Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Federal Register: June 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 122)
Notices
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated
Authority, Comments Requested
June 17, 2009.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid 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. Comments are requested concerning (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) 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.
DATES: Persons wishing to comment on this information collection should submit comments August 25, 2009. 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 contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at 202-395-5167, or via the
Internet at Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to Judith-
B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal Communications Commission (FCC). To submit your comments by e-mail send them to: PRA@fcc.gov. To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the Web page called ``Currently Under Review'', (3) click the downward-pointing arrow in the ``Select Agency'' box below the
``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4) select ``Federal Communications
Commission'' from the list of agencies presented in the ``Select
Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button to the right of the
``Select Agency'' box and (6) when the list of FCC ICRs currently under review appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its OMB Control
Number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR Reference Number to view detailed information about this ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, send an e- mail to Judith B. Herman at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov or call 202-418- 0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0790.
Title: Section 68.110(c), Availability of Inside Wiring
Information.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 1,200 respondents; 1,200 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. Sections 151, 154, 201-205, 218, 220 and 405 and 5 U.S.C. Sections 552 and 553.
Total Annual Burden: 1,200 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $5,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not requesting that the respondents submit confidential information to the
FCC.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60- day comment period in order to obtain the full three-year clearance from them. The Commission is requesting an extension (no change in the recordkeeping and/or third party disclosure requirements) of this information collection. There is no change to the estimated number of respondents/responses, annual burden hours, and/or annual costs.
Section 68.110(c) requires that any available technical information concerning carrier-installed wiring on the customer's side of the demarcation point, including copies of existing schematic diagrams and service records, shall be provided by the telephone company upon request of the building owner or agent thereof. The telephone company may charge the building owner a reasonable fee for this service, which shall not exceed the cost involved in locating and copying the documents. In the alternative, the telephone company may make these documents available for review and copying by the building owner. In this case, the telephone company may charge a reasonable fee, which shall not exceed the cost involved in making the documents available, and may also require the building owner to pay a deposit to guarantee the document's return. Section 68.110(c) requires the disclosure of any available technical information concerning carrier-installed inside wiring, including existing schematic diagrams and service records, for duplication by building owners or their agents for a reasonable fee to be determined by the carrier. The information is needed so that building owners may choose to contract with an installer of their choice or inside wiring maintenance and installation service, or elect to contract with the telephone company to modify existing wiring or assist with the installation of additional inside wiring.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0791.
Title: Section 32.7300, Accounting for Judgments and other Costs
Associated with Litigation.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 2 respondents; 2 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 4-36 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and recordkeeping 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, 152, 154, 161, 201-205, and 218-220.
Total Annual Burden: 1,200 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not requesting that the respondents submit confidential information to the
FCC.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60- day comment period
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in order to obtain the full three year clearance from them. The
Commission is requesting an extension (no change in the recordkeeping and/or third party disclosure requirements) of this information collection. There is a change to the estimated number of respondents/ responses and annual burden hours. The Commission adopted accounting rules that require carriers to account for adverse federal antitrust judgments and post-judgment special charges. With regard to settlements of such lawsuits there will be a presumption that carriers can recover the portion of the settlement that represents the avoidable costs of litigation; provided that the carrier makes a required showing. To receive recognition of its avoided cost of litigation a carrier must demonstrate, in a request for special relief, the avoided costs of litigation by showing the amount corresponding to the additional litigation expenses discounted to present value, that the carrier reasonably estimates it would have paid if it had not settled.
Settlement costs in excess of the avoided costs of litigation are presumed not recoverable unless a carrier rebuts that presumption by showing the basic factors that enticed the carrier to settle and demonstrating that ratepayers benefited from the settlement. A carrier requesting.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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