[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9913-9914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03215]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review and Approval 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

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 (FCC) 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 further ways to 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 Control Number.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before March 14, 2013. 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 FCC 
contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at 202-395-5167 or via Internet at 
[email protected] and to Leslie F. Smith, Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC), via the Internet at 
[email protected]. To submit your PRA comments by email, send them 
to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie F. Smith, Office of Managing 
Director, FCC, at (202) 418-0217, or via the Internet at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0392.
    Title: 47 CFR 1 Subpart J--Pole Attachment Complaint Procedures.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit, and State, local or 
tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,772 respondents; 1,772 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 to 100 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third 
party disclosure.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 224.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,629 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $450,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No privacy impacts.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality. However, respondents may request materials or 
information submitted to the Commission be withheld from public 
inspection under 47 CFR Section 0.459 of FCC rules.
    Needs and Uses: The rules and regulations contained in 47 CFR Part 
1 Subpart J provide complaint and enforcement procedures to ensure that 
telecommunications carriers and cable system operators have 
nondiscriminatory access to utility poles, ducts, conduits, and rights-
of-way on rates, terms and conditions that are just and reasonable. The 
FCC will use the information collected under these rules to hear and 
resolve petitions for

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stay and complaints as mandated by Section 224 of the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended. The information that is also filed is used to 
determine the merits of the petitions and complaints. Additionally, 
state certifications are used to make public notice of the states' 
authority to regulate rates, terms and conditions for pole attachments, 
and to determine the scope of the FCC's jurisdiction.
    On April 7, 2011, the FCC released a Report and Order and Order on 
Reconsideration, Implementation of Section 224 of the Act; A National 
Broadband Plan for our Future, WC Docket No. 07-245 and GN Docket No. 
09-51, FCC 11-50. This rulemaking added 47 C.F.R. Section 1.1424. 
Section 1.1424 states that the procedures for handling pole attachment 
complaints filed by incumbent local exchange carriers are the same as 
the procedures for handling other pole attachment complaints. Section 
1.1424 further requires incumbent local exchange carriers that claim 
they are similarly-situated to other attachers to bear the burden of 
demonstrating their similarity.
    The Commission has also revised Section 1.1403(b) which requires 
that requests for access to a utility's poles, ducts, conduits or 
rights-of-way by a telecommunications carrier or cable operator be in 
writing. If access is not granted within 45 days of the request for 
access, the utility must explain the denial or grant of access 
conditioned on the performance of make-ready by the 45th day.\1\
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    \1\ The Commission has revised this language slightly to make it 
comport better with the language in 47 CFR Section 1.1403(b).
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    The other applicable rule sections remain unchanged: Section 
1.1403(c) requires a utility to provide a cable television system 
operator or telecommunications carrier no less than 60 days written 
notice prior to removal of facilities, termination of any services to 
those facilities, increase in pole attachment rates, or modification of 
facilities. Section 1.1403(d) allows a cable television system operator 
or telecommunications carrier to file a ``Petition for Temporary Stay'' 
of the action contained in a notice received pursuant to Section 
1.1403(c) within 15 days of receipt of such notice. The ``Petition for 
Temporary Stay'' must contain, in concise terms, the relief sought, the 
reasons for such relief, including a showing of irreparable harm and 
likely cessation of cable television service or telecommunications 
service, a copy of the notice, and a certificate of service. The named 
respondent may file an answer within 7 days of the date the Petition 
was filed.
    Section 1.1403(e) requires cable operators to notify pole owners 
upon offering telecommunications services.
    Section 1.1404 specifies the information that must be included in a 
pole attachment complaint.
    Section 1.1406(b) requires a complainant to file additional 
information supporting its complaint, if requested by the Commission.
    Section 1.1407 requires the respondent to file a response within 30 
days from the date the complaint was filed. The complainant then has 20 
days from the date the response was filed to file a reply. The response 
and reply shall be served on all parties listed in the certificate of 
service.
    Section 1.1414 requires states that regulate the rates, terms and 
conditions for pole attachments to file a certification with the FCC.
    Section 1.1417 requires a utility to apportion the cost of 
providing unusable space on a pole so that such apportionment equals 
two-thirds of the costs of providing unusable space that would be 
allocated to such entity under an equal apportionment of such costs 
among all attaching entities. Section 1.1417 sets forth the procedures 
to be followed in establishing a maximum just and reasonable pole 
attachment rate.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-03215 Filed 2-11-13; 8:45 am]
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