[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41253-41254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17559]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

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 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 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 August 12, 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 e-mail to 
[email protected] and to the Federal Communications 
Commission via e-mail to [email protected] and [email protected]. To 
view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted to 
OMB: (1) Go to the Web page http://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, and (6) when the list of FCC ICRs currently 
under review appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its OMB 
Control Number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR Reference 
Number to view detailed information about this ICR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection(s), contact Paul Laurenzano on (202) 418-
1359.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    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.
    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. 151,152,

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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) 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.

Federal Communications Commission.
Bulah P. Wheeler,
Deputy Manager, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-17559 Filed 7-12-11; 8:45 am]
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