Notice2024-15634
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
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Published
July 16, 2024
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Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57892-57893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15634]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1265; FR ID 232207]
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 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.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before September
16, 2024. 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#eabab8abaa8c8989c48d859c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2f2f0e3e2c4c1c18cc5cdd4">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f39d9a909c9f96dd9c9d94969f96b3959090dd949c85"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1c72757f7370793273727b7970795c7a7f7f327b736a">[email protected]</span></a>.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele, (202) 418-2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1265.
Title: Administrative Order--Performance Testing Measures.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,705 unique respondents;
7,681 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 15-23 hours.
Frequency of Response: Biennial reporting requirements, quarterly
reporting requirements and annual reporting requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 151-154, 155, 201-206, 214, 218-220, 251, 252, 254, 256, 303(r),
332, 403, 405, 410, and 1302.
Total Annual Burden: 170,620 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Needs and Uses: In the USF/ICC Transformation Order, the Commission
laid the groundwork for today's universal service programs providing
$4.5 billion in support for broadband internet deployment in high-cost
areas. Connect America Fund, et al., WC Docket No. 10-90, et al.,
Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 26 FCC Rcd
17663 (2011) (USF/ICC Transformation Order). The USF/ICC Transformation
Order required, among other things, that high-cost universal service
recipients ``test their broadband networks for compliance with speed
and latency metrics and certify to and report the results to the
Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) on an annual basis.''
Id. at 17705, para. 109. Pursuant to the Commission's direction in that
Order, the Wireline Competition Bureau, the Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau, and the Office of Engineering and Technology (the Bureaus and
OET) adopted more specific methodologies for such testing in the
Performance Measures Order. See generally Performance Measures Order.
See also 47 CFR 54.313(a)(6) (requiring that recipients of high-cost
support provide ``[t]he results of network performance tests pursuant
to the methodology and in the format determined by the Wireline
Competition Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and Office of
Engineering and Technology''). Addressing petitions for
reconsideration, the Bureaus and OET adopted certain modifications and
clarifications to the requirements pertaining to high-latency bidders
in the Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II auction, and the Commission
refined the general testing requirements further. See generally Connect
America Fund, WC Docket No. 10-90, Order on Reconsideration, DA 19-911
(WCB/WTB/OET 2019) (Satellite-Related Performance Measures Order);
Performance Measures Reconsideration Order. In the High Cost
Administrative Order, the Commission adopted a quarterly reporting and
certification schedule, replacing the previous annual requirement, such
that all carriers receiving high-cost support are required to report
and certify their quarterly performance testing results within two
weeks, rather than within one week, after the end of the quarter in
which the tests are conducted. See High Cost Administrative Order, FCC
25-87, para. 138. Accordingly, this collection includes the
requirements for testing speed and latency, and reporting and
certifying such performance measures within two weeks after the end of
each quarter to ensure that carriers are meeting the public interest
obligations associated with their receipt of high-cost universal
service support.
Carriers will identify, from among the locations they have already
submitted and certified in USAC's High Cost Universal Broadband (HUBB)
portal, the locations where they have an active subscriber (deployment
locations are reported under OMB Control Number 3060-1228, and active
locations will be reported under this control number). From those
subscriber locations, USAC will then select a random sample from which
the carrier will be required to perform testing for speed and latency.
Carriers that do not provide location information in the HUBB will use
a randomization tool provided by USAC to select a random sample of
locations for testing. Due to the rule changes that the Commission
adopted on the High Cost Administrative Order, the carrier will then be
required to submit to USAC the results of the testing on a quarterly
basis. The quarterly filing will include the testing results from the
prior quarter. The carrier's sample for each service tier (e.g., 10
Mbps/1 Mbps, 25 Mbps/3 Mbps) shall be regenerated every two years.
During the two-year cycle, carriers will have the ability to add and
remove subscriber locations if necessary, e.g., as subscribership
changes. Also, in July 2023, the Commission adopted the Enhanced
Alternative-Connect America Cost Model (E-ACAM) support mechanism, a
new model-based offer to existing Alternative-Connect America Cost
Model (A-CAM) I, A-CAM II, and Connect America Fund Broadband Loop
Support (CAF BLS) carriers. See Connect America Fund: A National
Broadband Plan for Our Future High-Cost Universal Service Support et
al., WC Docket No. 10-90 et al., Report and Order, Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, and Notice of Inquiry, FCC 23-60, at 23-24, para. 49 (July
24, 2023) (Enhanced A-CAM Order). Revisions proposed include (1) a
process for E-ACAM carriers to get a performance measures testing
sample from non-HUBB reported locations, and (2) and reporting and
certifying such performance measures within two weeks after the end of
each quarter. The proposed revisions also include the retitling of this
collection from ``Connect America Fund--Performance Testing Measures''
to ``Administrative Order--Performance Testing Measures.''
The Commission therefore proposes to revise this information
collection to reflect these modified requirements.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-15634 Filed 7-15-24; 8:45 am]
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