Notice2021-20927
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
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September 27, 2021
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Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might "further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees." The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 184 (Monday, September 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53299-53300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20927]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0741, OMB 3060-0806; FR ID 49953]
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval
to Office of Management and Budget
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general
public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it
might ``further reduce the information collection burden for small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.'' The Commission may
not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a
valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted on or before October 27,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information collection by selecting
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using
the search function. Your comment must be submitted into
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a> per the above instructions for it to be considered. In
addition to submitting in <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a> also send a copy of your
comment on the proposed information collection to Nicole Ongele, FCC,
via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bdedeffcfddbdede93dad2cb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eabab8abaa8c8989c48d859c">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#317f58525e5d541f7e5f56545d54715752521f565e47"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d698bfb5b9bab3f899b8b1b3bab396b0b5b5f8b1b9a0">[email protected]</span></a>. Include in the
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.
To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted
to OMB: (1) Go to the web page <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>, (2) look for the section of the web page called ``Currently
Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the
``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4)
select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies
presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button
to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the Title of this ICR and
then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to
OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the FCC invited the general public and
other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity 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 estimates; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (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. Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might ``further
reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns
with fewer than 25 employees.''
OMB Control Number: 3060-0741.
Title: Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing
Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, GN Docket No. 17-84.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,750 respondents; 471,920
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-4.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements;
recordkeeping 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. 222 and 251.
Total Annual Burden: 473,440 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: Section 251 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 251, is designed to accelerate private sector
development and deployment of telecommunications technologies and
services by spurring competition. Section 222(e) is also designed to
spur competition by prescribing requirements for the sharing of
subscriber list information. These information collection requirements
are designed to help implement certain provisions of sections 222(e)
and 251, and to eliminate operational barriers to competition in the
telecommunications services market. Specifically, these information
collection requirements will be used to implement (1) local exchange
carriers' (``LECs'') obligations to provide their competitors with
dialing parity and non-discriminatory access to certain services and
functionalities; (2) incumbent local
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exchange carriers' (``ILECs'') duty to make network information
disclosures; and (3) numbering administration. In November 2017, the
Commission adopted new rules concerning certain information collection
requirements implemented under section 251(c)(5) of the Act, pertaining
to network change disclosures. Most of the changes to those rules
applied specifically to a certain subset of network change disclosures,
namely notices of planned copper retirements. In addition, the changes
removed a rule that prohibits incumbent LECs from engaging in useful
advanced coordination with entities affected by network changes. In
June 2018, the Commission revised its network change disclosure rules
to (1) revise the types of network changes that trigger an incumbent
LEC's public notice obligation, and (2) extend the force majeure
provisions applicable to copper retirements to all types of network
changes. The changes were aimed at removing unnecessary regulatory
barriers to the deployment of high-speed broadband networks.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0806.
Title: Universal Service-Schools and Libraries Universal Service
Program, FCC Forms 470 and 471.
Form Number: FCC Forms 470 and 471.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: State, local or tribal government institutions, and
other not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 43,000 respondents; 67,100
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 3.5 hours for FCC Form 470 (3 hours
for response; 0.5 hours for recordkeeping; 4.5 hours for FCC Form 471
(4 hours for response; 0.5 hours for recordkeeping).
Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting
requirements, and recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in
sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 201-205, 214, 254, and 403 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151-154, 201-205,
218-220, 254, 303(r), 403 and 405.
Total Annual Burden: 273,950 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Needs and Uses: The Commission seeks approval to extend the
existing collection 3060-0806 (FCC Forms 470 and 471). Collection of
the information on FCC Forms 470 and 471 is necessary so that the
Commission and USAC have sufficient information to determine if
entities are eligible for funding pursuant to the schools and libraries
support mechanism, to determine if entities are complying with the
Commission's rules, and to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. In
addition, the information is necessary for the Commission to evaluate
the extent to which the E-rate program is meeting the statutory
objectives specified in section 254(h) of the 1996 Act, and the
Commission's performance goals established in the E-rate Modernization
Order and Second E-rate Modernization Order.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-20927 Filed 9-24-21; 8:45 am]
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