[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 45071-45072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17930]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 54

[WC Docket Nos. 10-90; 07-135; 05-337; 03-109; GN Docket No. 09-51; CC 
Docket Nos. 01-92, 96-45; WT Docket No. 10-208; FCC 11-161; FCC 12-52]


Annual Report for Mobility Fund Phase I Support and Record 
Retention

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, 
the information collection associated with the Commission's Annual 
Report for Mobility Fund Phase I Support and Record Retention, adopted 
as part of the Connect America Fund & Intercarrier Compensation Reform 
Order and the Third Order on Reconsideration. This notice is consistent 
with the Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a 
document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of the 
rules.

DATES: The rules in Sec. Sec.  54.1008(d) and (e), 54.1009(a) through 
(c) and 54.1010, published at 76 FR 73830, November 29, 2011 are 
effective July 26, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita Cookmeyer, Wireless

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Telecommunications Bureau, 202-418-0434, via the Internet at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that on March 28, 
2013, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information 
collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 54.1008(d) and (e), 
54.1009(a) through (c) and 54.1010 and the new FCC Form 690. The 
Commission publishes this document to announce the effective date of 
these rule sections. See, In the Matter of Connect America Fund; A 
National Broadband Plan for Our Future; Establishing Just and 
Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange Carriers; High-Cost Universal 
Service Support, WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 07-135, 05-337, 03-109; GN 
Docket No. 09-51; CC Docket Nos. 01-92, 96-45; WT Docket No. 10-208; 
FCC 11-161, 76 FR 73830 and FCC 12-52, 77 FR 30904, May 24, 2012. If 
you have any comments on the burden estimates listed below, or how the 
Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens caused 
thereby, please contact Judith B. Herman, Federal Communications 
Commission, Room 1-B441, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. 
Please include the OMB Control Number, 3060-1185, in your 
correspondence. The Commission will also accept your comments via email 
at [email protected].

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received OMB approval on 
March 28, 2013, for the information collection requirements contained 
in 47 CFR part 54. Under 5 CFR 1320, an agency may not conduct or 
sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current, 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 that does not display a current, valid OMB 
Control Number. The OMB Control Number is 3060-1185. The foregoing 
notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-
13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
    The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents 
are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1185.
    OMB Approval Date: 03/28/2013.
    OMB Expiration Date: 03/31/2016.
    Title: Annual Report for Mobility Fund Phase I Support, FCC Form 
690 and Record Retention Requirements.
    Form Number: FCC Form 690.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit 
institutions, and state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 70 respondents; 820 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 18 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting 
requirements, third party disclosure requirements and recordkeeping 
requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. sections 154, 254 and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 14,830 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: Impact Assessment:
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality. The information collected on FCC Form 690 will be made 
available for public inspection. Applicants may request materials or 
information submitted to the Commission be given confidential treatment 
under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will use this information to ensure 
that each winning bidder is meeting its obligations for receiving 
Mobility Fund Phase I support. On November 18, 2011, the Federal 
Communications Commission released a Report and Order in the Universal 
Service Fund & Intercarrier Compensation Transformation Order (USF/ICC) 
proceeding, WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 07-135, 05-337, 03-109; GN Docket No. 
09-51; CC Docket Nos. 01-92, 96-45; WT Docket No. 10-208; FCC 11-161. 
On May 14, 2012, the Commission released the Third Order on 
Reconsideration of the USF/ICC Report and Order which revised certain 
Mobility Fund Phase 1 rules. In adopting the rules, the Commission 
provided for one-time support to immediately accelerate deployment of 
networks for mobile broadband services in unserved areas. Thus, the 
information is being collected to meet the objectives of the Universal 
Service Fund program.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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