[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 37 (Thursday, February 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 8703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3839]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

02/19/2010.
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, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. 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 control 
number. 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 comment on this information collection should 
submit comments by April 26, 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 e-mail 
at [email protected] and to Cathy Williams, Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC), via e-mail at [email protected] 
and to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection send an e-mail to [email protected] or contact Cathy 
Williams on (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1084.
    Title: Rules and Regulations Implementing Minimum Customer Account 
Record Exchange Obligations on All Local and Interexchange Carriers 
(CARE).
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,242 respondents; 492,906 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 minute (.017 hours) to 20 minutes 
(.33 hours).
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Annual reporting 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
Sections 1-4, 201, 202, 222, 258, and 303(r) of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended; 47 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  151-154, 201, 202, 222, 258, 
and 303(r).
    Total Annual Burden: 40,885 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Confidentiality is not an 
issue as individuals and/or households are not required to provide 
personally identifiable information.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: In the 2005 Report and Order and Further Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking, In the Matter of Rules and Regulations 
Implementing Minimum Customer Account Record Exchange Obligations on 
All Local and Interexchange Carriers (2005 Report and Order), CG Docket 
No. 02-386, FCC 05-29, which was released on February 25, 2005, the 
Commission adopted rules governing the exchange of customer account 
information between local exchange carriers (LECs) and interexchange 
carriers (IXCs). The Commission concluded that mandatory, minimum 
standards are needed in light of record evidence demonstrating that 
information needed by carriers to execute customer requests and 
properly bill customers is not being consistently provided by all LECs 
and IXCs. Specifically, the 2005 Report and Order requires LECs to 
supply customer account information to IXCs when: (1) the LEC places an 
end user on, or removes an end user from, an IXC's network; (2) an end 
user presubscribed to an IXC makes certain changes to her account 
information via her LEC; (3) an IXC requests billing name and address 
information for an end user who has usage on an IXC's network but for 
whom the IXC does not have an existing account; and (4) a LEC rejects 
an IXC-initiated PIC order. The 2005 Report and Order requires IXCs to 
notify LECs when an IXC customer informs an IXC directly of the 
customer's desire to change IXCs. In the accompanying Further Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission sought comment on whether to 
require the exchange of customer account information between LECs. In 
December 2007, The Commission declined to adopt mandatory LEC-to-LEC 
data exchange requirements.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-3839 Filed 2-24-10; 8:45 am]
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