[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77126-77127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30263]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

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 FCC invites the general public and other Federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following 
information collection. 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 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 PRA that does not display a valid OMB 
Control Number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before January 
21, 2014. 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 the 
Internet at [email protected] and to Leslie Smith, 
Office of Managing Director (OMD), 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 Smith, OMD, FCC, at 202-418-
0217, or via the Internet at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0917.
    Title: CORES Registration Form, FCC Form 160.
    Form Number: FCC Form 160.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities; Individuals 
or households; Not-for-profit institutions; and State, Local, or Tribal 
Governments.
    Number of Respondent and Responses: 93,000 respondents; 93,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes (0.167 hours).
    Frequency of Response: One time reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in the 
Debt Collection Act of 1996 (DCCA), Public Law 104-134, Chapter 10, 
Section 31001.
    Total Annual Burden: 15,531 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: A Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) 
covering the information system for this information collection, which 
is posted at: http://transition.fcc.gov/omd/privacyact/Privacy_Impact_Assessment.html.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The FCC is not requesting 
that respondents submit confidential information to the Commission. If 
the FCC requests that respondents submit information which respondents 
believe is confidential, respondents may request confidential treatment 
of such information pursuant to Section 0.459 of the FCC's rules, 47 
CFR Section 0.459. The FCC has a system of records, FCC/OMD-9, 
``Commission Registration System (CORES),'' to cover the collection, 
purpose(s), storage, safeguards, and disposal of the personally 
identifiable information (PII) that individual respondents may submit 
on FCC Form 160, which is posted at: http://transition.fcc.gov/omd/privacyact/records-systems.html.
    The FCC will also redact PII submitted on this form before it makes 
FCC Form 160 available for public inspection. FCC Form 160 includes a 
``privacy statement'' to inform applicants (respondents) of the FCC's 
need to obtain the information and the protections that the FCC has in 
place to protect PII.
    Needs and Uses: Respondents use FCC Form 160 to register in the 
FCC's Commission Registration System (CORES). When registering, the 
respondent receives a unique FCC Registration Number (FRN), which is 
required for anyone doing business with the Commission. Respondents may 
also register in CORES on-line at www.fcc.gov/frnreg. FCC Form 160 is 
used to collect information that pertains to the entity's name, 
address, contact representative, telephone number, email address(es), 
and fax number. The Commission uses this information to collect or 
report on any delinquent debt arising from the respondent's business 
dealings with the FCC, including both ``feeable'' and ``nonfeeable'' 
services; and to ensure that registrants (respondents) receive any 
refunds due. Use of the CORES System is also a means of ensuring that 
the Commission operates in compliance with the Debt Collection 
Improvement Act of 1996 (DCCA), Public Law 104-134, Chapter 10, Section 
31001.
    The FCC is currently sending confirmations of CORES registrations 
and updates by U.S. Postal Service. The FCC will transition to sending 
confirmations by email where we have email addresses for the CORES 
registrants. This is being done because: (1) emailing confirmations 
instead of sending hard copies will save the FCC considerable money, 
including labor, paper and postage; and (2) additionally, it is more 
efficient to transmit confirmations electronically on a real-time base.

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    On November 19, 2010, the FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (NPRM), Amendment of Part 1 of the Commission's Rules 
Concerning Practice and Procedure, Amendment of CORES Registration 
System, MD Docket No. 10-234, FCC 10-192. The NPRM has proposed to 
eliminate some of the FCC's exceptions to the requirement that entities 
and individuals provide their Taxpayer Identification Number (``TIN'') 
at the time of registration; require FRN holders to provide their email 
address(es); give FRN holders the option to identify multiple points of 
contact; and require FRN holders to indicate their tax-exempt status 
and notify the Commission of pending bankruptcy proceedings. All 
remaining existing information collection requirements would stay as 
they are.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0918.
    Title: CORES Update/Change Form, FCC Form 161.
    Form Number: FCC Form 161.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities; Individuals 
or households; Not-for-profit institutions; and State, Local, or Tribal 
Governments.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 80,000 respondents; 80,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes (0.167 hours).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in the 
Debt Collection Act of 1996 (DCCA), Public Law 104-134, Chapter 10, 
Section 31001.
    Total Annual Burden: 13,360 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: A Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) 
covering the information system for this information collection is 
posted at: http://transition.fcc.gov/omd/privacyact/Privacy_Impact_Assessment.html.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The FCC is not requesting 
that respondents submit confidential information to the Commission. If 
the FCC requests that respondents submit information which respondents 
believe is confidential, respondents may request confidential treatment 
of such information pursuant to Section 0.459 of the FCC's rules, 47 
CFR Section 0.459. The FCC has a system of records, FCC/OMD-9, 
``Commission Registration System (CORES),'' to cover the collection, 
purpose(s), storage, safeguards, and disposal of the personally 
identifiable information (PII) that individual respondents may submit 
on FCC Form 161, which is posted at: http://transition.fcc.gov/omd/privacyact/records-systems.html.
    The FCC will also redact PII submitted on this form before it makes 
FCC Form 161 available for public inspection. FCC Form 161 includes a 
``privacy statement'' to inform applicants (respondents) of the FCC's 
need to obtain the information and the protections that the FCC has in 
place to protect PII.
    Needs and Uses: After respondents have registered in the FCC's 
Commission Registration System (CORES) and have been issued a FCC 
Registration Number (FRN), they may use FCC Form 161 to update and/or 
change their contact information, including name, address, telephone 
number, email address(es), fax number, contact representative, contact 
representative's address, telephone number, email address, and/or fax 
number. Respondents may also update their registration information in 
CORES on-line at www.fcc.gov/frnreg. The Commission uses this 
information to collect or report on any delinquent debt arising from 
the respondent's business dealings with the FCC, including both 
``feeable'' and ``nonfeeable'' services; and to ensure that registrants 
(respondents) receive any refunds due. Use of the CORES System is also 
a means of ensuring that the Commission operates in compliance with the 
Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA).
    The FCC is currently sending confirmations of CORES registrations 
and updates by U.S. Postal Service. The FCC will transition to sending 
confirmations by email where we have email addresses for the CORES 
registrants. This is being done because: (1) emailing confirmations 
instead of sending hard copies will save the FCC considerable money, 
including labor, paper and postage; and (2) additionally, it is more 
efficient to transmit confirmations electronically on a real-time base.
    On November 19, 2010, the FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (NPRM), Amendment of Part 1 of the Commission's Rules 
Concerning Practice and Procedure, Amendment of CORES Registration 
System, MD Docket No. 10-234, FCC 10-192. The NPRM has proposed to 
eliminate some of the FCC's exceptions to the requirement that entities 
and individuals provide their Taxpayer Identification Number (``TIN'') 
at the time of registration; require FRN holders to provide their email 
address(es); give FRN holders the option to identify multiple points of 
contact; and require FRN holders to indicate their tax-exempt status 
and notify the Commission of pending bankruptcy proceedings. All 
remaining existing information collection requirements would stay as 
they are.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing 
Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-30263 Filed 12-19-13; 8:45 am]
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