Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and 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. Comments are requested concerning: 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; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 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 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 PRA that does not display a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56707-56708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22111]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0719; FR ID 52030]
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
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,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction
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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. Comments are requested concerning: 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; the accuracy of the Commission's burden
estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; 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
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 PRA that does not display a valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before December
13, 2021 If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but
find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this
notice, you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#08585a49486e6b6b266f677e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="69393b28290f0a0a470e061f">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f31363c30333a713031383a333a1f393c3c71383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="66080f05090a0348090801030a032600050548010910">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele, (202) 418-2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0719.
Title: Quarterly Report of Local Exchange Carriers Listing Payphone
Automatic Number Identifications (ANIs).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 400 respondents; 1,600 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 3.5 hours (8 hours for the initial
submission; 2 hours per subsequent submission--for an average of 3.5
hours per response).
Frequency of Response: Quarterly reporting requirement,
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. 151, 154, 201-205, 215, 218, 219, 220, 226 and 276 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 5,600 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the
Commission. If the respondents wish confidential treatment of their
information, they may request confidential treatment under 47 CFR 0.459
of the Commission's Rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted rules and policies governing
the payphone industry under section 276(b)(1)(A) of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the Act) and established ``a per call
compensation plan to ensure that all payphone service providers are
fairly compensated for each and every completed intrastate and
interstate call.'' Pursuant to this mandate, and as required by section
64.1310(d) of the Commission's rules, Local Exchange Carriers (LECs)
must provide to carriers required to pay compensation pursuant to
section 64.1300(a), a quarterly report listing payphone ANIs. Without
provision of this report, resolution of disputed ANIs would be rendered
very difficult. Carriers would not be able to discern which ANIs
pertain to payphones and therefore would not be able to ascertain which
dial-around calls were originated by payphones for compensation
purposes. There would be no way to guard against possible fraud.
Without this collection, lengthy investigations would be necessary to
verify claims. The report allows carriers to determine which dial-
around calls are made from payphones. The information must be provided
to third parties. The requirement would be used to ensure that LECs and
the carriers required to pay compensation pursuant to 47 CFR 64.1300(a)
of the Commission's rules comply with their obligations under the
Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-22111 Filed 10-8-21; 8:45 am]
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