[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5592-5593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2232]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

January 28, 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.
    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 OMB control number.

DATES: Persons wishing to comments on this information collection 
should submit comments on or before April 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

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[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: 3060-0895.
     Title: Section 52.15, Numbering Resource Optimization, CC Docket 
No. 99-200.
     Form No.: FCC Form 502.
     Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
     Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
     Number of Respondents: 2,780 respondents; 7,385 responses.
     Estimated Time Per Response: 1 - 44.4 hours.
     Frequency of Response: On occasion and semi-annual reporting 
requirements and recordkeeping requirement.
     Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
collection of information is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151, 153, 
154, 201-205, and 251.
     Total Annual Burden: 131,782 hours.
     Total Annual Cost: $3,462,800.
     Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
     Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Disaggregated, carrier 
specific forecast and utilization data will be treated as confidential 
and will be exempt from public disclosure under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4).
     Need and Uses: The Commission is requesting an extension (no 
change in the reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements) in order to 
obtain the full three year clearance from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB). There is no change to the Commission's burden estimates.
    The data collected on FCC Form 502 helps the Commission manage the 
ten-digit North American Numbering Plan (NANP), which is currently 
being used by the United States and 19 other countries. Under the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, the Commission was given 
``exclusive jurisdictions over those portions of the North American 
Numbering Plan that pertain to the United States.'' Pursuant to that 
authority, the Commission adopted a Report and Order in 2000 that among 
other things addressed regular reporting on numbering use by United 
States carriers.
    There are seven information collection requirements in this 
submission to the OMB. They are: 1) utilization/forecast report; 2) 
application for initial numbering resources; 3) application for growth 
numbering resources; 4) recordkeeping requirement; 5) notification by 
state commissions; 6) demonstration to state commissions; and 7) 
petitions for additional delegation of numbering authority.
    The data from this collection of information is used by the FCC, 
state regulatory commissions, and the NANPA to monitor numbering 
resource utilization by all carriers using the resource and to project 
the dates of area code and NANP exhaust.

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