[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 e-mail contact the person listed below to make alternate
arrangements.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact
Leslie F. Smith via e-mail at PRA@fcc.gov or at (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-XXXX.
Title: Service Quality Measurement Plan for Interstate Special
Access and Monthly Usage Reporting Requirements (272 Sunset
Rulemaking).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 3 respondents; 48 responses
annually.
Estimated Time per Response: 25-75 hours.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 47
U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 154(j), 201-204, 214, 220(a), 251, 252, 271,
272, and 303(r).
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Frequency of Response: Monthly and quarterly reporting
requirements; third party disclosure.
Total Annual Burden: 3,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact.
Nature of Extent of Confidentiality: The respondents may request
confidentiality protection for the special access performance
information. The respondents are not required to file their customers'
monthly usage information with the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC).
Needs and Uses: The service quality measurement plan for interstate
special access would require the respondents to report special access
performance metrics on a quarterly basis. Because, pursuant to Section
272(f)(1) Sunset of the BOC Separate Affiliate and Related
Requirements; 2000 Biennial Regulatory Review Separate Affiliate
Requirements of Section 64.1903 of the Commission's Rules; Petition of
AT&T Inc. for Forbearance Under 47 U.S.C. 160(c) with Regard to Certain
Dominant Carrier Regulations for In-Region, Interexchange Services, WC
Docket Nos. 02-112, 06-120, CC Docket No. 00-175, Report and Order and
Memorandum Opinion and Order, 22 FCC Rcd 16440 (2007) (Section 272
Sunset Order), the respondents are no longer required to comply with
the section 272 structural safeguards, the special access performance
metrics reporting requirements will help ensure that these carriers do
not engage in non-price discrimination in the provision of special
access services to unaffiliated entities and will provide the FCC and
other interested parties with reasonable tools to monitor these
carriers' performance in providing these special access services to
themselves and their competitors. The monthly usage reporting
requirement would require the respondents to provide each of their
residential customers who subscribe to a call plan that establishes a
single rate for unlimited wireline local exchange and long distance
telecommunications service with the total number of long distance
telecommunications service minutes used by that customer each month.
This monthly usage reporting requirement will help ensure that, as a
result of the relief granted in the Section 272 Sunset Order
residential interstate long distance consumers receive adequate
information regarding their monthly usage in order to make informed
choices among alternative long distance calling plans.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0760.
Title: 272 Sunset Order, WC Docket No. 06-120; Access Charge
Reform, CC Docket No. 96-262 (First Report and Order); Second Order on
Reconsideration and Memorandum Opinion and Order, and Fifth Report and
Order.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 17 respondents; 904 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 3-300 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and one time reporting
requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. See
47 FR 69.727.
Total Annual Burden: 30,348 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $700,600.
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: Pursuant to the recently-released Section 272
Sunset Order, FCC 07-159, respondents are no longer required to comply
with 47 U.S.C. 272 structural safeguards. As such, the respondents must
now file certifications with the Commission prior to providing contract
tariff services to itself or to any affiliate that is neither a section
272 nor a rule 64.1903 separate affiliate for use in the provision of
any in-region, long distance services that it provides service pursuant
to that contract tariff to an unaffiliated customer. The certification
requirement will ensure, as a result of the relief granted in FCC 07-
159, equivalent protection in the event the BOCs provide in-region,
long distance services directly and will be less burdensome and less
costly for these providers.
Please note that the Commission is republishing this notice in the
Federal Register due to our determination that the initial publication
contained several errors and that the methodology use to estimate the
burdens should be revised. The initial publication was on July 24, 2008
(73 FR 43228). Also, the revisions to information collection 3060-0760
stem from the 272 Sunset Order that prompted the new information
collection 30-day notice being published simultaneously.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
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