81 FR 36916 - Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 110 (June 8, 2016)

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), 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. 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.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36916-36917]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13486]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0895, 3060-0953, 3060-1214]


Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval 
to the Office of Management and Budget

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 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), 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. 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.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before July 8, 2016. 
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 contacts below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via 
email [email protected]; and to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via 
email [email protected] and to [email protected]. Include in the comments 
the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991. 
To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted 
to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the Web page called ``Currently 
Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the 
``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4) 
select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies 
presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button 
to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC 
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the OMB control number of 
this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC 
submission to OMB will be displayed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0895.
    Title: Numbering Resource Optimization, CC Docket No. 99-200.
    Form Number: FCC Form 502.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities and state, local 
or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,793 respondents; 10,165 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour-44.4 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and semi-annual reporting 
requirements and recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation To Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 153, 154, 201-205 
and 251 of the Communications Act of 1934.
    Total Annual Burden: 132,384 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $3,465,570.20.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Disaggregated, carrier 
specific forecast and utilization data will be treated as confidential 
and will be exempt from public disclosure under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4).
    Needs and Uses: The data collected on FCC Form 502 helps the 
Commission manage the ten-digit North American Numbering Plan (NANP), 
which is currently being used by the United States and 19 other 
countries. Under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, the 
Commission was given ``exclusive jurisdictions over those portions of 
the North American Numbering Plan that pertains to the United States.'' 
Pursuant to that authority, the Commission conducted a rulemaking in 
March 2000 that the Commission found that mandatory data collection is 
necessary to efficiently monitor and manage numbering use. The 
Commission is revising this information collection to implement its 
newly adopted rules that allow interconnected Voice over Internet 
Protocol (VoIP) providers to obtain numbering resources directly from 
the Numbering Administrators. The following information collection 
requirements will be contained in this collection:
    (1) Utilization/Forecast Report;
    (2) Application for initial numbering resource;
    (3) Application for growth numbering resources;
    (4) Recordkeeping requirement;
    (5) Notifications by state commissions;
    (6) Demonstration to state commission; and
    (7) Petitions for additional delegation of numbering authority.
    The data from this information collection is used by the FCC, state 
regulatory commissions, and the NANPA to monitor numbering resource 
utilization by all carriers using the resource and to project the dates 
of area code and NANP exhaust.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0953.
    Title: Sections 95.1111 and 95.1113, Frequency Coordination/
Coordinator, Wireless Medical Telemetry Service (WMTS).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.

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    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 3,000 respondents; 3.000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1-5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, third 
party disclosure requirement and recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 154 and 303.
    Total Annual Burden: 15,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $750,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No information is requested 
that would require assurance of confidentiality.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to OMB as a revision after this 60 day comment period to 
obtain the full three-year clearance from them.
    On August 11, 2015 the Federal Communications Commission released a 
Report and Order, Amendment of Part 15 of the Commission's Rules for 
Unlicensed Operations in the Television Bands, Repurposed 600 MHz Band, 
600 MHz Guard Bands and Duplex Gap, and Channel 37, and Amendment of 
Part 74 of the Commission's Rules for Low Power Auxiliary Stations in 
the Repurposed 600 MHz Band and 600 MHz Duplex Gap, ET Docket No 14-
165, GN Docket No. 12-268, FCC 15-99, which modifies Commission rules 
for unlicensed wireless devices and wireless microphones in the 
reconstituted TV bands and the new 600 MHz band.
    On June 12, 2000, the Commission released a Report and Order, ET 
Docket No. 99-255, FCC 00-211, which allocated spectrum and established 
rules for a ``Wireless Medical Telemetry Service'' (WMTS) that allows 
potentially life-critical equipment to operate in an interference-
protected basis. Medical telemetry equipment is used in hospitals and 
health care facilities to transmit patient measurement data such as 
pulse and respiration rate to a nearby receiver, permitting greater 
patient mobility and increased comfort. The Commission designated a 
frequency coordinator, who maintains a database of all WMTS equipment. 
All parties using equipment in the WMTS are required to coordinate/
register their operating frequency and other relevant technical 
operating parameters with the designated coordinator. The database 
provides a record of the frequencies used by each facility or device to 
assist parties in selecting frequencies to avoid interference. Without 
a database, there would be no record of WMTS usage because WMTS 
transmitters will not be individually licensed. The designated 
frequency coordinator has the responsibility to maintain an accurate 
engineering database of all WMTS transmitters, identified by location 
(coordinates, street address, and building), operating frequency, 
emission type and output power, frequency range(s) used, modulation 
scheme used, effective radiated power, number of transmitters in use at 
the health care facility at the time of registration, legal name of the 
authorized health care provider, and point of contact for authorized 
health care provider. The frequency coordinator will make the database 
available to WMTS users, equipment manufacturers and the public. The 
coordinator will also notify users of potential frequency conflicts. In 
addition, in order to receive interference protection, parties 
operating WMTS networks on channel 37 shall notify one of the white 
space database administrators of their operating location pursuant to 
Sec. Sec.  15.713(j)(11) and 15.715(p) of that chapter.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1214.
    Title: Direct Access to Numbers Order, FCC 15-70, Conditions.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 13 respondents; 13 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10-20 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One-time application, on-going and bi-annual 
reporting requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C 251(e)(1).
    Total Annual Burden: 520 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: No cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: If respondents submit 
information which respondents believe is confidential, respondents may 
request confidential treatment of such information pursuant to section 
0.459 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 0.459.
    Needs and Uses: In a June 2015 Report and Order (FCC 15-70), the 
Commission established the Numbering Authorization Application process, 
which allows interconnected VoIP providers to apply for a blanket 
authorization from the FCC that, once granted, will allow them to 
demonstrate that they have the authority to provide service in specific 
areas, thus enabling them to request numbers directly from the 
Numbering Administrators. This collection covers the information and 
certifications that applicants must submit in order to comply with the 
Numbering Authorization Application process. The data, information, and 
documents acquired through this collection will allow interconnected 
VoIP providers to obtain numbers with minimal burden or delay while 
also preventing providers from obtaining numbers without first 
demonstrating that they can deploy and properly utilize such resources. 
This information will also help the Federal Communications Commission 
(FCC) protect against number exhaust while promoting competitive 
neutrality among traditional telecommunications carriers and 
interconnected VoIP providers by allowing both entities to obtain 
numbers directly from the Numbering Administrators. It will further 
help the FCC to maintain efficient utilization of numbering resources 
and ensure that telephone numbers are not being stranded.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-13486 Filed 6-7-16; 8:45 am]
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