[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17140-17141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7554]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

March 30, 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 (PRA) 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 currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before May 5, 2010. If you anticipate that you will be 
submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within the 
period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC 
contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via the Internet at 
[email protected] and to the Federal Communications 
Commission via email to [email protected]. To view a copy of this information 
collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the web page 
http://reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the 
web page called ``Currently Under Review'', (3)

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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 list of FCC ICRs currently 
under review appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its OMB 
Control Number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR Reference 
Number to view detailed information about this ICR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing 
Director, (202) 418-0214. For additional information or copies of the 
information collection(s), contact Judith B. Herman, 202-418-0214, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 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 Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 185 respondents; 945 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 - 60 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual and quarterly reporting requirements, 
third party disclosure requirements and recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. sections 1, 4(i), and (j), 201- 209, 218-222, 254 and 403.
    Total Annual Burden: 9,841 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    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 to 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 wish request confidential treatment of such information pursuant to 
47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring 
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as 
a revision during this comment period in order to obtain the full three 
year 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 OMB Control Number 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 
cap and revenue data); and 3) cost support information.


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

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