[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30940-30941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13119]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection Being Submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for Emergency Review and Approval

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 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not 
display a currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before June 13, 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 Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via the Internet at 
[email protected] and to the Federal Communications 
Commission via e-mail to [email protected] and [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact 
Paul Laurenzano on (202) 418-1359.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission is requesting emergency OMB 
processing of the information collection requirement(s) contained in 
this notice and has requested OMB approval 30 days after the collection 
is received at OMB.
    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 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 OMB control number of 
this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC 
submission to OMB will be displayed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Sections 1.1420; 1.1422; and 1.1424 Pole Attachment Access 
Requirements.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New Collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,278 respondents; 54,932 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1-600 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Occasional third party disclosure, 
recordkeeping, and reporting.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained 47 U.S.C. section 224.
    Total Annual Burden: 683,169 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No confidentiality regarding 
recordkeeping or reporting. No known confidentiality between third 
parties.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The new rules are needed to implement the statutory 
mandate that communications companies (attachers) should be able to 
place facilities on utility poles. The new rules set a series of 
deadlines or ``timeline'' to govern the process by which permission is 
sought by attachers and granted by utility pole owners. In practice, 
attachers must submit detailed applications that cause the utility to 
survey and perform an engineering analysis on the poles where access is 
requested.
    The post-survey pole preparation work (make-ready) triggers further 
paperwork burdens. These include the pole owner notifying all known 
entities with existing attachments and the requesting attacher of the 
scheduled work. Other notification occurs if the make-ready period is 
interrupted, and if a pole owner asserts its right to one 15-day 
extension of time. Pole owners both perform make ready and coordinate 
with existing attachers over many weeks.
    Also, the Order adopts rules intended to make the timeline 
deadlines largely self-enforcing. Utilities are required to post a list 
of approved contractors. If a deadline is not met, new attachers may 
hire a listed, utility-approved contractor to perform pole attachment 
surveys or preparation in lieu of the utility using its own workers. If 
an attacher uses a utility-approved contractor, it must notify the 
utility, and invite the utility to send a representative to oversee the 
work. This self-enforcing mechanism removes some of the burden from the 
complaint process, which is often too slow to provide meaningful relief 
when pole access is denied or unreasonably delayed.
    Finally, the Order also broadens the existing enforcement process 
by permitting incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) to file 
complaints alleging that the attachment rates demanded by electric 
utilities are unreasonable. The Order also encourages incumbent LECs 
that benefit from lower pole attachment costs to file data at the 
Commission that demonstrate that the benefits are being passed on to 
consumers.


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Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing 
Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-13119 Filed 5-26-11; 8:45 am]
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