FCC Remittance Advice Forms: FCC Form 159/159-C, 159-B, 159-E, and 159-W

ICR 200711-3060-019

OMB: 3060-0589

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Form and Instruction
Modified
Supplementary Document
2007-12-12
Supporting Statement A
2007-12-12
Supplementary Document
2007-12-12
Supplementary Document
2007-12-12
Supplementary Document
2007-12-12
Supplementary Document
2007-12-06
IC Document Collections
ICR Details
3060-0589 200711-3060-019
Historical Active 200505-3060-002
FCC OMD-FO
FCC Remittance Advice Forms: FCC Form 159/159-C, 159-B, 159-E, and 159-W
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 01/23/2008
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 12/12/2007
Previous terms of clearance have been addressed as follows: Discussions with the FCC regarding the prior terms of clearance and the sensitivity of financial information collected indicates: 1) Fees can be paid to the FCC online electronically through a secured program eliminating the need for human interaction with direct account numbers; 2) All mail-in-payments containing account numbers are received and keyed-in by the FCC’s designated lockbox Bank directly; and 3) any direct interaction by FCC with transmitted account numbers is limited only to cases where necessary, such as charge-backs or disputes. The FCC will inform OMB if their business process for this information collection changes substantively.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
01/31/2011 36 Months From Approved 06/30/2008
156,000 0 150,000
39,000 0 37,500
0 0 0

The FCC Forms 159/159-C, 159-B, 159-E, 159-W and blank Form 159-W Worksheet are remittance advice forms that applicants/licensees are required to file when making payments to the Commission for, including, but not limited to: regulatory fees, application fees, auction participation, fines, forfeitures, Freedom of Information Act billings, and any other debt due to the Commission. With the submission of this collection (3060-0589) to OMB, the Commission takes this opportunity to consolidate 3060-0949 into 3060-0589 to that our family of Form 159 remittance advice forms reside under a single OMB control number.

US Code: 47 USC 158 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 159 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 309(j) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   PL: Pub.L. 104 - 134 Section 31001 Name of Law: Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996
  
US Code: 47 USC 158 Name of Law: null
US Code: 47 USC 159 Name of Law: null
PL: Pub.L. 104 - 134 31001 Name of Law: Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996
US Code: 47 USC 309(j) Name of Law: null

3060-AI97 Final or interim final rulemaking 72 FR 46010 08/16/2007

  72 FR 46058 08/16/2007
72 FR 69680 12/10/2007
No

1
IC Title Form No. Form Name
FCC Remittance Advice Forms, FCC Form 159/159-C, 159-B, 159-E, and 159-W FCC 159/159-C, 159-B, and 159-E, FCC 159-W Interstate Telephone Service Provider (ITSP) Regulatory Fee Bill ,   FCC Remittance Advice Forms

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 156,000 150,000 0 6,000 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 39,000 37,500 0 1,500 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
No
On August 6, 2007, the FCC released a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (R&O and FNPRM), Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2007, MD Docket No. 07-81, FCC 07-140. This R&O and FNPRM applied regulatory fee obligations to interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers. The Commission has also taken this opportunity to consolidate the information collection under OMB Control Number 3060-0949, "FCC Form 159-W, Interstate Telephone Service Worksheet," into this collection so that our family of Form 159 Remittance Advice forms are under a single OMB control number.

$42,525
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Rob Fream 202 418-0408 [email protected]

  No

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.
12/12/2007


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