81 FR 54083 - Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 157 (August 15, 2016)

Page Range		54083-54084
FR Document		2016-19382

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 Issue 157 (Monday, August 15, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 157 (Monday, August 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54083-54084]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0710]


Information Collection 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

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PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before September 14, 
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: 3060-0710.
    Title: Policy and Rules Under Parts 1 and 51 Concerning the 
Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions in the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996--CC Docket No. 96-98.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 15,282 respondents; 1,067,987 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .50 hours-4,000 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
sections 1-4, 201-205, 214, 224, 251, 252, and 303(r) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and section 601 of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996. 47 U.S.C. 151-154, 201-205, 224, 251, 
252, 303 (r), and 601.
    Total Annual Burden: 645,798 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the 
Commission. If the respondents wish confidential treatment of their 
information, they may request confidential treatment under 47 CFR 0.459 
of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted rules to implement the First 
Report and Order on Reconsideration issued in CC Docket No. 96-98. That 
Order implemented parts of sections 251 and 252 of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996 that affect local competition. Incumbent 
local exchange carriers (ILECs) are required to offer interconnection, 
unbundled network elements (UNEs), transport and termination, and 
wholesale rates for certain services to new entrants. Incumbent LECS 
must price such services and rates that are cost-based and just and 
reasonable and provide access to right-of-way as well as establish 
reciprocal compensation arrangements for the transport and termination 
of telecommunications traffic.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison Officer Office of Secretary.
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communication, if written, or a communication and responses thereto The following is a list of off-the-
summary of the substance of any oral in the decisional record. The record communications recently
communication. Commission will grant such a request received by the Secretary of the
Prohibited communications are only when it determines that fairness so Commission. The communications
included in a public, non-decisional file requires. Any person identified below as listed are grouped by docket numbers in
associated with, but not a part of, the having made a prohibited off-the-record ascending order. These filings are
decisional record of the proceeding. communication shall serve the available for electronic review at the
Unless the Commission determines that document on all parties listed on the Commission in the Public Reference
the prohibited communication and any official service list for the applicable Room or may be viewed on the
responses thereto should become a part proceeding in accordance with Rule Commission’s Web site at http://
of the decisional record, the prohibited
2010, 18 CFR 385.2010. www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link.
off-the-record communication will not
be considered by the Commission in Exempt off-the-record Enter the docket number, excluding the
reaching its decision. Parties to a communications are included in the last three digits, in the docket number
proceeding may seek the opportunity to decisional record of the proceeding, field to access the document. For
respond to any facts or contentions unless the communication was with a assistance, please contact FERC Online
made in a prohibited off-the-record cooperating agency as described by 40 Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
communication, and may request that CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or
the Commission place the prohibited 385.2201(e)(1)(v). for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659.

Docket No. File date Presenter or requester

Prohibited:
1. CP15–17–000 .................................................................. 7–28–2016 WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc.
2. CP13–483–000, CP13–492–000 ..................................... 8–1–2016 Clarence Adams and Jody McCaffree.
3. P–2082–027 .................................................................... 8–1–2016 Collier Interpretive and Information Center.
4. CP13–483–000, CP13–492–000 ..................................... 8–3–2016 Clarence Adams.
5. CP16–22–000, CP16–23–000 ......................................... 8–8–2016 Terry J. Lodge.
Exempt:
1. CP16–9–000 .................................................................... 7–25–2016 U.S. Congress.1
2. P–1494–000 .................................................................... 7–26–2016 U.S. House Representative Markwayne Mullin.
3. CP14–96–001 .................................................................. 7–28–2016 State of New York Senator Roxanne J. Persaud.
4. CP15–88–000 .................................................................. 7–28–2016 City of Danville, Kentucky Mayor G. Michael Perros.
5. CP14–96–002 .................................................................. 7–28–2016 U.S. Congress.2
6. P–1494–433 .................................................................... 7–29–2016 FERC Staff.3
7. CP14–96–000 .................................................................. 7–29–2016 Town of Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
8. CP15–558–000 ................................................................ 7–29–2016 U.S. House Representative Matt Cartwright.
9. P–2833–000 .................................................................... 7–29–2016 U.S. House Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler.
10. P–1494–000 .................................................................. 8–1–2016 U.S. House Representative Jim Bridenstine.
11. CP13–483–000, CP13–492–000 ................................... 8–1–2016 Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indi-
ans.
12. CP14–96–000 ................................................................ 8–4–2016 U.S. Congress.4
13. CP15–514–000 .............................................................. 8–4–2016 State of Ohio House Representative Clifford A. Rosenberger.
14. CP16–10–000 ................................................................ 8–8–2016 FERC Staff.5
1 Senators
Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren.
2 U.S.House Representative Stephen Lynch. U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey. Boston, Massachusetts Mayor Martin J.
Walsh. State of Massachusetts Senator Michael F. Rush. State of Massachusetts House Representatives Paul McMurtry and Edward F.
Coppinger. Boston, Massachusetts District 6 Councilor Matt O’Malley.
3 Memo reporting phone call on June 28, 2016 with Senator James Inhofe from Oklahoma.
4 U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand.
5 Memo reporting phone call on August 5, 2016 with John Ross, Zoning Administrator for Giles County, Virginia.

Dated: August 9, 2016. Notice and request for
ACTION: the accuracy of the Commission’s
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., comments. burden estimate; ways to enhance the
Deputy Secretary. quality, utility, and clarity of the
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to reduce paperwork burdens, and as the burden of the collection of
required by the Paperwork Reduction information on the respondents,
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– including the use of automated
3520), the Federal Communications collection techniques or other forms of
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS Commission (FCC or Commission) information technology; and ways to
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Federal agencies to take this collection burden on small business
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following information collections. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a
Information Collection Being Comments are requested concerning: collection of information unless it
Submitted for Review and Approval to Whether the proposed collection of displays a currently valid Office of
the Office of Management and Budget information is necessary for the proper Management and Budget (OMB) control
performance of the functions of the number. No person shall be subject to
AGENCY:Federal Communications Commission, including whether the any penalty for failing to comply with
Commission. information shall have practical utility; a collection of information subject to the

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice and request for comments.
Dates		Written comments should be submitted on or before September 14, 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.
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.
FR Citation		81 FR 54083