[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 31, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 50321-50322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23621]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 61

[WC Docket Nos. 16-143, 05-25, GN Docket No. 13-5, RM-10593; FCC 17-43]


Business Data Services in an Internet Protocol Environment; 
Technology Transitions; Special Access for Price Cap Local Exchange 
Carriers; AT&T Corporation Petition for Rulemaking

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, 
an information collection associated with the Commission's Business 
Data Services Report and Order, FCC 17-43, which, among other things, 
adopted an X-factor of two percent and required price cap ILECs to make 
a one-time filing to revise their Tariff Review Plans (TRPs) to 
implement the new X-factor to become effective on December 1, 2017. In 
particular, the Commission amended its rules to state that the X-factor 
shall equal 2 percent effective December 1, 2017. This document is 
consistent with the Order, which stated that the Commission would 
publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective 
date of this rule.

DATES: The amendment to 47 CFR 61.45(b)(1)(iv), published at June 2, 
2017, 82 FR 25660, is effective October 31, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Kehoe, Pricing Policy 
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-7122, or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on October 13, 
2017, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information 
collection requirement relating to Sec.  61.45(b)(1)(iv) of the 
Commission's rules, as contained in the Commission's Business Data 
Services Report and Order, FCC 17-43, published at 82 FR 25660, June 2, 
2017. The OMB Control Number is 3060-0400. The Commission publishes 
this document as an announcement of the effective date of the rules. If 
you have any comments on the burden estimates listed below, or how the 
Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens caused 
thereby, please contact Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications 
Commission, Room 1-A620, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. 
Please include the OMB Control Number, 3060-0400, in your 
correspondence. The Commission will also accept your comments via email 
at [email protected].
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 
send an email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received final OMB 
approval on October 13, 2017, for the information collection 
requirements contained in the modifications to the Commission's rules 
in 47 CFR part 61. Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not conduct or 
sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current, valid 
OMB Control Number.
    No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply 
with a

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collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that 
does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control 
Number is 3060-0400.
    The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
    The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents 
are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0400.
    OMB Approval Date: October 13, 2017.
    OMB Expiration Date: October 31, 2020.
    Title: Part 61, Tariff Review Plan.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,749 respondents; 4,165 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 hours--53 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One-time, biennial and on-occasion reporting 
requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection (IC) is contained 
in 47 U.S.C. 10(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 60,878 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Respondents are not being 
asked to submit confidential information to the Commission. If the 
Commission requests respondents to submit information which respondents 
believe are confidential, respondents may request confidential 
treatment of such information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's 
rules.
    Privacy Act: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The Commission has developed standardized Tariff 
Review Plans (TRPs) that set forth the summary material that incumbent 
LECs (LECs) file to support revisions to the rates in their interstate 
access service tariffs. The TRPs display basic data on rate development 
in a consistent manner, thereby facilitating review of the incumbent 
LEC rate revisions by the Commission and interested parties. The TRPs 
have served this purpose effectively in past years.
    On April 20, 2017, the Commission adopted the Business Data 
Services Report and Order, FCC 17-43, reforming the business data 
services/special access regulations for incumbent and competitive LECs 
by detariffing certain business data services and modifying the 
regulatory obligations for those business data services that will 
remain tariffed. Additionally, the Order adopted an X-factor of two 
percent and required price cap ILECs to make a one-time filing to 
revise their TRPs to implement the new X-factor to become effective on 
December 1, 2017. In particular, the Commission amended Sec.  
61.45(b)(1)(iv) of its rules to state that the X-factor shall equal 2 
percent effective December 1, 2017. To ease the burden on industry, the 
only factor that changes in the revised TRPs is the X-factor. Base 
period demand and the value of GDP-PI will stay constant for this 
particular filing.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-23621 Filed 10-30-17; 8:45 am]
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