Pursuant to Section 276(b)(1)(A) of
the Act, the Commission is required to ensure that all payphone
service providers are fairly compensated. In order to calculate
fair compensation for the payphones that are not supported by Flex
ANI, the Commission must obtain monthly payphone call volume data.
Once the impacted entities (primarily the Regional Bell Operating
Companies and the large interexchange companies) submit this data,
the Commission will calculate an average monthly call volume as one
of the key inputs required to establish per-payphone monthly
compensation.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.