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)

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.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 72 (Monday, April 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18143-18145]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07665]


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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.
[FR Doc. 2017-07665 Filed 4-14-17; 8:45 am]
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