Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 9 / Friday, January 12, 2018 / Notices 1613 

Dated: January 9, 2018. 

Kelly Knight, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00450 Filed 1–11–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0149] 

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 

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 13, 

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: 3060–0149. 

Title: Part 63, Accelerating Wireline 

Broadband Deployment by Removing 

Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, 

WC Docket No. 17–84. 

Form Number(s): N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 58 respondents; 58 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 6 hours 

per response. 

Frequency of Response: One-time 

reporting requirement and third-party 

disclosure requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

214 and 402 of the Communications Act 

of 1934, as amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 348 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Information filed in section 214 

applications has generally been nonconfidential. Requests from parties 

seeking confidential treatment are 

considered by Commission staff 

pursuant to 47 CFR 0.459 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission is 

seeking Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval for a revision to 

a currently approved collection. Section 

214 of the Communications Act of 1934, 

as amended, requires that a carrier first 

obtain FCC authorization either to (1) 

construct, operate, or engage in 

transmission over a line of 

communications, or (2) discontinue, 

reduce or impair service over a line of 

communications. Part 63 of Title 47 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

implements Section 214. Part 63 also 

implements provisions of the Cable 

Communications Policy Act of 1984 

pertaining to video which was approved 

under this OMB Control Number 3060– 

0149. In 2009, the Commission modified 

Part 63 to extend to providers of 

interconnected Voice of internet 

Protocol (VoIP) service the 

discontinuance obligations that apply to 

domestic non-dominant 

telecommunications carriers under 

Section 214 of the Communications Act 

of 1934, as amended. In 2014, the 

Commission adopted improved 

administrative filing procedures for 

domestic transfers of control, domestic 

discontinuances and notices of network 

changes, and among other adjustments, 

modified Part 63 to require electronic 

filing for applications for authorization 

to discontinue, reduce, or impair service 

under section 214(a) of the Act. In July 

2016, the Commission revised certain 

section 214(a) discontinuance 

procedures. To reduce burdens on 

carriers, the Commission revised its 

rules to: (1) Allow carriers to provide 

notice via email or other alternative 

methods to offer additional options to 

customers, and (2) provide for 

streamlined treatment of applications to 

discontinue services for which the 

carrier has had no existing customers or 

reasonable requests for service during 

the previous 180 days. It also addressed 

a gap in the Commission’s rules by 

making a competitive LEC’s application 

for discontinuance deemed granted on 

the effective date of any copper 

retirement that made the discontinuance 

unavoidable. The Commission further 

concluded that applicants must provide 

notice of discontinuance applications to 

federally-recognized Tribal Nations. 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, reduced the public 

comment and auto-grant periods for 


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applications that grandfather low speed 

legacy services and applications to 

discontinue previously grandfathered 

legacy data services. The Commission 

also held that if a carrier files an 

application to discontinue, reduce, or 

impair a legacy voice or data service 

below 1.544 Mbps for which it has had 

no customers and no request for service 

for at least a 30-day period immediately 

preceding submission of the 

application, that application will be 

automatically granted on the 15th day 

after its filing with the Commission, 

absent Commission notice to the 

contrary. The Commission will use the 

information collected under these 

revisions to 47 CFR Section 63 to 

determine if affected respondents are in 

compliance with its rules and the 

requirements of section 214 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Katura Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00453 Filed 1–11–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0678] 

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 of 1995 (PRA), 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. 

The FCC 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 PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before March 13, 

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 

Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control No.: 3060–0678. 

Title: Part 25 of the Federal 

Communications Commission’s Rules: 

Governing the Licensing of, and 

Spectrum Usage by, Commercial Earth 

Stations and Space Stations. 

Form Nos.: FCC Form 312; Schedule 

A; Schedule B; Schedule S; FCC Form 

312–EZ; FCC Form 312–R. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents: 5,036 

respondents; 5,094 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–80 

hours per response. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

one time, and annual reporting 

requirements; third-party disclosure 

requirement; recordkeeping 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302, 303, 307, 

309, 310, 319, 332, 605, and 721. 

Total Annual Burden: 35,622 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: $12,411,120. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

In general, there is no need for 

confidentiality with this collection of 

information. Certain information 

collected regarding international 

coordination of satellite systems is not 

routinely available for public inspection 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(b) and 47 CFR 

0.457(d)(vii). 

Needs and Uses: On September 27, 

2017, the Commission released a Report 

and Order, FCC 17–122, titled, ‘‘Update 

to Parts 2 and 25 Concerning NonGeostationary, Fixed-Satellite Service 

Systems and Related Matters.’’ In this 

Report and Order, the Commission 

updated and streamlined its rules 

governing satellite constellations that 

operate in the fixed-satellite service. 

Many of the amendments are 

substantive changes intended to give 

licensees greater operational flexibility. 

At the same time, however, many more 

applications for non-geostationary, 

fixed-satellite service systems have been 

filed, increasing the overall information 

collection burden. 

The information collection 

requirements in this collection are 

needed to determine the technical, legal, 

and other qualifications of applicants 

and licensees to operate a radio station 

and to determine whether grant of an 

authorization serves the public interest, 

convenience and necessity. Without 

such information, the Commission 

could not determine whether to permit 

respondents to provide communications 

services in the United States. Therefore, 

the Commission would not be able to 

fulfill its statutory responsibilities in 

accordance with the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended, and the 

obligations imposed on parties to the 

World Trade Organization Basic 

Telecom Agreement. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Katura Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison, Office of the 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00452 Filed 1–11–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0991] 

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: 


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