[Federal Register: May 1, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 83)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
April 28, 2009.
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 June 30, 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, 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.
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:
3060-0168.
Title: Section 43.43, Report of Proposed Changes in Depreciation
Rates.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 24 respondents; 24 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 250 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and
recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 151, 152, 154, 161, 201-205, and 218-220.
Total Annual Burden: 6,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $784,320.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality and respondents are not being asked to submit
confidential information to the Commission. However, if the Commission
requests respondents to submit information which they believe is
confidential, respondents may request confidential treatment of such
information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
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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 is requesting an extension (no change in the
reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements) of this information
collection. The Commission is reporting a significant decrease in the
estimated number of respondents/responses since this was last submitted
to OMB in 2006. In 2006, the Commission reported 10 respondents/
responses with 6,000 total annual burden hours. For this submission to
the OMB, the number of respondents/responses increased to 24 with an
estimated annual burden of 6,000 total annual burden hours and an
increase in annual costs. The annual costs are now estimated to be
$785,320 (no costs were estimated in 2006). The reasons for the change
in burden are thus:
(1) The estimated time per response was changed from 6,000 hours to
250 hours;
(2) A re-estimate of the number of respondents/responses from 10 to
24 respondents; and
(3) The annual costs have been added to include a $32,680 filing
fee per 47 CFR 1.1105. Section 43.43 establishes the reporting
requirements for depreciation prescription purposes. Communication
common carriers with annual operating revenues of $138 million or more
that the Commission has found to be dominant must file information
specified in Section 43.43 before making any change in the depreciation
rates applicable to their operating plant. Section 220 also allows the
Commission, in its discretion, to prescribe the form of any and all
accounts, records, and memoranda to be kept by carriers subject to the
Act, including the accounts, records and memoranda of the movement of
traffic, as well as receipts and expenditures of moneys. Carriers are
required to file four summary exhibits along with the underlying data
used to generate them, and must provide the depreciation factors (i.e.,
life, salvage, curve shape, depreciation reserve) required to verify
the calculation of the carrier's depreciation expenses and rates. Mid-
sized carriers are no longer required to file theoretical reserve
studies. Certain price cap incumbent LECs in certain instances may
request a waiver of the depreciation prescription process.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0441.
Title: Section 90.621(b)(4) and (b)(5), Selection and Assignment of
Frequencies.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit
institutions and state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 20 respondents; 20 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: Respondents contracting out the on
occasion reporting requirement will need an estimated .5 hours to
comply with this requirement and respondents who will use in-house
respondents will need an estimated 1.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and
recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 154(i) and 309(j).
Total Annual Burden: 30 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $2,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality.
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 is requesting a revision which is due to the
elimination of a reporting requirement for minor modification
applicants filing pursuant to Short-Spacing Separation Table of under
section 90.621(b)(4), which previously required that licensees file
notifications of such minor modifications, as well as, the
implementation of the 800 MHz re-banding 2nd Report and Order. There
are no additional recordkeeping or other compliance requirements
imposed beyond those contained in the 800 MHz Report and Order, 61 FR
41190 (July 31, 1997). The Commission has adjusted this collection to
reflect the decrease in the total number of filings made pursuant to
sections 90.621(b)(4) that do not involve compliance with the
referenced short spacing table and 90.621(b)(5) since the time of the
previous OMB submission. The Commission reported 1,000 responses in
2006 which we have reduced to 20; the burden hours have reduced from
1,500 hours to 30 hours; and the annual cost has reduced from $100,000
to $2,000.
The Commission will continue to use this information to determine
whether to grant licenses to applicants making ``minor modifications''
to their systems which do not satisfy mileage separation requirements
pursuant to the Short-Spacing Separation Table.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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