[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 147 (Tuesday, August 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47208-47209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16527]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-1265; FR ID 99060]


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 the Commission) invites the 
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to 
comment on the following information collection. 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 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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before October 3, 
2022. 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.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1265.
    Title: Connect America Fund--Performance Testing Measures.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,677 unique respondents; 
4,196 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 16 hours-60 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Biennial reporting requirements, quarterly 
reporting requirements and annual reporting requirements. Obligation to 
Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. Statutory authority for 
this information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151-154, 155, 
201-206, 214, 218-220, 251, 252, 254, 256, 303(r), 332, 403, 405, 410, 
and 1302.
    Total Annual Burden: 164,526 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: We note that the Universal 
Service Administrative Company (USAC) must preserve the confidentiality 
of certain data obtained from respondents; must not use the data except 
for purposes of administering the universal service programs or other 
purposes specified by the Commission; and must not disclose data in 
company-specific form unless directed to do so by the Commission. 
Materials or information submitted to the Commission or the 
Administrator will be confidential and not be available to the public.
    Needs and Uses: In the USF/ICC Transformation Order, the Commission 
laid the groundwork for today's universal service programs providing 
$4.5 billion in support for broadband internet deployment in high-cost 
areas. Connect America Fund, et al., Report and Order and Further 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, WC Docket No. 10-90, et al., 26 FCC Rcd 
17663 (2011) (USF/ICC Transformation Order). The USF/ICC Transformation 
Order required, among other things, that high-cost universal service 
recipients ``test their broadband networks for compliance with speed 
and latency metrics and certify to and report the results to the 
Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) on an annual basis.'' 
Id. at 17705, para. 109. Pursuant to the Commission's direction in that 
Order, the Wireline Competition Bureau, the Wireless Telecommunications 
Bureau, and the Office of Engineering and Technology (the Bureaus and 
OET) adopted more specific methodologies for such testing in the 
Performance Measures Order. See generally Performance Measures Order. 
See also 47 CFR 54.313(a)(6) (requiring that recipients of high-cost 
support provide ``[t]he results of network performance tests pursuant 
to the methodology and in the format determined by the Wireline 
Competition Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and Office of 
Engineering and Technology'').
    This collection includes requirements for testing speed and latency 
to ensure that carriers are meeting the public interest obligations 
associated with their receipt of high-cost universal service support. 
Carriers will identify, from among the locations they have already 
submitted and certified in USAC's High Cost Universal Broadband (HUBB) 
portal, the locations where they have an active subscriber (deployment 
locations are reported under OMB Control Number 3060-1228, and active

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locations will be reported under this control number). From those 
subscriber locations, USAC will then select a random sample from which 
the carrier will be required to perform testing for speed and latency. 
Carriers that do not provide location information in the HUBB will use 
a randomization tool provided by USAC to select a random sample of 
locations for testing. The carrier will then be required to submit to 
USAC the results of the testing on an annual basis. The annual filing 
will include the testing results for each quarter from the prior year. 
The carrier's sample for each service tier (e.g. 10 Mbps/1 Mbps, 25 
Mbps/1 Mbps) shall be regenerated every two years. During the two-year 
cycle, carriers will have the ability to add and remove subscriber 
locations if necessary, e.g., as subscribership changes. This 
information collection addresses the burdens associated with these 
requirements.


Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary. Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-16527 Filed 8-1-22; 8:45 am]
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