[Federal Register: August 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 165)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management and Budget
August 14, 2008.
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, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. 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 October 24, 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: 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, or an e-mail to
PRA@fcc.gov. To view a copy of this information collection request
(ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the 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
title of this ICR (or its OMB Control Number, if there is one) and then
click on the ICR Reference Number to view detailed information about
this ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact
Judith B. Herman at 202-418-0214 or via the Internet at Judith-
B.Herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0742.
Title: Sections 52.21 through 52.33, Telephone Number Portability
(47 CFR Part 52, Subpart C), CC Docket No. 95-116.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 1,990 respondents; 1,990 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours-50 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and one-time reporting
requirements, recordkeeping requirement, and third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 5,850 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $91,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality. The Commission is not requesting respondents to submit
confidential information to the Commission. If the Commission requests
respondents to submit information which the respondent believes is
confidential, they may request confidential treatment of such
information pursuant to Section 0.459 of the Commission's rules (see 47
CFR 0.459).
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as an extension
after this 60 day comment period to obtain the full three year
clearance from them. There is no change to the reporting, recordkeeping
and/or third party disclosure requirements. However, the Commission is
reporting an adjusted increase in the number of respondents filing
information with the Commission, and the tariff and cost support
estimate has been reduced from 149 hours per response to 50 hours per
response.
Thereby, reducing the total annual burden by 8,483 hours. There are
four information collection requirements in
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this information collection subject to OMB review and approval under
the Paperwork Reduction Act. They are: (1) Requests for long-term
number portability; (2) petitions to extend implementation deadlines;
(3) tariffs and cost support; and (4) recordkeeping requirement. The
reporting requirements and recordkeeping requirement are as follows:
(a) Requests for long-term number portability--Long-term number
portability (LNP) must be provide by Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) and
Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) providers in switches for which
another carrier has made a specific request for number portability,
according to the Commission's deployment schedule. Wireline carriers
began providing LNP in 1998. CMRS providers began offering LNP in 2003.
(b) Petitions to extend implementation deadline--Carriers that are
unable to meet the deadlines for implementing a long-term number
portability solution are required to file with the Commission at least
60 days in advance of the deadline a petition to extend the time by
which implementation in its network will be completed.
(c) Tariffs and cost support--Incumbent LECs may recover their
carrier-specific costs directly related to providing long-term number
portability by establishing in tariffs filed with the Commission
certain number portability charges. Incumbent LECs are required to
include many details in their cost support that are unique to the
number portability proceeding pursuant to the Cost Classification
Order. For instance, incumbent LECs must demonstrate that any
incremental overhead costs claimed in their cost support are actually
new costs incremental to and resulting from the provision of long-term
number portability.
(d) Recordkeeping requirement--Incumbent LECs are required to
maintain records that detail both the nature and specific amount of
these carrier-specific costs that are directly related to number
portability, and those carrier-specific costs that are not directly
related to number portability.
The information collected and used by the Commission to determine
compliance with Section 251 of the Communications Act, as amended, and
the Commission's LNP orders and rules.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-19660 Filed 8-22-08; 8:45 am]
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