[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 26 (Thursday, February 7, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 2460-2461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01312]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 1

[WC Docket No. 17-84, WT Docket No. 17-79; FCC 18-111]


Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers 
to Infrastructure Investment

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, 
the information collection associated with the Commission's revised 
pole attachment complaint rules. This document is consistent with 
Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to 
Infrastructure Investment, Third Report and Order and Declaratory 
Ruling, FCC 18-111, which stated that the Commission would publish a 
document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of the 
revised rules.

DATES: The amendment to 47 CFR 1.1413, published at 83 FR 46812, 
September 14, 2018, is effective March 11, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Ray, Attorney Advisor, 
Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-0357, or by email at 
[email protected]. For additional information concerning the 
Paperwork Reduction Act information collection requirements, contact 
Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on January 28, 
2019, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information 
collection requirements relating to the pole attachment complaint rules 
contained in the Commission's Accelerating Wireline Broadband 
Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, Third 
Report and Order and Declaratory Ruling, FCC 18-111, published at 83 FR 
46812, September 14, 2018. The OMB Control Number is 3060-0392. 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, 3060-0392, 
in your correspondence. The Commission also

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will 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 Commission is notifying the public that it received final 
OMB approval on January 28, 2019 for the information collection 
requirements contained in the modifications to the Commission's pole 
attachment complaint rules in 47 CFR 1.1413.
    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 collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB 
Control Number is 3060-0392.
    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 affected 
respondents are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0392.
    OMB Approval Date: January 28, 2019.
    OMB Expiration Date: January 31, 2022.
    Title: 47 CFR part 1, subpart J--Pole Attachment Complaint 
Procedures.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,775 respondents; 1,791 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10-14 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting and third-party 
disclosure requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits. Statutory 
authority for this information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 
224.
    Total Annual Burden: 3,149 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $486,000.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No questions of a 
confidential nature are asked. However, respondents may request that 
materials or information submitted to the Commission in a complaint 
proceeding be withheld from public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The Commission received OMB approval for a revision 
to an existing information collection. OMB Collection No. 3060-0392, 
among other things, tracks the burdens associated with utilities 
defending against complaints brought by incumbent local exchange 
carriers (LECs) related to unreasonable rates, terms, and conditions 
for pole attachments. In Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by 
Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, Third Report and Order 
and Declaratory Ruling, FCC 18-111, the Commission, among other things, 
revised 47 CFR 1.1413 to establish a presumption that an incumbent LEC 
is similarly situated to an attacher that is a telecommunications 
carrier or a cable television system providing telecommunications 
services for purposes of obtaining comparable pole attachment rates, 
terms, or conditions. The Commission also established a presumption 
that an incumbent LEC may be charged no higher than the Commission-
defined pole attachment rate for telecommunications carriers, as 
determined in accordance with 47 CFR 1.1406(d)(2). To rebut these 
presumptions, the utility must demonstrate by clear and convincing 
evidence that the incumbent LEC receives benefits under its pole 
attachment agreement with a utility that materially advantages the 
incumbent LEC over other telecommunications carriers or cable 
television systems providing telecommunications services on the same 
poles. As a result, now there is an incremental paperwork burden on 
utilities should they elect to challenge the presumption that incumbent 
LECs are entitled to rates, terms, and conditions of similarly-situated 
telecommunications attachers. None of the other paperwork burdens as 
set forth in the 2018 renewal of OMB Collection No. 3060-0392 will 
change. The Commission will use the information collected under this 
revision to 47 CFR 1.1413 to hear and resolve pole attachment 
complaints brought by incumbent LECs and to determine the merits of the 
complaints.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-01312 Filed 2-6-19; 8:45 am]
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