[Federal Register: December 31, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 251)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management and Budget
December 19, 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 March 2, 2009. 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: 3060-0848.
Title: Deployment of Wireline Services Offering Advanced
Telecommunications Capability, CC Docket No. 98-147.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 1,400 respondents; 17,340 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .50-26 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for these information collections are contained in
47 U.S.C. Sections 151-154, 201-203, 251-254, 256 and 303(r) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 61,490 hours.
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. If the Commission requests respondents submit information
which respondents believe is confidential, respondents 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 the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60
day comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance
from them. The Commission
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is requesting a revision due to elimination of previously approved data
element. The item eliminated is request for alternative physical access
which was estimated at 700 burden hours. Other reporting requirement
estimates were updated since the last submission to the OMB in 2006.
Therefore, the Commission is reporting a -700 hour program change and a
-103,410 hourly adjustment of the total annual burden resulting in a
new estimated burden of 61,490 hours (previously estimated at 165,600
total annual burden hours) since this collection was last submitted to
the OMB for review and approval in 2006.
This collection identifies 16 different information collection
requirements. The Commission sought to further Congress's goal of
promoting innovation and investment by all participating in the
telecommunications marketplace, in order to stimulate competition for
all services, including advanced telecommunications services. In
furtherance of this goal, the Commission imposes certain information
collection requirements on incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) in
order to ensure compliance with the incumbent LEC's collocation
obligations and to assist incumbent LECs in protecting network
integrity. All of the collections will be used by the Commission and by
competitive carriers to facilitate the deployment of advanced services
and to implement section 251 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
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