60 Day Federal Register Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 233 / Wednesday, December 4, 2013 / Notices
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the
Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission,
Comments Requested.
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burden and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s).
Comments are requested concerning:
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;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; 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; and further
ways to reduce the information burden
for small business concerns with fewer
than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB 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.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before February 3, 2014.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting 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.
ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments
to Leslie F. Smith, Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), via
the Internet at [email protected]. To

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submit your PRA comments by email,
send them to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information, contact Leslie F.
Smith at (202) 418–0217, or via the
Internet at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0986.
Title: Competitive Carrier Line Count
Report and Self-Certification as a Rural
Carrier.
Form Number(s): FCC Form 481, FCC
Form 507, FCC Form 508 and FCC Form
509, and FCC Form 525.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions; and
state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 1,857
respondents; 12,736 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5
hours to 100 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
quarterly and annual reporting
requirements; recordkeeping
requirement; and third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151,
154(i) and (j), 205, 221(c), 154, 303(r),
403, 410, and 1302 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 265,411 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
We note that USAC must preserve the
confidentiality of all data obtained from
respondents; must not use the data
except for purposes of administering the
universal service programs; and must
not disclose data in company-specific
form unless directed to do so by the
Commission.
Needs and Uses: In November 2011,
the Commission adopted an Order
reforming its high-cost universal service
support mechanisms. Connect America
Fund; A National Broadband Plan for
Our Future; Establish Just and
Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange
Carriers; High-Cost Universal Service
Support; Developing a Unified
Intercarrier Compensation Regime;
Federal-State Joint Board on Universal
Service; Lifeline and Link-Up; Universal
Service Reform—Mobility Fund, WC
Docket Nos. 10–90, 07–135, 05–337, 03–
109; GN Docket No. 09–51; CC Docket
Nos. 01–92, 96–45; WT Docket No. 10–
208, Order and Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, 26 FCC Rcd
17663 (2011) (USF/ICC Transformation

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Order); see also Connect America Fund
et al., WC Docket No. 10–90 et al., Third
Order on Reconsideration, 27 FCC Rcd
5622 (2012); Connect America Fund et
al., WC Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order,
27 FCC Rcd 605 (Wireline Comp. Bur.
2012); Connect America Fund et al., WC
Docket No. 10–90 et al., Fifth Order on
Reconsideration, 27 FCC Rcd 14549
(2012); Connect America Fund et al.,
WC Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order, 28
FCC Rcd 2051 (Wireline Comp. Bur.
2013); Connect America Fund et al., WC
Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order, DA 13–
1115 (Wireline Comp. Bur. rel. May 16,
2013. The Commission has received
OMB approval for most of the
information collections required by this
Order. At a later date the Commission
plans to submit additional revisions for
OMB review to address other reforms
adopted in the Order (e.g., 47 CFR
54.313(a)(11)). For this revision, the
Commission proposes to merge the
existing universal service information
collection requirements from OMB
Control No. 3060–0972 into this control
number. There are no changes to the
FCC Form 525 or FCC Form 481, which
are part of this information collection.
The Commission proposes to add, FCC
Forms 507, 508 and 509, currently
approved under collection 3060–0972,
to this information collection. There are
no changes to the currently approved
FCC Forms 507, 508 and 509.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the
Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2013–28998 Filed 12–3–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission,
Comments Requested.
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burden and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s).
Comments are requested concerning:
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the

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