Competitive Carrier Line Count Report and Self-Certification as a Rural Carrier

ICR 201205-3060-009

OMB: 3060-0986

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Form and Instruction
Unchanged
Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change
2012-05-16
Supporting Statement A
2012-03-12
ICR Details
3060-0986 201205-3060-009
Historical Active 201201-3060-006
FCC WCB
Competitive Carrier Line Count Report and Self-Certification as a Rural Carrier
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 06/21/2012
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 05/16/2012
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
04/30/2015 04/30/2015 04/30/2015
5,048 0 5,048
163,435 0 163,435
0 0 0

On July 29, 2008, the Commission adopted the Competitive ETC Interim Cap Order. The order adopted an interim, emergency cap on the amount of high-cost support that competitive ETC's in each state are eligible to receive beginning March 2008 on an annualized basis. The Commission also adopted two limited exceptions from the application of the interim cap. First, a competitive ETC will not be subject to the interim cap to the extent it files cost data demonstrating that its costs meet the support threshold in the same manner as the incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC); and second, the Commission also created a limited exception for competitive ETCs serving tribal lands or Alaska Native regions. A competitive ETC may voluntarily participate in this limited exception on a study area by study area basis. The uncapped per line support is limited to one payment per each residential account. Finally, the Commission combined OMB Control Number 3060-0793 into this collection. FCC Form 525 will be used to gather information needed in a standardized format to help eliminate duplication of information collected. The information will be used to determine whether and to what extent rural incumbent telecommunications carriers providing the data are eligible to receive universal service support.

US Code: 47 USC 151 - 154 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 201 - 205 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 214 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 218 - 220 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 254 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 303(r) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 403 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 405 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 410 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
  
None

3060-AJ02 Final or interim final rulemaking 76 FR 73830 11/29/2011

  76 FR 79679 12/22/2011
77 FR 13320 03/06/2012
No

  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 5,048 5,048 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 163,435 163,435 0 0 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
No
The Commission is reporting a 130,112 hourly increase in total burden hours. This is due to an increase in respondents/responses. The Commission aodpted an Order reforming its high-cost universal service support mechanisms. This Connect America Fund, FCC 11-161, addresses several reforms adopted in the Order. During the review process, it was determined that upon OMB approval, the FCC will eliminate 3060-0984. The requirements are covered under this information collection and would therefore be duplicative. The Order also moves the recordkeeping requirement from 47 CFR 54.202(e) to new 47 CFR 54.320. The recordkeeping requirment is being eliminated from 3060-1081 and 3060-0774. Finally, the order provides aht existing high-cost support for price cap incumbent local exchange carriers will be frozen at 2011 levels.

$0
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Ken Burnley 202 418-0664 [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.
05/16/2012


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