[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 206 (Thursday, October 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63466-63467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24950]


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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; 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 December 23, 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, 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].

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1142.
    Title: Electronic Tariff filing System (ETFS), WC Docket No. 10-
141.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 1,500 respondents; 1,500 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting 
requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 201-205, and 226(h)(l)(A) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,500 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $1,267,500.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission does not 
anticipate providing confidentiality of the information submitted by 
local exchange carriers. Particularly, the tariffs and related 
documents sent to the Commission will be made public through ETFS. 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 to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
approval of an extension request (no change in the reporting 
requirements). There is no change in the annual hour burden or the 
annual cost burden.
    Incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) file their tariffs and 
associated documents electronically, using ETFS. ETFS has improved the 
usefulness of tariff filings for both filers and the public and made 
the entire tariff filing process more transparent. The Commission 
received OMB approval for the NPRM in 2010.
    The Commission released a Report and Order, WC Docket No. 10-141, 
FCC 11-92, adopting the final rules that were unchanged from those 
proposed in the NPRM. Therefore, there are no changes to the reporting 
requirements. In particular, to create a more open, transparent and 
efficient flow of information to the public, we determined that the 
benefits of using ETFS for incumbent LEC tariff filings would also be 
obtained if all tariff filers filed electronically. Such action will 
benefit the public and carriers by creating a central system providing 
on-line access to all carrier tariffs and related documents filed with 
the Commission. As such, competitive LECs (and other nondominant 
carriers) must now file tariffs and associated documents 
electronically.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-24950 Filed 10-23-13; 8:45 am]
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