[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27049-27050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11380]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection Being Submitted for Review by the Federal 
Communications Commission

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the 
Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to comment on the following information collection. 
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: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before July 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 the Federal Communications 
Commission. To submit your PRA comments by e-mail send them to: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Laurenzano, Office of Managing 
Director, (202) 418-1359 or via Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0410.

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    Title: ARMIS Forecast of Investment Usage Report, FCC Report 495A; 
and the ARMIS Actual Usage of Investment Report FCC Reports 495B.
    Report Numbers: FCC Reports 495-A and 495-B.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 70 respondents; 140 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 40 hours.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory--The Automated Reporting 
Management Information System (ARMIS) reporting requirements were 
established by the Commission in 1987 to facilitate the timely and 
efficient analysis of carrier operating costs and rates of return, to 
provide an improved basis for audits and other oversight functions, and 
to enhance the Commission's ability to quantify the effects of 
alternative policy proposals. Additional ARMIS Reports were added in 
1991 and 1992. Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) must submit the 
ARMIS reports to the Commission annually on or before April 1. See 
Reporting Requirements of Certain Class A and Tier I Telephone 
Companies (Parts 31, 43, 67 and 69 of the FCC's Rules), Order, 2 FCC 
Rcd 5770 (1987), modified on recon, 3 FCC Rcd 6375 (1988) (ARMIS 
Order). Also, see 47 CFR part 43, Section 43.21. The statutory 
authority for this collection is contained in Sections 11,219(b), and 
220 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 161, 
219(b), and 220.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,600 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impacts.
    Nature of Extent of Confidentiality: This collection addresses 
information of a confidential nature. Respondents have requested and 
filed for confidential treatment of information they believe should be 
withheld from public inspection under 47 CFR Section 0.459 of the 
Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The 495A Report provides the forecast and resulting 
investment allocation incorporated in a carrier's cost support for its 
access tariff. The 495B Report enables the Commission's staff to 
monitor actual and forecasted investment use. These reports help ensure 
that the regulated operations of the carriers do not subsidize the 
nonregulated operations of those same carriers. This information is 
also a part of the data necessary to support the Commission's audit and 
other oversight functions. The data provide the necessary detail to 
enable the Commission to fulfill it regulatory responsibility. There 
are no changes to the ARMIS Reports 495A and 495B.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing 
Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-11380 Filed 5-9-11; 8:45 am]
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