[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 24 (Monday, February 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5800-5801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2631]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on the following information collection(s). 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 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 OMB 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 valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before April 6, 2012. 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: Submit your PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, via fax at (202) 395-5167 or via Internet at 
[email protected] and to Judith B.Herman, Federal 
Communications Commission, via the Internet at [email protected]. 
To submit your PRA comments by email send them to: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing 
Director, (202) 418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0512.
    Title: ARMIS Annual Summary Report.
    Report Number: FCC Report 43-01.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 45 respondents; 45 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 88 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 219 and 220 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 3,960 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Ordinarily questions of a 
sensitive nature are not involved in the ARMIS Report 43-01. 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 in special circumstances only. In such 
circumstances, respondents may request materials or information 
submitted to the Commission be withheld from public inspection under 47 
CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking an extension of this 
expiring information collection in order to obtain the full three year 
approval from OMB. There is no change to the annual reporting 
requirement. There is no change to the Commission's previous burden 
estimates.
    The information contained in FCC Report 43-01 has helped the 
Commission fulfill its regulatory responsibilities. Automated reporting 
of these data greatly enhances the Commission's ability to process and 
analyze the extensive amounts of data provided in the reports. 
Automating and organizing data submitted to the Commission facilitate 
the timely and

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efficient analysis of revenue requirements, rates of return and price 
caps, and provide an improved basis for auditing and other oversight 
functions. Automated reporting also enhances the Commission's ability 
to quantify the effects of policy proposals.
    The Commission has granted AT&T, Verizon, legacy Qwest, and other 
similarly situated carriers conditional forbearance from FCC Report 43-
06. See Petition of AT&T Inc. for Forbearance under 47 U.S.C. Sec.  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 (D.C. 
Cir. filed June 23, 2008); 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 (D.C. Cir. filed Nov. 4, 
2008). Despite this forbearance, the Commission seeks OMB approval the 
renewal of this information collection because petitions for 
reconsideration and review of those forbearance decisions are currently 
pending before the Commission and the court, respectively.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-2631 Filed 2-3-12; 8:45 am]
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