On May 12, 2011, the Federal
Communications Commission adopted a First Report and Order and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 11-76) in Reporting
Requirements for U.S. Providers of International Telecommunications
Services, Amendment of Part 43 of the Commission's Rules, IB Docket
No. 04-112 (rel. May 13, 2011). In the First Report and Order
portion of that document (First Report and Order), the Commission
amended the international reporting requirements in Section 43.82
that requires carriers annually to report the status of the
international transmission circuits they owned or leased on
December 31st of the preceding year. In the First Report and Order,
the Commission also eliminated the circuit-addition report in
Section 63.23(e) of the Commission's rules.
There are no adjustments to
this information collection. There are program changes/decreases of
63 to the number of respondents, 63 to the annual number of
responses and 564 to the annual burden. These program
changes/decreases are due to the Commission removing the
requirement that entities file the circuit-addition report in
section 63.23(e) of the rules (see FCC 11-76).
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.