[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1634-1635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00334]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[3060-1151]


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

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 Commission) 
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this 
opportunity to comment on the following information collections. 
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 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 comments should be submitted on or before February 12, 
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 contacts below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via 
email [email protected]; and to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via 
email [email protected] and to [email protected]. Include in the comments 
the OMB control number as shown in the ``Supplementary Information'' 
section below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.
    To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) 
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the Web page called ``Currently 
Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the 
``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4) 
select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies 
presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button 
to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC 
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the OMB control number of 
this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC 
submission to OMB will be displayed.

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.

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    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. 2015-00334 Filed 1-12-15; 8:45 am]
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