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(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the 

right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the OMB 

control number of this ICR and then 

click on the ICR Reference Number. A 

copy of the FCC submission to OMB 

will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork burdens, and as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), 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. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1003. 

Title: Communications Disaster 

Information Reporting System (DIRS). 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit 

institutions; Federal Government; and/ 

or State, Local or Tribal governments. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 5,000 respondents; 40,900 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.10– 

0.50 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

Statutory authority for this collection of 

information is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

154(i), 218, 303(r) and 47 CFR Section 

0.181(h). 

Total Annual Burden: 6,950 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

DIRS filings consists of sensitive 

information that for national security 

and/or commercial reasons, the 

Commission will treat the filings at the 

time of receipt as non-public and 

presumptively confidential. However, 

DIRS filings will be shared with the 

Department of Homeland Security and 

the other Federal agencies authorized to 

participate in the National Response 

Framework Emergency Support 

Function-2 (ESF–2)(Communications). 

The Commission may publish or 

otherwise share anonymized summaries 

of DIRS filings at its discretion. 

Needs and Uses: In response to the 

events of September 11, 2001, the 

Federal Communications Commission 

(Commission or FCC) created an 

Emergency Contact Information System 

to assist the Commission in ensuring 

rapid restoration of communications 

capabilities after disruption by a 

terrorist threat or attack, and to ensure 

that public safety, public health, and 

other emergency and defense personnel 

have effective communications services 

available to them in the immediate 

aftermath of any terrorist attack within 

the United States. The Commission 

submitted, and OMB approved, a 

collection through which key 

communications providers could 

voluntarily provide contact information. 

The Commission’s Public Safety and 

Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) 

developed the Disaster Information 

Reporting System (DIRS) that uses 

electronic forms to collect Emergency 

Contact Information forms and through 

which participants may inform the 

Commission of damage to 

communications infrastructure and 

facilities due to major emergencies and 

may request resources for restoration. 

The Commission updated the process by 

increasing the number of reporting 

entities to ensure inclusion of wireless, 

wireline, broadcast, cable, VoIP, and 

broadband internet access 

communications providers. The 

Commission is requesting a renewal of 

the currently approved collection. It is 

imperative that the Disaster Information 

Reporting System be in place so that the 

Commission has an accurate picture of 

the communications landscape during 

disasters. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12181 Filed 6–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–XXXX] 

Information Collection Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

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 Commission 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 comments should be 

submitted on or before July 9, 2018. 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 contacts listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and 

to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@

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

Include in the comments the OMB 

control number as shown in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Nicole 


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Ongele at (202) 418–2991. To view a 

copy of this information collection 

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

to the 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, (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the OMB 

control number of this ICR and then 

click on the ICR Reference Number. A 

copy of the FCC submission to OMB 

will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork burdens, and as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), 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. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–XXXX. 

Title: Application for Connect 

America Fund Phase II Auction 

Support—FCC Form 683. 

Form Number: FCC Form 683. 

Type of Review: New information 

collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forProfit entities, Not-for-Profit 

institutions, and State, Local or Tribal 

Governments. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 400 respondents; 800 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2–12 

hours (on average). 

Frequency of Response: Annual 

reporting requirements, on occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

47 U.S.C. 154, 254 and 303(r) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 5,600 hours. 

Total Annual Cost(s): No Cost. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Although most information collected in 

FCC Form 683 will be made available 

for public inspection, the Commission 

will withhold certain information 

collected in FCC Form 683 from routine 

public inspection. Specifically, the 

Commission will treat certain financial 

and technical information submitted in 

FCC Form 683 as confidential. In 

addition, an applicant may use the 

abbreviated process under 47 CFR 

0.459(a)(4) to request confidential 

treatment of the audited financial 

statements that are submitted during the 

post-selection review process. However, 

if a request for public inspection for this 

technical or financial information is 

made under 47 CFR 0.461, and the 

applicant has any objections to 

disclosure, the applicant will be notified 

and will be required to justify continued 

confidential treatment. To the extent 

that an applicant seeks to have other 

information collected in FCC Form 683 

or during the post-selection review 

process withheld from public 

inspection, the applicant may request 

confidential treatment pursuant to 47 

CFR 0.459. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: In 2011, the 

Commission released the USF/ICC 

Transformation Order and Further 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, WC 

Docket No. 10–90 et al., FCC 11–161 

(USF/ICC Transformation Order and/or 

FNPRM), which comprehensively 

reformed and modernized the high-cost 

program within the universal service 

fund to focus support on networks 

capable of providing voice and 

broadband services. Among other 

things, the Commission created the 

Connect America Fund (CAF) and 

concluded that support in price cap 

areas would be provided through a 

combination of ‘‘a new forward-looking 

model of the cost of constructing 

modern multi-purpose networks’’ and a 

competitive bidding process (the 

Connect America Fund Phase II auction 

or Phase II auction or Auction 903). The 

Commission also sought comment in the 

accompanying USF/ICC Transformation 

FNPRM on proposed rules governing 

the Phase II auction, including basic 

auction design and the application 

process. 

In the Phase II auction, service 

providers will compete to receive 

support of up to $1.98 billion over 10 

years to offer voice and broadband 

service in unserved high-cost areas. The 

information collection requirements 

reported under this new collection are 

the result of several Commission 

decisions to implement reform adopted 

in the USF/ICC Transformation Order 

and move forward with conducting the 

Phase II auction. In the April 2014 

Connect America Order, WC Docket No. 

10–90 et al., FCC 14–54, the 

Commission adopted various rules 

regarding participation in the Phase II 

auction, the term of support, and the 

eligible telecommunications carrier 

(ETC) designation process. In the Phase 

II Auction Order, WC Docket No. 10–90 

et al., FCC 16–64, the Commission 

adopted rules to govern the Phase II 

auction, including the adoption of a 

two-stage application process, which 

includes a pre-auction short-form 

application to be submitted by parties 

interested in bidding in the Phase II 

auction and a post-auction long-form 

application that must be submitted by 

winning bidders seeking to become 

authorized to receive Phase II auction 

support. The Commission concluded, 

based on its experience with auctions 

and consistent with the record, that this 

two-stage application process balances 

the need to collect information essential 

to conducting a successful auction and 

authorizing Phase II support with 

administrative efficiency. 

On January 30, 2018, the Commission 

adopted a public notice that established 

the final procedures for the Phase II 

auction, including the long-form 

application disclosure and certification 

requirements for winning bidders 

seeking to become authorized to receive 

Phase II auction support. See Phase II 

Auction Procedures Public Notice, WC 

Docket No. 17–182 et al., FCC 18–6. The 

Commission also adopted the Phase II 

Auction Order on Reconsideration, WC 

Docket No. 10–90 et al., FCC 18–5, 

which modified the Commission’s letter 

of credit rules to provide some 

additional relief for Phase II auction 

support recipients by reducing the costs 

of maintaining a letter of credit. 

Under this information collection, the 

Commission will collect information 

from winning bidders to determine the 

recipients of Phase II auction support. 

To aid in collecting this information, the 

Commission has created FCC Form 683, 

which the public will use to provide the 

disclosures and certifications that must 

be made by Phase II auction winning 

bidders in the Connect America Fund 

Phase II auction seeking to become 

authorized for Phase II support. 


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Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12280 Filed 6–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0463] 

Information Collection Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

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 Commission 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 comments should be 

submitted on or before July 9, 2018. 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 contacts listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and 

to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

Include in the comments the OMB 

control number as shown in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. To view a 

copy of this information collection 

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

to the 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, (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the OMB 

control number of this ICR and then 

click on the ICR Reference Number. A 

copy of the FCC submission to OMB 

will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork burdens, and as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), 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. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0463. 

Title: Telecommunications Relay 

Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 

for Individuals with Hearing and 

Speech Disabilities, CG Docket No. 03– 

123, FCC 03–112, FCC 07–110, FCC 07– 

186. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit; Individuals or household; State, 

Local and Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 5,072 respondents; 7,299 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 

hours (30 minutes) to 50 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annually, 

monthly, on occasion, and one-time 

reporting requirements; Recordkeeping 

and Third-Party Disclosure 

requirements. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefit. The statutory 

authority for the information collection 

requirements is found at section 225 of 

the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 225. 

The law was enacted on July 26, 1990, 

as Title IV of the ADA, Public Law 101– 

336, 104 Stat. 327, 366–69. 

Total Annual Burden: 10,822 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $10,800. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Confidentiality is an issue to the extent 

that individuals and households 

provide personally identifiable 

information, which is covered under the 

FCC’s updated system of records notice 

(SORN), FCC/CGB–1, ‘‘Informal 

Complaints, Inquiries, and Requests for 

Dispute Assistance.’’ As required by the 

Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the 

Commission also published a SORN, 

FCC/CGB–1 ‘‘Informal Complaints, 

Inquiries, and Requests for Dispute 

Assistance,’’ in the Federal Register on 

August 15, 2014 (79 FR 48152) which 

became effective on September 24, 2014. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: The FCC 

completed a Privacy Impact Assessment 

(PIA) on June 28, 2007. It may be 

reviewed at http://www.fcc.gov/omd/ 

privacyact/Privacy-ImpactAssessment.html. The Commission is in 

the process of updating the PIA to 

incorporate various revisions to it as a 

result of revisions to the SORN. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission is 

submitting this modified information 

collection to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to transfer burden 

hours and costs associated with 

regulations under section 225 of the 

Communications Act (Act), which is 

currently approved under OMB control 

number 3060–1249, to this information 

collection. The Commission intends to 

discontinue information collection 

3060–1249 once this information 

collection is approved. 

On December 21, 2001, the 

Commission released the 2001 TRS Cost 

Recovery Order, document FCC 01–371, 

published at 67 FR 4203, January 29, 

2002, in which the Commission: 

(a) Directed the Interstate 

Telecommunications Relay Services 

(TRS) Fund (TRS Fund) administrator to 


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