Federal Register: December 31, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 251)
DOCID: fr31de08-54 FR Doc E8-31004
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Federal Communications Commission
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr31de08-54
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review to the Office of Management and Budget
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be submitted on or before March 2, 2009. If you anticipate that you will be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC contact listed below as soon as possible.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35013520. An agency 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control number. Comments are requested concerning (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) 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.
SUMMARY:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals,
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
December 19, 2008.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
OMB Control Number: 30600848.
Title: Deployment of Wireline Services Offering Advanced Telecommunications Capability, CC Docket No. 98147.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 1,400 respondents; 17,340 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .5026 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for these information collections are contained in
47 U.S.C. Sections 151154, 201203, 251254, 256 and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 61,490 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the Commission. If the Commission requests respondents submit information which respondents believe is confidential, respondents may request confidential treatment of such information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60
day comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance from them. The Commission
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is requesting a revision due to elimination of previously approved data
element. The item eliminated is request for alternative physical access
which was estimated at 700 burden hours. Other reporting requirement
estimates were updated since the last submission to the OMB in 2006.
Therefore, the Commission is reporting a 700 hour program change and a
103,410 hourly adjustment of the total annual burden resulting in a
new estimated burden of 61,490 hours (previously estimated at 165,600
total annual burden hours) since this collection was last submitted to the OMB for review and approval in 2006.
This collection identifies 16 different information collection
requirements. The Commission sought to further Congress's goal of
promoting innovation and investment by all participating in the
telecommunications marketplace, in order to stimulate competition for
all services, including advanced telecommunications services. In
furtherance of this goal, the Commission imposes certain information
collection requirements on incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) in
order to ensure compliance with the incumbent LEC's collocation
obligations and to assist incumbent LECs in protecting network
integrity. All of the collections will be used by the Commission and by
competitive carriers to facilitate the deployment of advanced services
and to implement section 251 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
For additional information, contact Judith B. Herman at 2024180214 or via the Internet at Judith B.Herman@fcc.gov.