83_FR_37077 83 FR 36930 - Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission

83 FR 36930 - Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 147 (July 31, 2018)

Page Range36930-36931
FR Document2018-16300

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 FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid 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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0741]


Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission

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 FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid 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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before October 1, 
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 contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email 
PRA@fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.

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 Commission) invites the general public and other Federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following 
information collections. 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: 3060-0741.

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    Title: Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing 
Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, GN Docket No. 17-84.
    Form Number(s): N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 5,357 respondents; 573,928 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-4.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements; 
recordkeeping 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. 222 and 251.
    Total Annual Burden: 575,448 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(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.
    Needs and Uses: Section 251 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. 251, is designed to accelerate private sector 
development and deployment of telecommunications technologies and 
services by spurring competition. Section 222(e) is also designed to 
spur competition by prescribing requirements for the sharing of 
subscriber list information. These information collection requirements 
are designed to help implement certain provisions of sections 222(e) 
and 251, and to eliminate operational barriers to competition in the 
telecommunications services market. Specifically, these information 
collection requirements will be used to implement (1) local exchange 
carriers' (``LECs'') obligations to provide their competitors with 
dialing parity and non-discriminatory access to certain services and 
functionalities; (2) incumbent local exchange carriers' (``ILECs'') 
duty to make network information disclosures; and (3) numbering 
administration. The revisions to this collection relate to changes in 
one of many components of the currently approved collection--
specifically, certain reporting, recordkeeping and/or third-party 
disclosure requirements under section 251(c)(5). In November 2017, the 
Commission adopted new rules concerning certain information collection 
requirements implemented under section 251(c)(5) of the Act, pertaining 
to network change disclosures. Most of the changes to those rules 
applied specifically to a certain subset of network change disclosures, 
namely notices of planned copper retirements. In addition, the changes 
removed a rule that prohibits incumbent LECs from engaging in useful 
advanced coordination with entities affected by network changes. In 
June 2018, the Commission revised its network change disclosure rules 
to (1) revise the types of network changes that trigger an incumbent 
LEC's public notice obligation, and (2) extend the force majeure 
provisions applicable to copper retirements to all types of network 
changes. The changes are aimed at removing unnecessary regulatory 
barriers to the deployment of high-speed broadband networks. The 
Commission estimates that these revisions do not result in any change 
to the total annual burden hours or any additional outlays of funds for 
hiring outside contractors or procuring equipment as the changes 
eliminate notices that are subsumed by notice obligations that remain 
in force or simply codify procedures available to a small number of 
incumbent LECs by waiver orders.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-16300 Filed 7-30-18; 8:45 am]
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                                               36930                           Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 147 / Tuesday, July 31, 2018 / Notices

                                               ADDRESSES:    Direct all PRA comments to                 respondents to submit confidential                    performance of the functions of the
                                               Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@                       information to the FCC. If the applicants             Commission, including whether the
                                               fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.                    wish to submit information which they                 information shall have practical utility;
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For                     believe is confidential, they may request             the accuracy of the Commission’s
                                               additional information about the                         confidential treatment of such                        burden estimate; ways to enhance the
                                               information collection, contact Nicole                   information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the                 quality, utility, and clarity of the
                                               Ongele at (202) 418–2991.                                Commission’s rules.                                   information collected; ways to minimize
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
                                                                                                           Needs and Uses: The Commission                     the burden of the collection of
                                               its continuing effort to reduce                          asked whether physical collocation in                 information on the respondents,
                                                                                                        remote terminals presents technical or                including the use of automated
                                               paperwork burdens, and as required by
                                                                                                        security concerns, and if so, whether                 collection techniques or other forms of
                                               the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
                                                                                                        these concerns warrant modification of                information technology; and ways to
                                               1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Federal
                                                                                                        its collocation rules. The Commission                 further reduce the information
                                               Communications Commission (FCC or
                                                                                                        asked whether incumbent LECs should                   collection burden on small business
                                               Commission) invites the general public
                                                                                                        be required to provide requesting                     concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
                                               and other Federal agencies to take this
                                                                                                        carriers with demographic and other                   The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a
                                               opportunity to comment on the
                                                                                                        information regarding particular remote               collection of information unless it
                                               following information collections.
                                                                                                        terminals similar to the information                  displays a currently valid control
                                               Comments are requested concerning:
                                                                                                        available regarding incumbent LEC                     number. No person shall be subject to
                                               Whether the proposed collection of                                                                             any penalty for failing to comply with
                                               information is necessary for the proper                  central offices. Requesting carriers use
                                                                                                        demographic and other information                     a collection of information subject to the
                                               performance of the functions of the                                                                            PRA that does not display a valid Office
                                               Commission, including whether the                        obtained from incumbent LECs to
                                                                                                        determine whether they wish to                        of Management and Budget (OMB)
                                               information shall have practical utility;                                                                      control number.
                                               the accuracy of the Commission’s                         collocate at particular remote terminals.
                                                                                                        This proposed information collection in               DATES: Written PRA comments should
                                               burden estimate; ways to enhance the
                                               quality, utility, and clarity of the                     the Second Further Notice of Proposed                 be submitted on or before October 1,
                                               information collected; ways to minimize                  Rulemaking, FCC 98–147, will be used                  2018. If you anticipate that you will be
                                               the burden of the collection of                          by the Commission, state commissions,                 submitting comments, but find it
                                               information on the respondents,                          and competitive carriers to facilitate the            difficult to do so within the period of
                                               including the use of automated                           deployment of advanced services and                   time allowed by this notice, you should
                                               collection techniques or other forms of                  other telecommunications services in                  advise the contact listed below as soon
                                               information technology; and ways to                      implementation of section 251(c)(6) of                as possible.
                                               further reduce the information                           the Communications Act of 1934, as                    ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
                                               collection burden on small business                      amended. The number of respondents,                   Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
                                               concerns with fewer than 25 employees.                   annual responses, and annual burden                   fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.
                                                  OMB Control Number: 3060–0952.                        has not changed.                                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
                                                  Title: Proposed Demographic                           Federal Communications Commission.                    additional information about the
                                               Information and Notifications, Second                    Marlene Dortch,                                       information collection, contact Nicole
                                               Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking                    Secretary, Office of the Secretary.                   Ongele at (202) 418–2991.
                                               (FNPRM), CC Docket No. 98–147 and                        [FR Doc. 2018–16301 Filed 7–30–18; 8:45 am]           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
                                               Fifth NPRM (NPRM), CC Docket No. 96–                     BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
                                                                                                                                                              its continuing effort to reduce
                                               98.                                                                                                            paperwork burdens, and as required by
                                                  Form Number: N/A.                                                                                           the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
                                                  Type of Review: Extension of a                        FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS                                1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Federal
                                               currently approved collection.                           COMMISSION                                            Communications Commission (FCC or
                                                  Respondents: Business or other for-                                                                         Commission) invites the general public
                                               profit entities.                                         [OMB 3060–0741]                                       and other Federal agencies to take this
                                                  Number of Respondents and                                                                                   opportunity to comment on the
                                                                                                        Information Collection Being Reviewed
                                               Responses: 750 respondents; 1,500                                                                              following information collections.
                                                                                                        by the Federal Communications
                                               responses.                                                                                                     Comments are requested concerning:
                                                                                                        Commission
                                                  Frequency of Response: On occasion                                                                          Whether the proposed collection of
                                               reporting requirements and third-party                   AGENCY: Federal Communications                        information is necessary for the proper
                                               disclosure requirement.                                  Commission.                                           performance of the functions of the
                                                  Estimated Time per Response: 2                        ACTION: Notice and request for                        Commission, including whether the
                                               hours.                                                   comments.                                             information shall have practical utility;
                                                  Total Annual Burden: 3,000 hours.                                                                           the accuracy of the Commission’s
                                                  Total Annual Cost: No cost.                           SUMMARY:   As part of its continuing effort           burden estimate; ways to enhance the
                                                  Obligation to Respond: Required to                    to reduce paperwork burdens, and as                   quality, utility, and clarity of the
                                               obtain or retain benefits. Statutory                     required by the Paperwork Reduction                   information collected; ways to minimize
                                               authority for this information collection                Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal                        the burden of the collection of
                                               is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151–154, 201,                  Communications Commission (FCC or                     information on the respondents,
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                                               202, 251–254, 256, 271, and 303(r) of                    the Commission) invites the general                   including the use of automated
                                               the Communications Act of 1934, as                       public and other Federal agencies to                  collection techniques or other forms of
                                               amended.                                                 take this opportunity to comment on the               information technology; and ways to
                                                  Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No                     following information collection.                     further reduce the information
                                               impact(s).                                               Comments are requested concerning:                    collection burden on small business
                                                  Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:                 Whether the proposed collection of                    concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
                                               The Commission is not requesting                         information is necessary for the proper                  OMB Control Number: 3060–0741.


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                                                  Title: Accelerating Wireline                          under section 251(c)(5) of the Act,                   extension of the control number, which
                                               Broadband Deployment by Removing                         pertaining to network change                          is due to expire on July 31, 2018.
                                               Barriers to Infrastructure Investment,                   disclosures. Most of the changes to                   DATES: Interested persons may submit
                                               GN Docket No. 17–84.                                     those rules applied specifically to a                 comments on or before August 30, 2018.
                                                  Form Number(s): N/A.                                  certain subset of network change                      ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the
                                                  Type of Review: Revision of a                         disclosures, namely notices of planned                Office of Information and Regulatory
                                               currently approved collection.                           copper retirements. In addition, the                  Affairs of the Office of Management and
                                                  Respondents: Business or other for-                   changes removed a rule that prohibits                 Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the
                                               profit entities.                                         incumbent LECs from engaging in useful                Federal Housing Finance Agency,
                                                  Number of Respondents and                             advanced coordination with entities                   Washington, DC 20503, Fax: (202) 395–
                                               Responses: 5,357 respondents; 573,928                    affected by network changes. In June                  3047, Email: OIRA_submission@
                                               responses.                                               2018, the Commission revised its                      omb.eop.gov. Please also submit
                                                  Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–4.5                  network change disclosure rules to (1)                comments to FHFA, identified by
                                               hours.                                                   revise the types of network changes that
                                                  Frequency of Response: On occasion                                                                          ‘‘Proposed Collection; Comment
                                                                                                        trigger an incumbent LEC’s public                     Request: ‘Minimum Requirements for
                                               reporting requirements; recordkeeping                    notice obligation, and (2) extend the
                                               and third-party disclosure requirements.                                                                       Appraisal Management Companies, (No.
                                                                                                        force majeure provisions applicable to                2018–N–08)’’’ by any of the following
                                                  Obligation to Respond: Required to
                                                                                                        copper retirements to all types of                    methods:
                                               obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
                                               authority for this information collection
                                                                                                        network changes. The changes are                         • Agency Website: www.fhfa.gov/
                                                                                                        aimed at removing unnecessary                         open-for-comment-or-input.
                                               is contained in 47 U.S.C. 222 and 251.
                                                  Total Annual Burden: 575,448 hours.                   regulatory barriers to the deployment of                 • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
                                                  Total Annual Cost: No cost.                           high-speed broadband networks. The                    www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                                  Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No                     Commission estimates that these                       instructions for submitting comments. If
                                               impact(s).                                               revisions do not result in any change to              you submit your comment to the
                                                  Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:                 the total annual burden hours or any                  Federal eRulemaking Portal, please also
                                               The Commission is not requesting that                    additional outlays of funds for hiring                send it by email to FHFA at
                                               the respondents submit confidential                      outside contractors or procuring                      RegComments@fhfa.gov to ensure
                                               information to the FCC. Respondents                      equipment as the changes eliminate                    timely receipt by the Agency.
                                               may, however, request confidential                       notices that are subsumed by notice                      • Mail/Hand Delivery: Federal
                                               treatment for information they believe to                obligations that remain in force or                   Housing Finance Agency, Eighth Floor,
                                               be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of                    simply codify procedures available to a               400 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC
                                               the Commission’s rules.                                  small number of incumbent LECs by                     20219, ATTENTION: Proposed
                                                  Needs and Uses: Section 251 of the                    waiver orders.                                        Collection; Comment Request:
                                               Communications Act of 1934, as                           Federal Communications Commission.                    ‘‘Minimum Requirements for Appraisal
                                               amended, 47 U.S.C. 251, is designed to                                                                         Management Companies, (No. 2018–N–
                                                                                                        Marlene Dortch,
                                               accelerate private sector development                                                                          08).’’
                                                                                                        Secretary, Office of the Secretary.                      We will post all public comments we
                                               and deployment of telecommunications                     [FR Doc. 2018–16300 Filed 7–30–18; 8:45 am]
                                               technologies and services by spurring                                                                          receive without change, including any
                                               competition. Section 222(e) is also
                                                                                                        BILLING CODE 6712–01–P                                personal information you provide, such
                                               designed to spur competition by                                                                                as your name and address, email
                                               prescribing requirements for the sharing                                                                       address, and telephone number, on the
                                               of subscriber list information. These                    FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE                               FHFA website at http://www.fhfa.gov. In
                                               information collection requirements are                  AGENCY                                                addition, copies of all comments
                                               designed to help implement certain                                                                             received will be available for
                                               provisions of sections 222(e) and 251,                   [No. 2018–N–08]                                       examination by the public through the
                                               and to eliminate operational barriers to                                                                       electronic comment docket for this PRA
                                                                                                        Proposed Collection; Comment                          Notice also located on the FHFA
                                               competition in the telecommunications
                                                                                                        Request                                               website.
                                               services market. Specifically, these
                                               information collection requirements                      AGENCY:  Federal Housing Finance                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                               will be used to implement (1) local                      Agency.                                               Robert Witt. Senior Policy Analyst,
                                               exchange carriers’ (‘‘LECs’’) obligations                ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of                Office of Housing and Regulatory
                                               to provide their competitors with                        information collection for approval from              Policy, by email at Robert.Witt@fhfa.gov
                                               dialing parity and non-discriminatory                    Office of Management and Budget.                      or by telephone at (202) 649–3128; or
                                               access to certain services and                                                                                 Eric Raudenbush, Associate General
                                               functionalities; (2) incumbent local                     SUMMARY:   In accordance with the                     Counsel, Eric.Raudenbush@fhfa.gov,
                                               exchange carriers’ (‘‘ILECs’’) duty to                   requirements of the Paperwork                         (202) 649–3084 (these are not toll-free
                                               make network information disclosures;                    Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the                      numbers); Federal Housing Finance
                                               and (3) numbering administration. The                    Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA                  Agency, 400 Seventh Street SW,
                                               revisions to this collection relate to                   or the Agency) is seeking public                      Washington, DC 20219. The
                                               changes in one of many components of                     comments concerning an information                    Telecommunications Device for the
                                               the currently approved collection—                       collection known as ‘‘Minimum                         Hearing Impaired is (800) 877–8339.
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                                               specifically, certain reporting,                         Requirements for Appraisal                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FHFA is
                                               recordkeeping and/or third-party                         Management Companies,’’ which has                     seeking comments on its upcoming
                                               disclosure requirements under section                    been assigned control number 2590–                    request to OMB to renew the PRA
                                               251(c)(5). In November 2017, the                         0013 by the Office of Management and                  clearance for the following collection of
                                               Commission adopted new rules                             Budget (OMB). FHFA intends to submit                  information:
                                               concerning certain information                           the information collection to OMB for                    Title: Minimum requirements for
                                               collection requirements implemented                      review and approval of a three-year                   appraisal management companies.


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Document Created: 2018-11-06 10:30:13
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for comments.
DatesWritten PRA comments should be submitted on or before October 1, 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 contact listed below as soon as possible.
ContactFor additional information about the information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.
FR Citation83 FR 36930 

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