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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Nicole 

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 Title 

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, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the FCC invited 

the general public and other Federal 

Agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on the following information 

collection. 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 estimates; (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. 

Pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public 

Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), 

the FCC seeks specific comment on how 

it might ‘‘further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 

employees.’’ 

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 forprofit entities, Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 20,657 respondents, 20,657 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 42 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; annual 

reporting; 5 and 8-year reporting 

requirements and third-party disclosure 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority which covers this information 

collection is contained in Section 154(i) 

and 303 of the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended, and Section 634 of 

the Cable Communications Policy Act of 

1984. 

Total Annual Burden: 867,594 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirements approved under 

this collection are as follows: 47 CFR 

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. 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. These same requirements also 

apply to Satellite Digital Audio Radio 

Service (‘‘SDARS’’) licensees. In 1997, 

the Commission determined that 

SDARS licensees must comply with the 

Commission’s EEO requirements. See 

Establishment of Rules and Policies for 

the Digital Audio Radio Satellite Service 

in the 2310–2360 MHz Frequency Band, 

12 FCC Rcd 5754, 5791, ¶ 91 (1997) 

(‘‘1997 SDARS Order’’), FCC 97–70. In 

2008, the Commission clarified that 

SDARS licensees must comply with the 

Commission’s EEO broadcast rules and 

policies, including the same 

recruitment, outreach, public file, 

website posting, record-keeping, 

reporting, and self-assessment 

obligations required of broadcast 

licensees, consistent with 47 CFR 

73.2080, as well as any other 

Commission EEO policies. See 

Applications for Consent to the Transfer 

of Control of Licenses, SM Satellite 

Radio Holdings Inc., Transferor, to 

Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., Transferee, 

23 FCC Rcd 12348, 12426, ¶ 174, and 

note 551 (2008). 

47 CFR 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 employing six 

or more full-time employees 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 employing six 

or more full-time employees maintain, 

for public inspection, a file containing 

copies of all annual employment reports 

and related documents. 

Section 76.1702 requires that every 

MVPD employment unit employing six 

or more full-time employees place 

certain information concerning its EEO 

program in its public inspection file. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06261 Filed 3–23–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0986; FR ID #77308] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

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 


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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 May 23, 2022. 

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, (202) 418–2991. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0986. 

Title: High-Cost Universal Service 

Support. 

Form Number: FCC Form 481 and 

FCC Form 525. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions and 

state, local or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 2,229 respondents; 13,804 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.1–15 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

quarterly and annual reporting 

requirements, recordkeeping 

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. 151–154, 155, 

201–206, 214, 218–220, 251, 252, 254, 

256, 303(r), 332, 403, 405, 410, and 

1302. 

Total Annual Burden: 50,857 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Federal Communications 

Commission (Commission) notes that 

the Universal Service Administrative 

Company (USAC or Administrator) 

must preserve the confidentiality of all 

data obtained from respondents and 

contributors to the universal service 

support program mechanism; must not 

use the data except for purposes of 

administering the universal service 

program; must not use the data except 

for purposes of administering the 

universal support program; and must 

not disclose data in company-specific 

form unless directed to do so by the 

Commission. Parties may submit 

confidential information in relation 

pursuant to a protective order. Also, 

respondents may request materials or 

information submitted to the 

Commission or to the Administrator 

believed confidential to be withheld 

from public inspection under 47 CFR 

0.459 of the FCC’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission is 

requesting the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) approval for this 

revised information collection. On 

November 18, 2011, the Commission 

adopted an order reforming its high-cost 

universal service support mechanisms. 

Connect America Fund; A National 

Broadband Plan for Our Future; 

Establish Just and Reasonable Rates for 

Local Exchange Carriers; High-Cost 

Universal Service Support; Developing a 

Unified Intercarrier Compensation 

Regime; Federal-State Joint Board on 

Universal Service; Lifeline and Link-Up; 

Universal Service Reform—Mobility 

Fund, WC Docket Nos. 10–90, 07–135, 

05–337, 03–109; GN Docket No. 09–51; 

CC Docket Nos. 01–92, 96–45; WT 

Docket No. 10–208, Order and Further 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 26 FCC 

Rcd 17663 (2011) (USF/ICC 

Transformation Order). The 

Commission and Wireline Competition 

Bureau have since adopted a number of 

orders that implement the USF/ICC 

Transformation Order; see also Connect 

America Fund et al., WC Docket No. 10– 

90 et al., Third Order on 

Reconsideration, 27 FCC Rcd 5622 

(2012); Connect America Fund et al., 

WC Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order, 27 

FCC Rcd 605 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 

2012); Connect America Fund et al., WC 

Docket No. 10–90 et al., Fifth Order on 

Reconsideration, 27 FCC Rcd 14549 

(2012); Connect America Fund et al., 

WC Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order, 28 

FCC Rcd 2051 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 

2013); Connect America Fund et al., WC 

Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order, 28 FCC 

Rcd 7227 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); 

Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 

10–90, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd 

7766 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); 

Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 

10–90, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd 

7211 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); 

Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 

10–90, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd 

10488 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); 

Connect America Fund et al., WC 

Docket No. 10–90 et al., Report and 

Order, Order and Order on 

Reconsideration and Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 3087 

(2016); Connect America Fund, et al., 

WC Docket No. 10–90, et al., Report and 

Order and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 5949 (2016); 

Connect America Fund et al., WC 

Docket Nos. 10–90, 16–271; WT Docket 

No. 10–208, Report and Order and 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 

31 FCC Rcd 10139 (2016); Connect 

America Fund; ETC Annual Reports and 

Certifications, WC Docket Nos. 10–90, 

14–58, Order, 32 FCC Rcd 968 (2017); 

Connect America Fund et al., WC 

Docket No. 10–90 et al., Report and 

Order, Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, and Order on 

Reconsideration, 33 FCC Rcd 11893 

(2018); Connect America Fund; ETC 

Annual Reports and Certifications, WC 

Docket Nos. 10–90, 14–58, Report and 

Order, 32 FCC Rcd 5944 (2017). 

In 2019, the Commission adopted an 

order establishing a separate, parallel 

high-cost program for the U.S. territories 

suffering extensive infrastructure 

damage due to Hurricanes Irma and 

Maria. The Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund 

and the Connect USVI Fund, et al., WC 

Docket No. 18–143, et al., Report and 

Order and Order on Reconsideration, 34 

FCC Rcd 9109 (2019) (Puerto Rico and 

USVI Stage 2 Order). Also, in the 2019 

Supply Chain Order, the Commission 

adopted a rule prohibiting the use of 

Universal Service Fund (USF) support, 

including high-cost universal service 

support, to purchase or obtain any 

equipment or services produced or 

provided by a covered company posing 

a national security threat to the integrity 

of communications networks or the 

communications supply chain. 

Protecting Against National Security 

Threats to the Communications Supply 

Chain Through FCC Programs, WC 

Docket No. 18–89, Report and Order, 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 

and Order, 34 FCC Rcd 11423, 11433, 

para. 26. See also 47 CFR 54.9. 

Through several orders, the 

Commission has changed, modified, and 

eliminated certain reporting obligations 

for high-cost support. These changes are 

outlined in the following: 

On January 30, 2020, the Commission 

adopted an order establishing the 

framework for the Rural Digital 

Opportunity Fund (RDOF), building on 

the successful Connect America Fund 

(CAF) Phase II auction. Rural Digital 

Opportunity Fund; Connect America 

Fund, WC Docket Nos. 19–126 and 10– 

90, Report and Order, 35 FCC Rcd 686 

(2020) (RDOF Order). The RDOF 

represents the Commission’s single 

biggest step to close the digital divide by 


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providing up to $20.4 billion to connect 

millions more rural homes and small 

businesses to high-speed broadband 

networks. In the RDOF Order, ‘‘[t]o 

ensure that support recipients are 

meeting their deployment obligations,’’ 

the Commission ‘‘adopt[ed] essentially 

the same reporting requirements for the 

RDOF that the Commission adopted for 

the CAF Phase II auction.’’ Id. at 712, 

para. 56. 

In the 2020 Supply Chain Order, the 

Commission adopted two additional 

supply chain rules associated with 

newly required certifications. Protecting 

Against National Security Threats to the 

Communications Supply Chain Through 

FCC Programs, WC Docket No. 18–89, 

Second Report and Order, 35 FCC Rcd 

14284 (2020) (2020 Supply Chain 

Order). First, the Commission adopted a 

rule, 47 CFR 54.10, to prohibit the use 

of a Federal subsidy made available 

through a program administered by the 

Commission that provides funds to be 

used for the capital expenditures 

necessary for the provision of advanced 

communications services has been or 

will be used to purchase, rent, lease, or 

otherwise obtain, any covered 

communications equipment or service, 

or maintain any covered 

communications equipment or service 

previously purchased, rented, leased, or 

otherwise obtained. Second, the 

Commission adopted a rule, 47 CFR 

54.11, which requires each eligible 

telecommunications carrier receiving 

universal service fund support to 

remove and replace all covered 

communications equipment and 

services from their networks, and 

subsequently certify prior to receiving a 

funding commitment or support that it 

does not use covered communications 

equipment or services. The Commission 

also adopted procedures, consistent 

with the Secure and Trusted 

Communications Networks Act of 2019 

(Pub. L. 116–124), to identify such 

covered equipment and services and 

publish a Covered List. That list was 

published March 12, 2021 and will be 

updated as needed. 

In the Rate Floor Repeal Order, the 

Commission decided to ‘‘eliminate the 

rate floor and, following a one-year 

period of monitoring residential retail 

rates, eliminate the accompanying 

reporting obligations after July 1, 2020.’’ 

Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 

10–90, Order, 34 FCC Rcd 2621, 2621 

para. 2 (2019) (Rate Floor Repeal Order); 

see also 47 CFR 54.313(h). As explained 

in the Order, the rate floor was 

‘‘[i]ntended to guard against artificial 

subsidization of rural end user rates 

significantly below the national urban 

average’’ but, practically speaking, 

‘‘increase[d] the telephone rates of rural 

subscribers . . . and individuals living 

on Tribal lands.’’ Rate Floor Repeal 

Order, 34 FCC Rcd at 2621 para. 1. 

The Commission therefore proposes 

to revise this information collection, as 

well as the Form 481 and its 

accompanying instructions, to reflect 

these modified and eliminated 

requirements. Finally, the Commission 

proposes to increase the respondents 

associated with existing reporting 

requirements to account for additional 

carriers that will be subject to those 

requirements. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06221 Filed 3–23–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1219; FR ID 78050] 

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 May 23, 2022. 

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, (202) 418–2991. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1219. 

Title: Connect America FundAlternative Connect America Cost 

Model Support. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 1,100 unique respondents; 

1,100 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 

hours–2 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

and one-time reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151–154, 155, 

201–206, 214, 218–220, 251, 252, 254, 

256, 303(r), 332, 403, 405, 410, and 

1302. 

Total Annual Burden: 700 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission notes that the 

Universal Service Administrative 

Company must preserve the 

confidentiality of all data obtained from 

respondents; must not use the data 

except for purposes of administering the 

universal service programs; and must 

not disclose data in company-specific 

form unless directed to do so by the 

Commission. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission is 

requesting approval for the extension of 

this collection. In March 2016, the 

Commission adopted significant reforms 

to place the universal service support 

program on solid footing for the next 

decade to preserve and advance voice 

and broadband service in areas served 

by rate-of-return carriers. Connect 

America Fund; ETC Annual Reports and 

Certifications; Establishing Just and 


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