[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69443-69444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28555]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated 
Authority, Comments Requested

November 5, 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 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 OMB 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 OMB control number.

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on this information collection should 
submit their PRA comments January 11, 2011. 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: Submit all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at 202-395-5167, or via the 
Internet at [email protected] and to [email protected], Federal Communications Commission (FCC). To submit 
your PRA comments by e-mail send them to: [email protected].
    To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) 
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the Web page called ``Currently 
Under Review'', (3) click 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: For additional information, send an 
email to [email protected] or contact her at 202-418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0370.
    Title: Part 32, Uniform System of Accounts for Telecommunications 
Companies.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, and state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 859 respondents; 859 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement 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. 11, 151, 154, 161, 201-205, 215, and 218-220.
    Total Annual Burden: 859 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting that the respondents submit confidential information to the 
Commission. If the Commission requests applicants to submit 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 expiring 
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
after this 60 day comment period in order to obtain the full three year 
clearance from them. The Commission is requesting an extension (no 
change in the reporting requirements and/or recordkeeping requirements) 
of this information collection. There is no change in the Commission's 
burden estimates.
    The Commission, in 2004, adopted the Joint Conference's 
recommendations to reinstate the following Part 32 accounts:

Account 5230, Directory revenue;
Account 6621, Call completion services;
Account 6622, Number services;
Account 6623, Customer services;
Account 6561, Depreciation expense--telecommunications plant in 
service;
Account 6562, Depreciation expense--property held for future 
telecommunications use;
Account 6563, Amortization expense--tangible;
Account 6564, Amortization expense--intangible; and

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Account 6565, Amortization expense--other.

    These accounting changes are mandatory only for Class A Incumbent 
Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs). The reinstatement of these accounts 
imposed a minor increase in burden only Class A ILECs only.
    The Commission also established a recordkeeping requirement that 
Class A ILECs maintain subsidiary record categories for unbundled 
network element revenues, resale revenues, reciprocal compensation 
revenues, and other interconnection revenues in the accounts in which 
these revenues are currently recorded.
    The use of subsidiary record categories allows carriers to use 
whatever mechanisms they choose, including those currently in place, to 
identify the relevant amounts as long as the information can be made 
available to state and federal regulators upon request. The use of 
subsidiary record categories for interconnection revenue does not 
require massive changes to the ILECs' accounting systems and is a far 
less burdensome alternative than the creation of new accounts and/or 
subaccounts.
    The information submitted to the Commission by carriers provides 
the necessary detail to enable the Commission to fulfill its regulatory 
responsibilities.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-28555 Filed 11-10-10; 8:45 am]
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