[Federal Register: November 29, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 229)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management and Budget
November 22, 2006.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid
control number. 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 estimate; (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.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before January 29, 2007. If you anticipate that you
will be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within
the period of
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time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC contact listed
below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Allison E. Zaleski, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202)
395-6466, or via fax at 202-395-5167 or via internet at
Allison_E._Zaleski@eop.omb.gov and to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 1-B441, 445 12th Street, SW., DC 20554
or an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. If you would like to obtain or view a copy
of this information collection after the 60 day comment period, you may
do so by visiting the FCC PRA Web page at: http://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection(s), contact Judith B. Herman at 202-418-
0214 or via the Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0496.
Title: The ARMIS Operating Data Report.
Report No.: FCC Report 43-08.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 56 respondents; 56 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 139 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
Total Annual Burden: 7,784 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission contends that
areas in which detailed information is required are fully subject to
regulation and the issue of data being regarded as sensitive will arise
in special circumstances only. In such circumstances, respondents are
instructed on the appropriate procedures to follow to safeguard
sensitive information. If respondents wish to submit information which
they believe is confidential, they may request confidential treatment
of such information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to OMB as an extension (no change in reporting requirements)
after this 60 day comment period to obtain the full three-year
clearance from them.
ARMIS (Automated Reporting and Management Information Systems) was
implemented to facilitate the timely and efficient analysis of revenue
requirements, rates of return and price caps; to provide an improved
basis for audits and other oversight functions; and to enhance the
Commission's ability to quantify the effects of alternative policy. The
Operating Data Report, FCC Report 43-08, collects annual statistical
data in a consistent format that is essential for the Commission to
monitor network growth, usage, and reliability. The information
contained in the ARMIS Report 43-08 provides the necessary detail to
enable the Commission to fulfill its regulatory responsibilities.
Automated reporting of these data greatly enhances the Commission's
ability to process and analyze the extensive amounts of data that are
needed to administer its rules. Automating and organizing data
submitted to the Commission facilitate the timely and efficient
analysis of revenue requirements, rate of return and price caps,
provide an improved basis for auditing and other oversight functions
and enhance the Commission's ability to quantify the effects of policy
proposals.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0895.
Title: Numbering Resource Optimization, CC Docket No. 99-200.
Form No.: FCC Form 502.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit and state, local or
tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 2,780 respondents; 2,780 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 48 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and semi-annual reporting
requirements and recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
Total Annual Burden: 133,370 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $7,858,650.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Disaggregated, carrier
specific forecast and utilization data will be treated as confidential
and will be exempt from public disclosure under 5 U.S.C. Section
552(b)(4).
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to OMB as a revision after this 60 day comment period to
obtain the full three-year clearance from them. Carriers that receive
numbering resources from the North American Numbering Plan (NANP)
Administrator or that receive numbering resources from the Pooling
Administrator in thousand-blocks must report forecast and utilization
data semi-annually. These carriers are also required to maintain
detailed internal records of their number usage. Carriers must file
applications for initial and growth numbering resources. The
information will be used by FCC, state regulatory commissions, and the
NANP administrator to monitor numbering resource utilization and to
project the date of area code and NANP exhaust. The total annual burden
hours have been reduced to adjust for the elimination of a one-time
reporting requirement for cost data support.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0942.
Title: Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance Review for Local
Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long Distance Users, Federal-State Joint
Board on Universal Service.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 759 respondents; 759 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 28.09 hours (average).
Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual, quarterly reporting
requirements, recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure
requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 21,321 hours.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the
Commission or to USAC. If the Commission requests respondents to submit
information to the Commission that the respondents believe are
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 will submit this information
collection to OMB as an extension (no change in reporting requirements,
recordkeeping requirement and/or third party disclosure requirement)
after this 60 day comment period to obtain the full three-year
clearance from them.
When the Commission adopted a Report and Order, it took action to
further accelerate the development of competition in the local and
long-distance telecommunications market, and to further establish
explicit universal service support that will be sustainable in an
increasingly competitive marketplace, pursuant to the mandate of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act). The Commission requires the
following information to be reported under the Coalitions for
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Affordable Local and Long Distance Service (CALLS) Proposal: tariff
filing, quarterly and annual data filings and cost support information.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1044.
Title: Review of the Section 251 Unbundling Obligations of
Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers, CC Docket No. 01-338 and WC Docket
No. 04-313, Order on Remand.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 645 respondents; 645 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 8 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 5,160 hours.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Cost: $103,200.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the
Commission. However, in certain circumstances, respondents may
voluntarily choose to submit confidential information pursuant to
applicable confidentiality rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to OMB as a revision after this 60 day comment period to
obtain the full three-year clearance from them.
In FCC 03-36 (Order) the Commission adopted rules and regulations
designed to eliminate operational barriers to competition in the
telecommunications services market and implement certain provisions of
Section 251, including the unbundled network elements (UNE) obligations
of incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs). In the Order on Remand
(FCC 04-290) the Commission responded to a decision by the United
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that vacated the
``sub-delegation'' of authority to state commissions and vacated and
remanded certain nationwide impairment findings, including mass market
switching and dedicated transport. This resulted in the removal of the
``State Commission UNE Proceeding'' section of this collection.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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