81 FR 9855 - Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 38 (February 26, 2016)

Page Range		9855-9856
FR Document		2016-04131

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 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.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 38 (Friday, February 26, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9855-9856]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04131]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0292]


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 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), 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 April 26, 
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 contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email 
[email protected] and to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0292.

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    Title: Section 69.605, Reporting and Distribution of Pool Access 
Revenues, Part 69-Access Charges.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,064 respondents; 12,757 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.75 hours-1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: Annual and monthly 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. 154, 201, 202, 203, 205, 218 and 403 of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 9,568 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is requesting approval for an 
extension (no change in the reporting and/or third party disclosure 
requirements).
    Due to consolidation in the telecommunications marketplace, there 
is a decrease in the Commission's burden estimates. Section 69.605 
requires that access revenues and cost data shall be reported by 
participants in association tariffs to the association for computation 
of monthly pool revenues distributions. The association shall submit a 
report on or before February 1 of each calendar year describing the 
associations' cost study review process for the preceding calendar year 
as well as the results of that process. For any revisions to the cost 
study results made or recommended by the association that would change 
the respective carrier's calculated annual common line or traffic 
sensitive revenue requirement by ten percent or more, the report shall 
include the following information:
    (1) Name of the carrier;
    (2) A detailed description of the revisions;
    (3) The amount of the revisions;
    (4) The impact of the revisions on the carrier's calculated common 
line and traffic sensitive revenue requirements; and
    (5) The carrier's total annual common line and traffic sensitive 
revenue requirement. The information is used to compute charges in 
tariffs for access service (or origination and termination) and to 
compute revenue pool distributions. Neither process could be 
implemented without the information.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
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76.1709 (availability of signals), 76.1710 related to the content of the public files. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
(operator interests in video A system also is required to include in COMMISSION
programming), 76.1715 (sponsorship the online public file the address of the
identification), and 76.630 system’s local public file, if the system [OMB 3060–0292]
(compatibility with consumer retains documents in the local file that
electronics equipment. Cable systems are not available in the Commission’s Information Collection Being Reviewed
with fewer than 5,000 subscribers may online file, and the name, phone by the Federal Communications
continue to retain their political file number, and email address of the Commission
locally and are not required to upload system’s designated contact for
new political file material to the online AGENCY: Federal Communications
questions about the public file. In Commission.
public file until March 1, 2018. In
addition, a system must provide on the ACTION: Notice and request for
addition, cable systems may elect to
retain the material required by 76.1708 online public file a list of the five digit comments.
(principal headend) locally rather than ZIP codes served by the system.
47 CFR 76.1700(g) requires that cable SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
placing this material in the online
operators make any material in the to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
public file.
47 CFR 76.1700(b) requires cable required by the Paperwork Reduction
public inspection file that is not also
system operators to make the records Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
available in the Commission’s online
required to be retained by the following 3520), the Federal Communications
file available for machine reproduction Commission (FCC or the Commission)
rules available to local franchising upon request made in person, provided
authorities: 76.1704 (proof-of- invites the general public and other
the requesting party shall pay the Federal agencies to take this
performance test data) and 76.1713 reasonable cost of reproduction.
(complaint resolution). opportunity to comment on the
Requests for machine copies must be following information collection.
47 CFR 76.1700(c) requires cable
fulfilled at a location specified by the Comments are requested concerning:
system operators to make the records
required to be retained by the following system operator, within a reasonable Whether the proposed collection of
rules available to the Commission: period of time, which in no event shall information is necessary for the proper
76.1704 (proof-of-performance test be longer than seven days. The system performance of the functions of the
data), 76.1706 (signal leakage logs and operator is not required to honor Commission, including whether the
repair records), 76.1711 (emergency requests made by mail but may do so if information shall have practical utility;
alert system and activations), 76.1713 it chooses. the accuracy of the Commission’s
(complaint resolution), and 76.1716 47 CFR 76.1702(a) requires that every burden estimate; ways to enhance the
(subscriber records). employment unit with six or more full- quality, utility, and clarity of the
47 CFR 76.1700(d) exempts cable time employees shall maintain for information collected; ways to minimize
television systems having fewer than the burden of the collection of
public inspection a file containing
1,000 subscribers from the online public information on the respondents,
copies of all EEO program annual
file and the public inspection including the use of automated
reports filed with the Commission and
requirements contained in 47 CFR collection techniques or other forms of
76.1701 (political file); 76.1702 (equal the equal employment opportunity information technology; and ways to
employment opportunity); 76.1703 program information described in 47 further reduce the information
(commercial records for children’s 76.1702(b). These materials shall be collection burden on small business
programming); 76.1704 (proof-of- placed in the Commission’s online concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
performance test data); 76.1706 (signal public inspection file for each cable The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a
leakage logs and repair records); and system associated with the employment collection of information unless it
76.1715 (sponsorship identifications). unit. These materials must be placed in displays a currently valid control
47 CFR 76.1700(e) requires that public the Commission’s online public number. No person shall be subject to
file material that continues to be inspection file annually by the date that any penalty for failing to comply with
retained at the system be retained in a the unit’s EEO program annual report is a collection of information subject to the
public inspection file maintained at the due to be filed and shall be retained for PRA that does not display a valid Office
office which the system operator a period of five years. A headquarters of Management and Budget (OMB)
maintains for the ordinary collection of employment unit file and a file control number.
subscriber charges, resolution of containing a consolidated set of all DATES: Written PRA comments should
subscriber complaints, and other documents pertaining to the other be submitted on or before April 26,
business or at any accessible place in employment units of a multichannel 2016. If you anticipate that you will be
the community served by the system video programming distributor that submitting comments, but find it
unit(s) (such as a public registry for operates multiple units shall be difficult to do so within the period of
documents or an attorney’s office). maintained in the Commission’s online time allowed by this notice, you should
Public files must be available for public advise the contact listed below as soon
public file for every cable system
inspection during regular business as possible.
associated with the headquarters
hours.
employment unit. ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
47 CFR 76.1700(f) requires cable
Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

systems to provide a link to the public Federal Communications Commission.
inspection file hosted on the fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Commission’s Web site from the home FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
page of its own Web site, if the system additional information about the
[FR Doc. 2016–04118 Filed 2–25–16; 8:45 am]
has a Web site, and provide contact information collection, contact Nicole
information on its Web site for a system BILLING CODE 6712–01–P Ongele at (202) 418–2991.
representative who can assist any SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
person with disabilities with issues OMB Control Number: 3060–0292.

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice and request for comments.
Dates		Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before April 26, 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 contact listed below as soon as possible.
Contact		For additional information about the information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.
FR Citation		81 FR 9855