82 FR 18143 - Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 72 (April 17, 2017)

Page Range		18143-18145
FR Document		2017-07665

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 Commission 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.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0056, 3060-0823, 3060-0971]


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, 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 Commission 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 May 17, 2017. 
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 listed 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 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: 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.

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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.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0056.
    Title: Part 68, Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone 
Network.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 58,310 respondents; 64,177 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 hours-40 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. 151-154, 201-205 and 303(r).
    Total Annual Burden: 22,559 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $1,130,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Part 68 rules do not require 
respondents to provide proprietary, trade secret or other confidential 
information to the Commission. If the FCC requests that respondents 
submit information which respondents believe is confidential, 
respondents may request confidential treatment of such information 
pursuant to Section 0.459 of the FCC's rules, 47 CFR 0.459.
    Needs and Uses: The purpose of 47 CFR part 68 is to protect the 
telephone network from certain types of harm and prevent interference 
to subscribers. To (1) demonstrate that terminal equipment complies 
with criteria for protecting the network and (2) ensure that consumers, 
providers of telecommunications, the Commission and others are able to 
trace products to the party responsible for ensuring compliance with 
these criteria; it is essential to require manufacturers or other 
responsible parties to provide the information required by Part 68. In 
addition, incumbent local exchange carriers must provide the 
information in Part 68 to warn their subscribers of impending 
disconnection of service when subscriber terminal equipment is causing 
telephone network harm, and to inform subscribers of a change in 
network facilities that requires modification or alteration of 
subscribers' terminal equipment.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0823.
    Title: Part 64, Pay Telephone Reclassification.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 400 respondents; 16,820 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2.66 hours (average).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly and monthly reporting 
requirements and third party disclosure requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 151, 154, 201-205, 218, 226 and 276.
    Total Annual Burden: 44,700 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $740,000.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Confidentiality concerns are 
not relevant to these types of disclosures. The Commission is not 
requesting carriers or providers to submit confidential information to 
the Commission. If the Commission requests that carriers or providers 
submit information which they believe is confidential, the carriers or 
providers may request confidential treatment of their information under 
47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission established a plan to ensure that 
payphone service providers (PSPs) were compensated for certain non-coin 
calls originated from their payphones. As part of this plan, the 
Commission required that by October 7, 1997, local exchange carriers 
were to provide payphone-specific coding digits to PSPs, and that PSPs 
were to provide those digits from their payphones to interexchange 
carriers. The provision of payphone-specific coding digits was a 
prerequisite to payphone per-call compensation payments by IXCs to PSPs 
for subscriber 800 and access code calls. The Commission's Wireline 
Competition Bureau subsequently provided a waiver until March 9, 1998, 
for those payphones for which the necessary coding digits were not 
provided to identify calls. The Bureau also on that date clarified the 
requirements established in the Payphone Orders for the provision of 
payphone-specific coding digits and for tariffs that LECs must file 
pursuant to the Payphone Orders.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0971.
    Title: Section 52.15, Request for ``For Cause'' Audits and State 
Commission's Access to Numbering Resource Application Information.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and state, local or 
tribal government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,105 respondents; 63,005 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.166 hours to 3 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement 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. 153, 154, 201-205, 207-209, 218, 225-227, 251-252, 271 and 332.
    Total Annual Burden: 10,473 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Carrier numbering resource 
applications and audits of carrier compliance will be treated as 
confidential and will be exempt from public disclosure under 5 U.S.C. 
552(b)(4).
    Needs and Uses: There are two Paperwork Reduction Act related 
obligations under this OMB Control Number:
    1. The North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), the 
Pooling Administrator, or a state commission may draft a request to the 
auditor stating the reason for the request, such as misleading or 
inaccurate data, and attach supporting documentation; and
    2. Requests for copies of carriers' applications for numbering 
resources may be made directly to carriers.
    The information collected will be used by the FCC, state 
commissions, the NANPA and the Pooling Administrator to verify the 
validity and accuracy of such data and to assist state commissions in 
carrying out their numbering responsibilities, such as area code 
relief.


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Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
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Comments are requested concerning: addition, incumbent local exchange necessary coding digits were not
Whether the proposed collection of carriers must provide the information in provided to identify calls. The Bureau
information is necessary for the proper Part 68 to warn their subscribers of also on that date clarified the
performance of the functions of the impending disconnection of service requirements established in the
Commission, including whether the when subscriber terminal equipment is Payphone Orders for the provision of
information shall have practical utility; causing telephone network harm, and to payphone-specific coding digits and for
the accuracy of the Commission’s inform subscribers of a change in tariffs that LECs must file pursuant to
burden estimate; ways to enhance the network facilities that requires the Payphone Orders.
quality, utility, and clarity of the modification or alteration of subscribers’ OMB Control Number: 3060–0971.
information collected; ways to minimize terminal equipment. Title: Section 52.15, Request for ‘‘For
the burden of the collection of OMB Control Number: 3060–0823.
Title: Part 64, Pay Telephone Cause’’ Audits and State Commission’s
information on the respondents, Access to Numbering Resource
including the use of automated Reclassification.
Form Number: N/A. Application Information.
collection techniques or other forms of
Type of Review: Extension of a Form Number: N/A.
information technology; and ways to
further reduce the information currently approved collection. Type of Review: Extension of a
collection burden on small business Respondents: Business or other for- currently approved collection.
concerns with fewer than 25 employees. profit. Respondents: Business or other for-
OMB Control Number: 3060–0056. Number of Respondents and profit and state, local or tribal
Title: Part 68, Connection of Terminal Responses: 400 respondents; 16,820 government.
Equipment to the Telephone Network. responses. Number of Respondents and
Form Number: N/A. Estimated Time per Response: 2.66 Responses: 2,105 respondents; 63,005
Type of Review: Extension of a hours (average). responses.
currently approved collection. Frequency of Response: On occasion,
Estimated Time per Response: 0.166
Respondents: Business or other for- quarterly and monthly reporting
hours to 3 hours.
profit. requirements and third party disclosure
requirements. Frequency of Response: On occasion
Number of Respondents and
Obligation to Respond: Required to reporting requirement and third party
Responses: 58,310 respondents; 64,177
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory disclosure requirement.
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 authority for this information collection Obligation to Respond: Required to
hours–40 hours. is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 201- obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
Frequency of Response: On occasion 205, 218, 226 and 276. authority for this information collection
reporting requirement, third party Total Annual Burden: 44,700 hours. is contained in 47 U.S.C. 153, 154, 201–
disclosure requirement, and Total Annual Cost: $740,000. 205, 207–209, 218, 225–227, 251–252,
recordkeeping requirement. Privacy Impact Assessment: No 271 and 332.
Obligation to Respond: Required to impact(s). Total Annual Burden: 10,473 hours.
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Total Annual Cost: No cost.
authority for this information collection Confidentiality concerns are not Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151–154, 201– relevant to these types of disclosures. impact(s).
205 and 303(r). The Commission is not requesting
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Total Annual Burden: 22,559 hours. carriers or providers to submit
Carrier numbering resource applications
Total Annual Cost: $1,130,000. confidential information to the
and audits of carrier compliance will be
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No Commission. If the Commission
treated as confidential and will be
impact(s). requests that carriers or providers
exempt from public disclosure under 5
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: submit information which they believe
U.S.C. 552(b)(4).
Part 68 rules do not require respondents is confidential, the carriers or providers
to provide proprietary, trade secret or may request confidential treatment of Needs and Uses: There are two
other confidential information to the their information under 47 CFR 0.459 of Paperwork Reduction Act related
Commission. If the FCC requests that the Commission’s rules. obligations under this OMB Control
respondents submit information which Needs and Uses: The Commission Number:
respondents believe is confidential, established a plan to ensure that 1. The North American Numbering
respondents may request confidential payphone service providers (PSPs) were Plan Administrator (NANPA), the
treatment of such information pursuant compensated for certain non-coin calls Pooling Administrator, or a state
to Section 0.459 of the FCC’s rules, 47 originated from their payphones. As commission may draft a request to the
CFR 0.459. part of this plan, the Commission auditor stating the reason for the
Needs and Uses: The purpose of 47 required that by October 7, 1997, local request, such as misleading or
CFR part 68 is to protect the telephone exchange carriers were to provide inaccurate data, and attach supporting
network from certain types of harm and payphone-specific coding digits to PSPs, documentation; and
prevent interference to subscribers. To and that PSPs were to provide those 2. Requests for copies of carriers’
(1) demonstrate that terminal equipment digits from their payphones to applications for numbering resources
complies with criteria for protecting the interexchange carriers. The provision of may be made directly to carriers.
network and (2) ensure that consumers, payphone-specific coding digits was a The information collected will be
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providers of telecommunications, the prerequisite to payphone per-call used by the FCC, state commissions, the
Commission and others are able to trace compensation payments by IXCs to NANPA and the Pooling Administrator
products to the party responsible for PSPs for subscriber 800 and access code to verify the validity and accuracy of
ensuring compliance with these criteria; calls. The Commission’s Wireline such data and to assist state
it is essential to require manufacturers Competition Bureau subsequently commissions in carrying out their
or other responsible parties to provide provided a waiver until March 9, 1998, numbering responsibilities, such as area
the information required by Part 68. In for those payphones for which the code relief.

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Federal Communications Commission. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For from non-service initialized wireless
Katura Jackson, additional information about the mobile handsets. Non-service-initialized
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the information collection, contact Nicole wireless mobile handsets (non-
Secretary. Ongele at (202) 418–2991. initialized handsets) are not registered
[FR Doc. 2017–07665 Filed 4–14–17; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of for service with any Commercial Mobile
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P its continuing effort to reduce Radio Service (CMRS) licensee. A non-
paperwork burdens, and as required by initialized handset lacks a dialable
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of number, but is programmed to make
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Federal outgoing 911 calls. The Commission
COMMISSION Communications Commission (FCC or addressed issues arising from the
Commission) invites the general public inability of a PSAP operator to call back
[OMB 3060–0987]
and other Federal agencies to take this a 911 caller who becomes disconnected
Information Collection Being Reviewed opportunity to comment on the when using a non-service-initialized
by the Federal Communications following information collections. wireless handset. These requirements
Commission Under Delegated Comments are requested concerning: also apply to manufacturers of 911-only
Authority Whether the proposed collection of handsets that are manufactured after
information is necessary for the proper May 3, 2004.
AGENCY: Federal Communications
Commission. performance of the functions of the Federal Communications Commission.
Commission, including whether the Katura Jackson,
ACTION: Notice and request for
information shall have practical utility; Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
comments.
the accuracy of the Commission’s Secretary.
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort burden estimate; ways to enhance the [FR Doc. 2017–07661 Filed 4–14–17; 8:45 am]
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as quality, utility, and clarity of the BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
required by the Paperwork Reduction information collected; ways to minimize
Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal the burden of the collection of
Communications Commission (FCC or information on the respondents, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
the Commission) invites the general including the use of automated COMMISSION
public and other Federal agencies to collection techniques or other forms of
take this opportunity to comment on the information technology; and ways to SES Performance Review Board
following information collection. further reduce the information As required by the Civil Service
Comments are requested concerning: collection burden on small business Reform Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–454),
Whether the proposed collection of concerns with fewer than 25 employees. Chairman Ajit Pai has appointed the
information is necessary for the proper OMB Control Number: 3060–0987. following executives to the Senior
performance of the functions of the Title: 911 Callback Capability; Non- Executive Service (SES) Performance
Commission, including whether the initialized Handsets (47 CFR Sections Review Board (PRB):
information shall have practical utility; 20.18 (l)(1)(i–iii), 20.18 (l)(2)(i–iii)). Michelle Carey Shearer
the accuracy of the Commission’s Form Number: Not applicable. Kris Monteith
burden estimate; ways to enhance the Type of Review: Extension of a
Federal Communications Commission.
quality, utility, and clarity of the currently approved collection.
Katura Jackson,
information collected; ways to minimize Respondents: Businesses or other for-
the burden of the collection of profit. Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
information on the respondents, Number of Respondents and
including the use of automated [FR Doc. 2017–07659 Filed 4–14–17; 8:45 am]
Responses: 968 respondents; 225,968
collection techniques or other forms of responses. BILLING CODE P

information technology; and ways to Estimated Time per Response:
further reduce the information 0.01258143 hour (range of 30 seconds
collection burden on small business FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
for labeling each handset to one hour for
concerns with fewer than 25 employees. COMMISSION
each respondent’s public education
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a effort). [OMB 3060–0204]
collection of information unless it Frequency of Response: Third-party
displays a currently valid control disclosure requirement. Information Collection Being Reviewed
number. No person shall be subject to Obligation To Respond: Mandatory. by the Federal Communications
any penalty for failing to comply with Statutory authority for this collection of Commission Under Delegated
a collection of information subject to the information is contained in 47 U.S.C. Authority
PRA that does not display a valid Office Sections 154, 160, 201, 251–254, 303, AGENCY: Federal Communications
of Management and Budget (OMB) and 332. Commission.
control number. Total Annual Burden: 2,843 hours. ACTION: Notice and request for
DATES: Written PRA comments should Total Annual Cost: No Cost. comments.
be submitted on or before June 16, 2017. Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
If you anticipate that you will be impact(s). SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
submitting comments, but find it Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES

difficult to do so within the period of There is no need for confidentiality. required by the Paperwork Reduction
time allowed by this notice, you should Needs and Uses: In 2003, the Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
advise the contact listed below as soon Commission modified 47 CFR Section Communications Commission (FCC or
as possible. 20.18(l) to further improve the ability of the Commission) invites the general
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to public safety answering points (PSAPs) public and other Federal agencies to
Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@ to respond quickly and efficiently to take this opportunity to comment on the
fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. calls for emergency assistance made following information collection.

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice and request for comments.
Dates		Written comments should be submitted on or before May 17, 2017. 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 listed 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		82 FR 18143