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burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; (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, and (e) ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on 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 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 currently valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before May 16, 2011. If 

you anticipate that you will be 

submitting PRA 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: Direct all PRA comments to 

the Federal Communications 

Commission via e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov 

and Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, contact Cathy 

Williams on (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0463. 

Title: Telecommunications Relay 

Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 

for Individuals with Hearing and 

Speech Disabilities, Report and Order 

and Declaratory Ruling, CG Docket No. 

03–123, FCC 07–186. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit entities; State, Local and Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 5,045 respondents and 5,210 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10–15 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual 

reporting requirement; Recordkeeping 

requirement; Third Party Disclosure. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority can be found at section 225 of 

the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 225. 

The law was enacted on July 26, 1990, 

as Title IV of the Americans with 

Disabilities Act of 1990, Public Law 

101–336, 104 Stat. 327. 

Total Annual Burden: 25,397 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

An assurance of confidentiality is not 

offered because this information 

collection does not require the 

collection of personally identifiable 

information from individuals. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impacts(s). 

Needs and Uses: On November 19, 

2007, the Commission released the 

Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, Report and Order and 

Declaratory Ruling (2007 TRS Cost 

Recovery Order), CG Docket No. 03–123, 

FCC 07–186, adopting (1) A new cost 

recovery methodology for interstate 

traditional Telecommunications Relay 

Services (TRS) and interstate Speech-toSpeech (STS) based on the Multi-state 

Average Rate Structure (MARS) plan 

proposed by Hamilton Relay, Inc., (2) a 

new cost recovery methodology for 

interstate captioned telephone service 

(CTS) and interstate and intrastate 

Internet-Protocol (IP) Captioned 

Telephone Service (IP CTS) based on 

the MARS plan, (3) a cost recovery 

methodology for IP Relay based on price 

caps, and (4) a cost recovery 

methodology for Video Relay Services 

(VRS) that adopts tiered rates based on 

call volume. The 2007 TRS Cost 

Recovery Order also clarifies the nature 

and extent that certain categories of 

costs are compensable from the 

Interstate TRS Fund (Fund), and 

addresses certain issues concerning the 

management and oversight of the Fund, 

including financial incentives offered to 

consumers to make relay calls and the 

role of the Interstate TRS Fund Advisory 

Council. 

The 2007 TRS Cost Recovery Order 

establishes reporting requirements 

associated with the MARS plan cost 

recovery methodology for compensation 

from the Fund. Specifically, TRS 

providers must submit to the Fund 

administrator the following information 

annually, on a per-state basis, regarding 

the previous calendar year: (1) The perminute compensation rate(s) for 

intrastate traditional TRS, STS and CTS, 

(2) whether the rate applies to session 

minutes or conversation minutes, (3) the 

number of intrastate session minutes for 

traditional TRS, STS and CTS, and (4) 

the number of intrastate conversation 

minutes for traditional TRS, STS, and 

CTS. Also, STS providers must file a 

report annually with the Fund 

administrator and the Commission on 

their specific outreach efforts directly 

attributable to the additional 

compensation approved by the 

Commission for STS outreach. 

In the 2007 TRS Cost Recovery Order, 

the Commission has assessed the effects 

of imposing the submission of rate data, 

and has found that there is no increased 

administrative burden on businesses 

with fewer than 25 employees. The 

Commission recognizes that the 

required rate data is presently available 

with the states and the providers of 

interstate traditional TRS, interstate 

STS, and interstate CTS, thereby no 

additional step is required to produce 

such data. 

The Commission therefore believes 

that the submission of the rate data does 

not increase an administrative burden 

on businesses. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of 

Managing Director. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6204 Filed 3–16–11; 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 

March 11, 2011. 

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 (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

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; (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, and (e) ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on 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 


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does not display a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before May 16, 2011. If 

you anticipate that you will be 

submitting PRA 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: Direct all PRA comments to 

the Federal Communications 

Commission via e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing 

Director, (202) 418–0214. For additional 

information, contact Judith B. Herman, 

OMD, 202–418–0214 or e-mail judithb.herman@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0734. 

Title: Sections 53.209, 53.211, and 

53.213, Accounting Safeguards and 

Sections 260 and 271–276 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 3 respondents; 1,551 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 

hours–4,593 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

and biennial reporting requirements, 

third party disclosure 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 154(i), 

154(j), 201–205, 218, 220, 260, 271–276, 

303(r), and 403. 

Total Annual Burden: 72,495 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $1,500,000. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission is not requesting that 

the respondent submit confidential 

information to the FCC. Respondents 

may, however, request confidential 

treatment of such information they 

believe to be confidential under 47 CFR 

0.459 of the Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this expiring information 

collection to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) after this comment 

period to obtain the full, three year 

clearance from them. The Commission 

is requesting OMB approval for an 

extension (there is no change in the 

reporting, recordkeeping and/or third 

party disclosure requirements). There is 

no change in the Commission’s burden 

estimates. 

A Bell Operating Company (BOC) may 

choose from among three regulatory 

regimes in its provision of in-region, 

interstate, interLATA (Local Access and 

Transport Area) telecommunications 

services. One of these regimes is the 

regime set forth in section 272 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended and the Commission’s 

implementing rules, 47 CFR 272. Under 

this regime, a BOC and its section 272 

affiliate may not jointly own 

transmission and switching equipment. 

The separate section 272 affiliate must 

maintain separate books of account and 

have separate officers and directors. The 

separate section 272 affiliate may not 

obtain credit under arrangements that 

would permit the creditor to look to the 

assets of the BOC. The section 272 

affiliate must conduct all transactions 

with the BOC on an arm’s length basis, 

pursuant to the Commission’s affiliate 

transaction rules, with the terms and 

conditions of such transactions reduced 

to writing and available for pubic 

inspection on the Internet. Section 

272(d) states that companies required to 

maintain a separate affiliate ‘‘shall 

obtain and pay for a Federal/State audit 

every two years conducted by an 

independent auditor to determine 

whether such company has complied 

with this section and the regulations 

promulgated under this section, and 

particularly whether such company has 

complied with the separate accounting 

requirements under section 272(b).’’ 

These information collection 

requirements are intended to prevent 

discrimination, cost misallocation and 

other anti-competitive conduct by the 

BOCs. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of 

Managing Director. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6205 Filed 3–16–11; 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 

March 11, 2011. 

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 (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

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; (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, and (e) ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on 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 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 currently valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before May 16, 2011. If 

you anticipate that you will be 

submitting PRA 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: Direct all PRA comments to 

the Federal Communications 

Commission via e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing 

Director, (202) 418–0214. For additional 

information, contact Judith B. Herman, 

OMD, 202–418–0214 or e-mail judithb.herman@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–XXXX. 

Title: Implementing a Nationwide, 

Broadband, Interoperable Public Safety 

Network in the 700 MHz Band, Third 

Report and Order, PS Docket No. 06– 

229, WT Docket No. 06–150, and WP 

Docket No. 07–100, FCC 11–6. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit and state, local or tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 100 respondents; 100 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 5 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: One time 

reporting requirement. 


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