[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 212 (Monday, November 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 65211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26033]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-1151]


Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the 
Commission) 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 
estimate; 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 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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
control number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before January 2, 
2015.
    If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it 
difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, 
you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email 
[email protected] and to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1151.
    Title: Sections 1.1420, 1.1422 and 1.1424, Pole Attachment Access 
Requirements.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 823 respondents; 36,207 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 20-45 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 224.
    Total Annual Burden: 449,441 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No questions of a 
confidential nature are asked.
    Needs and Uses: In Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration, 
FCC 11-50, the Commission adopted rules that related to implementation 
of section 224 pole attachment access rules. Specifically, the pole 
attachment access rules create a series of deadlines or ``timelines'' 
by which communications providers (``attachers'') request and receive 
permission from electric utilities and incumbent LECs (``pole owners'' 
or ``utilities'') to attach facilities to utility poles (``access''). A 
denial (or partial grant) of access by a utility must include all 
relevant evidence and information, and explain how the evidence and 
information relate to lack of capacity, safety, reliability, or 
engineering standards. In practice, this requirement causes the utility 
to survey the requested poles where access is requested and to perform 
an engineering analysis. Other paperwork burdens are triggered during 
the pole-preparation stage of the timeline (``make-ready''). These 
include sending letters of notification to any known entities with 
existing attachments and the requesting attacher. Such notification 
letters are sent when a make-ready schedule is established. If the 
make-ready period is interrupted; and if the pole owner asserts its 
right to one 15-day extension of time, notification letters are also 
required. Pole owners both perform and coordinate make-ready work. 
Additionally, the Order adopted a rule requiring utilities to post a 
list of approved contractors, and required new attachers that use 
contractors to perform pole attachment surveys or make-ready work in 
lieu of the utility using its own workers to choose from among approved 
contractors. If an attacher uses a utility-approved contractor, it must 
notify the utility, and invite the utility to send a representative to 
oversee the work.
    Finally, the Order also broadens the existing enforcement process 
by permitting incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) to file 
complaints alleging that the attachment rates demanded by electric 
utilities are unreasonable. The Order also encourages incumbent LECs 
that benefit from lower pole attachment costs to file data at the 
Commission that demonstrate that the benefits are being passed on to 
consumers.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary. Office of the Secretary, Office of the Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-26033 Filed 10-31-14; 8:45 am]
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