83 FR 525 - Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 3 (January 4, 2018)

Page Range		525-526
FR Document		2017-28473

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 3060-0392, 3060-0741]


Information Collections 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 March 5, 
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 
[email protected] and to [email protected].

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

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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: 3060-0392.
    Title: 47 CFR 1 Subpart J--Pole Attachment Complaint Procedures.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,775 respondents; 1,775 
Responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-75 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On-occasion reporting and third-party 
disclosure requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits. Statutory 
authority for this information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 
224.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,941 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $450,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No questions of a 
confidential nature are asked. However, respondents may request that 
materials or information submitted to the Commission in a complaint 
proceeding be withheld from public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is requesting OMB approval for a 
revision to an existing information collection. 47 CFR 1.1424 states 
that the procedures for handling pole attachment complaints filed by 
incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) are the same as the 
procedures for handling other pole attachment complaints. Currently, 
OMB Collection No. 3060-0392, among other things, tracks the burdens 
associated with utilities defending against complaints brought by ILECs 
related to unreasonable rates, terms, and conditions for pole 
attachments. 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, expanded the type of pole attachment 
complaints that can be filed by ILECs, now allowing them to file 
complaints related to a denial of pole access by utilities. The 
Commission will use the information collected under this revision to 47 
CFR 1.1424 to hear and resolve pole access complaints brought by ILECs 
and to determine the merits of the complaints.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0741.
    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 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 Commission estimates that the total annual burden 
of the entire collection, as revised, is 575,840 hours. This revision 
relates to a change 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 apply specifically to a certain subset of 
network change disclosures, namely notices of planned copper 
retirements. In addition, the changes remove a rule that prohibits 
incumbent LECs from engaging in useful advanced coordination with 
entities affected by network changes. The changes are aimed at removing 
unnecessary regulatory barriers to the deployment of high-speed 
broadband networks. As a result of these changes, the total annual 
burden hours have been reduced by 392 hours. The Commission estimates 
that the revision does not result in any additional outlays of funds 
for hiring outside contractors or procuring equipment.

Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
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Request for Privileged Treatment to be Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/26/18. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
effective N/A. COMMISSION
Docket Numbers: ER18–557–000.
Filed Date: 12/26/17.
Applicants: Midcontinent [OMB 3060–0392, 3060–0741]
Accession Number: 20171226–5078.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/16/18. Independent System Operator, Inc.
Information Collections Being
Docket Numbers: ER17–1794–003. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Reviewed by the Federal
Applicants: Innovative Solar 42, LLC. 2017–12–29_SA 3079 Dakota Range I– Communications Commission
Description: Compliance filing: Notice OTP–MDU GIA (J436) to be effective 12/
of Non-Material Change in Status and AGENCY: Federal Communications
15/2017.
Revised MBR Tariff to be effective 12/ Commission.
Filed Date: 12/28/17. ACTION: Notice and request for
29/2017.
Filed Date: 12/28/17. Accession Number: 20171228–5244. comments.
Accession Number: 20171228–5218. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/18/18.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/18/18. SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
Docket Numbers: ER18–558–000. to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
Docket Numbers: ER18–551–000. required by the Paperwork Reduction
Applicants: Bucksport Mill LLC. Applicants: GridLiance West Transco
Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Description: Notice of Cancellation of LLC.
Communications Commission (FCC or
Market-Based Rate Tariff of Bucksport Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: the Commission) invites the general
Mill LLC. TRBA for HVTS sold to GridLiance to be public and other Federal agencies to
Filed Date: 12/27/17. effective 1/1/2018. take this opportunity to comment on the
Accession Number: 20171227–5162. following information collection.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/17/18. Filed Date: 12/28/17.
Comments are requested concerning:
Docket Numbers: ER18–552–000. Accession Number: 20171228–5248.
Whether the proposed collection of
Applicants: Clean Energy Future- Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/18/18. information is necessary for the proper
Lordstown, LLC. performance of the functions of the
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: Docket Numbers: ER18–559–000.
Commission, including whether the
MBR Application to be effective 2/27/ Applicants: Midcontinent information shall have practical utility;
2018. Independent System Operator, Inc. the accuracy of the Commission’s
Filed Date: 12/28/17. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: burden estimate; ways to enhance the
Accession Number: 20171228–5098. 2017–12–28_SA 3078 Dakota Range II– quality, utility, and clarity of the
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/18/18. OTP–MDU GIA (J437) to be effective 12/ information collected; ways to minimize
Docket Numbers: ER18–553–000. 15/2017. the burden of the collection of
Applicants: PJM Interconnection, information on the respondents,
L.L.C. Filed Date: 12/28/17.
including the use of automated
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Accession Number: 20171228–5249. collection techniques or other forms of
Second Revised Service Agreement No. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/18/18. information technology; and ways to
3753, Queue No. AB1–058 to be further reduce the information
effective 11/29/2017. The filings are accessible in the collection burden on small business
Filed Date: 12/28/17. Commission’s eLibrary system by concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
Accession Number: 20171228–5211. clicking on the links or querying the The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/18/18. docket number. collection of information unless it
Docket Numbers: ER18–554–000. Any person desiring to intervene or displays a currently valid control
Applicants: Carville Energy LLC. protest in any of the above proceedings number. No person shall be subject to
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: must file in accordance with Rules 211 any penalty for failing to comply with
Reactive Service Rate Schedule Filing to and 214 of the Commission’s a collection of information subject to the
be effective 3/1/2018. Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and PRA that does not display a valid Office
Filed Date: 12/28/17. § 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern of Management and Budget (OMB)
Accession Number: 20171228–5217. time on the specified comment date. control number.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/18/18. Protests may be considered, but DATES: Written PRA comments should
Docket Numbers: ER18–555–000. intervention is necessary to become a be submitted on or before March 5,
Applicants: Union Electric Company. party to the proceeding. 2018. If you anticipate that you will be
Description: Market-Based Triennial submitting comments, but find it
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed difficult to do so within the period of
Review Filing: Union Electric Co.
information relating to filing time allowed by this notice, you should
Triennial Market Power Filing to be
requirements, interventions, protests, advise the contact listed below as soon
effective 12/29/2017.
Filed Date: 12/28/17. service, and qualifying facilities filings as possible.
Accession Number: 20171228–5219. can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/26/18. docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
other information, call (866) 208–3676 fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.
Docket Numbers: ER18–556–000.
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
Applicants: Ameren Illinois
ethrower on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES

Company. Dated: December 28, 2017. additional information about the
Description: Market-Based Triennial Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., information collection, contact Nicole
Review Filing: Ameren Illinois Deputy Secretary.
Ongele at (202) 418–2991.
Company Triennial Market Power Filing [FR Doc. 2017–28468 Filed 1–3–18; 8:45 am]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
to be effective 12/29/2017. its continuing effort to reduce
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Filed Date: 12/28/17. paperwork burdens, and as required by
Accession Number: 20171228–5221. the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of

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1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Federal conditions for pole attachments. In information collection requirements
Communications Commission (FCC or Accelerating Wireline Broadband will be used to implement (1) local
Commission) invites the general public Deployment by Removing Barriers to exchange carriers’ (‘‘LECs’’) obligations
and other Federal agencies to take this Infrastructure Investment, WC Docket to provide their competitors with
opportunity to comment on the No. 17–84, Report and Order, dialing parity and non-discriminatory
following information collections. Declaratory Ruling, and Further Notice access to certain services and
Comments are requested concerning: of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 17–154 functionalities; (2) incumbent local
Whether the proposed collection of (rel. Nov. 29, 2017) (Wireline exchange carriers’ (‘‘ILECs’’) duty to
information is necessary for the proper Infrastructure Order), the Commission, make network information disclosures;
performance of the functions of the among other things, expanded the type and (3) numbering administration. The
Commission, including whether the of pole attachment complaints that can Commission estimates that the total
information shall have practical utility; be filed by ILECs, now allowing them to annual burden of the entire collection,
the accuracy of the Commission’s file complaints related to a denial of as revised, is 575,840 hours. This
burden estimate; ways to enhance the pole access by utilities. The revision relates to a change in one of
quality, utility, and clarity of the Commission will use the information many components of the currently
information collected; ways to minimize collected under this revision to 47 CFR approved collection—specifically,
the burden of the collection of 1.1424 to hear and resolve pole access certain reporting, recordkeeping and/or
information on the respondents, complaints brought by ILECs and to third-party disclosure requirements
including the use of automated determine the merits of the complaints. under section 251(c)(5). In November
collection techniques or other forms of OMB Control Number: 3060–0741. 2017, the Commission adopted new
information technology; and ways to Title: Accelerating Wireline rules concerning certain information
further reduce the information Broadband Deployment by Removing collection requirements implemented
collection burden on small business Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, under section 251(c)(5) of the Act,
concerns with fewer than 25 employees. GN Docket No. 17–84. pertaining to network change
OMB Control Number: 3060–0392. Form Number(s): N/A. disclosures. Most of the changes to
Title: 47 CFR 1 Subpart J—Pole Type of Review: Revision of a those rules apply specifically to a
Attachment Complaint Procedures. currently approved collection. certain subset of network change
Form Number: N/A. Respondents: Business or other for- disclosures, namely notices of planned
Type of Review: Revision of a profit entities. copper retirements. In addition, the
currently approved collection. Number of Respondents and changes remove a rule that prohibits
Respondents: Business or other for- Responses: 5,357 respondents; 573,928 incumbent LECs from engaging in useful
profit. responses. advanced coordination with entities
Number of Respondents and Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–4.5 affected by network changes. The
Responses: 1,775 respondents; 1,775 hours. changes are aimed at removing
Responses. Frequency of Response: On occasion
unnecessary regulatory barriers to the
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–75 reporting requirements; recordkeeping
deployment of high-speed broadband
hours. and third-party disclosure requirements.
networks. As a result of these changes,
Frequency of Response: On-occasion Obligation to Respond: Required to
the total annual burden hours have been
reporting and third-party disclosure obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
reduced by 392 hours. The Commission
requirements. authority for this information collection
estimates that the revision does not
Obligation to Respond: Required to is contained in 47 U.S.C. 222 and 251.
Total Annual Burden: 575,448 hours. result in any additional outlays of funds
obtain benefits. Statutory authority for
Total Annual Cost: No cost. for hiring outside contractors or
this information collection is contained
Privacy Impact Assessment: No procuring equipment.
in 47 U.S.C. 224.
Total Annual Burden: 2,941 hours. impact(s). Federal Communications Commission.
Total Annual Cost: $450,000. Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Katura Jackson,
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No The Commission is not requesting that Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
impact(s). the respondents submit confidential Secretary.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: information to the FCC. Respondents [FR Doc. 2017–28473 Filed 1–3–18; 8:45 am]
No questions of a confidential nature are may, however, request confidential BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
asked. However, respondents may treatment for information they believe to
request that materials or information be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of
submitted to the Commission in a the Commission’s rules. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
complaint proceeding be withheld from Needs and Uses: Section 251 of the COMMISSION
public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459. Communications Act of 1934, as
Needs and Uses: The Commission is amended, 47 U.S.C. 251, is designed to [OMB 3060–1122]
requesting OMB approval for a revision accelerate private sector development
Information Collection Being Reviewed
to an existing information collection. 47 and deployment of telecommunications
by the Federal Communications
CFR 1.1424 states that the procedures technologies and services by spurring
Commission Under Delegated
for handling pole attachment competition. Section 222(e) is also
Authority
complaints filed by incumbent local designed to spur competition by
exchange carriers (ILECs) are the same prescribing requirements for the sharing AGENCY: Federal Communications
ethrower on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES

as the procedures for handling other of subscriber list information. These Commission.
pole attachment complaints. Currently, information collection requirements are ACTION: Notice and request for
OMB Collection No. 3060–0392, among designed to help implement certain comments.
other things, tracks the burdens provisions of sections 222(e) and 251,
associated with utilities defending and to eliminate operational barriers to SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
against complaints brought by ILECs competition in the telecommunications to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
related to unreasonable rates, terms, and services market. Specifically, these required by the Paperwork Reduction

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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		Notices
Action		Notice and request for comments.
Dates		Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before March 5, 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.
Contact		For additional information about the information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.
FR Citation		83 FR 525