[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 199 (Monday, October 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62847-62848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22528]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-1005; FR ID 109195]


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 and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be submitted on or before November 16, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting 
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function. Your comment must be submitted into 
www.reginfo.gov per the above instructions for it to be considered. In 
addition to submitting in www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of your 
comment on the proposed information collection to Nicole Ongele, FCC, 
via email to [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 Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991. 
To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted 
to OMB: (1) go to the web page http://www.reginfo.gov/

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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 Number: 3060-1005.
    Title: Numbering Resource Optimization-Phase 3.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and State, Local, or 
Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 38 respondents; 254 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 25-40 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 153, 154, 201-205, 207-209, 218, 225-227, 251-252, 271, and 332.
    Total Annual Burden: 6,380 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. If the Commission requests respondents to submit 
information which respondents believe is confidential, respondents may 
request confidential treatment of such information pursuant to 47 CFR 
0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission established a safety valve to ensure 
that carriers experiencing rapid growth in a given market will be able 
to meet customer demand. States may use this safety valve to grant 
requests from carriers that demonstrate the following:
    (1) The carrier will exhaust its numbering resources in a market or 
rate area within three months (in lieu of six months-to-exhaust 
requirement); and
    (2) Projected growth is based on the carrier's actual growth in the 
market or rate area, or in the carrier's actual growth in a reasonably 
comparable market, but only if that projected growth varies no more 
than 15 percent from historical growth in the relevant market.
    The Commission lifted the ban on service-specific and technology-
specific overlays (collectively, specialized overlays or SOs), allowing 
state commissions seeking to implement SOs to request delegated 
authority to do so on a case-by-case basis. To provide further guidance 
to state commissions, the Commission set forth the criteria that each 
request for delegated authority to implement a SO should address. This 
will enable us to examine the feasibility of SOs in a particular area, 
and to determine whether the Commission's stated goals are likely to be 
met if the SO is implemented. Specifically, state commissions should 
also specifically address the following:
    (1) The technologies or services to be included in the SO;
    (2) The geographic area to be covered;
    (3) Whether the SO will be transitional;
    (4) When the SO will be implemented and, if a transitional SO is 
proposed, when the SO will become an all-services overlay;
    (5) Whether the SO will include take-backs;
    (6) Whether there will be 10-digit dialing in the SO and the 
underlying area code(s);
    (7) Whether the SO and underlying area code(s) will be subject to 
rationing; and
    (8) Whether the SO will cover an area in which pooling is taking 
place.
    The Commission uses the information it collects to assist the state 
commissions in carrying out their delegated authority over numbering 
resources.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-22528 Filed 10-14-22; 8:45 am]
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