[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5593-5594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2229]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

January 29, 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 OMB control number.

DATES: Persons wishing to comments on this information collection 
should submit comments on or before March 5, 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: 3060-0775.
     Title: Section 64.1903, Obligations of All Incumbent Local 
Exchange Carriers (LECs).
     Form No.: N/A.

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     Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
     Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
     Number of Respondents: 510 respondents; 510 responses.
     Estimated Time Per Response: 500 - 6,056 hours.
     Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirements.
     Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
collection of information is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151, 152, 
154, 201, 202, 251, 271, 272, and 303(r).
     Total Annual Burden: 310,560 hours.
     Total Annual Cost: N/A.
     Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
     Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: This is a recordkeeping 
requirement. 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. There is no change in the recordkeeping 
requirement. However, there is a significant change in the Commission's 
burden estimates. The burden for this information collection increased 
by 250,000 hours and the estimated cost in the previous submission has 
been eliminated. The burden hour increase is due to 500 additional 
respondents and re-estimates of the burden calculations.
    Section 64.1903 imposes 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 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 wit 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.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
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