Numbering Resource Optimization, CC Docket No. 99-200 (FCC Form 502)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
06/10/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
08/31/2022
74,172
10,165
290,637
132,384
4,747,499
4,407,452
Carriers that receive numbering resources from the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) Administrator or that receive numbering resources from the Pooling Administrator in thousand-blocks must report forecast and utilization data semi-annually. These carriers are also required to maintain detailed internal records of their number usage. Carriers must file applications for initial and growth numbering resources. The information will be used by the FCC, state regulatory commissions, and the NANP Administrator to monitor numbering resource utilization and to project the date of area code and NANP exhaust.
US Code:
47 USC 151,153,154
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code:
47 USC 201-205, 251
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code:
47 USC 1,3,4
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
Since the last submission to OMB, the annual public burden for the information collections contained in this submission is 290,637 annual burden hours, an increase of 158,253 burden hours. This increase is primarily based on an evaluation of industry trends, particularly since interconnected VoIP providers have become eligible to directly obtain telephone numbering resources (which has occurred mostly between the last renewal submission and the current one), thus increasing both the number of respondents required to submit information (to 8,415, an increase of 5,622 respondents) and the number of responses we anticipate receiving annually (to 74,172, an increase of 64,007 responses). In addition, we have re-evaluated the number of burden hours necessary for preparing a demonstration to a state commission. These increases in respondents, responses, and burden hours, combined with an increase in the salary rate, has resulted in an adjustment to the annual costs of $4,747,499 (rounded up) an increase of $340,047.
There are no program changes.
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.