On October 3, 2003, the Commission issued a Report and Order that required âCompleting Carriersâ to compensate payphone service providers (PSPs) for each and every completed call using a coinless access number (CC Docket 96-128/FCC 03-235). On February 22, 2018, the Commission adopted a Report and Order that: (1) eliminated the payphone call tracking system audit and associated reporting requirements; (2) permitted a company official, including but no longer limited to, the chief financial officer (CFO), to certify that a Completing Carrierâs quarterly compensation payments to PSPs are accurate and complete; and (3) eliminated expired interim and intermediate per-payphone compensation rules that no longer apply to any entity.
US Code:
47 USC 151
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code:
47 USC 154
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code:
47 USC 276
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
The Commission is reporting a decrease/program change to the total annual burden hours from 73,494 hours to 34,720, a decrease of 38,774 hours. This decrease is due to: (1) a decrease in the number of Completing Carriers (OSPs and prepaid calling card providers) and Intermediate Carriers (interexchange carriers) reflected in the FCC Form 499 Filer Database, available at http://apps.fcc.gov/cgb/form499/499a.cfm, which accounts for a reduction in total annual responses of 1,008; (2) elimination of the annual audit and reporting requirements, which accounts for a reduction in total annual responses of 460; and (3) a decrease/program change to the average annual burden hours per respondent for the quarterly reporting requirement from 198 hours to 120 hours, a decrease of 78 hours.
There are no adjustments to this information collection.
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.