[Federal Register: August 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 158)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management and Budget, Comments Requested
August 6, 2008.
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to comment on the following
information collection(s). 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. An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently
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 valid OMB control
number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before September
15, 2008. 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: Submit your comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget (e-mail address: nfraser@omb.eop.gov), and to the
Federal Communications Commission's PRA mailbox (e-mail address:
PRA@fcc.gov). Include in the e-mails the OMB control number of the
collection as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below or,
if there is no OMB control number, the Title as shown in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. If you are unable to submit your
comments by email contact the person listed below to make alternate
arrangements.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact
Leslie F. Smith via email at PRA@fcc.gov or at
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(202) 418-0217. To view or obtain a copy of an information collection
request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to this OMB/GSA Web page: http:/
/www.reginfo.gov/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, and
(6) when the list of FCC ICRs currently under review appears, look for
the OMB control number of the ICR you want to view (or its title if
there is no OMB control number) and then click on the ICR Reference
Number. A copy of the FCC submission to OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0169.
Title: Sections 43.51 and 43.53--Reports and Records of
Communications Common Carriers and Affiliates.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 63 respondents; 1,218
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 4.2 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting
requirement; recordkeeping requirement; and third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. See
47 CFR 43.51 and 43.53.
Total Annual Burden: 5,247 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impacts.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting that the respondents submit confidential information to the
FCC. Respondents may, however, request confidential treatment for
information they believe to be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: Section 43.51 (47 CFR 43.51) requires that any
communications common carrier described in paragraph 43.51(b) file with
the Commission, within thirty (30) days of execution, a copy of each
contract, agreement, concession, license, authorization, operating
agreement or other arrangement to which it is a party and any
amendments. Section 43.51 also requires carriers to maintain copies of
certain contracts, to have them readily accessible to Commission staff
and members of the public upon request and to forward individual
contracts to the Commission as requested. Section 43.53 (47 CFR 43.53)
requires each communications common carrier engaged directly in the
transmission or reception of telegraph communications between the
continental United States and any foreign country to file a report with
the Commission within thirty (30) days of the date of any arrangement
concerning the division of the total telegraph charges on such
communications other than transiting.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-18845 Filed 8-13-08; 8:45 am]
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