[Federal Register: October 22, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 203)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management and Budget
October 11, 2007.
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 November 21, 2007. If you anticipate that you
will be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within
the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC
contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, (202) 395-5887, or via fax at 202-395-5167 or
via Internet at
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.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, 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: 3060-0975.
Title: Sections 68.3 and 1.4000, Promotion of Competitive Networks
in Local Telecommunications Markets Multiple Tenant Environments
(MTEs).
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for profit
institutions, Federal Government, and state, local or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents: 5,983 respondents; 5,983 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: .50-10 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 215,882 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to the OMB as an extension (no change in the reporting
requirement or third party disclosure requirement) during this comment
period to obtain the full three-year clearance from them. There is a
change in the number of respondents/responses and the burden hours.
In October 2000, the Federal Communications Commission adopted and
released several rulemakings to foster competition in local
communications markets by implementing measures to ensure that
competing telecommunications providers are able to provide services to
customers in multiple tenet environments (MTEs).
Specifically, the rulemakings require the following: (1) Prohibited
carriers from entering into contracts that restrict or effectively
restrict a property owner's ability to permit entry by competing
carriers; (2) established procedures to facilitate moving the
demarcation point to the minimum point of entry (MPOE) at the building
owner's request, and requires incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs)
to timely disclose the location of existing demarcation points where
they are not located at the MPOE; (3) determined that, under section
224 of the Communications Act, utilities, including LECs, must afford
telecommunications carriers and cable service providers reasonable and
nondiscriminatory access to conduits and rights-of-way located in
customer buildings and campuses, to the extent that such conduits and
rights-of-way are owned or controlled by the utility; and (4) extended
to antennas that receive and transmit telecommunications and other
fixed wireless signals the existing prohibition of restrictions that
impair the installation, maintenance or use of certain video antennas
on property within the exclusive use or control of the antenna user,
where the user has a direct or indirect ownership or leasehold interest
in the property.
This information will facilitate efficient interaction between
premises owners and LECs regarding the placement of the demarcation
point, which marks the end of wiring under control of the LEC and the
beginning of wiring under control of the premises owner or subscriber.
The demarcation point is a critical point of interconnection where
competitive LECs can gain access to the inside wiring of the building
to provide service to customers in the building. This collection will
also help ensure that customer-end antennas used for telecommunications
service comply with the Commission's limits on radio frequency
exposure, and it will provide the Commission with information on the
state of the market. In short, this information will be used to foster
competition in local telecommunications markets by ensuring that
competing telecommunications providers are able to provide services to
customers in multiple tenant environments (MTEs).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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