[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 3, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13043-13044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06470]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0751]
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 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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before June 3,
2019. 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 Cathy Williams, FCC, via email
[email protected] and to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control No.: 3060-0751.
Title: Contracts and Concessions, 47 CFR 43.51.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents/Responses: 20 respondents, 20 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 6-8 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 154, 211, 219 and 220.
Total Annual Burden: 140 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general, there is no need
for confidentiality with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: The Federal Communications Commission
(``Commission'') is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approve a revision of the information collection, titled,
``Contracts and Concessions--47 CFR 43.51'' under OMB Control Number
3060-0751. On November 29, 2012, the Commission released the
International Settlements Policy Reform Order (``ISP Reform Order''),
FCC 12-145. In this Order, the Commission decided to eliminate the
international settlements policy and certain associated rules,
including removal of the Section 43.51(d) filing requirements and
removal of Section 43.51(b)(3). As a result, this Supporting Statement
reflects a program change of -20 responses and -160 in annual burden
hours.
The Commission determined in the ISP Reform Order that the
international settlements policy (ISP) and rules had become
unnecessarily burdensome on U.S. carriers attempting to negotiate
agreements with foreign carriers to exchange traffic at lower rates.
The Commission determined that eliminating the ISP, with one exception
related to Cuba, would enable more market-based arrangements between
U.S. and foreign carriers on all U.S.-international routes, giving all
U.S. consumers competitive pricing when they make international calls.
When it eliminated the ISP, the Commission eliminated Section
43.51(b)(3), which required that the agreements described in Sections
43.51(a) and 43.51(b) be filed by U.S.-international carriers that were
affiliated with foreign carriers that possessed market power on certain
U.S.-international. The Commission also removed Section 43.51(d), which
required annual reporting by U.S.-international carriers of certain
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information concerning their agreements for interconnection of an
international private line to the U.S. public switched network. The
Commission declined in the ISP Reform Order to adopt proposed rules
requiring U.S.-international carriers to file, or provide notice of,
agreements with foreign carriers to exchange traffic at rates that
exceeded the Commission's ``benchmark'' settlement rates. The
Commission stated that it would require U.S. carriers to provide
information about any above-benchmark settlement rates on an as-needed
basis in connection with an investigation of competition problems or a
review of high consumer rates on particular routes, according
confidential treatment to the information.
Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 2019-06470 Filed 4-2-19; 8:45 am]
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