[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 130 (Thursday, July 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39874-39875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17028]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




Information Collection Approved by the Office of Management and 

Budget



AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.



ACTION: Notice.



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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission has received Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 

information collection(s) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). An agency may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number, and no person is required to respond to a collection of 

information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. 

Comments concerning the accuracy of the burden estimate(s) and any 

suggestions for reducing the burden should be directed to the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynne Hewitt Engledow, Wireline 

Competition Bureau, Pricing Policy Division at 202-418-1520 or e-mail 

at [email protected].



SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0470.

    OMB Approval Date: June 23, 2011.

    Expiration Date: June 30, 2014.

    Title: Section 64.901, Allocation of Cost; Section 64.903, Cost 

Allocation Manuals; and RAO Letters 19 and 26.

    Form Number: N/A.

    Estimated Annual Burden: 2 responses; 200 hours per response; 400 

hours total per year.

    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 

Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 

U.S.C. 151, 154, 201 -205, 215, and 218 -220.

    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 

requesting that respondents submit confidential information to the 

Commission. Respondents who believe certain information to be of a 

proprietary nature may solicit confidential treatment in accordance 

with the procedures described in 47 CFR 0.459.

    Needs and Uses: The Commission has received three-year approval for 

a revision to information collection 3060-0470. The Commission revised 

the information collection to decrease the number of respondents as a 

result of a Commission order granting numerous carriers forbearance 

from compliance to the relevant rules. Specifically, in a Memorandum 

Opinion and Order in WC Docket No. 07-21 (FCC 08-120) the Commission 

forbore from many of its cost allocation rules as they apply to the 

former Bell Operating Companies (BOCs). Therefore, there are fewer 

respondents affected by the requirements of these rule sections. The 

decrease in respondents also caused a decrease in the hour burden for 

this information collection.

    Section 64.901 requires carriers to separate their regulated costs 

from non-regulated costs using the attributable cost method of cost 

allocation. Carriers must follow the principles described in section 

64.901. Carriers subject to section 64.901 are also subject to the 

provisions of 47 CFR sections 32.23 and 32.27 of the Commission's 

rules. Section 64.903(a) requires each local exchange carrier with 

annual operating revenues that equal or exceed the indexed revenue 

threshold, as defined in 47 CFR section 32.9000, to file with the 

Commission a manual containing information regarding its allocation of 

costs between regulated and non-regulated activities. Section 64.903(b)



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requires that carriers update their cost allocation manuals (CAMs) at 

least annually; except that changes to the cost apportionment table and 

the description of time reporting procedures must be filed at the time 

of implementation. Proposed changes in the description of time 

reporting procedures, the statement concerning affiliate transactions, 

and the cost apportionment table must be accompanied by a statement 

quantifying the impact of each change on regulated operations. Changes 

in the description of time reporting procedures and the statement 

concerning affiliate transactions must be quantified in $100,000 

increments at the account level. Changes in the cost apportionment 

table must be quantified in $100,000 increments at the cost pool level.

    Moreover, filing of CAMs and occasional updates are subject to the 

uniform format and standard procedures specified in Responsible 

Accounting Officer (RAO) Letter 19. RAO Letter 26 provides guidance to 

carriers in revising their CAMs to reflect changes to the affiliate 

transactions rules pursuant to the Accounting Safeguards Order (FCC 96-

490). The CAM is reviewed by the Commission to ensure that all costs 

are properly classified between regulated and nonregulated activity. 

Uniformity in the CAMs helps improve the joint cost allocation process. 

In addition, this uniformity gives the Commission greater reliability 

in financial data submitted by the carriers through the Automated 

Reporting Management Information System (ARMIS).



Federal Communications Commission.

Marlene H. Dortch,

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.

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