[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 102 (Thursday, May 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30715-30716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13016]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection 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 (FCC), as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on the following information collection, 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 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 PRA that does not display a valid Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

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DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before July 25, 
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: Direct all PRA comments to Paul Laurenzano, FCC, via e-mail 
[email protected] and to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Paul Laurenzano at (202) 418-1359.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0395.
    Title: The ARMIS USOA Report (ARMIS Report 43-02); the ARMIS 
Service Quality Report (ARMIS Report 43-05); and the ARMIS 
Infrastructure Report (ARMIS Report 43-07).
    Form Number: FCC Reports 43-02, 43-05 and 43-07.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 48 respondents; 63 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 322.5 hours.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory--The 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 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).
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 20,317.5 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 for two of these reports. 
Respondents have requested and filed for confidential treatment of 
information they believe should be withheld from public inspection 
under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: FCC Report 43-02 is prescribed for each incumbent 
local exchange carrier with annual operating revenues for the preceding 
year equal to or above the indexed revenue threshold. The report 
collects the operating results of the carrier's total activities for 
every account in the Uniform System of Accounts at the operating 
company level, as specified in Part 32 of the Commission's Rules. There 
are no changes to the ARMIS Report 43-02.
    ARMIS Report 43-05 is prescribed for every mandatory price cap ILEC 
and local exchange carriers electing the incentive regulation plan. 
This report is designed to capture trends in service quality under 
price cap regulation. It provides service quality information in the 
areas of interexchange access service installation and repair 
intervals, local service installation and repair intervals, trunk 
blockage, and total switch downtime for price cap companies. We are 
adjusting the number of respondents submitting the 43-05 from 14 to 15 
to reflect a carrier that was not included in the prior approval 
process.
    ARMIS Report 43-07 is prescribed for every ILEC for whom price cap 
regulation is mandatory. The report is designed to capture trends in 
telephone industry infrastructure development under price cap 
regulation. It provides switch deployment and capabilities data. The 
information is also 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 its regulatory 
responsibility. There are no changes to the ARMIS Report 43-07.

Federal Communications Commission.
Bulah P. Wheeler,
Deputy Manager, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
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