[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 66068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27469]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection Approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB)

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 
information collections 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 control number. 
Comments concerning the accuracy of the burden estimates 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: Rosaline Crawford, Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Disability Rights Office, (202) 418-2075 
or e-mail [email protected] 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0855.
    OMB Approval Date: 10/14/2011.
    Expiration Date: 10/31/2014.
    Title: Telecommunications Reporting Worksheets and Related 
Collections, FCC Forms 499-A and 499-Q.
    Form No.: FCC Forms 499-A and 499-Q.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 8,183 respondents; 46,957 responses; .25 
hours to 25 hours per response; 313,881 burden hours per year; $0 
annual cost burden.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in sections 151, 154(i), 154(j), 
155, 157, 201, 205, 214, 225, 254, 303(r), 715 and 719 of the Act, 47 
U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 155, 157, 201, 205, 214, 225, 254, 303(r), 
616, and 620.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission will allow 
respondents to certify that data contained in their submissions is 
privileged or confidential commercial or financial information and that 
disclosure of such information would likely cause substantial harm to 
the competitive position of the entity filing the FCC worksheets. If 
the Commission receives a request for or proposes to disclose the 
information, the respondent would be required to make the full showing 
pursuant to the Commission's rules for withholding from public 
inspection information submitted to the Commission.
    Needs and Uses: On October 7, 2011, the Commission released the 
Contributions to the Telecommunications Relay Services Fund Report and 
Order (Report and Order) FCC 11-150, adopting rules to implement 
section 715 of the Act. The Report and Order takes the following 
actions: Requires non-interconnected voice over Internet protocol 
(VoIP) service providers with interstate end-user revenues that are 
subject to contribution to the Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) 
Fund to register with the Commission, designate a District of Columbia 
agent for service of process, annually file FCC Form 499-A, and 
contribute to the TRS Fund; extends the 64.9 percent safe harbor 
provision for calculating interstate end-user revenues to non-
interconnected VoIP service providers; maintains interstate end-user 
revenues as the basis for calculating TRS Fund contributions; requires 
no contributions to the TRS Fund by non-interconnected VoIP service 
providers that offer services for free and have zero interstate end-
user revenues.
    The modification is to apply the registration and annual filing 
requirement for FCC Form 499-A to non-interconnected VoIP service 
providers, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 1, 4(i), (4)(j), 225, and 715 of the 
Act, as amended 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 225, and 616; and 47 CFR 
64.601 through 64.613 of the Commission's rules. The application of the 
FCC Form 499-A to carriers, interconnected VoIP service providers, and 
non-interconnected VoIP service providers, is needed to administer the 
Universal Service Fund, the TRS Fund, and the cost recovery mechanism 
for numbering administration and long-term number portability. FCC Form 
499-Q and its instructions remain unchanged.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-27469 Filed 10-24-11; 8:45 am]
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