[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24876-24877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10633]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
Comments Requested
April 21, 2011.
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to comment on the following
information collection. 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 OMB 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 OMB control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before June 2, 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 the Internet at
[email protected]; and to the Federal Communications
Commission's PRA mailbox (e-mail address: [email protected].). Include in the
e-mail the OMB control number of the collection as shown in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below, or if there is no OMB control
number, include the Title as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section. If you are unable to submit your comments by e-mail, contact
the person listed below to make alternate arrangements.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418-0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1046.
Title: Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and
Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC
Docket No. 96-128, Order on Reconsideration, FCC 04-251.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 924 respondents; 8,080 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .50 hours--200 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual and quarterly reporting
requirements, third party disclosure requirements, and recordkeeping
requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151, 154 and
276.
Total Annual Burden: 160,184 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. Respondents
may request confidential treatment of their information that they
believe to be confidential pursuant to 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's
rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection (IC) to the OMB during this comment period. The
Commission is seeking OMB approval for an extension of this information
collection. There is no change in the reporting, recordkeeping and/or
third party disclosure requirements. The Commission is reducing its
previous burden estimates by 18,208 hours.
In an Order on Reconsideration (FCC 04-251), the Commission
considered four petitions for reconsideration of the Commission's
Report and Order. The Report and Order established detailed rules
(Payphone Compensation Rules) ensuring that payphone service providers
or PSPs are ``fairly compensated'' for each and every completed
payphone-originated call pursuant to section 276 of the Communications
Act as follows:
(1) The Payphone Compensation Rules place liability to compensate
PSPs for payphone-originated calls on the facilities-based long
distance carriers from whose switches such calls are completed.
(2) The Payphone Compensation Rules define these responsible
carriers as ``completing carriers'' and require them to develop their
own system of tracking calls to completion, the accuracy of which must
be confirmed and attested to by a third-party auditor.
(3) Completing carriers must file with PSPs a quarterly report and
must also submit an attestation by the chief financial officer (CFO)
that the payment amount for that quarter is accurate and is based on
100% of all completed calls.
(4) The rules also require reporting obligations for other
facilities-based long distance carriers in the call path, if any, and
define these carriers as ``intermediate carriers''.
(5) Additionally, the rules give parties flexibility to agree to
alternative compensation arrangements (ACA) so that small completing
carriers may avoid the expense of instituting a tracking system and
undergoing an audit.
(6) The Payphone Compensation Rules satisfy section 276 by
identifying the party liable for compensation and establishing a
mechanism for PSPs to be paid.
The information collected under the Completing Carrier filing of
quarterly reports and Intermediate Carrier filing of quarterly reports
must be provided to third parties. The information collected under the
completing carrier establishment of call tracking system must be
provided to third parties and submitted to the Commission. The
information is collected annually under completing carrier
establishment of call tracking system. Completing carrier
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filing of quarterly reports and intermediate carrier filing of
quarterly reports would be used to ensure that completing carriers
comply with their obligations under the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-10633 Filed 5-2-11; 8:45 am]
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