[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 65 (Friday, April 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18909-18910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07528]


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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 May 5, 
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, Office of Managing 
Director (OMD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), at 202-418-
0217, or via the Internet at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0986.
    Title: Competitive Carrier Line Count Report and Self-Certification 
as a Rural Carrier.
    Form Number(s): FCC Form 481, FCC Form 507, FCC Form 508 and FCC 
Form 509, and FCC Form 525.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions; and state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 1,857 respondents; 12,736 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours to 100 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly and annual reporting 
requirements; recordkeeping requirement; and third party disclosure 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. sections 151, 154(i) and (j), 205, 221(c), 154, 303(r), 403, 
410, and 1302 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 265,411 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: We note that USAC must 
preserve the confidentiality of all data obtained from respondents; 
must not use the data except for purposes of administering the 
universal service programs; and must not disclose data in company-
specific form unless directed to do so by the Commission.
    Needs and Uses: In November 2011, the Commission adopted an Order 
reforming its high-cost universal service support mechanisms. Connect 
America Fund; A National Broadband Plan for Our Future; Establish Just 
and Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange Carriers; High-Cost Universal 
Service Support; Developing a Unified Intercarrier Compensation Regime; 
Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; Lifeline and Link-Up; 
Universal Service Reform-Mobility Fund, 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, Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 26 
FCC Rcd 17663 (2011) (USF/ICC Transformation Order); see also Connect 
America Fund et al., WC Docket No. 10-90 et al., Third Order on 
Reconsideration, 27 FCC Rcd 5622 (2012); Connect America Fund et

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al., WC Docket No. 10-90 et al., Order, 27 FCC Rcd 605 (Wireline Comp. 
Bur. 2012); Connect America Fund et al., WC Docket No. 10-90 et al., 
Fifth Order on Reconsideration, 27 FCC Rcd 14549 (2012); Connect 
America Fund et al., WC Docket No. 10-90 et al., Order, 28 FCC Rcd 2051 
(Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); Connect America Fund et al., WC Docket No. 
10-90 et al., Order, DA 13-1115 (Wireline Comp. Bur. rel. May 16, 2013.
    The Commission has received OMB approval for most of the 
information collections required by this Order. At a later date the 
Commission plans to submit additional revisions for OMB review to 
address other reforms adopted in the Order (e.g., 47 CFR 
54.313(a)(11)). For this revision, the Commission proposes to merge the 
existing universal service information collection requirements from OMB 
Control No. 3060-0972 into this control number. There are no changes to 
the FCC Form 525 or FCC Form 481, which are part of this information 
collection. The Commission proposes to add, FCC Forms 507, 508 and 509, 
currently approved under collection 3060-0972, to this information 
collection. There are no changes to the currently approved FCC Forms 
507, 508 and 509.


Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing 
Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-07528 Filed 4-3-14; 8:45 am]
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