Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
| Published date | 15 March 2024 |
| Record Number | 2024-05615 |
| Citation | 89 FR 18938 |
| Court | Federal Communications Commission |
| Section | Notices |
Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 52 (Friday, March 15, 2024)
[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 52 (Friday, March 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18938-18939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05615]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1046; FR ID 208604]
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to
Office of Management and Budget
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general
public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it
might ``further reduce the information collection burden for small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.'' The Commission may
not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a
valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted on or before April 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using
the search function. Your comment must be submitted into
www.reginfo.gov per the above instructions for it to be considered. In
addition to submitting in www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of your
comment on the proposed information collection to Nicole Ongele, FCC,
via email to [email protected] and to [email protected]. Include in the
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.
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 on 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, (6) when the list of FCC
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the Title of this ICR and
then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to
OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the FCC invited the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection. 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 estimates; (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. Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might ``further
reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns
with fewer than 25 employees.''
OMB Control Number: 3060-1046.
Title: Part 64, Modernization of Payphone Compensation Rules, et
al., WC Docket No. 17-141, et al.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 216 respondents; 1,456
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.50-122 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, one-time, and quarterly
reporting requirements; third party disclosure requirements; 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. 151, 154 and 276.
Total Annual Burden: 22,524 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: Section 276 of the Communications Act, as amended
(the Act), requires that the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission or FCC) establish rules ensuring that payphone service
providers or PSPs are ``fairly compensated'' for each and every
completed payphone-originated call. The Commission's Payphone
Compensation Rules satisfy section 276 by identifying the party liable
for compensation and establishing a mechanism for PSPs to be paid. A
2003 Report and Order (FCC 03-235) established detailed rules (Payphone
Compensation Rules) ensuring that payphone service providers or PSPs
are ``fairly compensated'' for each and every completed payphone-
originated call pursuant to section 276 of the Communications Act, as
amended (the Act), which the Commission revised in a 2018 Report and
Order (FCC 18-21). The Payphone Compensation Rules satisfy section 276
by identifying the party liable for compensation and establishing a
mechanism for PSPs to be paid. The Payphone Compensation Rules: (1)
place liability to compensate PSPs for payphone-originated calls on the
facilities-based long distance carriers or switch-based resellers
(SBRs) from whose switches such calls are completed; (2) define these
responsible carriers as ``Completing Carriers'' and require them to
develop their own system of tracking calls to completion; (3) require
Completing Carriers to file with PSPs a quarterly report and also
submit an attestation by a company
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official, including but not limited to the chief financial officer
(CFO), that the payment amount for that quarter is accurate and is
based on 100% of all completed calls; (4) require quarterly reporting
obligations for other facilities-based long distance carriers in the
call path, if any, and define these carriers as ``Intermediate
Carriers;'' and (5) give parties flexibility to agree to alternative
compensation arrangements (ACA) so that small Completing Carriers may
avoid the expense of instituting a tracking system. The revisions
adopted in the 2018 Report and Order significantly decreased the
paperwork burden on carriers.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-05615 Filed 3-14-24; 8:45 am]
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