83 FR 12391 - Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 55 (March 21, 2018)

Page Range		12391-12392
FR Document		2018-05727

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 3060-0149]

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 April 20,
2018. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find
it

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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 Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via
email PRA@fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. 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: 3060-0149.
Title: Part 63, Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by
Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, WC Docket No. 17-84,
FCC 17-154.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 58 respondents; 58 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 6 hours per response.
Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement and third-
party disclosure requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
47 U.S.C. Sections 214 and 402 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 348 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Information filed in section
214 applications has generally been non-confidential. Requests from
parties seeking confidential treatment are considered by Commission
staff pursuant to 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for a revision to a currently approved
collection. Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
requires that a carrier first obtain FCC authorization either to (1)
construct, operate, or engage in transmission over a line of
communications, or (2) discontinue, reduce or impair service over a
line of communications. Part 63 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) implements Section 214. Part 63 also implements
provisions of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 pertaining to
video which was approved under this OMB Control Number 3060-0149. In
2009, the Commission modified Part 63 to extend to providers of
interconnected Voice of Internet Protocol (VoIP) service the
discontinuance obligations that apply to domestic non-dominant
telecommunications carriers under Section 214 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended. In 2014, the Commission adopted improved
administrative filing procedures for domestic transfers of control,
domestic discontinuances and notices of network changes, and among
other adjustments, modified Part 63 to require electronic filing for
applications for authorization to discontinue, reduce, or impair
service under section 214(a) of the Act. In July 2016, the Commission
revised certain section 214(a) discontinuance procedures. To reduce
burdens on carriers, the Commission revised its rules to: (1) Allow
carriers to provide notice via email or other alternative methods to
offer additional options to customers, and (2) provide for streamlined
treatment of applications to discontinue services for which the carrier
has had no existing customers or reasonable requests for service during
the previous 180 days. It also addressed a gap in the Commission's
rules by making a competitive LEC's application for discontinuance
deemed granted on the effective date of any copper retirement that made
the discontinuance unavoidable. The Commission further concluded that
applicants must provide notice of discontinuance applications to
federally-recognized Tribal Nations. In Accelerating Wireline Broadband
Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, WC Docket
No. 17-84, Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, and Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 17-154 (rel. Nov. 29, 2017) (Wireline
Infrastructure Order), the Commission, among other things, reduced the
public comment and auto-grant periods for applications that grandfather
low speed legacy services and applications to discontinue previously
grandfathered legacy data services. The Commission also held that if a
carrier files an application to discontinue, reduce, or impair a legacy
voice or data service below 1.544 Mbps for which it has had no
customers and no request for service for at least a 30-day period
immediately preceding submission of the application, that application
will be automatically granted on the 15th day after its filing with the
Commission, absent Commission notice to the contrary. The Commission
will use the information collected under these revisions to 47 CFR
Section 63 to determine if affected respondents are in compliance with
its rules and the requirements of section 214 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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Total Annual Burden: 63,486 hours. Docket No. 10–90 et al., Report and Commission also proposes a number of
Total Annual Cost(s): No Cost. Order, Order and Order on non-substantive changes to the Form
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No Reconsideration and Further Notice of 481 and accompanying instructions.
impact(s). Proposed Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 3087 Any increased burdens for particular
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: (2016). The Commission has received reporting requirements are associated
The Commission notes that USAC must OMB approval for most of the with ETCs newly subject to those
preserve the confidentiality of all data information collections required by requirements as a condition of receiving
obtained from respondents; must not these orders. At a later date, the high-cost support.
use the data except for purposes of Commission plans to submit additional
administering the universal service Federal Communications Commission.
revisions for OMB review to address
programs; and must not disclose data in Marlene J. Dortch,
other reforms adopted in the orders
company-specific form unless directed (e.g., 47 CFR 54.313(a)(6)). Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
to do so by the Commission. Privately- More recently, on August 23, 2016, [FR Doc. 2018–05731 Filed 3–20–18; 8:45 am]
held rate-of-return carriers may file the the Commission adopted the Alaska BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
financial information they disclose in Plan Order. See Connect America Fund
FCC Form 481 pursuant to a protective et al., WC Docket Nos. 10–90, 16–271;
order. WT Docket No. 10–208, Report and FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
Needs and Uses: The Commission is Order and Further Notice of Proposed COMMISSION
requesting the Office of Management Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 10139 (2016) [OMB 3060–0149]
and Budget (OMB) approval for this (Alaska Plan Order). In that order, the
revised information collection. On Commission adopted a plan for Information Collection Being
November 18, 2011, the Commission providing Alaskan rate-of-return carriers Submitted for Review and Approval to
adopted an order reforming its high-cost and competitive eligible the Office of Management and Budget
universal service support mechanisms. telecommunications carriers (ETCs) the
Connect America Fund; A National option to obtain a fixed level of funding AGENCY: Federal Communications
Broadband Plan for Our Future; for a defined term in exchange for Commission.
Establish Just and Reasonable Rates for committing to deployment obligations ACTION: Notice and request for
Local Exchange Carriers; High-Cost that are tailored to each Alaskan comments.
Universal Service Support; Developing a carrier’s circumstances. ETCs receiving
Unified Intercarrier Compensation SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
support pursuant to the Alaska Plan
Regime; Federal-State Joint Board on to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
must comply with the Commission’s
Universal Service; Lifeline and Link-Up; required by the Paperwork Reduction
existing high-cost reporting and
Universal Service Reform—Mobility Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
oversight mechanisms, with certain
Fund, WC Docket Nos. 10–90, 07–135, Communications Commission (FCC or
exceptions and modifications.
05–337, 03–109; GN Docket No. 09–51; On July 7, 2017, the Commission the Commission) invites the general
CC Docket Nos. 01–92, 96–45; WT adopted the ETC Reporting Streamlining public and other Federal agencies to
Docket No. 10–208, Order and Further Order. See Connect America Fund; ETC take this opportunity to comment on the
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 26 FCC Annual Reports and Certifications, WC following information collection.
Rcd 17663 (2011) (USF/ICC Docket Nos. 10–90, 14–58, Report and Comments are requested concerning:
Transformation Order), and the Order, 32 FCC Rcd 5944 (2017) (ETC Whether the proposed collection of
Commission and Wireline Competition Reporting Streamlining Order). In that information is necessary for the proper
Bureau have since adopted a number of order, the Commission streamlined the performance of the functions of the
orders that implement the USF/ICC annual reporting requirements for ETCs Commission, including whether the
Transformation Order; see also Connect by eliminating rules duplicative of other information shall have practical utility;
America Fund et al., WC Docket No. 10– reporting requirements or that are no the accuracy of the Commission’s
90 et al., Third Order on longer necessary. burden estimate; ways to enhance the
Reconsideration, 27 FCC Rcd 5622 Further, since the previous filing quality, utility, and clarity of the
(2012); Connect America Fund et al., deadline associated with this collection, information collected; ways to minimize
WC Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order, 27 changing circumstances have made the burden of the collection of
FCC Rcd 605 (Wireline Comp. Bur. filing certain information no longer information on the respondents,
2012); Connect America Fund et al., WC necessary or required under the rules. including the use of automated
Docket No. 10–90 et al., Fifth Order on For instance, the final Connect America collection techniques or other forms of
Reconsideration, 27 FCC Rcd 14549 Phase I incremental support deployment information technology; and ways to
(2012); Connect America Fund et al., deadlines were in early 2017, so there further reduce the information
WC Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order, 28 are no longer any reporting obligations collection burden on small business
FCC Rcd 2051 (Wireline Comp. Bur. associated with that support. Moreover, concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
2013); Connect America Fund et al., WC because the Connect America Phase II The Commission may not conduct or
Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order, 28 FCC challenge process has ended, the sponsor a collection of information
Rcd 7227 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); Commission proposes to remove Form unless it displays a currently valid
Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 505 from this collection. The Office of Management and Budget
10–90, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd Commission also proposes to move FCC (OMB) control number. No person shall
7766 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); be subject to any penalty for failing to
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Form 507, FCC Form 508, FCC Form
Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 509 and the accompanying instructions comply with a collection of information
10–90, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd to information collection 3060–0233. subject to the PRA that does not display
7211 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); The Commission therefore proposes a valid OMB control number.
Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. to revise this information collection, as DATES: Written comments should be
10–90, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd well as Form 481 and its accompanying submitted on or before April 20, 2018.
10488 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); instructions, to reflect these new or If you anticipate that you will be
Connect America Fund et al., WC modified requirements. The submitting comments, but find it

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Dates		Written comments should be submitted on or before April 20, 2018. 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		83 FR 12391