[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1783-1784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-405]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

January 8, 2010.
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. 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; (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; and (e) 
ways to further reduce the information burden for small business 
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
    The FCC 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.

DATES: Persons wishing to comments on this information collection 
should submit comments on or before February 12, 2010. 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 them to: [email protected].
    To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) 
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to 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 FCC list 
appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its OMB Control Number, if 
there is one) and then click on the ICR.

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: 3060-0292.
     Title: Section 69.605, Reporting and Distribution of Pool Access 
Revenues, Part 69, Access Charges.
     Form No.: N/A.
     Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
     Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
     Number of Respondents: 1,250 respondents; 15,000 responses.
     Estimated Time Per Response: .75 hours (45 minutes) x 12 monthly 
reports.
     Frequency of Response: Monthly and annual reporting requirements 
and third party disclosure requirements.
     Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
47 U.S.C. sections 154, 201, 202, 203, 205, 218 and 403.
     Total Annual Burden: 11,250 hours.
     Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
     Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality.
     Need and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring 
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
during this comment period in order to obtain the full three year 
clearance from them. The Commission is submitting this collection as an 
extension (no change n the reporting and/or third party disclosure 
requirements.)
    Section 69.605 states that access revenues and cost data shall be 
reported by participants in association tariffs to the association for 
computation of monthly pool revenues distributions in accordance with 
this subpart.
    The association shall submit a report on or before February 1 of 
each calendar year describing the association's cost study review 
process for the preceding calendar year as well as the results of that 
process. For any revisions to cost study results made or recommended by 
the association that would change the respective carrier's calculated 
annual common line or traffic sensitive revenue requirement by ten 
percent or more, the report shall include the following information: 1) 
the name of the carrier; 2) a detailed description of the revisions; 3) 
the amount of the revisions; 4) the impact of the revisions on the 
carrier's calculated common line and traffic sensitive revenue

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requirements; and 5) the carrier's total annual common line and traffic 
sensitive revenue requirement.
    The information is used to compute charges in tariff for access 
service (or origination and termination) and to compute revenue pool 
distributions. Neither process could be implemented without the 
information.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-405 Filed 1-12-10; 8:45 am]
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