
services must comply with the separate affiliate requirements of the 
Competitive Carrier Fifth Report and Order in order to do so. One of 
these requirements is that the independent LEC's international, 
Interexchange affiliate must maintain books of account separate from 
such LEC's local exchange and other activities. This regulation does 
not require that the affiliate maintain books of account that comply 
with the Commission's Part 32 rules; rather, it refers to the fact that 
as a separate legal entity, the international, interexchange affiliate 
must maintain its own books of account in the ordinary course of its 
business.
    This recordkeeping requirement is used by the Commission to ensure 
that independent LECs providing international, interexchange services 
through a separate affiliate are in compliance with the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended, and with Commission policies and regulations.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-25919 Filed 10-27-09; 8:45 am]
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