82 FR 43235 - Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 177 (September 14, 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 177 (Thursday, September 14, 2017)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0760]


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, 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 October 16, 
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. 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: 3060-0760.
    Title: 272 Sunset Order, WC Docket No. 06-120; Access Charge 
Reform, CC Docket No. 96-262, First Report and Order; Second Order on 
Reconsideration and Memorandum Opinion and Order; and Fifth Report and 
Order; Business Data Services Report and Order, WC Docket No. 16-143 et 
al.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 13 respondents; 66 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3-80 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement; on-occasion 
reporting requirement; 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. 1, 4(i)-(j), 201-205, and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i)-(j), 201-205, and 303(r).
    Total Annual Burden: 1,256 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $61,050.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The information requested is 
not of a confidential nature. However, respondents may request 
materials or information submitted to the Commission be withheld from 
public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: On April 28, 2017, the Commission released the 
Business Data Services Order, WC Docket No. 16-143 et al., FCC 17-43, 
reforming the business data services/special access regulations for 
incumbent and competitive LECs. The Commission's reforms included 
replacing the application-based pricing flexibility rules with a new 
framework under which: (a) Packet-based services, time division 
multiplexing (TDM) services with bandwidth greater than 45 mbps, and 
TDM transport services are not subject to ex ante pricing regulation; 
(b) a new standard is applied to determine the extent to which the 
Commission regulates price cap LECs' TDM end user channel terminations 
with bandwidth less than 45 mbps and certain other low bandwidth 
business data services. Under this standard, a price cap LEC is not 
subject to ex ante pricing regulation in the provision of these 
services in counties deemed competitive under the Commission's 
competitive market test or for which the price cap LEC previously 
obtained Phase II pricing flexibility; (c) the price cap LEC is subject 
to ex ante pricing regulation in other counties where it is the 
incumbent LEC, but in these counties the price cap LEC has downward 
pricing flexibility (i.e., the equivalent of Phase I pricing

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flexibility under the prior rules); and (d) the Commission will update 
the competitive market test results every three years using data 
already collected in FCC Form 477.
    Among other rules changes, the Business Data Services Report and 
Order repealed section 1.774, which set forth requirements for pricing 
flexibility applications, and added section 1.776, which limits the 
circumstances under which price cap LECs must file their business data 
services contracts as contract-based tariffs. The Commission also 
amended section 69.701 of its rules to specify that its pricing 
flexibility rules no longer apply to business data services.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-19533 Filed 9-13-17; 8:45 am]
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