[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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