[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 106 (Thursday, June 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31434-31435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13321]


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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

May 24, 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 July 6, 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) 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, OMD, 202-418-0214 
or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0742.
    Title: Sections 52.21 through 52.33, Telephone Number Portability 
(47 CFR Part 52, Subpart C) and CC Docket No. 95-116.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 3,616 respondents; 10,001,890 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 4 minutes - 410 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One time and on occasion reporting 
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. section 1, 2, 3, 251 and 332 of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 672,516 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $13,424,320.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting that respondents submit confidential information to the 
Commission. If the Commission requests respondents to submit 
information which the respondents believe is confidential, respondents 
may request confidential treatment under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission 
rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring 
information collection (IC) as a revision to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to obtain the full three year clearance from them. The 
Commission has changed the reporting requirements and significantly 
increased the estimated hour and cost burdens. This increase is based 
on 1,626 carriers that engage in simple intermodal and wireline-to-
wireline ports. We estimate that 1,626 carriers will complete an 
average of 6,150 ports per year with an average of 410 hours per 
response which results in 666,666 hours of additional burden to this IC 
and $13,333,320 in additional annual costs.
    The Commission is revising this IC by adding standardized local 
service request data fields. Section 251(b)(2) of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires LECs to ``provide, to the 
extent technically feasible, number portability in accordance with 
requirements prescribed by the Commission.'' Through the Local Number 
Portability (LNP) process, consumers have the ability to retain their 
phone number when switching telecommunications service providers, 
enabling them to choose a provider that best suits their needs and 
enhancing competition. In the Porting Internal Order and Further 
Notice, the Commission mandated a one business day porting interval for 
simple wireline-to-wireline and intermodal port requests. The 
information collected in the standard local service request data fields 
is necessary to complete simple wireline-to-wireline and intermodal 
ports within the one business day porting interval mandated by the 
Commission and will be used to

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comply with section 251 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.


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

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