[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7865-7866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02991]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[WC Docket No. 05-25; DA 15-66]


Wireline Competition Bureau Issues Subpoena to Providers 
Responding to the Special Access Data Collection

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) issues an 
administrative subpoena requiring providers of special access services 
to submit customer-related information sought in the special access 
data collection.

DATES: The deadline for businesses responding to the subpoena/
collection with more than 1,500 employees is January 29, 2015. The 
deadline for business required to respond to this subpoena/collection 
with 1,500 or fewer employees is February 27, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Providers are instructed to submit the requested 
information/documents using the Special Access Web Portal created for 
the electronic filing of information and certifications in response to 
the special access data collection, available at https://specialaccessfiling.fcc.gov/spadc/login. In the event files are too 
large to deliver via the Special Access Web Portal, contact Christopher 
Koves, [email protected] to coordinate hand delivery to the 
Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 
20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Koves at 
[email protected] or 202-418-8209.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Public Notice, WC 
Docket 05-25, RM 10593, DA 15-66, released January 16, 2015. This 
document does not contain information collection(s) subject to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104-13. In addition, 
therefore, it does not contain any new or modified ``information 
collection burden[s] for small business concerns with fewer than 25 
employees,'' pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 
2002. The full text of this document may be downloaded at the following 
Internet address: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-15-66A1.pdf. The complete text maybe purchased from Best Copy and 
Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 
20554. To request alternative formats, for persons with disabilities 
(e.g. accessible format documents, sign language, interpreters, CARTS, 
etc.), send an email to [email protected] or call the Commission's 
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 or (202) 
418-0432 (TTY).
    On January 16, 2015, the Bureau issued an administrative subpoena 
ordering providers of special access service in areas where the 
incumbent local exchange carrier is subject to price cap regulation to 
submit the customer-related data sought in the special access data 
collection. The subpoena addresses concerns raised the National Cable 
and Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and United States Telecom 
Association (USTelecom) about the application of Federal privacy 
statues when responding to the collection with customer information.

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    NCTA and USTelcom in ex parte filings asked the Bureau to issue an 
administrative subpoena requiring providers of special access services 
to submit documents in response to the collection to remove uncertainty 
regarding providers' obligations under the Electronic Communications 
Privacy Act (ECPA) and Sections 222 and 631 of the Communications Act 
(the Act) while providing the Commission with information requested in 
the collection.
    The Bureau issues this subpoena to remove any uncertainty as to the 
obligations of respondents to produce the customer information sought 
in the collection consistent with ECPA and with sections 222 and 631 of 
the Act. Accordingly, providers must produce any and all documents 
providing the customer-related information sought by the Commission in 
the data collection. Providers are instructed to utilize the Special 
Access Web Portal created for the submission of electronic information 
and certification in response to the special access data collection, 
available at https://specialaccessfiling.fcc.gov/spadc/login. In the 
event files are too large to deliver via the Special Access Web Portal, 
contact Christopher Koves, [email protected] to coordinate hand 
delivery to the Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20554. The filing deadline for businesses required to 
respond to this Subpoena with more than 1,500 employees is January 29, 
2015. The filing deadline for businesses required to respond to this 
Subpoena with 1,500 or fewer employees is February 27, 2015.

Federal Communications Commission.
Lynne Engledow,
Assistant Chief, Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2015-02991 Filed 2-11-15; 8:45 am]
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