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existing attachers a chance to be present 

for the survey. New attachers must elect 

the OTMR process in their pole 

attachment application and must 

demonstrate to the utility that the 

planned work qualifies for OTMR. The 

utility then must determine whether the 

pole attachment application is complete 

and whether the work qualifies for 

OTMR, and then must either grant or 

deny pole access and explain its 

decision in writing. The utility also can 

object to the new attacher’s 

determination that the work qualifies for 

OTMR, and that objection is final and 

determinative so long as it is specific 

and in writing, includes all relevant 

evidence and information supporting its 

decision, made in good faith, and 

explains how such evidence and 

information relates to a determination 

that the make-ready is not simple. If the 

new attacher’s OTMR application is 

approved, then it can proceed with 

OTMR work by giving advance notice to 

the utility and existing attachers and 

allowing them an opportunity to be 

present when OTMR work is being 

done. New attachers must provide 

immediate notice to affected utilities 

and existing attachers if outages or 

equipment damage is caused by their 

OTMR work. Finally, new attachers 

must provide notice to affected utilities 

and existing attachers after OTMR work 

is completed, allowing them to inspect 

the work and request remediation, if 

necessary. The Commission also 

adopted changes to its existing pole 

attachment timeline, which still will be 

used for complex work, work above the 

communications space on a utility pole, 

and in situations where new attachers 

do not want to elect OTMR. The 

Commission largely kept the existing 

pole attachment timeline intact, except 

for the following changes: (1) Revising 

the definition of a complete pole 

attachment application and establishing 

a timeline for a utility’s determination 

whether an application is complete; (2) 

requiring utilities to provide at least 

three business days’ advance notice of 

any surveys to attachers; (3) establishing 

a 30-day deadline for completion of all 

make-ready work in the 

communications space; (4) eliminating 

the 15-day utility make-ready period for 

communications space attachments; (5) 

streamlining the utility’s notice 

requirements; (6) enhancing the new 

attacher’s self-help remedy by making 

the remedy available for surveys and 

make-ready work for all attachments 

anywhere on the pole in the event that 

the utility or the existing attachers fail 

to meet the required deadlines; (7) 

providing notice requirements when 

new attachers elect self-help, such 

notices to be given when new attachers 

perform self-help surveys and makeready work, when outages or equipment 

damage results from self-help work, and 

upon completion of self-help work to 

allow for inspection; (8) allowing 

utilities to meet the survey requirement 

by electing to use surveys previously 

prepared on the affected poles by new 

attachers; and (9) requiring utilities to 

provide detailed make-ready cost 

estimates and final invoices on a poleby-pole basis if requested by new 

attachers. Both utilities and existing 

attachers can deviate from the existing 

pole attachment make-ready timeline for 

reasons of safety or service interruption 

by giving written notice to the affected 

parties that includes a detailed 

explanation of the need for the 

deviation and a new completion date. 

The deviation shall be for a period no 

longer than necessary to complete makeready on the affected poles, and the 

deviating party shall resume make-ready 

without discrimination when it returns 

to routine operations. 

Section 1.1412. The Commission 

required utilities to make available, and 

keep up-to-date, a reasonably sufficient 

list of contractors that they authorize to 

perform surveys and make-ready work 

that are complex or involve self-help 

work above the communications space 

of a utility pole. Attachers can request 

to add to the list any contractor that 

meets certain minimum qualifications, 

subject to the utility’s ability to 

reasonably object. For simple work, a 

utility may, but is not required, to keep 

an up-to-date, reasonably sufficient list 

of contractors that they authorize to 

perform surveys and simple make-ready 

work. For any utility-supplied 

contractor list, the utility must ensure 

that the contractors meet certain 

minimum requirements. Attachers can 

request to add to the list any contractor 

that meets the minimum qualifications, 

subject to the utility’s ability to 

reasonably object. If the utility does not 

provide a list of approved contractors 

for surveys or simple make-ready, or no 

utility-approved contractor is available 

within a reasonable time period, then 

the new attacher may choose its own 

qualified contractor that meets the 

minimum requirements, subject to 

notice and the utility’s ability to 

disqualify the chosen contractor for 

reasonable safety or reliability concerns. 

Section 1.1415. The Commission 

codified its policy that utilities may not 

require an attacher to obtain prior 

approval for overlashing on an 

attacher’s existing wires or for thirdparty overlashing of an existing 

attachment when such overlashing is 

conducted with the permission of the 

existing attacher. In addition, the 

Commission adopted a rule that allows 

utilities to establish reasonable advance 

notice requirements for overlashing (up 

to 15 days’ advance notice). If a utility 

requires advance notice for overlashing, 

then the utility must provide existing 

attachers with advance written notice of 

the notice requirement or include the 

notice requirement in the attachment 

agreement with the existing attacher. If, 

after receiving advance notice, the 

utility determines that an overlash 

would create a capacity, safety, 

reliability, or engineering issue, then it 

must provide specific documentation of 

the issue to the party seeking to overlash 

within the 15-day advance notice 

period, and the party seeking to 

overlash must address any identified 

issues before continuing with the 

overlash either by modifying its 

proposal or by explaining why, in the 

party’s view, a modification is 

unnecessary. An overlashing party must 

notify the affected utility within 15 days 

of completion of the overlash and 

provide the affected utility at least 90 

days to inspect the overlash. If damage 

or code violations are discovered by the 

utility during the inspection, then it 

must notify the overlashing party, 

provide adequate documentation of the 

problem, and elect to either fix the 

problem itself at the overlashing party’s 

expense or require remediation by the 

overlashing party. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09031 Filed 4–27–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1148; FR ID 84025] 

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 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 collection. 


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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 June 27, 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 

Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to 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 Number: 3060–1148. 

Title: Section 79.3, Audio Description 

of Video Programming. 

Form Number: Not Applicable. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, Not for profit entities and 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 50 respondents, 54 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1–5 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 116 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $22,740. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 303, and 

613. 

Needs and Uses: Audio description is 

the insertion of audio narrated 

descriptions of a television program’s 

key visual elements into natural pauses 

in the program’s dialogue, thus making 

video programming more accessible to 

individuals who are blind or visually 

impaired. The information collection 

requirements consist of the following: 

Petitions for exemption based on 

‘‘economic burden’’ (47 CFR 79.3(d)). (1) 

Pursuant to 47 CFR 79.3(d), a video 

programming provider may petition the 

Commission for a full or partial 

exemption from the audio description 

requirements based upon a showing that 

the requirements would be 

economically burdensome. (2) Petitions 

for exemption must be filed with the 

Commission, placed on public notice, 

and subject to comment from the public. 

(b) Non-form consumer complaints 

alleging violations of the audio 

description rules (47 CFR 79.3(e)). (1) 

Section 79.3(e) of the rules provides that 

a complaint alleging a violation of the 

audio description rules may be 

transmitted to the Commission by ‘‘any 

reasonable means,’’ and that each 

complaint must include: (i) The name 

and address of the complainant; (ii) the 

name and address of the broadcast 

station against whom the complaint is 

alleged and its call letters and network 

affiliation, or the name and address of 

the MVPD against whom the complaint 

is alleged and the name of the network 

that provides the programming that is 

the subject of the complaint; (iii) a 

statement of facts sufficient to show that 

the video programming distributor has 

violated or is violating the 

Commission’s rules, and, if applicable, 

the date and time of the alleged 

violation; (iv) the specific relief or 

satisfaction sought by the complainant; 

(v) the complainant’s preferred format 

or method of response to the complaint 

(such as letter, facsimile transmission, 

telephone (voice/TRS/TTY), internet 

email, or some other method that would 

best accommodate the complainant’s 

disability); and (vi) a certification that 

the complainant attempted in good faith 

to resolve the dispute with the broadcast 

station or MVPD against whom the 

complaint is alleged. (2) After the 

Commission receives the complaint, the 

Commission notifies the video 

programming distributor (VPD) of the 

complaint, and the VPD generally has 

30 days to reply. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09030 Filed 4–27–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0152; Docket No. 

2022–0053; Sequence No. 5] 

Submission for OMB Review; Service 

Contracting 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division has 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request to review 

and approve an extension of a 

previously approved information 

collection requirement regarding service 

contracting. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

May 31, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection should be sent within 30 days 

of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

Additionally, submit a copy to GSA 

through https://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions on the site. 

This website provides the ability to type 

short comments directly into the 

comment field or attach a file for 

lengthier comments. 

Instructions: All items submitted 

must cite OMB Control No. 9000–0152, 

Service Contracting. Comments received 

generally will be posted without change 

to https://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal and/or business 

confidential information provided. To 

confirm receipt of your comment(s), 

please check www.regulations.gov, 

approximately two-to-three days after 

submission to verify posting. If there are 

difficulties submitting comments, 

contact the GSA Regulatory Secretariat 

Division at 202–501–4755 or 

GSARegSec@gsa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst, 

at telephone 202–969–7207, or 

zenaida.delgado@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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