[Federal Register: April 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 80)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated
Authority, Comments Requested
April 18, 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 June 23,
2008. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find
it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice,
you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments by e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. Include in
the e-mail the OMB control number of the collection. 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 about the
information collection(s) or to obtain a copy of the collection send an
e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov and include the collection's OMB control number
as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below, or call
[insert name and telephone number of appropriate PERM PRA analyst].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1064.
Title: Regulatory Fee Assessment True-Ups.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,650 respondents; 1,650
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes (0.25 hours).
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 413 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality. However, respondents may request materials or
information submitted to the Commission be withheld from public
inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the FCC's rules.
Needs and Uses: Section 9 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 CFR Section 9, mandates that the Commission collect annual
regulatory fees from its regulatees. To facilitate this effort, the
Commission publishes various Public Notices and Fact Sheets each year
that (1) announce when fees payments are due; (2) provide the current
schedule of fee amounts for all service categories; and (3) provide
guidance for making fee payments to the Commission.
Beginning in Fiscal Year (FY) 2004, the Commission now mails fee
assessment notifications to cable television operators, broadcast
licensees and commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) licensees on an
annual basis. With these fee assessment notifications, we also provide
regulatees with a ``true-up'' \1\ opportunity to contact the FCC to
update or otherwise correct their assessed fee amounts well before the
actual due date for payment of regulatory fees. Providing a ``true-up''
opportunity is necessary because the data sources that were used to
generate the fee assessments may not have complete accuracy. The
Commission offers several ways for regulatees to ``true-up'' their
assessed fee amount. Regulatees may call the Commission's Financial
Operations Help Desk. They may return their amended assessment
notification or otherwise send written correspondence to a designated
Commission mailing address. In addition, cable television operators and
broadcast licensees may use a Commission-authorized Web site to key-in
corrections to their assessment information.
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\1\ ``True up'' is to fit, place or shape accurately. See
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary, Second College Edition. New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1980.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-8941 Filed 4-23-08; 8:45 am]
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