66146 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 246 / Wednesday, December 26, 2018 / Rules and Regulations 

OMB Approval Date: November 27, 

2018. 

OMB Expiration Date: November 30, 

2021. 

Title: Parts 1 and 22 Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Requirements. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, Individuals or 

households, and State, Local or Tribal 

Governments. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 15,465 respondents; 16,183 

responses. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; On 

occasion, quarterly, and semi-annual 

reporting requirements. Third-party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in 47 U.S.C. 154, 222, 303, 309 and 332. 

Total Annual Burden: 2,606 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: $19,138,350. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. The 

information to be collected will be made 

available for public inspection. 

Applicants may request materials or 

information submitted to the 

Commission be given confidential 

treatment under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: Part 22 contains the 

technical and legal requirements for 

radio stations operating in the Public 

Mobile Services. The information 

collected is used to determine, on a 

case-by-case basis, whether or not to 

grant licenses authorizing construction 

and operation of wireless 

telecommunications facilities to 

common carriers. Further, this 

information is used to develop statistics 

about the demand for various wireless 

licenses and/or the licensing process 

itself, and occasionally for rule 

enforcement purposes. 

The Federal Communications 

Commission (Commission) received 

approval for a revision of OMB Control 

No. 3060–0508 from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). The 

revised information collection reflects 

deletion of a rule applicable to all 

licensees and applicants governed by 

part 22 of the Commission’s rules, as 

adopted by the Commission in a Third 

Report and Order on July 12, 2018 (WT 

Docket Nos. 12–40 and 16–138; RM Nos. 

11510 and 11660; FCC 19–82). The 

Third Report and Order deleted certain 

part 22 rules that either imposed 

administrative and recordkeeping 

burdens that are outdated and no longer 

serve the public interest, or that are 

largely duplicative of later-adopted 

rules and are thus no longer necessary. 

Among the rule deletions and of 

relevance to this information collection, 

the Commission deleted rule § 22.303, 

resulting in discontinued information 

collection for that rule section. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27841 Filed 12–21–18; 8:45 am] 

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47 CFR Part 51 

[WC Docket No. 17–84; FCC 18–74] 

Accelerating Wireline Broadband 

Deployment by Removing Barriers to 

Infrastructure Investment 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of 

effective date. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission announces that the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) has 

approved, for a period of three years, the 

information collection associated with 

the Commission’s discontinuance rules. 

This document is consistent with the 

Accelerating Wireline Broadband 

Deployment by Removing Barriers to 

Infrastructure Investment Second Report 

and Order, FCC 18–74, which stated 

that the Commission would publish a 

document in the Federal Register 

announcing the effective date of those 

rules. 

DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 

51.333(g)(l)(i) and (iii) and (g)(2), 

published at 83 FR 31659, July 9, 2018, 

are effective on December 26, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michele Levy Berlove, Special Counsel, 

Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 

418–1477, or by email at 

Michele.Berlove@fcc.gov. 

For additional information concerning 

the Paperwork Reduction Act 

information collection requirements, 

contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418–2991 

or nicole.ongele@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document announces that, on December 

6, 2018, OMB approved, for a period of 

three years, the information collection 

requirements relating to the network 

change disclosure rules contained in the 

Commission’s Accelerating Wireline 

Broadband Deployment by Removing 

Barriers to Infrastructure Investment 

Second Report and Order, FCC 18–74, 

published at 83 FR 31659, July 9, 2018. 

The OMB Control Number is 3060– 

0741. The Commission publishes this 

document as an announcement of the 

effective date of the rules. If you have 

any comments on the burden estimates 

listed below, or how the Commission 

can improve the collections and reduce 

any burdens caused thereby, please 

contact Nicole Ongele, Federal 

Communications Commission, Room 1– 

A620, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, 

DC 20554. Please include the OMB 

Control Number, 3060–0741, in your 

correspondence. The Commission will 

also accept your comments via email at 

PRA@fcc.gov. 

To request materials in accessible 

formats for people with disabilities 

(Braille, large print, electronic files, 

audio format), send an email to fcc504@

fcc.gov or call the Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

Synopsis 

As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), 

the FCC is notifying the public that it 

received final OMB approval on 

December 6, 2018, for the information 

collection requirements contained in the 

modifications to the Commission’s rules 

in 47 CFR part 51. 

Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency 

may not conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

current, 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 that does not 

display a current, valid OMB Control 

Number. The OMB Control Number is 

3060–0741. 

The foregoing notice is required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995, 

and 44 U.S.C. 3507. 

The total annual reporting burdens 

and costs for the respondents are as 

follows: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0741. 

OMB Approval Date: December 6, 

2018. 

OMB Expiration Date: December 31, 

2021. 

Title: Accelerating Wireline 

Broadband Deployment by Removing 

Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, 

GN Docket No. 17–84. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 5,357 respondents; 573,928 

responses. 


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Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–4.5 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirements; recordkeeping; 

third party disclosure requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority is contained in 47 U.S.C. 222 

and 251. 

Total Annual Burden: 575,448 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost(s). 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission is not requesting that 

the respondents submit confidential 

information to the FCC. Respondents 

may, however, request confidential 

treatment for information they believe to 

be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of 

the Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission is 

not requesting that the respondents 

submit confidential information to the 

FCC. Respondents may, however, 

request confidential treatment for 

information they believe to be 

confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: Section 251 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 251, is designed to 

accelerate private sector development 

and deployment of telecommunications 

technologies and services by spurring 

competition. Section 222(e) is also 

designed to spur competition by 

prescribing requirements for the sharing 

of subscriber list information. These 

information collection requirements are 

designed to help implement certain 

provisions of sections 222(e) and 251, 

and to eliminate operational barriers to 

competition in the telecommunications 

services market. Specifically, these 

information collection requirements 

will be used to implement (1) local 

exchange carriers’ (‘‘LECs’’) obligations 

to provide their competitors with 

dialing parity and non-discriminatory 

access to certain services and 

functionalities; (2) incumbent local 

exchange carriers’ (‘‘ILECs’’) duty to 

make network information disclosures; 

and (3) numbering administration. The 

revisions to this collection relate to 

changes in one of many components of 

the currently approved collection— 

specifically, certain reporting, 

recordkeeping and/or third-party 

disclosure requirements under section 

251(c)(5). In November 2017, the 

Commission adopted new rules 

concerning certain information 

collection requirements implemented 

under section 251(c)(5) of the Act, 

pertaining to network change 

disclosures. Most of the changes to 

those rules applied specifically to a 

certain subset of network change 

disclosures, namely notices of planned 

copper retirements. In addition, the 

changes removed a rule that prohibits 

incumbent LECs from engaging in useful 

advanced coordination with entities 

affected by network changes. In June 

2018, the Commission revised its 

network change disclosure rules to (1) 

revise the types of network changes that 

trigger an incumbent LEC’s public 

notice obligation, and (2) extend the 

force majeure provisions applicable to 

copper retirements to all types of 

network changes. The changes are 

aimed at removing unnecessary 

regulatory barriers to the deployment of 

high-speed broadband networks. The 

Commission estimates that these 

revisions do not result in any change to 

the total annual burden hours or any 

additional outlays of funds for hiring 

outside contractors or procuring 

equipment as the changes eliminate 

notices that are subsumed by notice 

obligations that remain in force or 

simply codify procedures available to a 

small number of incumbent LECs by 

waiver orders. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27834 Filed 12–21–18; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 63 

[WC Docket No. 17–84; FCC 18–74] 

Accelerating Wireline Broadband 

Deployment by Removing Barriers to 

Infrastructure Investment 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of 

effective date. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission announces that the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) has 

approved, for a period of three years, the 

information collection associated with 

the Commission’s discontinuance rules. 

This document is consistent with the 

Accelerating Wireline Broadband 

Deployment by Removing Barriers to 

Infrastructure Investment Second Report 

and Order, FCC 18–74, which stated 

that the Commission would publish a 

document in the Federal Register 

announcing the effective date of those 

rules. 

DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 

63.71(f), (h), (k) introductory text, (k)(1) 

and (3), and (l), published at 83 FR 

31659, July 9, 2018, are effective on 

December 26, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michele Levy Berlove, Special Counsel, 

Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 

418–1477, or by email at 

Michele.Berlove@fcc.gov. 

For additional information concerning 

the Paperwork Reduction Act 

information collection requirements, 

contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418–2991 

or nicole.ongele@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document announces that, on December 

6, 2018, OMB approved, for a period of 

three years, the information collection 

requirements relating to certain 

discontinuance rules contained in the 

Commission’s Accelerating Wireline 

Broadband Deployment by Removing 

Barriers to Infrastructure Investment 

Second Report and Order, FCC 18–74, 

published at 83 FR 31659, July 9, 2018, 

as specified above. 

The OMB Control Number is 3060– 

0149. The Commission publishes this 

document as an announcement of the 

effective date of the rules. If you have 

any comments on the burden estimates 

listed below, or how the Commission 

can improve the collections and reduce 

any burdens caused thereby, please 

contact Nicole Ongele, Federal 

Communications Commission, Room 1– 

A620, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, 

DC 20554. Please include the OMB 

Control Number, 3060–0149, in your 

correspondence. The Commission will 

also accept your comments via email at 

PRA@fcc.gov. 

To request materials in accessible 

formats for people with disabilities 

(Braille, large print, electronic files, 

audio format), send an email to fcc504@

fcc.gov or call the Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

Synopsis 

As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), 

the FCC is notifying the public that it 

received final OMB approval on 

December 6, 2018, for the information 

collection requirements contained in the 

modifications to the Commission’s rules 

in 47 CFR part 63. 

Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency 

may not conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

current, 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 that does not 

display a current, valid OMB Control 


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