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Title: Service Provider Identification 

Number (SPIN) and Contact Information 

Form. 

Form No.: FCC Form 498. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other for– 

profit and not–for–profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 5,000 

respondents; 5,000 responses. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 1.5 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting 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. sections 151 – 

154 and 254. 

Total Annual Burden: 7,500 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission is not requesting that 

respondents submit confidential 

information to the FCC. However, 

respondents may request confidential 

treatment of their information under 47 

CFR 0.459 of the Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

(IC) to the OMB as a revision during this 

comment period to obtain the full three– 

year clearance from them. There is no 

change in the estimated burden hours. 

As detailed in the Supporting Statement 

that will be submitted to the OMB for 

review and approval, the Commission 

proposes changes to certain parts of the 

FCC Form 498 to improve the efficiency 

of administering the universal service 

support mechanism. Specifically, the 

Commission proposes: 

1) adding two options for service 

providers to indicate the reason for 

submitting the FCC Form 498; 

2) clarifying the information for the 

general contact person, the program 

specific contact persons, and the officer 

certifying the form; 

3) requiring the submission of the 

service provider’s Dunn and Bradstreet 

number; 

4) eliminating the option to receive 

paper checks and requiring financial 

institution remittance information in 

order to make electronic disbursements 

in accordance with the requirements of 

the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 

1996; 

5) requiring the submission of study 

area codes for service providers that 

receive High–Cost and Low–Income 

support; and 

6) giving service providers the option 

of choosing more than one business 

description for their companies. 

The information collected on FCC 

Form 498 is used by the Universal 

Service Administrative Company 

(USAC) to disburse federal universal 

service support consistent with the 

specifications of carriers and service 

providers who participate and receive 

support from any of the four universal 

service support mechanisms (High– 

Cost, Low–Income, Rural Health Care 

and Schools and Libraries). FCC Form 

498 submissions also provide USAC 

with updated contact information, 

enabling USAC to contact universal 

service fund participants when 

necessary. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0876. 

Title: Section 54.703, USAC Board of 

Directors Nomination Process and 

Sections 54.719 through 54.725, Review 

of Administrator’s Decision. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other for– 

profit and not–for–profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 1,312 

respondents; 1,312 responses. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 20 – 32 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement and third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

Statutory authority for this information 

collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

sections 151 – 154, 201 – 205, 218 – 

220, 254, 303(r), 403 and 405 and 

section 553 of the Administrative 

Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C. 553. 

Total Annual Burden: 41,840 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission is not requesting that 

respondents submit confidential 

information to the FCC. However, 

respondents may request confidential 

treatment of their information under 47 

CFR 0.459 of the Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

(IC) to the OMB as an extension during 

this comment period to obtain the full 

three–year clearance from them. There 

is no change in the Commission’s 

estimated burden. 

Section 54.703 states that industry 

and non–industry groups may submit to 

the Commission for approval 

nominations for individuals to be 

appointed to the Universal Service 

Administrative Company (USAC) Board 

of Directors. 

Sections 54.719 through 54.725 

describes the procedures for 

Commission review of USAC decisions 

including the general filing 

requirements pursuant to which parties 

must file requests for review. The 

information is used by the Commission 

to select USAC’s Board of Directors and 

to ensure that requests for review are 

filed properly with the Commission. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Alethea Lewis, 

Information Specialist. 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–S 

[FR Doc. E9–20556 Filed 8–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information Collection 

Being Reviewed by the Federal 

Communications Commission, 

Comments Requested 

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. An 

agency 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 valid control number. 

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; and (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. 

DATES: Persons wishing to comments on 

this information collection should 

submit comments on October 26, 2009. 

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 Cathy Williams, Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC), 

Room 1–C823, 445 12th Street S.W. 


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Washington, D.C. 20554 . To submit 

your comments by e–mail send then to: 

PRA@fcc.gov and to 

Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection(s) send an e–mail 

to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy 

Williams on (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0349. 

Title: Equal Employment Opportunity 

(’’EEO’’) Policy, 47 CFR Sections 

73.2080, 76.73, 76.75, 76.79 and 

76.1702. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other for– 

profit entities; Not–for–profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 14,178 respondents; 14,178 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 42 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; Annual 

and five–year reporting requirements. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 Sections 154(i) and 

303 of the Communications Act of 1934, 

as amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 595,476 hours 

Total Annual Costs: None. 

Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality and 

respondents are not being asked to 

submit confidential information to the 

Commission. 

Needs and Uses: Section 73.2080 

provides that equal opportunity in 

employment shall be afforded by all 

broadcast stations to all qualified 

persons and no person shall be 

discriminated against in employment by 

such stations because of race, color, 

religion, national origin or sex. 

Therefore, Section 73.2080 requires that 

each broadcast station employment unit 

with 5 or more full–time employees 

shall establish, maintain and carry out 

a program to assure equal opportunity 

in every aspect of a broadcast station’s 

policy and practice. 

Section 76.73 provides that equal 

opportunity in employment shall be 

afforded by all multichannel video 

program distributors (‘‘MVPD’’) to all 

qualified persons and no person shall be 

discriminated against in employment by 

such entities because of race, color, 

religion, national origin, age or sex. 

Section 76.75 requires that each 

MVPD employment unit shall establish, 

maintain and carry out a program to 

assure equal opportunity in every aspect 

of a cable entity’s policy and practice. 

Section 76.79 requires that every 

MVPD employment unit maintain, for 

public inspection, a file containing 

copies of all annual employment reports 

and related documents. 

Section 76.1702 requires that every 

MVPD place certain information 

concerning its EEO program in the 

public inspection file. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

William F. Caton, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–20558 Filed 8–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–S 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting; Open 

Commission Meeting; Thursday, 

August 27, 2009 

Date: August 20, 2009. The Federal 

Communications Commission will hold 

an Open Meeting on the subjects listed 

below on Thursday, August 27, 2009, 

which is scheduled to commence at 

10:00 a.m. in Room TW–C305, at 445 

12th Street, SW., Washington, DC. 

ITEM NO. BUREAU SUBJECT 

1 WIRELESS TELE–COMMUNICATIONS & OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY.TITLE: Fostering Innovation and Investment in 

the Wireless Communications Market; A National Broadband Plan For Our Future (GN 

Docket No. 09–51) SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a Notice of Inquiry to 

seek to understand better the factors that 

encourage innovation and investment in 

wireless and to identify concrete steps the 

Commission can take to support and encourage further innovation and investment 

in this area. 

2 WIRELESS TELE–COMMUNICATIONS ......... TITLE: Implementation of Section 6002(b) of 

the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 

1993 (WT Docket No. 09–66); Annual Report and Analysis of Competitive Market 

Conditions With Respect to Mobile Wireless 

including Commercial Mobile Services 

SUMMARY: The Commission will consider 

a Notice of Inquiry soliciting information for 

the next annual report to Congress on the 

status of competition in the mobile wireless 

market, including commercial mobile services. 

3 CONSUMER AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.TITLE: Consumer Information and Disclosure; 

Truth–in–Billing and Billing Format (CC 

Docket No. 98–170); IP–Enabled Services 

(WC Docket No. 04–36) SUMMARY: The 

Commission will consider a Notice of Inquiry 

that seeks comment on whether there are 

opportunities to protect and empower American consumers by ensuring sufficient access to relevant information about communications services. 


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