[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 147 (Tuesday, July 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36930-36931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16300]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0741]


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, 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 October 1, 
2018. 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: 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.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0741.

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    Title: Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing 
Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, GN Docket No. 17-84.
    Form Number(s): N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 5,357 respondents; 573,928 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-4.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements; 
recordkeeping and third-party disclosure requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 222 and 251.
    Total Annual Burden: 575,448 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting that the respondents submit confidential information to the 
FCC. Respondents may, however, request confidential treatment for 
information they believe to be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 
Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: Section 251 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. 251, is designed to accelerate private sector 
development and deployment of telecommunications technologies and 
services by spurring competition. Section 222(e) is also designed to 
spur competition by prescribing requirements for the sharing of 
subscriber list information. These information collection requirements 
are designed to help implement certain provisions of sections 222(e) 
and 251, and to eliminate operational barriers to competition in the 
telecommunications services market. Specifically, these information 
collection requirements will be used to implement (1) local exchange 
carriers' (``LECs'') obligations to provide their competitors with 
dialing parity and non-discriminatory access to certain services and 
functionalities; (2) incumbent local exchange carriers' (``ILECs'') 
duty to make network information disclosures; and (3) numbering 
administration. The revisions to this collection relate to changes in 
one of many components of the currently approved collection--
specifically, certain reporting, recordkeeping and/or third-party 
disclosure requirements under section 251(c)(5). In November 2017, the 
Commission adopted new rules concerning certain information collection 
requirements implemented under section 251(c)(5) of the Act, pertaining 
to network change disclosures. Most of the changes to those rules 
applied specifically to a certain subset of network change disclosures, 
namely notices of planned copper retirements. In addition, the changes 
removed a rule that prohibits incumbent LECs from engaging in useful 
advanced coordination with entities affected by network changes. In 
June 2018, the Commission revised its network change disclosure rules 
to (1) revise the types of network changes that trigger an incumbent 
LEC's public notice obligation, and (2) extend the force majeure 
provisions applicable to copper retirements to all types of network 
changes. The changes are aimed at removing unnecessary regulatory 
barriers to the deployment of high-speed broadband networks. The 
Commission estimates that these revisions do not result in any change 
to the total annual burden hours or any additional outlays of funds for 
hiring outside contractors or procuring equipment as the changes 
eliminate notices that are subsumed by notice obligations that remain 
in force or simply codify procedures available to a small number of 
incumbent LECs by waiver orders.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-16300 Filed 7-30-18; 8:45 am]
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