[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 19400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8501]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested

April 8, 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 May 14, 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, 202-418-0214, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0895.
    Title: Numbering Resource Optimization.
    Form No.: FCC Form 502.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, and state, local or 
tribal government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,780 respondents; 7,385 
responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 - 44.4 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and semi-annual reporting 
requirement and recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151, 153, 
154, 201-205, and 251.
    Total Annual Burden: 131,782 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $3,462,800.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Disaggregated, carrier 
specific forecast and utilization data will be treated as confidential 
and will be exempt from public disclosure under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4).
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring 
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
during this 30 day comment period in order to obtain the full three 
year clearance from them. The Commission is requesting an extension of 
this information collection (no change in the reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements). Finally, there is no change in the 
Commission's burden estimates.
    The data collected by FCC Form 502 helps the Commission manage the 
ten-digit North American Numbering Plan (NANP), which is currently 
being used by the United States and 19 other countries. Under the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, the Commission was given 
``exclusive jurisdictions over those portions of the North American 
Numbering Plan that pertain to the United States.'' Pursuant to that 
authority the Commission conducted a rulemaking in March 2000 that the 
Commission found that mandatory data collection is necessary to 
efficiently monitor and manage numbering use. The Commission received 
OMB approval for this requirement and the following: (a) Utilization/
Forecast Report; (b) application for initial numbering resource; (c) 
application for growth numbering resources; (d) recordkeeping 
requirement; (e) notifications by state commissions, (f) demonstration 
to state commission, and (g) petitions for additional delegation of 
numbering authority.
    The data from this information collection is used by the FCC, state 
regulatory commissions, and the NANPA to monitor numbering resource 
utilization by all carriers using the resource and to project the dates 
of area code and NANP exhaust.


Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.

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