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Title: Prepaid Calling Card Service 

Provider Certification, WC Docket No. 

05–68. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other for– 

profit. 

Number of Respondents: 158 

respondents; 1,896 responses. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 2.5 – 

20 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly 

reporting requirement, recordkeeping 

requirement and third party disclosure 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. 

Statutory authority for this collection of 

information is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

sections 151, 152, 154(i), 201, 202, and 

254. 

Total Annual Burden: 15,800 hours. 

Total Annual Cost Burden: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission does not anticipate 

providing confidentiality of the 

information submitted by prepaid 

calling card providers. Particularly, the 

prepaid calling card providers must 

send reports to their transport providers. 

Additionally, the quarterly certifications 

sent to the Commission will be made 

public through the Electronic Comment 

Filing System (ECFS) process. These 

certifications will be filed in the 

Commission’s docket associated with 

this proceeding. If the respondents 

submit information they believe to be 

confidential, they may request 

confidential treatment of such 

information under 47 CR 0.459 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Need and Uses: The Commission will 

submit this expiring information 

collection to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) during this comment 

period in order to obtain the full three 

year clearance from them. There is no 

change to the reporting, recordkeeping 

and/or third party disclosure 

requirements. There is a 62,900 hour 

reduction in the total annual burden 

which is due to a decrease in 

respondents. This is due in part to an 

inaccurate number of respondents in the 

previous submission to the OMB. 

Prepaid calling card providers are to 

report on a quarterly basis the 

percentage of interstate, intrastate and 

international traffic and call volumes to 

carriers from which they purchase 

transport services. Prepaid calling card 

providers must also file certifications 

with the Commission on a quarterly 

basis that include the above information 

and a statement that they are 

contributing to the federal Universal 

Service Fund (USF) based on all 

interstate and international revenue, 

except for revenue from the sale of 

prepaid calling cards by, to, or pursuant 

to contract with the Department of 

Defense (DoD) or a DoD entity. 

The Commission adopted the 

reporting and certification requirements 

to obtain information necessary to 

evaluate whether all prepaid calling 

cards are properly contributing to the 

USF, pursuant to section 254 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of 

Managing Director. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3462 Filed 2–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–S 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information Collection 

Being Submitted for Review and 

Approval to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB), Comments 

Requested 

February 18, 2010. 

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 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 for 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: Persons wishing to comments on 

this information collection should 

submit comments on or before March 

25, 2010. 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 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), via fax 

at (202) 395–5167, or via the Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to Judith B. Herman, Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC). To 

submit your PRA comments by e–mail 

send them to: PRA@fcc.gov. To view a 

copy of this information collection 

request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go 

to 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, and (6) 

when the FCC list appears, look for the 

title of this ICR (or its OMB Control 

Number, if there is one) and then click 

on the ICR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Judith B. Herman, OMD, 202–418–0214. 

For additional information about the 

information collection(s) send an e–mail 

to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Judith B. 

Herman, 202–418–0214. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control No: 3060–0816. 

Title: Local Telephone Competition 

and Broadband Reporting (Report and 

Order, WC Docket No. 07–38, FCC 08– 

89; Order on Reconsideration, WC 

Docket No. 07–38, FCC 08–148). 

Form No.: FCC Form 477. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other for– 

profit, not–for–profit institutions, and 

state, local or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 1,790 

respondents; 3,580 responses. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 289 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Semi–annual 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. 

Statutory authority for this information 

collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 4(i), 

201, 218–220, 251–252, 271, 303(r), 332 

and 403 of the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended; and in section 706 of 

the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as 

amended, codified in section 1302 of 

the Broadband Data Improvement Act, 

47 U.S.C. section 1302. 

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Total Annual Burden: 1,034,620 

hours. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission will continue to allow 

respondents to certify, on the first page 

of each submission, that some data 

contained in that submission are 

privileged or confidential commercial or 

financial information and that 

disclosure of such information would 

likely cause substantial harm to the 

competitive position of the entity 

making the submission. If the 

Commission receives a request for, or 

proposes to disclose the information, 

the respondent would be required to 

show, pursuant to the Commission’s 

rules for withholding from public 

inspection information submitted to the 

Commission, that the information in 

question is entitled to confidential 

treatment. We will retain our current 

policies and procedures regarding the 

confidential treatment of submitted FCC 

Form 477 data, including use of 

aggregated, non–company specific data 

in our published reports. 

Need and Uses: The Commission will 

submit this information collection to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) during this comment period in 

order to obtain the full three year 

clearance from them. The Commission 

is submitting this information collection 

to OMB as an extension (no change in 

the reporting requirement). There is a 

50,520 hourly burden reduction that is 

being reported to OMB. This adjustment 

is due to a reduction in the estimated 

time per response from the last 

submission to the OMB. It is also due to 

respondents’ increased familiarity with 

the new, online filing procedures and 

with the changes in their own systems 

that were necessary to comply with this 

information collection, which 

respondents have gained in experience 

during the two filings required during 

OMB’s one year approval of the data 

collection on a pilot basis. 

This collection improves the 

Commission’s understanding of the 

extent of broadband deployment, 

facilitating the development of 

appropriate broadband policies and the 

Commission’s ability to carry out its 

obligation under section 706 of the 

Telecommunications Act of 1996 to 

‘‘determine whether advanced 

telecommunications capability is being 

deployed to all Americans in a 

reasonable and timely fashion.’’ In 

addition, the Telecommunications Act 

of 1996 directs the Commission to take 

actions to open all participants, 

including new entrants. A central task 

in creating his framework is the opening 

of previously monopolized local 

telecommunications markets. By 

collecting timely and reliable 

information about the pace and extent of 

competition for local telephony service 

in different geographic areas, including 

rural areas, the Commission 

significantly improves the ability to 

evaluate the effectiveness of actions the 

Commission and the states are taking to 

facilitate economic competition in those 

areas. 

The information is used by 

Commission staff to prepare reports that 

help inform consumers and policy 

makers at the federal and state level of 

deployment of competition in the local 

telephone service market and the 

deployment of broadband services. The 

Commission will continue to use the 

information to better inform its 

understanding of broadband 

deployment in conjunction with its 

congressionally mandated section 706 

reports. The Commission also uses the 

data to support this analyses in a variety 

of rulemaking proceedings under the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. Absent this information 

collection, the Commission would lack 

essential data for assisting it in 

determining the effectiveness of its 

policies and fulfilling its statutory 

responsibilities in accordance with the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of 

Managing Director. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3541 Filed 2–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–S 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[AU Docket No. 10–31; DA 10–125] 

Closed Auction of Broadcast 

Construction Permits Scheduled for 

July 20, 2010; Auction 88 Applicants 

Must Provide Supplemental 

Information by March 12, 2010; 

Comment Sought on Competitive 

Bidding Procedures for Auction 88 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

auction of certain broadcast FM, AM, 

and FM Translator construction permits 

scheduled to commence on July 20, 

2010 (Auction 88). This document also 

seeks comments on competitive bidding 

procedures for Auction 88. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

February 25, 2010, and reply comments 

are due on or before March 11, 2010. 

Auction 88 applicants must provide 

supplemental information by March 12, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by AU Docket No. 10–31, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Federal Communications 

Commission’s Web Site: http:// 

fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

four copies of each filing. Filings can be 

sent by hand or messenger delivery, by 

commercial overnight courier, or by 

first-class or overnight U.S. Postal 

Service mail. All filings must be 

addressed to the Commission’s 

Secretary, Attn: WTB/ASAD, Office of 

the Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

• All hand-delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings for the 

Commission’s Secretary must be 

delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 

12th St., SW., Room TW–A325, 

Washington, DC 20554. All hand 

deliveries must be held together with 

rubber bands or fasteners. Any 

envelopes must be disposed of before 

entering the building. 

• Commercial overnight mail (other 

than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail 

and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 

East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, 

MD 20743. 

• People with Disabilities: Contact the 

FCC to request reasonable 

accommodations (accessible format 

documents, sign language interpreters, 

CART, etc.) by e-mail: FCC504@fcc.gov 

or telephone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 

202–418–0432. 

• The Wireless Telecommunications 

Bureau requests that a copy of all 

comments and reply comments be 

submitted electronically to the 

following address: auction88@fcc.gov. 

• People with Disabilities: Contact the 

FCC to request reasonable 

accommodations (accessible format 

documents, sign language interpreters, 

CART, etc.) by e-mail: FCC504@fcc.gov 

or phone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 202– 

418–0432. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 

Auctions and Spectrum Access Division: 

For auction legal questions: Lynne 

Milne and Howard Davenport at (202) 

418–0660. For general auction 

questions: Jeff Crooks at (202) 418–0660 

or Linda Sanderson at (717) 338–2868. 

Media Bureau, Audio Division: For 

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