Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 53 / Friday, March 20, 2009 / Notices 11947 

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 list of 

FCC ICRs currently under review 

appears, look for the title of this ICR (or 

its OMB Control Number, if there is one) 

and then click on the ICR Reference 

Number to view detailed information 

about this ICR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection(s), contact Judith 

B. Herman at 202–418–0214 or via the 

Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0763. 

Title: ARMIS Customer Satisfaction 

Report. 

Report Number: ARMIS Report 43–06. 

Type of Review: Extension of an 

existing collection. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 7 respondents; 7 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 720 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

Statutory authority for this information 

collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

sections 11, 161, 219, and 220 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 5,040 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Ordinarily, questions of a sensitive 

nature are not involved in the ARMIS 

Customer Satisfaction Report. The 

Commission contends that areas in 

which detailed information is required 

are fully subject to regulation and the 

issue of data being regarded as sensitive 

will arise in special circumstances only. 

In such circumstances, the respondent 

is instructed on the appropriate 

procedures to follow to safeguard 

sensitive data. Any respondent who 

submits information to the Commission 

that they believe is confidential, may 

request confidential treatment of such 

information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: This collection is 

being submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

extend the approval for an additional 

three years. In the Commission’s 

Memorandum Opinion and Order and 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 

08–203, released September 6, 2008, the 

Commission granted in significant part 

AT&T’s petition for forbearance from 

the ARMIS service quality and 

infrastructure reporting requirements, 

subject to certain conditions. In 

addition, the Commission determined 

that its conclusions underlying its 

forbearance decision for AT&T also hold 

true for the other carriers required to file 

ARMIS Reports 43–05, 43–06, 43–07, 

and 43–08. Subject to certain 

conditions, the Commission found that 

the criteria of section 10(a)(1) and (a)(2) 

are satisfied. Given the burdens 

associated with the data reporting, and 

in light of the commitments of the 

reporting carriers, and other continuing 

regulatory requirements, the 

Commission determined that 

forbearance to be in the public interest. 

The Commission noted that the 

reporting carriers have committed to 

continue gathering customer satisfaction 

data and to file those data publicly, 

through ARMIS Report 43–06 filings for 

24 months from the effective date of the 

Commission’s order. Further, the 

Commission noted that this will ensure 

continuity with regard to the customer 

satisfaction data that the Commission 

has collected up to this point, and 

affords the Commission a reasonable 

period of time to consider whether to 

adopt industry-wide reporting 

requirements. The Commission 

therefore adopted that commitment as a 

condition of its forbearance. Finally, the 

Commission granted the same 

forbearance relief to any similarly 

situated carriers who made the same 

commitment, and made clear that the 

relief that the Commission granted is 

not otherwise conditional. 

In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(NPRM) portion of the Commission’s 

September 6, 2008 Order published in 

the Federal Register on October 15, 

2008 (73 FR 60997), the Commission 

recognized the possibility that customer 

satisfaction data contained in ARMIS 

Report 43–06 might be useful to help 

them make informed choices in a 

competitive market, but only if available 

from the entire relevant industry. The 

Commission tentatively concluded that 

it should collect this type of 

information, and seek comments on 

specific information that the 

Commission could collect. The 

Commission also asked for comments 

on the appropriate mechanism for such 

data collection. 

The information contained in the 

ARMIS Report 43–06 provides the 

necessary detail to enable this 

Commission to fulfill its regulatory 

responsibilities. Automated reporting of 

these data greatly enhances the 

Commission’s ability to process and 

analyze the extensive amounts of data 

that are needed to administer its rules. 

Automating and organizing data 

submitted to the Commission facilitate 

the timely and efficient analysis of 

revenue requirements, rate of return and 

price caps, and provide an improved 

basis for auditing and other oversight 

functions. It also enhances the 

Commission’s ability to quantify the 

effects of policy proposals. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–6123 Filed 3–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Submitted for 

Review to the Office of Management 

and Budget, Comments Requested 

March 17, 2009. 

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 (PRA) 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: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before April 20, 

2009. If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting PRA comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the FCC contact listed below as 

soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget, (202) 395– 

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5887, or via fax at 202–395–5167 or via 

Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal 

Communications Commission, or an email to PRA@fcc.gov. To view a copy of 

this information collection request (ICR) 

submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web 

page http://reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the 

Web page called ‘‘Currently Under 

Review’’, (3) click on the downwardpointing 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 list of 

FCC ICRs currently under review 

appears, look for the title of this ICR (or 

its OMB Control Number, if there is one) 

and then click on the ICR Reference 

Number to view detailed information 

about this ICR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection(s), contact Judith 

B. Herman at 202–418–0214 or via the 

Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0986. 

Title: Competitive Carrier Line Count 

Report, WC Docket No. 05–337, CC 

Docket No. 96–45. 

Form Number: FCC Form 525. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other for 

profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 1,923 respondents; 5,458 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .5–6 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

quarterly, and annual reporting 

requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Total Annual Burden: 27,328 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: $1,093,120.00. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission is not requesting that 

the respondents submit confidential 

information to the FCC. Respondents 

may, however, request confidential 

treatment for information they believe to 

be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of 

the Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: This collection is 

being submitted as a revision to a 

currently approved collection. In April 

2008, the Commission adopted an order 

that capped total annual competitive 

eligible telecommunications carrier 

(ETC) universal service high-cost 

support for each state at the level of 

support that competitive ETCs in that 

state were eligible to receive during 

March 2008 on an annualized basis. The 

Commission also adopted two limited 

exceptions from the application of the 

interim cap. First, a competitive ETC 

will not be subject to the interim cap to 

the extent it files cost data 

demonstrating that its costs meet the 

support threshold in the same manner 

as the incumbent local exchange carrier. 

The Commission plans to submit an 

additional revision to OMB at a later 

date seeking approval to collect 

competitive ETCs’ cost data. Second, the 

Commission also created a limited 

exception for competitive ETCs serving 

tribal lands or Alaska Native regions 

(covered location). High-Cost Universal 

Service Support; Federal-State Joint 

Board on Universal Service, WC Docket 

No. 05–337, CC Docket No. 96–45, FCC 

08–122. Competitive ETCs opting into 

the exception for Tribal lands or Alaska 

Native regions would have to file line 

counts on FCC Form 525 separately for 

covered and non-covered locations. 

Most competitive ETCs that serve these 

locations already have separate study 

area codes for the covered location, and 

this requirement will not increase their 

burden. A small number of competitive 

ETCs, however, may need to make a one 

time request for additional study area 

codes. Thereafter, these carriers will 

have to file an additional Form 525 for 

each additional study area code. 

Additionally, each competitive ETC 

opting into this exception will be 

required to file, each time it files line 

count data, a certification that the lines 

reflected in a particular filing are within 

a covered location. The competitive 

ETCs also will be required to maintain 

records showing how they determined 

that the lines were in a covered location. 

The Commission will not amend FCC 

Form 525 to incorporate the information 

requests related to this limited 

exception to the interim cap on highcost support. The Commission has 

reviewed the information collection and 

has revised the estimates that are 

detailed in the supporting statement. 

Additionally, the Commission is 

revising the collection to incorporate the 

reporting requirements of OMB 3060– 

0793 for the self-certification as a rural 

carrier requirement into this collection 

under OMB Control Number 3060–0986. 

The self-certification for rural carriers is 

rarely filed with the Commission, 

therefore, its incorporation into OMB 

3060–0986 will ease the Commission’s 

administrative burden for complying 

with information collection 

requirements. Upon OMB approval of 

this revision, the Commission will 

voluntarily discontinue OMB Control 

Number 3060–0793 and retain this one 

for OMB’s inventory. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–6132 Filed 3–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: March 25, 2009—10 a.m. 

PLACE: 800 North Capitol Street, NW., 

First Floor Hearing Room, Washington, 

DC. 

STATUS: A portion of the meeting will be 

in Open Session and the remainder of 

the meeting will be in Closed Session. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Open Session 

1. Docket No. 02–15 Passenger Vessel 

Financial Responsibility—Request of 

Commissioner Brennan. 

2. FY 2008 Buy American Report to 

Congress. 

Closed Session 

1. Docket No. 04–09—American 

Warehousing of New York, Inc. v. The 

Port Authority of New York and New 

Jersey; Docket No. 05–03—American 

Warehousing of New York, Inc. v. The 

Port Authority of New York and New 

Jersey. 

2. Docket No. 07–01—APM Terminals 

North America, Inc. v. The Port 

Authority of New York and New Jersey 

v. Maher Terminals, LLC. 

3. Termination of RiverBarge 

Excursion Lines, Inc. Escrow 

Agreement. 

4. Internal Administrative Practices 

and Personnel Matters. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Karen V. Gregory, Secretary, (202) 523– 

5725. 

Karen V. Gregory, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–6268 Filed 3–18–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6730–01–P 

FEDERAL MEDIATION AND 

CONCILIATION SERVICE 

Labor Management Cooperation Act of 

1978 (Pub. L. 95–524) 

AGENCY: Federal Mediation and 

Conciliation Service.