[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 84 (Monday, May 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24484-24485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10491]
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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 22, 2011.
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 for 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 July 1, 2011. 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 e-mail to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie F. Smith, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418-0217. For additional information, contact [insert
name, phone number and Internet address of OMD PRA analyst].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1064.
Title: Regulatory Fee Assessment True-Ups.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 280 respondents; 280
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes (0.25 hours).
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirements.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in
Communications Law of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 4(i)-4(j), 8, 9,
303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 70 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impacts.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality; however, respondents may request that materials or
information submitted to the Commission be withheld from public
inspection under 47 CFR Section 0.459 of FCC 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.
The Commission mails fee assessment notifications to broadcast
licensees and commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) licensees on an
annual basis. (Note that beginning in Fiscal Year (FY) 2004, the
Commission mailed fee assessment notifications to cable television
operators. The Commission stopped this practice in FY 2007
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because the method was ineffective and the data sent out on the
notifications were unreliable. In OMB 3060-0855, Telecommunications
Reporting Worksheet and Related Collections, FCC Form 499-A, FCC499-Q,
the Commission has required regulatees to provide e-mail address and
revenue amount as the fee assessment basis. The Commission plans to use
these e-mail addresses collected in OMB 3060-0855 to transmit the fee
assessment notifications in the future.
With these fee assessment notifications, we also provide regulatees
with a ``true-up'' (i.e., which is to fit, place or shape accurately),
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 be complete or accurate.
The Commission offers several ways for regulatees to ``true-up''
their assessed fee amount. Regulatees may (1) call the Commission's
Financial Operations Help Desk; (2) return their amended assessment
notification or otherwise send written correspondence to a designated
Commission mailing address; and/or (3) use a Commission-authorized Web
site at http://www.fcc.fees.com <http://www.fcc.fees.com/ to
key-in corrections to their assessment information.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing
Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-10491 Filed 4-29-11; 8:45 am]
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