[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 48927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20056]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection Approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces 
that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved a new 
information collection associated with the Commission's 833 Auction 
Procedures Public Notice (FCC 19-75) (Public Notice), for a period of 
six months pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number, and no person 
is required to respond to a collection of information unless it 
displays a currently valid control number. Comments concerning the 
accuracy of the burden estimates and any suggestions for reducing the 
burden should be directed to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Nicole Ongele, 
[email protected], (202) 418-2991.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The total annual reporting burdens and costs 
for the respondents are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1264.
    OMB Approval Date: September 9, 2019.
    OMB Expiration Date: March 31, 2020.
    Title: Application to Participate in a Toll Free Number Auction, 
FCC Form 833.
    Form Number: FCC Form 833.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, Individuals or 
households, Not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, State, 
Local or Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 200 respondents; 200 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On-occasion reporting requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
sections 1, 4(i), 201(b) and 251(e)(1) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 201(b), 251(e)(1).
    Total Annual Burden: 300 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Information collected on FCC 
Form 833 is made available for public inspection, and the Commission is 
not requesting that respondents submit confidential information as part 
of the pre-auction application process. For individuals, the Privacy 
Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, is the statutory authority for confidentiality and 
applies to this information collection. To the extent the information 
submitted pursuant to this information collection is determined to be 
confidential, it will be protected by the Commission. If a respondent 
seeks to have certain information collected on FCC Form 833 withheld 
from public inspection, the respondent may request confidential 
treatment of such information pursuant to section 0.459 of the 
Commission's rules. See 47 CFR 0.459.
    Privacy Act: The Commission will determine if a Privacy Impact 
Assessment is required.
    Needs and Uses: In August 2019, the Commission adopted the 833 
Auction Procedures Public Notice (FCC 19-75), which established 
application and bidding procedures for the 833 Auction and required the 
use of FCC Form 833 to apply to participate in the auction. The 
Commission's rules and related requirements are designed to ensure that 
the competitive bidding process for assigning toll free numbers is 
limited to qualified applicants, deter possible abuse of the bidding 
process, and enhance the use of competitive bidding to assign toll free 
numbers in furtherance of the public interest. Applicants will use FCC 
Form 833 to submit the required disclosures and certifications, and the 
information collected on FCC Form 833 will then be reviewed to 
determine if an applicant is qualified to bid in the 833 code toll free 
number auction (833 Auction). The 833 Auction will not be able to occur 
without the collection of information on FCC Form 833. Without the 
information collected on FCC Form 833, a determination of whether the 
applicant is qualified to bid in the 833 Auction cannot be made.
    The Commission received emergency approval from OMB for the 
information collection requirements contained in OMB Control Number 
3060-1264 on September 9, 2019.

Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-20056 Filed 9-16-19; 8:45 am]
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