Notice2025-07305
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
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April 29, 2025
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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 90, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17820-17821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07305]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1005; FR ID 291312]
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 June 30,
2025. 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#b7e7e5f6f7d1d4d499d0d8c1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bfefedfeffd9dcdc91d8d0c9">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7a14131915161f5415141d1f161f3a1c1919541d150c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2947404a46454c0746474e4c454c694f4a4a074e465f">[email protected]</span></a>.
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: 3060-1005.
Title: Numbering Resource Optimization--Phase 3.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit and State, Local, or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 31 respondents; 211 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 25-40 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting 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. 153, 154, 201-205, 207-209, 218, 225-227, 251-252, 271, and 332.
Total Annual Burden: 5,290 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: The Commission established a safety valve to ensure
that carriers experiencing rapid growth in a given market will be able
to meet customer demand. States may use this safety valve to grant
requests from carriers that demonstrate the following:
(1) The carrier will exhaust its numbering resources in a market or
rate area within three months (in lieu of six months-to-exhaust
requirement); and
(2) Projected growth is based on the carrier's actual growth in the
market or rate area, or in the carrier's actual growth in a reasonably
comparable market, but only if that projected growth varies no more
than 15 percent from historical growth in the relevant market.
The Commission lifted the ban on service-specific and technology-
specific overlays (collectively, specialized overlays or SOs), allowing
state commissions seeking to implement SOs to request delegated
authority to do so on a case-by-case basis. To provide further guidance
to state commissions,
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the Commission set forth the criteria that each request for delegated
authority to implement a SO should address. This will enable us to
examine the feasibility of SOs in a particular area, and to determine
whether the Commission's stated goals are likely to be met if the SO is
implemented. Specifically, state commissions should also specifically
address the following:
(1) The technologies or services to be included in the SO;
(2) The geographic area to be covered;
(3) Whether the SO will be transitional;
(4) When the SO will be implemented and, if a transitional SO is
proposed, when the SO will become an all-services overlay;
(5) Whether the SO will include take-backs;
(6) Whether there will be 10-digit dialing in the SO and the
underlying area code(s);
(7) Whether the SO and underlying area code(s) will be subject to
rationing; and
(8) Whether the SO will cover an area in which pooling is taking
place.
The Commission uses the information it collects to assist the state
commissions in carrying out their delegated authority over numbering
resources.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-07305 Filed 4-28-25; 8:45 am]
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