Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
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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 90, Number 237 (Friday, December 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57760-57761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22686]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0760; FR ID 321817]
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
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. 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 February
10, 2026. 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#7b2b293a3b1d1818551c140d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cb9b998a8bada8a8e5aca4bd">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#98f6f1fbf7f4fdb6f7f6fffdf4fdd8fefbfbb6fff7ee"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="553b3c363a39307b3a3b32303930153336367b323a23">[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: 3060-0760.
Title: 272 Sunset Order, WC Docket No. 06-120; Access Charge
Reform, CC Docket No. 96-262, First Report and Order; Second Order on
Reconsideration and Memorandum Opinion and Order; and Fifth Report and
Order; Business Data Services Report and Order, WC Docket No. 16-143 et
al.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 13 respondents; 66 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 3-80 hours.
Frequency of Response: On-occasion reporting requirements 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. 1, 4(i)-(j), 201-205, and 303(r) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i)-(j), 201-205, and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 1,256 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $68,640.
Needs and Uses: On April 28, 2017, the Commission released the
Business Data Services Order, WC Docket No. 16-143 et al., FCC 17-43,
reforming the business data services/special access regulations for
incumbent and competitive LECs. The Commission's reforms included
replacing the application-based pricing flexibility
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rules with a new framework under which: (a) packet-based services, time
division multiplexing (TDM) services with bandwidth greater than 45
mbps, and TDM transport services are not subject to ex ante pricing
regulation; (b) a new standard is applied to determine the extent to
which the Commission regulates price cap LECs' TDM end user channel
terminations with bandwidth less than 45 mbps and certain other low
bandwidth business data services. Under this standard, a price cap LEC
is not subject to ex ante pricing regulation in the provision of these
services in counties deemed competitive under the Commission's
competitive market test or for which the price cap LEC previously
obtained Phase II pricing flexibility; (c) the price cap LEC is subject
to ex ante pricing regulation in other counties where it is the
incumbent LEC, but in these counties the price cap LEC has downward
pricing flexibility (i.e., the equivalent of Phase I pricing
flexibility under the prior rules); and (d) the Commission will update
the competitive market test results every three years using data
already collected in FCC Form 477.
Among other rules changes, the Business Data Services Report and
Order repealed section 1.774, which set forth requirements for pricing
flexibility applications, and added section 1.776, which limits the
circumstances under which price cap LECs must file their business data
services contracts as contract-based tariffs. The Commission also
amended section 69.701 of its rules to specify that its pricing
flexibility rules no longer apply to business data services.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-22686 Filed 12-11-25; 8:45 am]
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