[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25344-25345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10804]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and Request for comments.
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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. 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 estimates; (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 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: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before July 5, 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 the Federal Communications
Commission. To submit your PRA comments by e-mail send them to:
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact
Cathy Williams at 202-418-2918 or via the Internet at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 3060-0169.
Title: Section 43.51 and 43.53, Reports and Records of
Communications Common Carriers and Affiliates.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 63 respondents; 1,218 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: .25 hours to 25 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual 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. sections 151-154, 160, 161, 201-205, 211, 218, 220, 226, 303(g),
303(r), and 332.
Total Annual Burden: 5,247 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general, there is no need
for confidentiality. However, respondents may request materials or
information submitted to the Commission be withheld from public
inspection 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 OMB approval for an
extension (no change in the reporting, recordkeeping and/or third party
disclosure requirements).
There is no change in the Commission's previous burden estimates.
Sections 43.51 and 43.53 require common carriers to submit reports
so that the FCC can monitor various activities of these carriers to
determine the impact on the just and reasonable rates required by the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Section 43.51 requires that any communications common carrier
described in paragraph 43.51(b) of the Commissions' rules file with the
Commission, within 30 days of execution a copy of each contract,
agreement, concession, license, authorization, operating agreement or
other agreement to which it is a party and any amendments.
Section 43.53 requires each communications common carrier engage
directly in the transmission or reception of telegraph communications
between the continental United States and any foreign country to file a
report with the Commission within 30 days of the date of any
arrangement concerning the division of the total telegraph charges on
such communications other than transiting.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1120.
Title: Service Quality Measure Plan for Interstate Special Access
Quarterly Reporting Requirements.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 3 respondents; 12 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 25 hours.
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Frequency of Response: Quarterly reporting requirement,
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. sections 151,152, 154(i), 154(j), 201-204, 214, 220(a), 251,
252, 271, 272, and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 300 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission anticipates
that the Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) which are AT&T, Quest and
Verizon, may request confidentiality protection for the special access
performance information.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this 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 OMB approval for a revision of
this information collection.
The Commission previously adopted two new information collection
requirements that received OMB approval. The monthly usage information
requirement has expired, pursuant to the terms of the Section 272
Sunset Order. The burden for the monthly reporting requirement has been
eliminated and we now seek continued OMB approval for the special
access performance metric information requirement (quarterly reporting
requirement) will be extended (continued).
The Commission has established a new framework to govern the
provision of in-region, long-distance services that allows the BOCs to
provide in-region, interstate, long distance services either directly
or through affiliates that are neither section 272 separate affiliates
nor rule 64.1903 affiliates, see Section 272 Sunset Order, FCC 07-159.
Because the BOCs are no longer required to comply with the section
272 structural safeguards, the Commission established special access
performance metrics reporting requirements, i.e., ordering,
provisioning, and repair and maintenance to ensure that the BOCs and
their independent incumbent LEC affiliates do not engage in non-price
discrimination in the provision of special access services to
unaffiliated entities.
The information gleaned from these performance metrics will provide
the Commission and other interested parties with reasonable tools to
monitor each BOC's performance in providing these special access
services to itself and its competitors.
OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
Title: Sections 15.713, 15.714, 15.715 and 15.717, TV White Space
Broadcast Bands.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 2,000 respondents; 2,000 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement,
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
154(i), 302, 303(c), 303(f), and 307.
Total Annual Burden: 4,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $100,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the
Commission. Respondents may request that portions of their information
remain confidential in accordance with 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's
rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this new 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 reporting a program change increase of
4,000 total annual burden hours and an increase of $100,000 in annual
costs.
On November 14, 2008, the Commission adopted a Second Report and
Order and Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 08-260, ET Docket No. 04-
186, that established rules to allow new and unlicensed wireless
devices to operate in the broadcast television spectrum at locations
where that spectrum is not being used by licensed services (this unused
TV spectrum is often termed ``television white spaces''). The rules
will allow for the use of unlicensed TV band devices in the unused
spectrum to provide broadband data and other services for consumers and
businesses.
Subsequently on September 23, 2010, the Commission adopted a Second
Memorandum Opinion and Order finalizing the rules to make the unused
spectrum in the TV bands available for unlicensed broadband wireless
devices. This action resolved on reconsideration certain legal and
technical issues in order to provide certainty concerning the rules for
operation of unlicensed transmitting devices in the television
broadcast frequency bands (unlicensed TV bands devices or ``TVBDs'').
Resolution of these issues will now allow manufacturers to begin
marketing unlicensed communications devices and systems that operate on
frequencies in the TV bands in areas where they are not used by
licensed services (``TV white spaces'').
In the Second Report and Order the Commission decided to designate
one or more database administrators from the private sector to create
and operate TV bands databases. The TV band database administrators
will act on behalf of the FCC, but will offer a privately owned and
operated service. Each database administrator will be responsible for
operation of their database and coordination of the overall functioning
of the database with other administrators, and will provide database
access to TVBDs.
The Commission also decided that operators of venues using
unlicensed wireless microphones will be required to register their
sites with the Commission which will transmit the information to the
database administrators. The registration request must be filed at
least 30 days in advance and the requests will be made public to
provide an opportunity for public comment or objections
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-10804 Filed 5-3-11; 8:45 am]
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