[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 77 (Friday, April 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23715-23719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9591]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB)

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public information collections approved by the Office 
of Management and Budget.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission has received Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 
information collection(s) pursuant to 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 OMB 
control number, and no person is required to respond to a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, please 
contact Cathy Williams on (202) 418-2918 or via email to: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aac9cbdec2d384ddc3c6c6c3cbc7d9eaccc9c984cdc5dc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3b585a4f5342154c525757525a56487b5d5858155c544d">[email protected]</span></a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:cathy.williams@fcc.gov"><a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="781b190c1001560f1114141119150b381e1b1b561f170e">[email protected]</a></a><ls-thn-eq>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0357.
    OMB Approval Date: February 9, 2011.
    Expiration Date: February 28, 2014.
    Title: Recognized Private Operating Agency (RPOA), Section 63.701.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit entities.
    Number of Respondents/Responses: 10 respondents; 10 responses.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 2-5 hours per response.
    Total Annual Burden: 35 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $17,650.
    Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. The statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in Sections 4(i), 4(j), 201-205, 
214 and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 
154(j), 201-25, 214 and 403.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission requests this collection of 
information to gather the information needed to recommend to the United 
States Department of State whether or not to designate persons 
requesting its Recognized Private Operating Agency (RPOA) status.
    The United States does not require anyone to obtain RPOA status but 
has

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created a voluntary process by which companies that believe that it 
would be helpful in persuading foreign telecommunications operators to 
deal with them can obtain such a designation. RPOA status also permits 
companies to join the Telecommunications Sector of the International 
Telecommunications Union Formal (ITU), the standards-setting body of 
the ITU. Formal recognition of RPOA status is required by the ITU for 
companies desiring the ITU to grant them international free phone 
numbers. Without this information the government cannot represent to 
other nations that the United States enhanced-service providers will 
obey international regulations.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0454.
    OMB Approval Date: June 22, 2011.
    Expiration Date: June 30, 2014.
    Title: Sections 43.51, 64.1001, 64.1002, Regulations of 
International Accounting Rates.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit entities.
    Number of Respondents/Responses: 20 respondents; 20 responses.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 1-5 hours per response.
    Total Annual Burden: 205 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $3,000.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
Commission has authority for this information collection pursuant to 
Sections 1, 4(i)-4(j), 43, 63, 201-205, 214, 303(r), and 309 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i)-154(j), 
201-205, 214, 303(r), and 309.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: The information is used by the Commission staff in 
carrying out its duties under the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended. The information collections are necessary for the Commission 
to maintain effective oversight of U.S. carriers that are affiliated 
with or involved in certain co-marketing or similar arrangements with 
foreign carriers that have market power. Additionally, the information 
collection is necessary to analyze market trends to determine whether 
amendment of the Commission's existing rules or proposals of new rules 
are necessary to promote effective competition and prevent anti-
competitive behavior between American and foreign carriers. If the 
collections are not conducted or are conducted less frequently, 
applicants will not obtain the authorizations necessary to provide 
telecommunications services, and the Commission will be unable to carry 
out its mandate under the Communications Act of 1934. Furthermore, the 
Commission would lack sufficient information to determine whether new 
or modified rules are necessary to combat anti-competitive behavior 
between American and foreign carriers.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0751.
    OMB Approval Date: August 17, 2011.
    Expiration Date: August 31, 2014.
    Title: Contracts and Concessions, 47 CFR 43.51.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit entities.
    Number of Respondents/Responses: 10 respondents; 40 responses.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 6-8 hours per response.
    Total Annual Burden: 300 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
Sections 47 U.S.C. 154; Telecommunications Act of 1996, Public Law 1-4-
104, Sections 402(b)(2)(B)(c), 110 Stat. 56 (1996) as amended unless 
otherwise noted. 47 U.S.C. 211, 219, 220 as amended.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission has determined that the authorized 
resale of international private lines interconnected to the U.S. public 
switched network (PSN) would tend to divert international message 
telephone service (IMTS) traffic from the settlements process and 
increase the U.S. net settlements deficit. The information will be used 
by the Commission in reviewing the impact, if any, that end-user 
private line interconnections have on our international settlements 
policy. The data will also enhance the ability of both the Commission 
and interested parties to monitor for unauthorized resale of 
international private lines that are interconnected to the U.S. PSN. 
The Commission's effort to preserve the integrity of its international 
resale policy would be thwarted if the collection were conducted less 
frequently.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0768.
    OMB Approval Date: August 17, 2011.
    Expiration Date: August 31, 2014.
    Title: 28 GHz Band Segmentation Plan Amending the Commission's 
Rules to Redesignate the 27.5-29.5 GHz Frequency Band, to Reallocate 
the 29.5-30.0 GHz Frequency Band.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit entities.
    Number of Respondents/Responses: 65 respondents; 65 responses.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 2 hours per response.
    Total Annual Burden: 130 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $18,150.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information and third party 
disclosure requirements is contained in Sections 25.101 to 25.601 
issued under Section 4, 48 Stat. 1066, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 154; 
Sections 101-104, 76 Stat. 416-427; 47 U.S.C. 701-744; and 47 U.S.C. 
554. Statutory authority for Part 101 is contained in 47 U.S.C. 154, 
303, unless otherwise noted.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: The information is used by the Commission and other 
applicants and/or licensees in the 28 GHz band to facilitate technical 
coordination of systems among applicants and/or licensees in the 28 GHz 
band. Without such information, the Commission could not implement the 
band plan as set forth in the First Report and Order and Fourth Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking.
    Affected applicants and licensees are required to provide the 
requested information to the Commission and other third parties 
whenever they seek authority to provide service in the 28 GHz band. The 
frequency of filing is, in general, determined by the applicant or 
licensees. If this information is compiled less frequently or not filed 
in conjunction with our rules, applicants and licensees will not obtain 
the authorization necessary to provide telecommunications services. 
Furthermore, the Commission would not be able to carry out its mandate 
as required by statute and applicants and licensees would not be able 
to provide service effectively.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0962.
    OMB Approval Date: August 16, 2011.
    Expiration Date: August 31, 2014.
    Title: Redesignation of the 18 GHz Frequency Band, Blanket 
Licensing of Satellite Earth Stations in the Ka-band, and the 
Allocation of Additional Spectrum for Broadcast Satellite Service Use.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.

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    Respondents: Business or other for profit entities.
    Number of Respondents/Responses: 26 respondents; 29 responses.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 1-4 hours per response.
    Total Annual Burden: 35 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $147,350.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
Commission has authority for this collection of information pursuant to 
Sections 1, 4(i), 301, 303, 308, 309, and 310 of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 51, 154(i), 301, 303, 308, 309, and 310.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection facilitates the 
Commission's efforts to use spectrum more efficiently and to better 
accommodate the operational needs of licensees.
    In addition, the collection of this information is necessary for 
the Commission to determine whether licensees are complying with the 
rules applicable to satellite earth stations and to deploy new 
satellite systems. If the collection were not conducted, the Commission 
would not be able to verify whether Geostationary Satellite Orbit/Fixed 
Satellite Service (GSO/FSS) satellite earth stations in the Ka-band 
were operating in accordance with Commission rules. Additionally, 
spectrum would not be used most efficiently and would, therefore, 
result in hindering the provision of new or enhanced telecommunications 
services to the public.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1013.
    OMB Approval Date: February 4, 2011.
    Expiration Date: February 28, 2014.
    Title: Mitigation of Orbital Debris.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit entities.
    Number of Respondents/Responses: 53 respondents; 53 responses.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 3 hours per response.
    Total Annual Burden: 159 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $102,025.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Information collected during the Commission's authorization process 
will be used by Commission staff in carrying out the agency's duties 
concerning satellite communications, pursuant to Sections 1, 4(i), 301, 
303, 308, 309 and 310 of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 
301, 303, 308, 309, and 310.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements accounted 
for in this collection are necessary to mitigate the potential harmful 
effects of orbital debris accumulation. Disclosure of debris mitigation 
plans as part of requests for FCC authorization will help preserve the 
United States' continued affordable access to space, the continued 
provision of reliable U.S. space-based services, including 
communications and remote sensing satellite services, for U.S. 
commercial, government, and homeland security purposes as well as the 
continued safety of persons and property in space and on the surface of 
the Earth. Disclosure of debris mitigation plans will allow the 
Commission and potentially affected third parties to evaluate satellite 
operators' debris mitigation plans prior to the issuance of an FCC 
approval for communications activities in space. Disclosure may also 
aid in the wider dissemination of information concerning debris 
mitigation techniques and may provide a base-line of information that 
will aid in analyzing and refining those techniques.
    Without disclosure of orbital debris mitigation plans as part of 
applications for FCC authority, the Commission would be denied any 
opportunity to ascertain whether satellite operators are in fact 
considering and adopting reasonable debris mitigation practices, which 
could result in an increase in orbital debris and a decrease in the 
utility of space for communications and other uses. Furthermore, the 
growth in the orbital debris population may limit the usefulness of 
space for communications and other uses in the future by raising the 
costs and lowering the reliability of space-based systems. 
Additionally, the effects of collisions involving orbital debris can be 
catastrophic and may cause significant damage to functional spacecraft 
or to persons or property on the surface of the Earth, if the debris 
re-enters the Earth's atmosphere in an uncontrolled manner.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1028.
    OMB Approval Date: February 8, 2011.
    Expiration Date: February 28, 2014.
    Title: International Signaling Point Code (ISPC).
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit entities.
    Number of Respondents/Responses: 20 respondents; 20 responses.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 20 minutes per response.
    Total Annual Burden: 7 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections 1, 
4(i)-(j), 201-205, 211, 214, 219-220, 303(r), 309 and 403 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i)-(j), 201-
205, 211, 214, 219-220, 303(r), and 403.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements contained 
in this collection facilitate the Commission's assignment of unique 
ISPCs to international carriers for identification purposes. In 
addition, they enhance the ability of the international carriers to 
communicate with each other internationally through the shared 
signaling network. The Commission would not have a unique 
identification code (ISPC) to identify each international carrier if 
these collections of information were not conducted. Furthermore, the 
lack of ISPCs would hinder the international carriers' ability to 
identify other carriers and would likely result in delays in 
communication or miscommunication among international carriers on the 
shared signaling network.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1029.
    OMB Approval Date: February 9, 2011.
    Expiration Date: February 28, 2014.
    Title: Data Network Identification Code (DNIC).
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit entities.
    Number of Respondents/Responses: 5 respondents; 5 responses.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 15 minutes per response.
    Total Annual Burden: 1 hour.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection is contained in Sections 1, 
4(i)-(j), 201-205, 211, 214, 219-220, 303(r), 309, and 403 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i)-(j), 201-
205, 211, 214, 219-220, 303(r), 309 and 403.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission obtains relevant information from 
operators of public data networks through the filing of applications 
for

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Data Network Identification Codes (DNICs) on the Internet-based 
International Bureau Filing System (IBFS). This information is 
collected by the Commission to assign DNICs to operators of public data 
networks in order to identify and permit automated switching of data 
traffic to particular networks. The Commission's lack of an assignment 
of DNICs to operators of public data networks would result in technical 
problems that prevent the identification and automated switching of 
data traffic to particular networks.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1059.
    OMB Approval Date: November 24, 2010.
    Expiration Date: November 30, 2013.
    Title: Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite (GMPCS)/
E911 Call Centers.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit entities.
    Number of Respondents/Responses: 25 respondents; 25 responses.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 1 hour per response.
    Total Annual Burden: 25 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $7,500.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
Commission has authority for this information collection pursuant to 
Sections 1, 4(i), 7, 10, 201, 202, 208, 214, 222(d)(4)(A)-(C), 222(f), 
222(g), 222(h)(1)(A), 222(h)(4)-(5), 251(e)(3), 301, 303, 308 and 310 
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 
157, 160, 201, 202, 208, 214, 222(d)(4)(A)-(C), 222(f), 222(g), 
222(h)(1)(A), 222(h)(4)-(5), 251(e)(3), 301, 303, 308 and 310.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: The information collections that result from the 
E911 Scope Second R&O, IB Docket No. 99-67 (FCC 04-201), are used by 
the Commission under its authority to license commercial satellite 
services in the United States. Without the collection of information 
that would result from these rules, the Commission would not be able to 
monitor the Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) carriers' establishment of 
call centers which are essential to provide emergency services, such as 
handling emergency 911 telephone calls from American citizens. The 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements include data on MSS call 
center use such as the aggregate number of calls that the call centers 
receive and the number of calls that required forwarding to a local 
Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP). The Commission will use this 
data to monitor compliance with the call center requirement and track 
usage trends. Such information would be useful to the Commission in 
considering whether FCC rules require modification to accommodate the 
changing market. The rules require that MSS carriers file a post-
implementation report with the Commission annually.
    Without the collection of information, the Commission would not be 
able to confirm the MSS carriers' compliance with the call center 
rules. Additionally, the agency would not have data on MSS call center 
use in order to determine whether the Commission should modify its 
rules to accommodate the current market.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1116.
    OMB Approval Date: December 1, 2011.
    Expiration Date: December 31, 2014.
    Title: Submarine Cable Reporting.
    Form Nos.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents/Responses: 53 respondents; 53 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 20-100 hours.
    Obligation To Respond: Voluntary.
    Total Annual Burden: 10,070 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Information provided pursuant 
to this request will be viewed as presumptively confidential upon 
submission because the information would reflect reports on weaknesses 
in or damage to national communications infrastructure, and the release 
of this sensitive information to the public could potentially 
facilitate terrorist targeting of critical infrastructure and key 
resources. The submissions also may contain internal confidential 
information that constitutes trade secrets and commercial/financial 
information that the respondent does not routinely make public and 
public release of the submitted information could cause competitive 
harm by revealing information about the types and deployment of cable 
equipment and the traffic that flows across the system.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is requesting that current submarine 
cable landing licensees voluntarily provide information regarding the 
system status and service restoration activities for the submarine 
cable systems and cable landing stations and information about the 
physical location, assets, and restoration plans for the submarine 
cable systems. This information is needed in order to support Federal 
government national security and emergency preparedness communications 
programs, for the purpose of providing situational awareness of 
submarine cable system performance as well as a greater understanding 
of potential physical threats to the submarine cable systems. The 
Commission has been working with the Assistant Director for National 
Security and Emergency Preparedness, at the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy (OSTP) on this collection on behalf of other 
Executive Branch agencies, at the direction of the President.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0106.
    OMB Approval Date: October 28, 2011.
    Expiration Date: October 31, 2014.
    Title: Part 43 Reporting Requirements for U.S. Providers of 
International Telecommunications Services and Affiliates; 47 CFR 43.61.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Responses/Respondents: 1,255 respondents and 1,255 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours-220 hours.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
Sections 1, 4(i), 4(j)11, 201-205, 211, 214, 219, 220, 303(r), 309, and 
403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 161, 
201, 205, 211, 214, 219, 220, 303(r), 309 and 403.
    Total Annual Burden: 19,530 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $339,000.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general there is no need 
for confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: On May 12, 2011, the Federal Communications 
Commission adopted a First Report and Order and Further Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 11-76) in Reporting Requirements for U.S. 
Providers of International Telecommunications Services, Amendment of 
Part 43 of the Commission's Rules, IB Docket No. 04-112 (rel. May 13, 
2011). In the First Report and Order portion of that document (First 
Report and Order), the Commission amended the international reporting 
requirements in Section 43.61 of the Commission's rules. The Commission 
retained the annual traffic and revenue report contained in Section 
43.61(a) but eliminated the quarterly large carrier report in Section 
43.61(b) and the quarterly report of switched

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resellers affiliated with foreign telecommunications entities in 
Section 43.61(c). The Commission also retained the requirement from the 
current Section 43.61(a) traffic and revenue report that filing 
entities report their international message telephone service (IMTS) 
and international private line services on a for each overseas route 
they serve. The Commission also retained the current requirement in 
Section 43.61(a) that filing entities report their IMTS resale (i.e., 
where an entity purchases IMTS calls from another provider and resells 
them to its customers) on a world-total basis.
    The First Report and Order simplified the annual Section 43.61(a) 
report by amending subpart (a) of the rule to eliminate the current 
requirement that filing entities separately report IMTS and private 
line traffic between the conterminous 48 states and offshore U.S. 
points such as Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands and traffic between 
such offshore U.S. points and foreign points. The Commission did not 
amend subparts (1), (2), or (3) of Section 43.61(a).
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0169.
    OMB Approval Date: October 28, 2011.
    Expiration Date: October 31, 2014.
    Title: Section 43.51, Reports and Records of Communications Common 
Carriers and Affiliates.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Responses/Respondents: 55 respondents and 1,210 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 6 hours.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection is contained in sections: 1-4, 
10, 11, 201-205, 211, 218, 220, 226, 303(g), 303(r) and 332 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 160, 161, 
201, 205, 211, 218, 220, 226, 303(g), 303(r) and 332.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,047 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general there is no need 
for confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: On May 13, 2011, the Federal Communications 
Commission released a First Report and Order and Further Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 11-76) in Reporting Requirements for U.S. 
Providers of International Telecommunications Services, Amendment of 
Part 43 of the Commission's Rules, IB Docket No. 04-112 (rel. May 13, 
2011) (Part 43 Review Order). In the First Report and Order portion of 
the Part 43 Review Order (First Report and Order), the Commission 
removed section 43.53 as no longer being required in the public 
interest. It did not alter section 43.51.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0572.
    OMB Approval Date: October 28, 2011.
    Expiration Date: October 31, 2014.
    Title: International Circuit Status Reports, 47 CFR 43.82.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Responses and Respondents: 75 respondents and 75 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour-50 hours.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
Commission has authority for this information collection pursuant to 
the Communications Act of 1934 Sections 4, 48, 48 Stat. 1066, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. 154 unless otherwise noted. Interpret or apply 
Sections 211, 219, 48 Stat. 1073, 1077, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 211, 219 
and 220.
    Total Annual Burden: 736 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general there is no need 
for confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: On May 12, 2011, the Federal Communications 
Commission adopted a First Report and Order and Further Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 11-76) in Reporting Requirements for U.S. 
Providers of International Telecommunications Services, Amendment of 
Part 43 of the Commission's Rules, IB Docket No. 04-112 (rel. May 13, 
2011). In the First Report and Order portion of that document (First 
Report and Order), the Commission amended the international reporting 
requirements in Section 43.82 that requires carriers annually to report 
the status of the international transmission circuits they owned or 
leased on December 31st of the preceding year. In the First Report and 
Order, the Commission also eliminated the circuit-addition report in 
Section 63.23(e) of the Commission's rules.
    In the First Report and Order, the Commission retained the annual 
circuit-status report contained in Section 43.82, but eliminated the 
requirement that filing entities separately report circuits between the 
conterminous 48 states and offshore U.S. points such as Guam and the 
U.S. Virgin Islands and circuits between such offshore U.S. points and 
foreign points.
    In the First Report and Order, the Commission also removed the 
requirement that filing entities file the circuit-addition report in 
section 63.23(e) of the rules. The Commission found that the section 
43.82 annual circuit-status report provides enough information so that 
the circuit-addition report is no longer necessary. Section 63.23(e) 
required carriers that have been certified to resell international 
private lines for the provision of telecommunications services to file 
each year the number of private line circuits they added and the 
service for which they were used. The Commission required this report 
because such service provider did not file the annual circuit-status 
report. The underlying carriers that provide the private lines that the 
resellers are using are required to report those circuits in their 
annual circuit-status report. As a result, we have a record that the 
circuits are used and do not need for the resellers also to report the 
same circuits.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
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