[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 115 (Monday, June 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34308-34309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13979]


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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 July 16, 
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 F. Smith, 
Office of Managing Director (OMD), Federal Communications Commission 
(FCC), via the Internet at [email protected]. To submit your PRA 
comments by email, please send them to: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie F. Smith, Office of Managing 
Director (OMD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), at

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202-418-0217, or via the Internet at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1046.
    Title: Part 64, Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation 
Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 469 respondents; 3,725 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 hours-200 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual, and quarterly reporting 
requirements; third party disclosure requirements; and recordkeeping 
requirement.
    Obligation To Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151, 154 and 
276.
    Total Annual Burden: 73,494 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting respondents to submit confidential information. Respondents 
may request confidential treatment of their information that they 
believe to be confidential pursuant to 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's 
rules.
    Needs and Uses: In the Order on Reconsideration (FCC 04-251), the 
Commission considered four petitions for reconsideration of our Report 
and Order. The Report and Order (FCC 03-235) established detailed rules 
(Payphone Compensation Rules) ensuring that payphone service providers 
or PSPs are ``fairly compensated'' for each and every completed 
payphone-originated call pursuant to section 276 of the Communications 
Act, as amended (the Act). The Payphone Compensation Rules satisfy 
section 276 by identifying the party liable for compensation and 
establishing a mechanism for PSPs to be paid. The Payphone Compensation 
Rules: (1) Place liability to compensate PSPs for payphone-originated 
calls on the facilities-based long distance carriers or switch-based 
resellers (SBRs) from whose switches such calls are completed; (2) 
define these responsible carriers as ``Completing Carriers'' and 
require them to develop their own system of tracking calls to 
completion, the accuracy of which must be confirmed and attested to by 
a third-party auditor; (3) require Completing Carriers to file with 
PSPs a quarterly report and also submit an attestation by the chief 
financial officer (CFO) that the payment amount for that quarter is 
accurate and is based on 100% of all completed calls; (4) require 
quarterly reporting obligations for other facilities-based long 
distance carriers in the call path, if any, and define these carriers 
as ``Intermediate Carriers;'' (5) give parties flexibility to agree to 
alternative compensation arrangements (ACA) so that small Completing 
Carriers may avoid the expense of instituting a tracking system and 
undergoing an audit. The Order on Reconsideration did not change this 
compensation framework, but rather refined and built upon its approach. 
While the Commission increased the time carriers must retain certain 
data and added burden in that regard, the Commission also removed 
potentially burdensome paperwork requirements by encouraging carriers 
to comply with the reporting requirements through electronic means. We 
believe that the clarifications adopted in the Order on Reconsideration 
significantly decrease the paperwork burden on carriers. Specifically, 
the Commission did the following: (1) Clarified alternative 
arrangements for small businesses requiring a Completing Carrier to 
give the PSP adequate notice of an ACA prior to its effective date with 
sufficient time for the PSP to object to an ACA, and also prior to the 
termination of an ACA; (2) clarified any paperwork burdens imposed on 
carriers allowing Completing Carriers the ability to give PSPs adequate 
notice of payphone compensation requirements by placing notice on a 
clearinghouse Web site or through electronic methods; (3) required 
Completing Carriers and Intermediate Carriers to report only completed 
calls in their quarterly reports; and (4) extended the time period from 
18 to 27 months for Completing Carriers and Intermediate Carriers to 
retain certain payphone records.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing 
Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-13979 Filed 6-13-14; 8:45 am]
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