Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission

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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collections. 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 91, Number 189 (Thursday, October 1, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62513-62515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-20158]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0686, OMB 3060-0944, OMB 3060-1156 and OMB 3060-1163; FR ID 
370205]


Information Collections 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 of 1995 (PRA), the 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the 
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to 
comment on the following information collections. 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 
30, 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 Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e8b8baa9a88e8b8bc68f879e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ffafadbebf999c9cd1989089">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bcffddc8d4c592ebd5d0d0d5ddd1cffcdadfdf92dbd3ca"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a7e4c6d3cfde89f0cecbcbcec6cad4e7c1c4c489c0c8d1">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC 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.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0686.

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    Title: International Section 214 Authorizations, 47 CFR 63.10-
63.25, 1.40001, 1.40003.
    Form No.: ITC-214--International Section 214 Authorization 
Application (revising form); ITC-ASG/TC--International Section 214 
Authorization Assignment or Transfer of Control of Authorization 
(revising form); ITC-FCN--International Section 214 Authorization 
Foreign Carrier Notification (revising form); ITC-STA--International 
Section 214 Authorization Special Temporary Authority (revising form); 
ITC-AMD--International Section 214 Authorization Amendment (new form); 
ITC-MOD--International Section 214 Authorization Modification (new 
form); ITC-RPT--International Section 214 Authorization Dominant 
Carrier Quarterly Reports (new form); ITC-WAV--International Section 
214 Authorization Waiver Request (new form); ITC-DSC--International 
Section 214 Authorization Discontinuance of Service (new form); RTL-
NEW--List of Routes on which the Carrier has Direct Termination 
Arrangements (new form); RTL-MOD--Modification to Route List (Addition 
to or Removal from an Existing List of Routes) (new form); and RTL-
WAV--International Route List Waiver Request (new form).
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 186 respondents; 311 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour to 120 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual and quarterly reporting 
requirements, third party disclosure requirement, and recordkeeping 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for Part 1 of this information collection is 
contained in 47 U.S.C 151, 154(i), 154(j), 155, 225, 303(r), 309, and 
325(e). The statutory authority for Part 63 of this information 
collection is contained in Sections 1, 4(j), 10, 11, 201-205, 214, 218, 
403, and 651 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,066 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: $784,550.
    Needs and Uses: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) 
is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve 
updates of OMB Control No. 3060-0686 to incorporate changes to the 
standard questions, to account for developments in the national 
security landscape and improve the collection adopted in the 2020 
Executive Branch Review Order, FCC 20-133 and the 2021 Executive Branch 
Standard Questions Order, FCC 21-104. International 214 applicants with 
reportable foreign ownership are required to answer the questions and 
file their responses directly with the Committee. Two of the 
questionnaires and the PII supplement are applicable to international 
214 applicants.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0944.
    Title: Cable Landing License Act, 47 CFR 1.7000-1.70024, 1.40001, 
1.40003, Executive Order 10530.
    Form Number: SCL-LIC--Submarine Cable Landing License Application 
(revising form); SCL-STA--Submarine Cable Landing License Special 
Temporary Authority (revising form); SCL-FCN--Submarine Cable Landing 
License Foreign Carrier Affiliation (revising form); SCL-ASG/TC--
Submarine Cable Landing License Assignment or Transfer of Control of 
License (new form); SCL-LPN--Submarine Cable Landing License Landing 
Point Notification (new form); SCL-MOD--Submarine Cable Landing License 
Modification (new form); SCL-RPT--Submarine Cable Landing License 
Quarterly Report (new form); SCL-RWL--Submarine Cable Landing License 
Renewal (new form); SCL-AMD--Submarine Cable Landing License Amendment 
(new form); and SCL-WAV--Submarine Cable Landing License Waiver Request 
(new form).
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business and other for-profit entities and State, 
Local or Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 551 respondents; 551 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 to 180 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting 
requirements, quarterly reporting requirement, third party disclosure 
requirement, and recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
Commission has statutory authority for this information collection 
under sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 201-255, 303(r), 403, 413 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 
201-255, 303(r), 403, 413, and the Cable Landing License Act of 1921, 
47 U.S.C. 34-39, and Executive Order No. 10530, section 5(a) (May 12, 
1954) reprinted as amended in 3 U.S.C. 301.
    Total Annual Burden: 19,952 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $6,135,395.
    Needs and Uses: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) 
is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve 
revisions to OMB Control No. 3060-0944 to incorporate changes to the 
rules regulating submarine cable applicants and submarine cable 
licensees adopted in the Submarine Cable Second Report and Order, FCC 
26-42, which institute new routine conditions on licensees, a licensing 
requirement for owners and operators of submarine line terminal 
equipment, and ten national security standards that submarine cable 
applicants may agree to follow in order to bypass review by the 
Executive Branch agencies and thereby expedite application review. The 
Commission is also requesting approval of revisions to OMB Control No. 
3060-0944 to incorporate changes to the standard questions to account 
for developments in the national security landscape and improve the 
collection adopted in the 2020 Executive Branch Review Order, FCC 20-
133 and in the 2021 Executive Branch Standard Questions Order, FCC 21-
104. Submarine cable applicants with reportable foreign ownership are 
required to answer the questions and file their responses directly with 
the Committee. Two of the questionnaires and the PII supplement are 
applicable to submarine cables.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-1156.
    Title: 47 CFR 43.82, Annual International Circuit Capacity Reports
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business and other for-profit entities and State, 
Local, or Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 3,269 respondents; 6,538 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 to 20 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
Sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 201-255, 303(r), 403, 413 of the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 201-255, 
303(r), 403, 413, and the Cable Landing License Act of 1921, 47 U.S.C. 
34-39, and Executive Order No. 10530, Section 5(a) (May 12, 1954) 
reprinted as amended in 3 U.S.C. 301.
    Total Annual Burden: 68,649 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $281,400.
    Needs and Uses: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) 
seeks approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the 
revised information

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collection for the annual submarine cable circuit capacity reports 
required pursuant to the Cable Landing License Act of 1921 and section 
43.82 of the Commission's rules. On June 25, 2026, the Commission 
adopted a Second Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (Submarine Cable Second Report and Order), FCC 26-42, that 
modernized the Commission's submarine cable rules, including extending 
blanket submarine cable licensing to owners and/or operators of 
submarine line terminal equipment (SLTE). Per the newly-adopted rules, 
SLTE owners and/or operators are required to comply with some of the 
routine conditions imposed on submarine cable landing licensees, namely 
the rules regarding the annual circuit capacity reports. With respect 
to the annual submarine cable circuit capacity data collection, the 
Commission adopted a rule requiring SLTE owners and/or operators to 
comply with the annual circuit capacity reporting requirement under 
section 43.82 as a condition of the blanket submarine cable license. 
The Commission found that applying this routine condition to SLTE 
owners and/or operators will ensure the Commission has comprehensive 
and current information on SLTEs in furtherance of its national 
security objectives. Furthermore, these annual circuit capacity reports 
will strengthen the Commission's insight into the ownership and use of 
capacity on submarine cables regulated by the Commission and enable the 
Commission to identify foreign adversary-controlled entities and assess 
compliance with other rules the Commission adopted in the Second Report 
and Order for the blanket license.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-1163.
    Title: 47 CFR 1.5001-1.5004, Regulations Applicable to Broadcast, 
Common Carrier, and Aeronautical Radio Licensees Under Section 310(b) 
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 CFR 1.40001, 1.40003.
    Form No.: ISP-PDR--Section 310(b) Petition for Declaratory Ruling 
(new form); ISP-AMD--Section 310(b) Petition for Declaratory Ruling 
Amendment (new form); and ISP-WAV Section 310(b) Petition for 
Declaratory Ruling Waiver Request (new form).
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 6 respondents; 6 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour to 120 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On-occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection is contained in 47 U.S.C 151, 
154(i), 154(j), 155, 225, 303(r), 309, and 325(e).
    Total Annual Burden: 254 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $84,375.
    Needs and Uses: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) 
is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve a 
revision of OMB Control No. 3060-1163 to incorporate changes to the 
standard questions to account for developments in the national security 
landscape and improve the collection adopted in the 2020 Executive 
Branch Review Order, FCC 20-133 and the 2021 Executive Branch Standard 
Questions Order, FCC 21-104. Applicants for a petition for declaratory 
ruling are required to answer the questions and file their responses 
directly with the Committee. Petitioners will be required to submit 
their responses to the Standard Questions and a copy of the section 
310(b) petition, directly with the Committee. Broadcast petitioners are 
required to answer the standard questions involving a broadcast 
licensee and the Personally Identifiable Information Supplement (PII 
supplement), and common carrier wireless petitioners are required to 
answer the standard questions involving a common carrier wireless or 
common carrier earth station licensee and the PII supplement.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-20158 Filed 9-30-26; 8:45 am]
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