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Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

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

and state, local, or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 9,500 

respondents; 7,502 responses. 

Estimated Time Per Response: .25–3 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

and every 10-years, reporting 

requirements, recordkeeping 

requirements, and third-party disclosure 

requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Total Annual Burden: 35,242 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $553,000. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) after the 60 day comment period 

in order to obtain the full three year 

clearance from them. The Commission 

is requesting an extension (there are no 

changes to the reporting, recordkeeping 

and/or third party disclosure 

requirements). Part 101 requires various 

information to be filed and maintained 

by the respondent to determine the 

technical, legal and other qualifications 

of applications to operate a station in 

the public and private operational fixed 

services. The information is also used to 

determine whether the public interest 

convenience, and necessity are being 

served as required by 47 U.S.C. 309. The 

Commission staff also uses this 

information to ensure that applicants 

and licensees comply with ownership 

and transfer restrictions imposed by 47 

U.S.C. 310. The information will 

continue to be used by the Commission 

staff in carrying out its duties under the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. Without this information, the 

Commission would not be able to carry 

out its statutory responsibilities. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–803 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Comments Requested 

January 12, 2009. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burden and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), the Federal Communications 

Commission invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to comment 

on the following information 

collection(s). 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. 

An agency may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB 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 that does not 

display a valid OMB control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before March 17, 

2009. 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: Submit your comments by 

e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. Include in the 

email the OMB control number of the 

collection or, if there is no OMB control 

number, the Title shown in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. If you are unable to submit your 

comments by e-mail contact the person 

listed below to make alternate 

arrangements. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection(s) or to obtain a 

copy of the collection send an email to 

PRA@fcc.gov and include the 

collection’s OMB control number as 

shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section below (or the title 

of the collection if there is no OMB 

control number), or call Judith B. 

Herman at 202–418–0214. 

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(s): 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: 2,159 respondents; 5,476 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .5–80 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

quarterly, and annual reporting 

requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Total Annual Burden: 47,393 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: $1,895,700.00. 

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 Section 

0.459 of the Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: This collection will 

be submitted to OMB after the 60-day 

comment period as a revision to an 

existing 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. Second, the 

Commission also created a limited 

exception for competitive ETCs serving 

tribal lands or Alaska Native regions. 

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. The 

Commission will not amend FCC Form 

525 in order to incorporate the 

information requests related to the two 

limited exceptions to the interim cap on 

high-cost support. The Commission has 

reviewed the information collection and 

has revised the estimates that are 

detailed in the supporting statement. 

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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. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–911 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[DA 08–2817 and DA 09–15] 

Consumer Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission announces 

the re-chartering and appointment of 

members to the Consumer Advisory 

Committee (‘‘Committee’’) of the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’). The Commission 

further designates the Chairperson of 

the Committee, and announces the date 

and agenda of the Committee’s first 

meeting in calendar year 2009. 

DATES: The first meeting of the rechartered Committee will take place on 

January 30, 2009, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the 

Commission’s Headquarters Building, 

Room TW–C305, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 12th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Marshall, Consumer & 

Governmental Affairs Bureau, (202) 

418–2809 (voice), (202) 418–0179 

(TTY), or e-mail scott.marshal@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 30, 2008, the Commission 

released document DA 08–2817, which 

announced the re-chartering of its 

Consumer Advisory Committee, 

announced the appointment of twentyeight (28) members to the Committee 

and designated the Committee’s 

chairperson. 

On January 9, 2009, the Commission 

released document DA 09–15, 

announced the agenda, date and time of 

the Committee’s first meeting in 

calendar year 2009. 

The Committee is organized under 

and will operate in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 (1988). 

On November 17, 2008, the Committee 

was re-chartered for another two-year 

term. 

The mission of the Committee is to 

make recommendations to the 

Commission regarding consumer issues 

within the jurisdiction of the 

Commission and to facilitate the 

participation of consumers (including 

people with disabilities and 

underserved populations, such as 

American Indians and persons living in 

rural areas) in proceedings before the 

Commission. Each meeting of the full 

Committee will be open to the public. 

A notice of each meeting will be 

published in the Federal Register at 

least fifteen (15) days in advance of the 

meeting. Records will be maintained of 

each meeting and made available for 

public inspection. 

Functions 

Digital Transition. The digital 

television transition will remain the 

principal focus of the Committee thru 

early 2009 as the Commission continues 

its efforts to assist consumers in 

understanding and preparing for the 

transition which, by law, must be 

completed by February 17, 2009. 

Other Topics. In addition to digital 

television, other topics to be addressed 

by the Committee will include, but are 

not limited to, the following areas: 

1. Consumer protection and education 

(e.g., cramming, slamming, consumer 

friendly billing, detariffing, bundling of 

services, Lifeline/Linkup programs, 

customer service, privacy, telemarketing 

abuses, and outreach to underserved 

populations, such as Native Americans 

and persons living in rural areas). 

2. Access by people with disabilities 

(e.g., telecommunications relay services, 

video description, closed captioning, 

accessible billing and access to 

telecommunications products and 

services). 

3. Impact upon consumers of new and 

emerging technologies (e.g., availability 

of broadband, digital television, cable, 

satellite, low power FM, and the 

convergence of these and emerging 

technologies). 

Appointment of Chairman and 

Members 

The Commission appointed twentyeight (28) members to its Consumer 

Advisory Committee. Of this number, 

twelve (12) represent interests of 

consumers, minorities, and low income 

communities; five (5) represent 

disabilities communities; six (6) 

represent the interest of state, local, and 

Native American interests, and, five (5) 

represent industry interests. The 

Committee’s slate is designed to be 

representative of the Commission’s 

many constituencies, and the diversity 

selected will provide a balanced point 

of view as required by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. All 

appointments are effective immediately 

and shall terminate November 17, 2010 

or when the Committee is terminated, 

whichever is earlier. 

The roster as appointed by Chairman 

Kevin J. Martin is as follows: 

Ms. Debra Berlyn, representing the 

Digital Television Transition Coalition 

is hereby appointed as chairperson of 

the Committee. 

Other members by organization and 

primary representative name include: 

1. AARP—Marti T. Doneghy. 

2. Alaska State Department of Law— 

Lew Craig. 

3. Alliance for Community Media— 

Gloria Tristani. 

4. American Council of the Blind— 

Eric Bridges. 

5. Appalachian Regional 

Commission—Harry L. Roesch. 

6. Benton Foundation—Charles 

Benton. 

7. Cablevision—Dodie Tschirch. 

8. Call For Action—Shirley Rooker. 

9. Communication Service for the 

Deaf—Karen Peltz Strauss. 

10. Communications Workers of 

America—Jeffrey Rechenbach. 

11. Consumer Action—Ken 

McEldowney. 

12. Consumer Electronics 

Association—Jamie Hedlund. 

13. Consumer Federation of 

America—Irene E. Leech. 

14. Consumers Union—Gene 

Kimmelman. 

15. Deaf and Hard of Hearing 

Consumer Advocacy Network—Claude 

Stout. 

16. Digital Television Transition 

Coalition—Debra Berlyn, Chairperson. 

17. Dishnetwork Corporation 

(formerly EchoStar Communications 

Corporation)—Lori Kalani. 

18. Hawaii State Public Utilities 

Commission—John Cole. 

19. Eastern Band of Cherokee 

Indians—Brandon Stephens. 

20. Hearing Loss Association of 

America—Lise Hamlin. 

21. League of United Latin American 

Citizens—Eduardo Pena, Jr. 

22. National Association of 

Broadcasters—John L. Sander. 

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