[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6100-6102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01768]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission, Comments Requested

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice; 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: 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; the 
accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 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 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 1, 2013. 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 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: 3060-0719.
    Title: Quarterly Report of Local Exchange Carriers Listing Payphone 
Automatic Number Identifications (ANIs).
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 400 respondents; 1,600 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3.5 hours (8 hours for the initial 
submission; 2 hours per subsequent submission--for an average of 3.5 
hours per response).
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation To Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151, 154, 
201-205, 215, 218, 219, 220, 226 and 276 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,600 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the 
Commission. If the respondents wish confidential treatment of their 
information, they may request confidential treatment under 47 CFR 0.459 
of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring 
information

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collection after this comment period to obtain the full, three year 
clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The 
Commission is requesting approval for an extension (no change in the 
reporting and/or third party disclosure requirements). There is no 
change to the Commission's previous burden estimates.
    The Commission adopted rules and policies governing the payphone 
industry under section 276(b)(1)(A) of the Telecommunications Act of 
1996 (the Act) and established ``a per call compensation plan to ensure 
that all payphone service providers are fairly compensated for each and 
every completed intrastate and interstate call.'' Pursuant to this 
mandate and as required by section 64.1310(d) of the Commission's 
rules, Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) must provide to carriers required 
to pay compensation pursuant to section 64.1300(a), a quarterly report 
listing payphone ANIs.\1\ Without provision of this report, resolution 
of disputed ANIs would be rendered very difficult. Carriers would not 
be able to discern which ANIs pertain to payphones and therefore would 
not be able to ascertain which dial-around calls were originated by 
payphones for compensation purposes. There would be no way to guard 
against possible fraud. Without this collection, lengthy investigations 
would be necessary to verify claims. The report allows carriers to 
determine which dial-around calls are made from payphones. Without this 
collection, lengthy investigations would be necessary to verify claims. 
The report allows carriers to determine which dial-around calls are 
made from payphones. The information must be provided to third parties. 
The requirement would be used to ensure that LECs and the carriers 
required to pay compensation pursuant to 47 CFR section 64.1300(a) of 
the Commission's rules, comply with their obligations under the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996.
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    \1\ 47 U.S.C. 276(b)(1)(A); 47 CFR 64.1310(d).
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    OMB Control Number: 3060-0816.
    Title: Local Telephone Competition and Broadband Reporting (Report 
and Order, WC Docket No. 07-38, FCC 08-89; Order on Reconsideration, WC 
Docket No. 07-38 FCC 08-148).
    Form Number: FCC Form 477.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit 
institutions and state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 1,980 respondents; 3,960 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 296 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Semi-annual reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 4(i), 201, 218-220, 
251-252, 271, 303(r), 332, and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended and section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as 
amended, codified in section 1302 of the Broadband Data Improvement 
Act, 47 U.S.C. 1302.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,172,160 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission will continue 
to allow respondents to certify, on the first page of the each 
submission, that some data contained in that submission are 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 making the submission. If the 
Commission receives a request for, or proposes to disclose the 
information, the respondent would be required to show, pursuant to 
Commission rules for withholding from public inspection information 
submitted to the Commission, that the information in question is 
entitled to confidential treatment. We will retain our current policies 
and procedures regarding the confidential treatment of submitted FCC 
Form 477 data, including use of the aggregated, non-company specific 
data in our published reports.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring 
information collection after this comment period to obtain the full, 
three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 
The Commission is requesting approval for an extension (no change in 
the reporting requirements). There are changes to the Commission's 
previous burden estimates. The Commission has increased the estimated 
average time per response for this information collection from 289 
hours to 296 hours. The adjustment is also due to the increased number 
of respondents and their types of operations, (e.g., interconnected 
VoIP service providers with multi-state operations.) There is no change 
to the FCC Form 477.
    FCC Form 477 gathers information on the development of local 
telephone competition including telephone services and interconnected 
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, and on the deployment of 
broadband also known as advanced telecommunications services.
    The data are necessary to evaluate the status of competition in 
local telecommunications services markets and to evaluate the status of 
broadband deployment. The information is used by the FCC staff to 
advice the Commission about the efficacy of Commission rules and 
policies adopted to implement the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0537.
    Title: Sections 13.9(c), 13.13(c), 13.17(b), 13.211(e) and 13.217, 
Commercial Operator License Examination Managers (COLEM) Records.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 9 respondents; 9 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .44 hours to 30 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement and on occasion 
reporting requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 154 and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934.
    Total Annual Burden: 14,796 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring 
information collection after this comment period to obtain the full, 
three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 
The Commission is requesting approval for a revision. There are changes 
to the Commission's previous burden estimates. The total annual burden 
has increased (program change) by 14,787 hours due to additional 
Commission rule sections added to this information collection, i.e., 47 
CFR sections 13.9, 13.13, 13.17 and 13.211 by Report and Order in FCC 
13-4.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1096.
    Title: Prepaid Calling Card Service Provider Certification, WC 
Docket No. 05-68.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 121 respondents; 1,452 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2.5 hours to 20 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.

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    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151, 152, 
154(i), 201, 202, and 254 of the Communications Act of 1934.
    Total Annual Burden: 12,100 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission does not 
anticipate providing confidentiality of the information submitted by 
prepaid calling card providers. Particularly, the prepaid call card 
providers must send reports to their transport providers. Additionally, 
the quarterly certifications sent to the Commission will be made public 
through the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) 
process. These certifications will be filed in the Commission's docket 
associated with this proceeding. If the respondents submit information 
they believe to be confidential, they may request confidential 
treatment of such information under 47 CFR section 0.459 of the 
Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring 
information collection after this comment period to obtain the full, 
three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 
The Commission is requesting approval for an extension (no change in 
the reporting and/or third party disclosure requirements). There are 
changes to the Commission's previous burden estimates. The Commission 
reduced the total annual burden hours by 3,700 hours. This is due to a 
decrease in the number of respondents/responses.
    Prepaid calling card service providers must report quarterly the 
percentage of interstate, intrastate and international access charges 
to carriers from which they purchase transport services. Prepaid 
calling card providers must also file certifications with the 
Commission on a quarterly basis that include the above information and 
a statement that they are contributing to the federal Universal Service 
Fund based on all interstate and international revenue, except for 
revenue from the sale of prepaid calling cards by, to, or pursuant to 
contract with the Department of Defense (DoD) or a DoD entity.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-01768 Filed 1-28-13; 8:45 am]
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