Notice2022-02491
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
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February 7, 2022
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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 87, Number 25 (Monday, February 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6866-6867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02491]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0292 and OMB 3060-0743; FR ID 69908]
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 March 9, 2022.
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#5c0c0e1d1c3a3f3f723b332a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="762624373610151558111900">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#88c6e1ebe7e4eda6c7e6efede4edc8eeebeba6efe7fe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6d23040e0201084322030a0801082d0b0e0e430a021b">[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)
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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: 3060-0292.
Title: Part 69--Access Charges (Section 69.605, Reporting and
Distribution of Pool Access Revenues).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 732 respondents; 8,773
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.75 hours-1 hour.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained 47
U.S.C. 154, 201, 202, 203, 205, 218 and 403 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended.
Frequency of Response: Annual and monthly reporting requirements
and third party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 6,580 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature of Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting that the respondents submit confidential information to the
FCC. Respondents may, however, request confidential treatment for
information they believe to be confidential under 47 CFR Section 0.459
of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: Section 69.605 requires that access revenues and
cost data shall be reported by participants in association tariffs to
the association for computation of monthly pool revenues distributions.
The association shall submit a report on or before February 1 of each
calendar year describing the association's cost study review process
for the preceding calendar year as well as the results of that process.
For any revisions to the cost study results made or recommended by the
association that would change the respective carrier's calculated
annual common line or traffic sensitive revenue requirement by ten
percent or more, the report shall include the following information:
(1) Name of the carrier;
(2) A detailed description of the revisions;
(3) The amount of the revisions;
(4) The impact of the revisions on the carrier's calculated common
line and traffic sensitive revenue requirements; and
(5) The carrier's total annual common line and traffic sensitive
revenue requirement.
The information is used by the Commission to compute charges in
tariffs for access service (or origination and termination) and to
compute revenue pool distributions. Neither process could be
implemented without this information.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0743.
Title: Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and
Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC
Docket No. 96-128.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,471 respondents; 10,071
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.50-100 hours.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority is contained in 47 U.S.C. 276 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996, as amended.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly and monthly reporting
requirements, recordkeeping requirement and third-party disclosure
requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 118,137 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature of Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting that the respondents submit confidential information to the
FCC. Respondents may, however, request confidential treatment for
information they believe to be confidential under 47 CFR Section 0.459
of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: This collection will be submitted as an extension
of a currently approved collection to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in order to obtain the full three-year clearance. The
Commission promulgated rules and reporting requirements implementing
section 276 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Among other things,
the rules: (1) Establish fair compensation for every completed
intrastate and interstate payphone calls; (2) discontinue intrastate
and interstate access charge payphone service elements and payments,
and intrastate and interstate payphone subsidies from basic exchange
services; and (3) adopt guidelines for use by the states in
establishing public interest payphones to be located where there would
otherwise not be a payphone. The information collected is provided to
third parties and to ensure that interexchange carriers, payphone
service providers (``PSP'') LECs, and the states comply with their
obligations under the 1996 Act.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-02491 Filed 2-4-22; 8:45 am]
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