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requirement; Annual reporting 

requirement; Third party disclosure 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in Sections 1, 4, 224, 251, 303, 601, 623, 

624 and 632 of the Communications Act 

of 1934, as amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 36,114 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Needs and Uses: In the Cable 

Television Consumer Protection and 

Competition Act of 1992, Congress 

directed the FCC to adopt rules 

governing the disposition of home 

wiring owned by a cable operator when 

a subscriber terminates service. The 

rules at 76.800 et seq., implement that 

directive. The intention of the rules is 

to clarify the status and provide for the 

disposition of existing cable operatorowned wiring in single family homes 

and multiple dwelling units upon the 

termination of a contract for cable 

service by the home owner or MDU 

owner. Section 76.613(d) requires that 

when Multichannel Video Programming 

Distributors (MVPDs) cause harmful 

signal interference MVPDs may be 

required by the District Director and/or 

Resident Agent to prepare and submit a 

report regarding the cause(s) of the 

interference, corrective measures 

planned or taken, and the efficacy of the 

remedial measures. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0384] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission Under Delegated 

Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and 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. 

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 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 Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before February 25, 

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 PRA@

fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Nicole 

Ongele at (202) 418–2991. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0384. 

Title: Sections 64.901, 64.904 and 

64.905, Auditor’s Attestation and 

Certification. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 1 respondent, 1 response. 

Estimated Time per Response: 5–250 

hours. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority is contained in Sections 1, 4, 

201–205, 215, and 218–220 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. Sections 151, 154, 

201–205, 215, and 218–220. 

Frequency of Response: On-occasion, 

biennial, and annual reporting 

requirements. 

Total Annual Burden: 255 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $1,200,000. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature of 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 Section 

0.459 of the Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: Section 64.904(a) 

states that each incumbent LEC required 

to file a cost allocation manual shall 

elect to either have an attest engagement 

performed by an independent auditor 

every two years, covering the prior two 

year period, or have a financial audit 

performed by an independent auditor 

biennially. In either case, the initial 

engagement shall be performed in the 

calendar year after the carrier is first 

required to file a cost allocation manual. 

See Section 64.904(a)–(c). Instead of 

requiring mid-sized carriers to incur the 

expense of a biennial attestation 

engagement, they now file a certification 

with the Commission stating that they 

are in compliance with 47 CFR 64.901 

of the Commission’s rules, which sets 

out the rules regarding allocation of 

costs. The certification must be signed, 

under oath, by an officer of the 

incumbent LEC, and filed with the 

Commission on an annual basis. Such 

certification of compliance represents a 

less costly means of enforcing 

compliance with our cost allocation 

rules. See 47 CFR 64.905 of the 

Commission’s rules. The requirements 

are imposed to ensure that the carriers 

are properly complying with 

Commission rules. They serve as an 

important aid in the Commission’s 

monitoring program. Section 64.905 

requires mid-sized LECs to file a 

certification with the Commission 

stating that they are complying with 

section 64.901. The certification must be 

signed, under oath, by an officer of the 

mid-sized LEC, and filed with the 

Commission on an annual basis at the 

time that the mid-sized incumbent LEC 

files the annual reports required by 

section 43.21(e)(2). 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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