[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4389-4390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1585]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

January 21, 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 collection 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 OMB control number.

DATES: Persons wishing to comments on this information collection 
should submit comments on or before March 29, 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

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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].

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: 3060-0942.
     Title: Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for 
Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long Distance Users, Federal-State 
Joint Board on Universal Service.
     Form No.: N/A.
     Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
     Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
     Number of Respondents: 185 respondents; 945 responses.
     Estimated Time Per Response: 2 - 60 hours.
     Frequency of Response: Annual and quarterly reporting 
requirements, third party disclosure requirement, and recordkeeping 
requirement.
     Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
     Total Annual Burden: 9,841 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 or the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC). If 
the Commission requests respondents to submit information to the 
Commission that the respondents believe are confidential, respondents 
may request confidential treatment of such information pursuant to 47 
CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
     Need and Uses: The Commission will submit this revision to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this comment period in 
order to obtain the full clearance from them. The Commission has 
reduced the total annual burden by 11,480 hours because the Competitive 
LEC quarterly reporting requirement has been consolidated into 3060-
0986 and is being removed from this information collection.
    The Report and Order, FCC 00-193, required the Commission to take 
further action to further accelerate the development of competition in 
the local and long-distance telecommunications markets, and to further 
establish explicit universal service support that will be sustainable 
in an increasingly competitive marketplace, pursuant to the mandate of 
the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The Commission requires the 
following entities under the Coalitions for Affordable Local and Long 
Distance Service (CALLS) Proposal: 1) modified tariff filings with the 
Commission; 2) quarterly and annual data filings (line counts, price 
and revenue data); and 3) cost support information.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-1585 Filed 1-26-10; 8:45 am]
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