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1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

Commission) invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collections. 

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: 3060–0392. 

Title: 47 CFR 1 Subpart J—Pole 

Attachment Complaint Procedures. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 1,775 respondents; 1,775 

Responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–75 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On-occasion 

reporting and third-party disclosure 

requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain benefits. Statutory authority for 

this information collection is contained 

in 47 U.S.C. 224. 

Total Annual Burden: 2,941 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $450,000. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

No questions of a confidential nature are 

asked. However, respondents may 

request that materials or information 

submitted to the Commission in a 

complaint proceeding be withheld from 

public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission is 

requesting OMB approval for a revision 

to an existing information collection. 47 

CFR 1.1424 states that the procedures 

for handling pole attachment 

complaints filed by incumbent local 

exchange carriers (ILECs) are the same 

as the procedures for handling other 

pole attachment complaints. Currently, 

OMB Collection No. 3060–0392, among 

other things, tracks the burdens 

associated with utilities defending 

against complaints brought by ILECs 

related to unreasonable rates, terms, and 

conditions for pole attachments. In 

Accelerating Wireline Broadband 

Deployment by Removing Barriers to 

Infrastructure Investment, WC Docket 

No. 17–84, Report and Order, 

Declaratory Ruling, and Further Notice 

of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 17–154 

(rel. Nov. 29, 2017) (Wireline 

Infrastructure Order), the Commission, 

among other things, expanded the type 

of pole attachment complaints that can 

be filed by ILECs, now allowing them to 

file complaints related to a denial of 

pole access by utilities. The 

Commission will use the information 

collected under this revision to 47 CFR 

1.1424 to hear and resolve pole access 

complaints brought by ILECs and to 

determine the merits of the complaints. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0741. 

Title: Accelerating Wireline 

Broadband Deployment by Removing 

Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, 

GN Docket No. 17–84. 

Form Number(s): N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 5,357 respondents; 573,928 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–4.5 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirements; recordkeeping 

and third-party disclosure requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 222 and 251. 

Total Annual Burden: 575,448 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

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: Section 251 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 251, is designed to 

accelerate private sector development 

and deployment of telecommunications 

technologies and services by spurring 

competition. Section 222(e) is also 

designed to spur competition by 

prescribing requirements for the sharing 

of subscriber list information. These 

information collection requirements are 

designed to help implement certain 

provisions of sections 222(e) and 251, 

and to eliminate operational barriers to 

competition in the telecommunications 

services market. Specifically, these 

information collection requirements 

will be used to implement (1) local 

exchange carriers’ (‘‘LECs’’) obligations 

to provide their competitors with 

dialing parity and non-discriminatory 

access to certain services and 

functionalities; (2) incumbent local 

exchange carriers’ (‘‘ILECs’’) duty to 

make network information disclosures; 

and (3) numbering administration. The 

Commission estimates that the total 

annual burden of the entire collection, 

as revised, is 575,840 hours. This 

revision relates to a change in one of 

many components of the currently 

approved collection—specifically, 

certain reporting, recordkeeping and/or 

third-party disclosure requirements 

under section 251(c)(5). In November 

2017, the Commission adopted new 

rules concerning certain information 

collection requirements implemented 

under section 251(c)(5) of the Act, 

pertaining to network change 

disclosures. Most of the changes to 

those rules apply specifically to a 

certain subset of network change 

disclosures, namely notices of planned 

copper retirements. In addition, the 

changes remove a rule that prohibits 

incumbent LECs from engaging in useful 

advanced coordination with entities 

affected by network changes. The 

changes are aimed at removing 

unnecessary regulatory barriers to the 

deployment of high-speed broadband 

networks. As a result of these changes, 

the total annual burden hours have been 

reduced by 392 hours. The Commission 

estimates that the revision does not 

result in any additional outlays of funds 

for hiring outside contractors or 

procuring equipment. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Katura Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the 

Secretary. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1122] 

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 


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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 March 5, 

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 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 at (202) 418–2991. 

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 

Commission) invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collections. 

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: 3060–1122. 

Title: Preparation of Annual Reports 

to Congress for the Collection and 

Expenditure of Fees or Charges for 

Enhanced 911 (E911) Services under the 

NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008. 

Form No.: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 56 respondents and 56 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 55 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

Statutory authority for this information 

collection is contained in New and 

Emerging Technologies 911 

Improvement Act of 2008, Public Law 

110–283, 122 Stat. 2620 (2008) (NET 

911 Act). 

Total Annual Burden: 3,080 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality. 

Needs and Uses: The Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) is directed by statute 

(New and Emerging Technologies 911 

Improvement Act of 2008, Public Law 

110–283, 122 Stat. 2620 (2008) (NET 

911 Act)) to submit an annual ‘‘Fee 

Accountability Report’’ to the 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation of the Senate and the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce of 

the House of Representative ‘‘detailing 

the status in each State of the collection 

and distribution [of] fees or charges’’ for 

‘‘the support or implementation of 911 

or enhanced 911 services,’’ including 

‘‘findings on the amount of revenues 

obligated or expended by each State or 

political subdivision thereof for any 

purpose other than the purpose for 

which any such fees or charges are 

specified.’’ (NET 911 Act, 122 Stat. at 

2622). The statute directs the 

Commission to submit its first annual 

report within one year after the date of 

enactment of the NET 911 Act. Given 

that the NET 911 Act was enacted on 

July 23, 2008, the first annual report was 

due to Congress on July 22, 2009. 

Description of Information Collection: 

The Commission will collect 

information for the annual preparation 

of the Fee Accountability Report via a 

web-based survey that appropriate State 

officials (e.g., State 911 Administrators 

and Budget Officials) will be able to 

access to submit data pertaining to the 

collection and distribution of fees or 

charges for the support or 

implementation of 911 or enhanced 911 

services, including data regarding 

whether their respective state collects 

and distributes such fees or charges, the 

nature (e.g., amount and method of 

assessment or collection) and the 

amount of revenues obligated or 

expended for any purpose other than 

the purpose for which any such 911 or 

enhanced 911 service fees or charges are 

specified. Consistent with Sections 6(f) 

of the NET 911 Act, the Commission 

will request that state officials report 

this information with respect to the fees 

and charges in connection with 

implementation of 911 or E–911 

services within their state, including 

any political subdivision, Indian tribe 

and/or village and regional corporation 

serving any region established pursuant 

to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

Act that otherwise lie within their state 

boundaries. In addition, consistent with 

the definition of ‘‘State’’ set out in 

Section 3(40) of the Communications 

Act, the Commission will collect this 

information from, states as well as the 

District of Columbia and the inhabited 

U.S. Territories and possessions. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Katura Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the 

Secretary. 

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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 

at 10:00 a.m. 

PLACE: 999 E Street NW, Washington, 

DC. 

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Compliance 

matters pursuant to 52 U.S.C. 30109. 

Matters concerning participation in 

civil actions or proceedings or 

arbitration. 


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