[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41257-41258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17562]
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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.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before September
12, 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: 3060-0511.
Title: ARMIS Access Report.
Report No.: FCC Report 43-04.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 76 respondents; 76 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 153 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 161, 219(b) and 220 of
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 11,628 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Ordinarily, questions of a
sensitive nature are not involved in the ARMIS 43-04 Access Report. The
Commission contends that areas in which detailed information is
required are fully subject to regulation and the issue of data being
regarded as sensitive will arise on special circumstances only. In such
circumstances, the Commission instructs the respondent on the
appropriate procedures to follow to safeguard sensitive data.
Respondents may request confidential treatment of their documents under
47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The ARMIS Report 43-04, Access Report, collects the
results of the jurisdictional separations and access charge procedures
as specified in Parts 36 and 69 of the Commission's Rules. The 43-04
Report specifies information requirements in a
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consistent format and is essential to the FCC to monitor revenue
requirements, joint cost allocations, jurisdictional separations and
access charges. There are no changes to the ARMIS Report 43-04.
Although the Commission has granted conditional forbearance from
FCC Reports 43-04, the Commission still seeks OMB approval because
petitions for reconsideration and review of those forbearance decisions
are currently pending before the Commission and the courts,
respectively. On April 24, 2008, the Commission in Petition of AT&T
Inc. for Forbearance under 47 U.S.C. 160 from Enforcement of Certain of
the Commission's Cost Assignment Rules, WC Docket Nos. 07-21, 05-342,
Memorandum Opinion and Order, 23 FCC Rcd 7302 (2008) (AT&T Cost
Assignment Forbearance Order), pet for recon. pending, pet. for review
pending, NASUCA v. FCC, Case No. 08-1226 (DC Cir. filed June 23, 2008)
granted forbearance, subject to conditions, from the statutory
provision and Commission rules as requested in the Legacy AT&T and
Legacy BellSouth petitions (collectively, ``Cost Assignment Rules'').
AT&T asked for and the Commission granted forbearance from four of the
Commission's reporting requirements--the Access Report (ARMIS 43-04),
the Rate of Return Monitoring Report (FCC Form 492), the Reg/Non-Reg
Forecast Report (FCC Form 495A) and the Reg/Non-Reg Actual Usage Report
(FCC Form 495B)--because forbearance from the Cost Assignment Rules
renders these reports meaningless. The Commission had concluded that
the various accounting rules were intended to work together to help
ensure the primary statutory goal of just and reasonable rates. See
Separations of Costs of Regulated Telephone Service from Costs of
Nonregulated Activities: Amendment of Part 31, the Uniform System of
Accounts for Class A and Class B Telephone Companies to Provide for
Nonregulated Activities and to Provide for Transactions Between
Telephone Companies and their Affiliates, CC Docket 86-111, Report and
Order, 2 FCC Rcd 1298 (1987), petition for review denied, Southwestern
Bell Corp v. FCC, 896 F. 2d 1378 (DC Cir. 1990).
In Service Quality, Customer Satisfaction, Infrastructure and
Operating Data Gathering, WC Docket Nos. 08-190, 07-139, 07-204, 07-
273, 07-21, Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, 23 FCC Rcd 13647 (2008) (Verizon/Qwest Cost Assignment
Forbearance Order), pet. for recon. pending, pet. for review pending,
NASUCA v. FCC, Case No. 08-1353 (DC Cir. filed Nov. 4, 2008) the
Commission extended to Verizon and Qwest forbearance from the statutory
provision and Commission rules from the Cost Assignment Rules to the
same extend granted AT&T in the AT&T Cost Assignment Forbearance Order
and subject to the same conditions. The Commission concluded that there
is no current Federal need for the Cost Assignment Rules, as they apply
to Verizon and Qwest, to ensure that charges and practices are just,
reasonable, and not unjustly discriminatory; to protect consumers; and
to ensure the public interest. See AT&T Cost Assignment Forbearance
Order, 23 FCC Rcd at 7307, paragraph 11.
Federal Communications Commission.
Bulah P. Wheeler,
Deputy Manager, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-17562 Filed 7-12-11; 8:45 am]
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