[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55153-55154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22422]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-1192]


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 of 1995 (PRA), 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 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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before December 
16, 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 Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email 
[email protected] and to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele, (202) 418-2991.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1192.
    Title: Survey of Urban Rates, DA 13-598.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,275 respondents; 2,275 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 254(b).
    Total Annual Burden: 6,825 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting that respondents submit confidential information to the 
Commission. Also, respondents may request materials or information 
submitted to the Commission be withheld from public inspection under 47 
CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: In April 2013, the Wireline Competition Bureau of 
the Federal Communications Commission adopted an Order (Order), in WC 
Docket No. 10-90; DA 13-598, 78 FR 29063, Connect America Fund. The 
Order adopted the form and content for a survey of urban rates for 
fixed voice and fixed broadband residential services for

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purposes of implementing various reforms adopted as part of the USF/ICC 
Transformation Order, 76 FR 73830, November 29, 2011. The information 
collected in this survey will be used to help ensure that universal 
service support recipients offering fixed voice and broadband services 
do so at reasonably comparable rates to those in urban areas. The 
comparability requirements are important components of the Commission's 
overall effort to improve accountability for the use of universal 
service funding. The comparability requirements will ensure that rates 
are reasonably comparable for voice as well as broadband service, 
between urban and rural, insular, and high cost areas. Rates must be 
reasonably comparable so that consumers in rural, insular, and high 
cost areas have meaningful access to these services. This Order 
requires a statistically valid sample of urban providers to complete a 
survey with information regarding the types and prices of their 
offerings. The Commission conducts this survey through an online 
reporting form accessible to those urban providers of fixed voice and 
broadband services that are chosen to participate.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-22422 Filed 10-11-19; 8:45 am]
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