[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 174 (Thursday, September 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54878-54879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22469]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
September 3, 2010.
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. 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; (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, and (e)
ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC 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 currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before November 8, 2010. 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 the Internet at
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[email protected] and to the Federal Communications
Commission via email to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418-0214. For additional information, contact Judith B.
Herman, Office of Managing Director, 202-418-0214 or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0972.
Title: Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan Order, Parts 54 and 69
Filing Requirements for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price
Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and Interexchange Carriers.
Form Nos.: FCC Forms 507, 508 and 509.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,258 respondents; 10,849
responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour to 90 hours.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly, annual, one time, every three
year reporting requirements; and third party disclosure requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. sections 1 - 4, 10, 154(i), 154(j), 201-205, 254, and 403.
Total Annual Burden: 46,877 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $48,900.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission does not
request that respondents submit confidential information to the
Commission. If the respondents believe they have information that is
confidential, they may request confidential treatment of their
information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
after this comment period to obtain the full, three-year clearance from
them. There is no change in the Commission's reporting and/or third
party disclosure requirements. The Commission is reporting a 6,426
hourly increase adjustment and a $3,705 increase in annual costs.
Following the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the
Commission adopted interstate access charge and universal service
support reforms. The reforms were designed to establish a ``pro-
competitive, deregulatory national policy framework'' for the United
States telecommunications industry, and to carry out the universal
service policies embodied in the1996 Act.
Specifically, the Commission aligned the interstate access rate
structure more closely with the manner in which costs are incurred, and
created a universal service support mechanism for rate-of-return
carriers (Interstate Common line Support (ICLS)) to replace implicit
support in interstate access charges with explicit support that is
portable to all eligible telecommunications carriers.
By merging Long Term Support (LTS) with ICLS, the Commission made
the universal service mechanisms simpler and more transparent, while
ensuring that rate-of-return carriers maintain existing levels of
universal service support.
To administer the ICLS mechanism, the Universal Service
Administrative Company (USAC) must collect certain data. Specifically,
the Administrator must collect from each rate-of-return carrier
projected cost and revenue data for the July 1 - July 30 funding year
to accurately distribute prospective ICLS to those carriers.
The Administrator must also collect from each rate-of-return
carrier actual cost and revenue data for the prior calendar year in
order to accurately calculate the final ICLS for which the carrier is
eligible and perform true-ups against the prospective ICLS. In order to
fulfill its obligation to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse in the
universal service program, the Administrator must also collect from
selected carriers additional cost and revenue data for the purpose of
validating the actual cost and revenue data filed by rate-of-return
carriers.
The Commission will use the information collected to determine
whether and to what extent non-price cap or rate-of-return carriers
providing the data are eligible to receive universal service support.
The Commission will use the tariff data to make sure that rates are
just and reasonable, as required by section 201(b) of the 1996 Act.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
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