[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 65165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27471]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0719]


Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission

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, 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the 
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to 
comment on the following information collections. Comments are 
requested concerning: 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; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 
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 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 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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before February 
19, 2019. 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 Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#90c0c2d1d0f6f3f3bef7ffe6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d787859697b1b4b4f9b0b8a1">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#efa1868c80838ac18081888a838aaf898c8cc1888099"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a5ebccc6cac9c08bcacbc2c0c9c0e5c3c6c68bc2cad3">[email protected]</span></a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele, (202) 418-2991.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0719.
    Title: Quarterly Report of Local Exchange Carriers Listing Payphone 
Automatic Number Identifications (ANIs).
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 400 respondents; 1,600 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3.5 hours (8 hours for the initial 
submission; 2 hours per subsequent submission--for an average of 3.5 
hours per response).
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure 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, 201-205, 215, 218, 219, 220, 226 and 276 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,600 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the 
Commission. If the respondents wish confidential treatment of their 
information, they may request confidential treatment under 47 CFR 0.459 
of the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted rules and policies governing 
the payphone industry under section 276(b)(1)(A) of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the Act) and established ``a per call 
compensation plan to ensure that all payphone service providers are 
fairly compensated for each and every completed intrastate and 
interstate call.'' Pursuant to this mandate, and as required by section 
64.1310(d) of the Commission's rules, Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) 
must provide to carriers required to pay compensation pursuant to 
section 64.1300(a), a quarterly report listing payphone ANIs. Without 
provision of this report, resolution of disputed ANIs would be rendered 
very difficult. Carriers would not be able to discern which ANIs 
pertain to payphones and therefore would not be able to ascertain which 
dial-around calls were originated by payphones for compensation 
purposes. There would be no way to guard against possible fraud. 
Without this collection, lengthy investigations would be necessary to 
verify claims. The report allows carriers to determine which dial-
around calls are made from payphones. The information must be provided 
to third parties. The requirement would be used to ensure that LECs and 
the carriers required to pay compensation pursuant to 47 CFR 64.1300(a) 
of the Commission's rules comply with their obligations under the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-27471 Filed 12-18-18; 8:45 am]
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