83 FR 2563 - Technology Transitions, USTelecom Petition for Declaratory Ruling That Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers Are Non-Dominant in the Provision of Switched Access Services, Policies and Rules Governing Retirement of Copper Loops by Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and Special Access for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 12 (January 18, 2018)

Page Range		2563-2564
FR Document		2018-00760

In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with the Commission's discontinuance rules. This document is consistent with the Technology Transitions Declaratory Ruling, Second Report and Order, and Order on Reconsideration, FCC 16-90, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of those rules.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 63

[GN Docket No. 13-5, RM-11358; WC Docket No. 13-3; FCC 16-90]


Technology Transitions, USTelecom Petition for Declaratory Ruling 
That Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers Are Non-Dominant in the 
Provision of Switched Access Services, Policies and Rules Governing 
Retirement of Copper Loops by Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and 
Special Access for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, 
the information collection associated with the Commission's 
discontinuance rules. This document is consistent with the Technology 
Transitions Declaratory Ruling, Second Report and Order, and Order on 
Reconsideration, FCC 16-90, which stated that the Commission would 
publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective 
date of those rules.

DATES:  The amendments to 47 CFR 63.71(a) introductory text, (b), (g), 
and (i) published at 81 FR 62632, September 12, 2016, are effective on 
January 18, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Levy Berlove, Attorney 
Advisor, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-1477, or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  This document announces that, on January 5, 
2018, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information 
collection requirements relating to certain of the discontinuance rules 
contained in the Commission's Technology Transitions Declaratory 
Ruling, Second Report and Order, and Order on Reconsideration, FCC 16-
90, published at 81 FR 62632, September 12, 2016, as specified above.
    The OMB Control Number is 3060-0149. The Commission publishes this 
document as an announcement of the effective date of the rules. If you 
have any comments on the burden estimates listed below, or how the 
Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens caused 
thereby, please contact Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications 
Commission, Room A-C620, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. 
Please include the OMB Control Number, 3060-0149, in your 
correspondence. The Commission will also accept your comments via email 
at [email protected].
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 
send an email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received final OMB 
approval on January 5, 2018, for the information collection 
requirements contained in the modifications to the Commission's rules 
in 47 CFR part 63. Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not conduct or 
sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current, valid 
OMB Control Number.
    No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply 
with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB 
Control Number is 3060-0149.
    The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
    The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents 
are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0149.
    OMB Approval Date: January 5, 2018.
    OMB Expiration Date: January 31, 2021.
    Title: Part 63, Application and Supplemental Information 
Requirements; Technology Transitions et al., GN Docket No. 13-5 et al.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 60 respondents; 60 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 6 hours.
    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. 214 and 402 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 360 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting that the respondents submit confidential information to the 
FCC. Respondents may, however, request confidential treatment for 
information they believe to be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 
Commission's rules.
    Privacy Act: No impact(s).
    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

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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. The Commission estimates that there will be only 
minimal impact on the annual burden hours associated with 
discontinuance applications as a result of these revisions. 
Specifically, the Commission estimates that carriers will need no more 
than one additional hour per application for purposes of determining 
which, if any, Tribal Nations are located in the service areas to be 
affected by the planned discontinuance and providing such notice. The 
estimated number of respondents, responses, and burden hours associated 
with this collection differ from those set forth in the 60-day notice 
published on October 28, 2016 (81 FR 75054), which covered additional 
section 214(a) discontinuance rules adopted in 2016 that will now be 
addressed separately. As a result, the burden hours herein are 
substantially reduced from those contained in the 60-day notice.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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■ 2. Amend § 11.31 by: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OMB Approval Date: January 5, 2018.
■ a. In the table in paragraph (e), adding Michele Levy Berlove, Attorney OMB Expiration Date: January 31,
an entry under ‘‘State and Local Codes Advisor, Wireline Competition Bureau, 2021.
(Optional)’’ for ‘‘Blue Alert’’, and at (202) 418–1477, or by email at Title: Part 63, Application and
■ b. Removing the first paragraph (f). Michele.Berlove@fcc.gov. Supplemental Information
The addition reads as follows: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Requirements; Technology Transitions
document announces that, on January 5, et al., GN Docket No. 13–5 et al.
§ 11.31 EAS protocol.
2018, OMB approved, for a period of Form Number: N/A.
* * * * * Respondents: Business or other for-
(e) The following Event (EEE) codes three years, the information collection
requirements relating to certain of the profit entities.
are presently authorized: Number of Respondents and
discontinuance rules contained in the
Commission’s Technology Transitions Responses: 60 respondents; 60
Event responses.
Nature of activation Declaratory Ruling, Second Report and
codes
Order, and Order on Reconsideration, Estimated Time per Response: 6
FCC 16–90, published at 81 FR 62632, hours.
* * * * * September 12, 2016, as specified above. Frequency of Response: One-time
State and Local Codes (Op- The OMB Control Number is 3060– reporting requirement and third-party
tional): ..................................... ..................
0149. The Commission publishes this disclosure requirements.
document as an announcement of the Obligation to Respond: Required to
* * * * * obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
Blue Alert .................................... BLU. effective date of the rules. If you have authority for this collection of
any comments on the burden estimates
* * * * * listed below, or how the Commission information is contained in 47 U.S.C.
can improve the collections and reduce 214 and 402 of the Communications Act
any burdens caused thereby, please of 1934, as amended.
* * * * * Total Annual Burden: 360 hours.
[FR Doc. 2018–00595 Filed 1–17–18; 8:45 am] contact Nicole Ongele, Federal
Communications Commission, Room A– Total Annual Cost: No cost(s).
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C620, 445 12th Street SW, Washington,
The Commission is not requesting that
DC 20554. Please include the OMB
the respondents submit confidential
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS Control Number, 3060–0149, in your
information to the FCC. Respondents
COMMISSION correspondence. The Commission will
may, however, request confidential
also accept your comments via email at
47 CFR Part 63 treatment for information they believe to
PRA@fcc.gov.
To request materials in accessible be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of
[GN Docket No. 13–5, RM–11358; WC the Commission’s rules.
Docket No. 13–3; FCC 16–90] formats for people with disabilities
Privacy Act: No impact(s).
(Braille, large print, electronic files,
Needs and Uses: The Commission is
Technology Transitions, USTelecom audio format), send an email to fcc504@
seeking Office of Management and
Petition for Declaratory Ruling That fcc.gov or call the Consumer and
Budget (OMB) approval for a revision to
Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202)
a currently approved collection. Section
Are Non-Dominant in the Provision of 418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432
214 of the Communications Act of 1934,
Switched Access Services, Policies (TTY).
as amended, requires that a carrier first
and Rules Governing Retirement of Synopsis obtain FCC authorization either to (1)
Copper Loops by Incumbent Local construct, operate, or engage in
Exchange Carriers and Special Access As required by the Paperwork
transmission over a line of
for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), communications, or (2) discontinue,
the FCC is notifying the public that it
AGENCY: Federal Communications received final OMB approval on January reduce or impair service over a line of
Commission. 5, 2018, for the information collection communications. Part 63 of title 47 of
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of requirements contained in the the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
effective date. modifications to the Commission’s rules implements Section 214. Part 63 also
in 47 CFR part 63. Under 5 CFR part implements provisions of the Cable
SUMMARY: In this document, the Communications Policy Act of 1984
1320, an agency may not conduct or
Commission announces that the Office pertaining to video which was approved
sponsor a collection of information
of Management and Budget (OMB) has under this OMB Control Number 3060–
unless it displays a current, valid OMB
approved, for a period of three years, the 0149. In 2009, the Commission modified
Control Number.
information collection associated with No person shall be subject to any Part 63 to extend to providers of
the Commission’s discontinuance rules. penalty for failing to comply with a interconnected Voice of internet
This document is consistent with the collection of information subject to the Protocol (VoIP) service the
Technology Transitions Declaratory Paperwork Reduction Act that does not discontinuance obligations that apply to
Ruling, Second Report and Order, and display a current, valid OMB Control domestic non-dominant
Order on Reconsideration, FCC 16–90, Number. The OMB Control Number is telecommunications carriers under
which stated that the Commission 3060–0149. Section 214 of the Communications Act
would publish a document in the The foregoing notice is required by of 1934, as amended. In 2014, the
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Federal Register announcing the the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Commission adopted improved
effective date of those rules. Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995, administrative filing procedures for
DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR and 44 U.S.C. 3507. domestic transfers of control, domestic
63.71(a) introductory text, (b), (g), and The total annual reporting burdens discontinuances and notices of network
(i) published at 81 FR 62632, September and costs for the respondents are as changes, and among other adjustments,
12, 2016, are effective on January 18, follows: modified Part 63 to require electronic
2018. OMB Control Number: 3060–0149. filing for applications for authorization

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to discontinue, reduce, or impair service discontinuance rules adopted in 2016 DATES: Effective January 18, 2018, until
under section 214(a) of the Act. In July that will now be addressed separately. the effective date of the final 2018 and
2016, the Commission revised certain As a result, the burden hours herein are 2019 harvest specifications for BSAI
section 214(a) discontinuance substantially reduced from those groundfish, unless otherwise modified
procedures. To reduce burdens on contained in the 60-day notice. or superseded through publication of a
carriers, the Commission revised its Federal Communications Commission. notification in the Federal Register.
rules to: (1) Allow carriers to provide Marlene H. Dortch, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
notice via email or other alternative Secretary, Office of the Secretary. Steve Whitney, 907–586–7228.
methods to offer additional options to [FR Doc. 2018–00760 Filed 1–17–18; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
customers, and (2) provide for
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streamlined treatment of applications to Need for Correction
discontinue services for which the NMFS published an inseason
carrier has had no existing customers or adjustment of the 2018 TAC amounts for
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
reasonable requests for service during the BSAI pollock, Atka mackerel, and
the previous 180 days. It also addressed National Oceanic and Atmospheric Pacific cod fisheries (82 FR 60329,
a gap in the Commission’s rules by Administration December 20, 2017). A table providing
making a competitive LEC’s application information about the 2018 allocations
for discontinuance deemed granted on 50 CFR Part 679 of pollock TACs and community
the effective date of any copper development quota (CDQ) directed
retirement that made the discontinuance [Docket No. 161020985–7181–02]
fishing allowances (DFA) contained an
unavoidable. The Commission further RIN 0648–XF866 incorrect amount in the column titled
concluded that applicants must provide ‘‘2018 allocations’’ and the second row
notice of discontinuance applications to Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic in the Bering Sea subarea titled ‘‘CDQ
federally-recognized Tribal Nations. The Zone Off Alaska; Inseason Adjustment DFA.’’ This value was specified as
Commission estimates that there will be to the 2018 Bering Sea and Aleutian 164,434 metric tons (mt), instead of the
only minimal impact on the annual Islands Pollock, Atka Mackerel, and correct value of 136,434 mt.
burden hours associated with Pacific Cod Total Allowable Catch NMFS anticipates that this correction
discontinuance applications as a result Amounts; Correction will not affect the fishing operations of
of these revisions. Specifically, the AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries the CDQ vessels that are subject to these
Commission estimates that carriers will Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and DFAs. This is because of the seasonal
need no more than one additional hour Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), allocations for the Bering Sea subarea
per application for purposes of Commerce. CDQ DFAs are correctly specified.
determining which, if any, Tribal ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason
Nations are located in the service areas Correction
adjustment; correction.
to be affected by the planned In FR Doc. 2017–27428, published on
discontinuance and providing such SUMMARY: NMFS is correcting a December 20, 2017 (82 FR 60329), the
notice. The estimated number of temporary rule that published on following correction is made to Table 5:
respondents, responses, and burden December 20, 2017, adjusting the 2018 On page 60330, in Table 5, column 2
hours associated with this collection total allowable catch (TAC) amounts for is corrected to incorporate the correct
differ from those set forth in the 60-day the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands amount for the Bering Sea subarea CDQ
notice published on October 28, 2016 (BSAI) pollock, Atka mackerel, and pollock DFA.
(81 FR 75054), which covered Pacific cod fisheries. One table in the Table 5 is corrected and reprinted in
additional section 214(a) document contained an error. its entirety to read as follows:

TABLE 5—FINAL 2018 ALLOCATIONS OF POLLOCK TACS TO THE DIRECTED POLLOCK FISHERIES AND TO THE CDQ
DIRECTED FISHING ALLOWANCES (DFA) 1
[Amounts are in metric tons]

2018 A season 1 2018 B
2018 season 1
Area and sector Allocations A season DFA SCA harvest
limit 2 B season DFA

Bering Sea subarea TAC 1 .............................................................................. 1,364,341 n/a n/a n/a
CDQ DFA ......................................................................................................... 136,434 61,395 38,202 75,039
ICA 1 ................................................................................................................. 47,888 n/a n/a n/a
Total Bering Sea non-CDQ ...................................................................... 1,180,019 531,008 330,405 649,010

DFA

AFA Inshore ..................................................................................................... 590,009 265,504 165,203 324,505
AFA Catcher/Processors 3 ............................................................................... 472,007 212,403 132,162 259,604
Catch by C/Ps .......................................................................................... 431,887 194,349 n/a 237,538
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Catch by CVs 3 ......................................................................................... 40,121 18,054 n/a 22,066
Unlisted C/P Limit 4 ................................................................................... 2,360 1,062 n/a 1,298
AFA Motherships ............................................................................................. 118,002 53,101 33,041 64,901
Excessive Harvesting Limit 5 ............................................................................ 206,503 n/a n/a n/a
Excessive Processing Limit 6 ........................................................................... 354,006 n/a n/a n/a
Aleutian Islands subarea ABC ......................................................................... 40,788 n/a n/a n/a
Aleutian Islands subarea TAC 1 ....................................................................... 19,000 n/a n/a n/a

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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		Rules and Regulations
Action		Final rule; announcement of effective date.
Dates		The amendments to 47 CFR 63.71(a) introductory text, (b), (g), and (i) published at 81 FR 62632, September 12, 2016, are effective on January 18, 2018.
Contact		Michele Levy Berlove, Attorney Advisor, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-1477, or by email at [email protected]
FR Citation		83 FR 2563