[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8068-8069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3462]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

February 18, 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 on 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 currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: Persons wishing to comments on this information collection 
should submit comments on or before March 25, 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: 3060-1096.

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     Title: Prepaid Calling Card Service Provider Certification, WC 
Docket No. 05-68.
     Form No.: N/A.
     Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
     Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
     Number of Respondents: 158 respondents; 1,896 responses.
     Estimated Time Per Response: 2.5 - 20 hours.
     Frequency of Response: Quarterly reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
     Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
collection of information is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151, 152, 
154(i), 201, 202, and 254.
     Total Annual Burden: 15,800 hours.
     Total Annual Cost Burden: N/A.
     Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
     Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission does not 
anticipate providing confidentiality of the information submitted by 
prepaid calling card providers. Particularly, the prepaid calling card 
providers must send reports to their transport providers. Additionally, 
the quarterly certifications sent to the Commission will be made public 
through the Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) process. These 
certifications will be filed in the Commission's docket associated with 
this proceeding. If the respondents submit information they believe to 
be confidential, they may request confidential treatment of such 
information under 47 CR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
     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 to the reporting, recordkeeping 
and/or third party disclosure requirements. There is a 62,900 hour 
reduction in the total annual burden which is due to a decrease in 
respondents. This is due in part to an inaccurate number of respondents 
in the previous submission to the OMB.
    Prepaid calling card providers are to report on a quarterly basis 
the percentage of interstate, intrastate and international traffic and 
call volumes to carriers from which they purchase transport services. 
Prepaid calling card providers must also file certifications with the 
Commission on a quarterly basis that include the above information and 
a statement that they are contributing to the federal Universal Service 
Fund (USF) based on all interstate and international revenue, except 
for revenue from the sale of prepaid calling cards by, to, or pursuant 
to contract with the Department of Defense (DoD) or a DoD entity.
    The Commission adopted the reporting and certification requirements 
to obtain information necessary to evaluate whether all prepaid calling 
cards are properly contributing to the USF, pursuant to section 254 of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.

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