[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 28 (Thursday, February 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7562-7563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3022]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for 
Review to the Office of Management and Budget.

February 4, 2011.

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), Public Law 104-
13. 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 valid control number. 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; (e) ways to further reduce the information 
collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 
employees.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before March 14, 
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 contacts listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, via Internet at [email protected] or 
via fax at (202) 395-5167 and to Leslie F. Smith, Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-C216, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC or via Internet at [email protected] or [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

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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, (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 about the 
information collection(s), contact Leslie F. Smith via e-mail at 
[email protected] or call (202) 418-0217.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0589.
    Title: FCC Remittance Advice Forms.
    Form Number(s): Form 159, Remittance Advice; Form 159-C, Remittance 
Advice Continuation Sheet; Form 159-B, Remittance Advice Bill for 
Collection; Form 159-E, Remittance Voucher; and Form 159-W, Interstate 
Telephone Service Provider Worksheet.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Federal government; and State, 
local, or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 156,000; 156,000 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 hours (15 minutes).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting 
requirements; Third party disclosure.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended; Section 8 (47 U.S.C. 158) for 
Application Fees; Section 9 (47 U.S.C. 159) for Regulatory Fees; 
Section 309(j) for Auction Fees; and the Debt Collection Improvement 
Act of 1996, Public Law 104-134, Chapter 10, Section 31001.
    Total Annual Burden: 39,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impacts.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The FCC has a system of 
records, FCC/OMD-9, ``Commission Registration System (CORES),'' to 
cover the collection, purpose(s), storage, safeguards, and disposal of 
the personally identifiable information (PII) that individual 
respondents may submit on one or more of these forms. FCC Form 159 
series instructions includes a Privacy Act Statement. Furthermore, 
while the Commission is not requesting that the respondents submit 
confidential information to the FCC, respondents may request 
confidential treatment for information they believe to be confidential 
under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The FCC supports a series of remittance advice 
forms and a remittance voucher form that may be submitted in lieu of a 
remittance advice form when entities or individuals electronically file 
a payment. A remittance advice form (or a remittance voucher form in 
lieu of an advice form) must accompany any payment to the Federal 
Communications Commission (e.g. payments for regulatory fees, 
application filing fees, auctions, fines, forfeitures, Freedom of 
Information Act (FOIA) billings, or any other debt due to the FCC). 
Information is collected on these forms to ensure credit for full 
payment, to ensure entities and individuals receive any refunds due, to 
service public inquiries, and to comply with the Debt Collection 
Improvement Act of 1996.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-3022 Filed 2-9-11; 8:45 am]
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