[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 67 (Monday, April 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20913-20915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08021]


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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. 
3502-3520), 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

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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 estimates; 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 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 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 May 8, 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 Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), 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, FCC, at 202-418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0775.
    Title: Section 64.1903 Obligations of All Incumbent Local Exchange 
Carriers.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 510 respondents; 510 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 500 hours to 6,056 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151, 152, 
154, 201, 202, 251, 271, 272, and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 310,560 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $15,217,440.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this collection to the 
OMB for approval of an extension in order to obtain the three year 
clearance from them. There is no change in the recordkeeping 
requirement. There is no change in the Commission's previous burden 
estimates. The Commission imposed recordkeeping requirements on 
independent local exchange carriers (LECs). Independent incumbent LECs 
wishing to offer international, interexchange services must comply with 
the requirements of the Competitive Carrier Fifth Report and Order, CC 
Docket Nos. 96-149 and 96-61. One of the requirements is that the 
independent incumbent LEC's international, interexchange affiliate (for 
facilities-based providers of international, interexchange services) 
must maintain books of account separate from such LEC's local exchange 
and other activities. See 47 CFR 64.1903 for the specific recordkeeping 
requirements.
    This recordkeeping requirement is used by the Commission to ensure 
that independent incumbent LECs that provide international, 
interexchange services do so in compliance with the Communications Act, 
as amended, and with Commission policies and regulations.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-1044.
    Title: Review of the Section 251 Unbundling Obligations of 
Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers, CC Docket No. 01-338 and WC Docket 
No. 04-313, Order on Remand.
    Form Number: N/A.
    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: 645 respondents; 645 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 8 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, third party 
disclosure requirement and on occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. section 251 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,160 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting respondents to submit or disclose confidential information. 
However, in certain circumstances, respondents may voluntarily choose 
to submit confidential information pursuant to applicable 
confidentiality rules.
    Needs and Uses: In the Order on Remand, the Commission imposes 
unbundling obligations in a more targeted manner where requesting 
carriers have undertaken their own facilities-based investments and 
will be using UNEs (unbundled network elements) in conjunction with 
self-provisioned facilities. The Commission also eliminated the 
subdelegated of authority to state commissions adopted in the previous 
order.
    Prior to the issuance of the Order, the Commission sought comment 
on issues relating to combinations of UNEs, called ``enhanced extended 
links'' (EELs), in order to effectively tailor access to EELs to those 
carriers seeking to provide significant local usage to end users. In 
the Order, the Commission adopted three specific service eligibility 
criteria for access to EELs, which are important to assure that 
requesting carriers may not obtain EELs if they do not provide services 
to UNEs under the Commission's rules.

    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, third party 
disclosure requirement and recordkeeping requirement.
    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, as amended.
    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 calling card 
providers must

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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 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring 
information collection during this comment period to obtain the three 
year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The 
Commission is requesting approval for an extension (no change in the 
reporting, recordkeeping and/or third party disclosure requirements. 
The Commission is reporting a 3,700 burden reduction adjustment which 
is due to fewer respondents. This is due in part to consolidation in 
the telecommunications market and/or providers exiting the 
telecommunications market.
    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 quarterly 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.

    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: On occasion and semi-annual reporting 
requirements and recordkeeping requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. sections 154 and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended.
    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 during this comment period to obtain the full, 
three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 
The Commission is requesting OMB approval for a revision of this 
information collection. There are changes to the Commission's previous 
burden estimates. The total annual burden has increased (program change 
increase) by 14,787 hours from 9 hours. This is due to revision of the 
Commission's rules in Report and Order, FCC 13-4 which added rule 
sections 13.9, 13.13, 13.17 and 13.211 to this collection.
    On January 8, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in 
an effort to clarify, streamline or eliminate its rules in order to 
reduce administrative burdens in the telecommunications industry. The 
FCC adopted a Report and Order, FCC 13-4, amending its rules concerning 
Commercial Radio Operator licensees for maritime and aviation radio 
stations. Of those rules adopted, some have recordkeeping and/or 
reporting requirements for holders of commercial radio licenses, as 
well as for Commercial Operator License Examination Managers (COLEM(s)) 
that administer commercial radio operator license examinations across 
the United States. In this proceeding, the Commission seeks OMB 
approval for the burdens contained in the R&O, which implements a 
number of actions the FCC has taken.
    Each COLEM recovering fees from examinees must maintain records of 
expenses and revenues, frequency of examinations administered, and 
examination pass rates. Records must cover from January 1 to December 
31 of the preceding year and must be submitted as directed by the FCC. 
Each COLEM must retain records for one year and the records must be 
made available to the FCC upon request.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-08021 Filed 4-5-13; 8:45 am]
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