[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 174 (Thursday, September 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54878-54879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22469]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

September 3, 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 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: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before November 8, 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

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[email protected] and to the Federal Communications 
Commission via email to [email protected].

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0972.
    Title: Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan Order, Parts 54 and 69 
Filing Requirements for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price 
Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and Interexchange Carriers.
    Form Nos.: FCC Forms 507, 508 and 509.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,258 respondents; 10,849 
responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour to 90 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly, annual, one time, every three 
year reporting requirements; and third party disclosure requirements.
    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, 10, 154(i), 154(j), 201-205, 254, and 403.
    Total Annual Burden: 46,877 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $48,900.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission does not 
request that respondents submit confidential information to the 
Commission. If the respondents believe they have information that is 
confidential, they may request confidential treatment of their 
information under 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) 
after this comment period to obtain the full, three-year clearance from 
them. There is no change in the Commission's reporting and/or third 
party disclosure requirements. The Commission is reporting a 6,426 
hourly increase adjustment and a $3,705 increase in annual costs.
    Following the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the 
Commission adopted interstate access charge and universal service 
support reforms. The reforms were designed to establish a ``pro-
competitive, deregulatory national policy framework'' for the United 
States telecommunications industry, and to carry out the universal 
service policies embodied in the1996 Act.
    Specifically, the Commission aligned the interstate access rate 
structure more closely with the manner in which costs are incurred, and 
created a universal service support mechanism for rate-of-return 
carriers (Interstate Common line Support (ICLS)) to replace implicit 
support in interstate access charges with explicit support that is 
portable to all eligible telecommunications carriers.
    By merging Long Term Support (LTS) with ICLS, the Commission made 
the universal service mechanisms simpler and more transparent, while 
ensuring that rate-of-return carriers maintain existing levels of 
universal service support.
    To administer the ICLS mechanism, the Universal Service 
Administrative Company (USAC) must collect certain data. Specifically, 
the Administrator must collect from each rate-of-return carrier 
projected cost and revenue data for the July 1 - July 30 funding year 
to accurately distribute prospective ICLS to those carriers.
    The Administrator must also collect from each rate-of-return 
carrier actual cost and revenue data for the prior calendar year in 
order to accurately calculate the final ICLS for which the carrier is 
eligible and perform true-ups against the prospective ICLS. In order to 
fulfill its obligation to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse in the 
universal service program, the Administrator must also collect from 
selected carriers additional cost and revenue data for the purpose of 
validating the actual cost and revenue data filed by rate-of-return 
carriers.
    The Commission will use the information collected to determine 
whether and to what extent non-price cap or rate-of-return carriers 
providing the data are eligible to receive universal service support. 
The Commission will use the tariff data to make sure that rates are 
just and reasonable, as required by section 201(b) of the 1996 Act.


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

[FR Doc. 2010-22469 Filed 9-8-10; 8:45 am]
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