[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76312-76313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29866]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection Approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB)

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 
information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). An agency may not conduct or sponsor a 
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number, and no person is required to respond to a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid control number. 
Comments concerning the accuracy of the burden estimates and any 
suggestions for reducing the burden should be directed to the person 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1181.
    OMB Approval Date: July 31, 2013.
    OMB Expiration Date: July 31, 2016.
    Title: Study Area Boundary Data Reporting in Esri Shapefile Format, 
DA 12-1777 and DA 13-282.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Incumbent local exchange carriers, and state 
regulatory entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,443 respondents; 1,443 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 26 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annually if changes to study area 
boundaries; biannually for recertification or previously submitted 
data.
    Obligation to Respond: Required. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 254(b).
    Total Annual Burden: 7,924 hours for in-house work for large 
incumbent local exchange carriers.
    Total Annual Cost: $705,935.00 contracting costs for small 
incumbent local exchange carriers.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting that respondents submit confidential information to the 
Commission. Also, respondents may request materials or information 
submitted to the Commission be withheld from public inspection under 47 
CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission requires incumbent local exchange 
carriers (ILECs) to file shapefile maps of their service territories in 
a state (study area). State commission can also submit these data 
voluntarily for ILECs in their state. Shapefiles are a commonly used, 
digitized, geographic information system (GIS) format. Accurate study 
area boundaries are necessary for implementing various reforms adopted 
as part of the USF/ICC Transformation Order, 76 FR 73830, November 29, 
2011, including the legitimate distribution of universal service 
support to rural, high cost carriers. Once ILECs have uploaded 
shapefiles to a web interface provided by the Commission, they must 
certify to

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the accuracy of the study area boundary map data. Filers must submit 
updated boundary shapefiles if their study area boundaries change and 
must recertify the accuracy of the boundary data every two years.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-29866 Filed 12-16-13; 8:45 am]
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