[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69440-69441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28554]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

November 4, 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 January 11, 2011. 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

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to the Federal Communications Commission via e-mail to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact 
Judith B. Herman, OMD, 202-418-0214 or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0819.
    Title: Sections 54.400 through 54.417, Lifeline Assistance 
(Lifeline) Connection Assistance (Link-Up) Reporting Worksheet and 
Instructions.
    Form No.: FCC Form 497.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 251,400 respondents; 251,400 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .08 hours-1.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual, monthly, and one time 
reporting requirements, recordkeeping requirement and third party 
disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 1, 4(i), 201-205, 214, 254, and 403.
    Total Annual Burden: 49,386 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting the respondents submit confidential information to the 
Commission. If the Commission requests information that the respondents 
believe is confidential, respondents may request confidential treatment 
of such information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this revised collection 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this comment period 
to obtain the full three year approval from them. The Commission is 
revising this information collection to merge OMB Control Number 3060-
1112 into this information collection (OMB Control Number 3060-0819). 
The low-income requirements are applicable to and consistent with this 
collection. After OMB approval, the Commission will discontinue OMB 
Control Number 3060-1112 and retain OMB Control Number 3060-0819 as the 
active control number.
    Additionally, the Lifeline Order (2004) also requires Eligible 
Telecommunications Carriers (ETCs) to submit to the Universal Service 
Administrative Company (USAC or Administrator) proof that they 
certified that their Lifeline subscribers are eligible for Lifeline, 
and proof that they verified their subscribers' continued eligibility 
for Lifeline. Prior to 2009, USAC provided sample certification and 
verification letters on its website to assist ETCs in complying with 
the certification and verification requirements. The Annual Lifeline 
Certification and Verification Letter has been standardized since 2009, 
and is being revised in this submission to the OMB. Specifically, the 
Certification and Verification Letter will be updated with an 
additional check box to accommodate wireless ETCs serving non-federal 
default states that do not assert jurisdiction over wireless ETCs. 
Additionally, a column will be added so that carriers may distinguish 
between ``Non-Responding Customers'' and ``Customers Found to Be 
Ineligible'' in their reports.
    Finally, the Lifeline Order requires certain ETCs to verify 
annually that a statistically valid sample of their Lifeline recipients 
receiving support continue to be eligible under the federal eligibility 
criteria. The Lifeline Order's requirement applies only to those ETCs 
with Lifeline customers from federal default states. A federal default 
state is a state or territory that either (1) has adopted the federal 
eligibility criteria for Lifeline/Link Up, or (2) does not have its own 
state-based Lifeline/Link Up program.
    All the requirements contained in this submission to the OMB are 
necessary to implement the congressional mandate for universal service. 
These reporting, recordkeeping and/or third party disclosure 
requirements are necessary to verify that particular carriers and other 
respondents are eligible to receive universal service support.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-28554 Filed 11-10-10; 8:45 am]
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