[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 119 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 33136-33137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13213]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 51

[WC Docket No. 18-156; FCC 20-143; FRS #33399]


8YY Charge Reform

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, 
the information collection associated with the Commission's 8YY Charge 
Reform Report and Order (Order)'s toll free or 8YY intercarrier 
compensation rules. This document is consistent with the Order, which 
stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal 
Register announcing the effective date of those rules.

DATES: The amendments to Sec. Sec.  51.907(i) through (k) (instruction 
4), 51.909(l) through (o) (instruction 5), and 51.911(e) (instruction 
6.b), published at 85 FR 75894, November 27, 2020, are effective June 
24, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ahuva Battams, Pricing Policy 
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-1565, or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on May 13, 
2021, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information 
collection requirements relating to the 8YY intercarrier compensation 
rules contained in the Commission's Order, FCC 20-143, published at 85 
FR 75894. The OMB Control Number is 3060-0298. The Commission publishes 
this document as an announcement of the effective date of the rules. If 
you have any comments on the burden estimates listed below, or how the 
Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens caused 
thereby, please contact Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications 
Commission, 45 L St. NE, Washington, DC 20554. Please

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include the OMB Control Number, 3060-0298, in your correspondence. The 
Commission will also accept your comments via email at [email protected].
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 
send an email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received final OMB 
approval on May 13, 2021, for the information collection requirements 
contained in the modifications to the Commission's rules in 47 CFR part 
51.
    Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a 
collection of information unless it displays a current, valid OMB 
Control Number.
    No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply 
with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB 
Control Number is 3060-0298.
    The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
    The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents 
are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0298.
    OMB Approval Date: May 13, 2021.
    OMB Expiration Date: May 31, 2024.
    Title: Part 61, Tariffs (Other than Tariff Review Plan).
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,925 respondents; 9,585 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1-50 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One-time, biennial and on-occasion reporting 
requirements.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
sections 1-5, 201-205, 208, 251-271, 403, 502, and 503 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151-155, 201-205, 
208, 251-271, 403, 502 and 503.
    Total Annual Burden: 244,477 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $1,584,000.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Respondents are not being 
asked to submit confidential information to the Commission. If the 
Commission requests respondents to submit information which respondents 
believe is confidential, respondents may request confidential treatment 
of such information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Privacy Act: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: Sections 201, 202, 203, 204 and 205 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, (Act) as amended, 47 U.S.C. 201, 202, 203, 
204 and 205, require that common carriers establish just and reasonable 
charges, practices, and regulations, which must be filed with the 
Commission to determine whether such schedules are just, reasonable and 
not unduly discriminatory. On October 9, 2020, the Commission released 
the Order, FCC 20-143, published at 85 FR 75894, which transitions 
intercarrier compensation for toll-free services either to lower, 
uniform rate caps or to bill-and-keep over approximately three years as 
a means of curtailing abuse of the 8YY intercarrier compensation 
regime. The Order requires price cap and rate-of-return carriers to 
establish separate rate elements for certain interstate and intrastate 
toll free and non-toll free services. Carriers are also required to 
lower the 8YY database query charges over three years, and are 
prohibited from charging for more than one query per call. Competitive 
local exchange carriers (LECs) assessing a tariffed intrastate or 
interstate Toll Free Database Query Charge must cap such charges and 
revise their tariffs to ensure that those charges do not exceed the 
rates charged by the competing incumbent LEC.
    The information collected through carriers' tariffs is used by the 
Commission and state commissions to determine whether services offered 
are just and reasonable, as the Act requires. The tariffs and any 
supporting documentation are examined in order to determine if the 
services are offered in a just and reasonable manner.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-13213 Filed 6-23-21; 8:45 am]
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