Notice2025-17271
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
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Published
September 9, 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 172 (Tuesday, September 9, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43429-43430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17271]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0430; FR ID 311138]
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 November
10, 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#48181a09082e2b2b662f273e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="13434152537570703d747c65">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#523c3b313d3e377c3d3c35373e37123431317c353d24"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a44434945464f0445444d4f464f6a4c4949044d455c">[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: 3060-0430.
Title: Section 1.1206, Permit-but-Disclose Proceedings.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Federal Government; and State,
local, or tribal governments.
Number of Respondent and Responses: 11,500 respondents; 34,500
responses.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits. Statutory
authority for this collection of information is contained in sections
4(i) and (j), 303(r), and 409 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and (j), 303(r), and 409.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.75 hours (45 minutes).
Total Annual Burden: 25,875 hours.
Total Annual Costs: No cost.
Needs and Uses: The Commission's rules, under 47 CFR 1.1206,
require that a public record be made of ex parte presentations (i.e.,
written presentations not served on all parties to the proceeding or
oral presentations as to which all parties have not been given notice
and an opportunity to be present) to decision-making personnel in
``permit-but-disclose'' proceedings, such as notice-and-comment
rulemakings and declaratory ruling proceedings.
On February 2, 2011, the FCC released a Report and Order and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, GC Docket Number 10-43, FCC 11-
11, which amended and reformed the Commission's rules on ex parte
presentations (47 CFR 1.1206(b)(2)) made in the course of Commission
rulemakings and other permit-but-disclose proceedings. The
modifications to the existing rules adopted in this Report and Order
require that parties file more descriptive summaries of their ex parte
contacts, ensure that other parties and the public have an adequate
opportunity to review and respond to information submitted ex parte,
and improve the FCC's oversight and enforcement of the ex parte rules.
The modified ex parte rules that contain information collection
requirements which OMB approved on December 6, 2011, are as follows:
(1) Ex parte notices will be required for all oral ex parte
presentations in permit-but-disclose proceedings, not just for those
presentations that involve new information or arguments not already in
the record; (2) If an oral ex parte presentation is limited to material
already in the written record, the notice must contain either a
succinct summary of the matters discussed or a citation to the page or
paragraph number in the party's written submission(s) where the matters
discussed can be found; (3) Notices for all ex parte presentations must
include the name of the person(s) who made the ex parte presentation as
well as a list of all persons attending or otherwise participating in
the meeting at which the presentation was made; (4) Notices of ex parte
presentations made outside the Sunshine period must be filed within two
business days of the presentation; (5) The Sunshine period will begin
on the day (including business days, weekends, and holidays) after
issuance of the Sunshine notice, rather than when the Sunshine Agenda
is issued (as the current rules provide); (6) If an ex parte
presentation is made on the day the Sunshine notice is released, an ex
parte notice must be submitted by the next business day, and any reply
would be due by the following
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business day. If a permissible ex parte presentation is made during the
Sunshine period (under an exception to the Sunshine period
prohibition), the ex parte notice is due by the end of the same day on
which the presentation was made, and any reply would need to be filed
by the next business day. Any reply must be in writing and limited to
the issues raised in the ex parte notice to which the reply is
directed; (7) Commissioners and agency staff may continue to request ex
parte presentations during the Sunshine period, but these presentations
should be limited to the specific information required by the
Commission; (8) Ex parte notices must be submitted electronically in
machine-readable format. PDF images created by scanning a paper
document may not be submitted, except in cases in which a word-
processing version of the document is not available. Confidential
information may continue to be submitted by paper filing, but a
redacted version must be filed electronically at the same time the
paper filing is submitted. An exception to the electronic filing
requirement will be made in cases in which the filing party claims
hardship. The basis for the hardship claim must be substantiated in the
ex parte filing; (9) To facilitate stricter enforcement of the ex parte
rules, the Enforcement Bureau is authorized to levy forfeitures for ex
parte rule violations; (10) Copies of electronically filed ex parte
notices must also be sent electronically to all staff and Commissioners
present at the ex parte meeting so as to enable them to review the
notices for accuracy and completeness. Filers may be asked to submit
corrections or further information as necessary for compliance with the
rules; and (11) Parties making permissible ex parte presentations in
restricted proceedings must conform and clarify rule changes when
filing an ex parte notice with the Commission.
The information is used by parties to permit-but-disclose
proceedings, including interested members of the public, to respond to
the arguments made and data offered in the ex parte presentations. The
responses may then be used by the Commission in its decision-making.
The availability of the ex parte materials ensures that the
Commission's decisional processes are fair, impartial, and comport with
the concept of due process in that all interested parties can know of
and respond to the arguments made to the decision-making officials.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-17271 Filed 9-8-25; 8:45 am]
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