[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55479-55480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22023]


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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0760.
    Title: 272 Sunset Order, WC Docket No. 06-120; Access Charge 
Reform, CC Docket No. 96-262, First Report and Order; Second Order on 
Reconsideration and Memorandum Opinion and Order; and Fifth Report and 
Order.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 13 respondents; 367 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: Approximately 3-300 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement; on-occasion 
reporting requirement; 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), 155, 201-205, and 303(r) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 6,170 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $310,115.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The information requested is 
not of a confidential nature. However, 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: In an August 1999 Fifth Report and Order and 
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Pricing Flexibility Order), CC 
Docket 96-262 et al., the Commission adopted detailed rules so that 
incumbent local exchange carriers subject to price cap regulation could 
receive pricing flexibility in the provision of interstate access 
services as competition for those services developed, 47 C.F.R. 
Sec. Sec.  69.701 et seq. Pursuant to these rules, a carrier is 
required to file a petition with the Commission demonstrating that the 
competitive showings contained in the rules are satisfied to receive 
various levels of pricing flexibility. These showings, which focus on 
unaffiliated collocations in wire centers, are intended to measure the 
presence of competition in a given Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) 
or non-MSA so that regulatory relief is granted where warranted. The 
Commission's rules

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provide that petitions for pricing flexibility for special access 
services that are not denied within 90 days after the close of the 
pleading cycle are deemed granted.
    In an August 2012 Report and Order, FCC 12-92, 57 FR 57504 (Sept. 
12, 2012), the Commission suspended, on an interim basis, the 90-day 
deadline for the granting of pricing flexibility pending adoption of a 
new regulatory framework. Notwithstanding the temporary suspension, the 
Commission is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval 
for an extension to obtain the full three-year clearance for this 
expiring collection in the event the suspension is lifted. The 
Commission will separately seek OMB's approval for any subsequent 
modification of this collection, as a result of changes to the pricing 
flexibility rules, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-22023 Filed 9-15-14; 8:45 am]
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