[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57795-57796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23606]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
September 16, 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 22, 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
[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, OMD, 202-418-0214 or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0741.
Title: Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions in the
Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC Docket No. 96-98, Second Report and
Order and Memorandum Opinion and Order; Second Order on
Reconsideration; CC Docket No. 99-273, First Report and Order.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 5,907 respondents; 573,767
responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour to 547,500 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual and one time reporting
requirements, recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. sections 151, 153, 154, 201, 222, and 251.
Total Annual Burden: 575,448 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. As previously noted, however, each ILEC is to provide
public notice of proposed network changes. If the ILEC claims that
information that they are required to disclose is confidential or
proprietary, the ILEC's public notice must include a statement that the
ILEC will make further information available to those signing a
nondisclosure agreement.
Upon receipt by an ILEC of a competing service provider's request
for disclosure of confidential or proprietary information, the
applicable public notice period will be tolled until the parties agree
on the terms of a nondisclosure agreement. See 47 CFR 51.335.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection after this comment period to obtain the three
year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). There is
no change to the reporting, recordkeeping and/or third arty disclosure
requirements. However, the Commission is reporting a significant
increase in the number of responses and total annual burden hours. This
increase is because the Commission believes that LECs now generally
provide not only one transfer of information but daily updates in
response to the requests they may receive for directory assistance and
DA listings. While this increases the number of times that LECs are
providing the DA information, it is understood that this is a generally
an automated process, so the costs and time involved with all of these
responses should be relatively small. As a result, this submission will
show that the overall cost for compliance with these
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requirements has decreased at the same time that the estimate for the
number of responses has increased.
Section 251 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is designed to
accelerate private sector development and deployment of
telecommunications technologies and services by spurring competition.
The Commission adopted rules and regulations designed to implement
certain provisions of section 251, and to eliminate operational
barriers to competition in the telecommunications services marketplace.
The current information collection requirements are: 1) sharing
directory listing; 2) notification regarding format; 3) provision of
technical information; 4) public notice of network changes; 5) burden
of proof; 6) submission of notice to serve as central office
administrator; 7) subscriber list information for Internet directories;
8) provision of nondiscriminatory access to non-local director
assistance listings; and 9) listing information to non-telephone
exchange or toll service directory assistance providers.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-23606 Filed 9-21-10; 8:45 am]
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