[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 110 (Friday, June 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26678-26679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11915]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0751]


Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to 
Office of Management and Budget

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, 
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. Pursuant to the Small Business 
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it 
might ``further reduce the information collection burden for small 
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.''
    The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management 
and Budget (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 comments should be submitted on or before July 8, 2019. 
If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments but find it 
difficult to do so with the period of time allowed by this notice, you 
should advise the contacts listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via 
email [email protected]; and to Cathy Williams, FCC, via 
email [email protected] and to [email protected]. Include in the 
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918. To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) 
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the web page http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the web page called ``Currently 
Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the 
``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4) 
select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies 
presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button 
to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC 
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the Title of this ICR and 
then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to 
OMB will be displayed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce 
paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the FCC invited the general public and 
other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the 
following information collection. Comments are requested concerning: 
(a) 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; (b) the accuracy 
of the Commission's burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) 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. Pursuant to the Small Business 
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might ``further 
reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns 
with fewer than 25 employees.''
    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) approves a revision for 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

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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 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.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-11915 Filed 6-6-19; 8:45 am]
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