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and state/local/tribal governments; the 

general public; academia; and public 

health organizations. 

III. How do I participate in the virtual 

public meeting? 

A. Virtual Meeting 

The virtual meeting will be conducted 

via webcast. To register, please visit 

https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-advisorycommittees-and-regulatory-partners/ 

pesticide-program-dialogue-committeeppdc to find a link to register for the 

meeting. Instructions for joining the 

meeting will be sent via email to those 

that register for the meeting. 

B. Oral Comments 

Requests to make brief oral comments 

to the PPDC during the virtual meeting 

should be submitted when registering 

for the meeting online or by emailing 

the Designated Federal Officer, listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT on or before noon on the date 

set in the DATES section. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. appendix 2 et seq. 

and 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. 

Dated: April 19, 2022. 

Edward Messina, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09111 Filed 4–27–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1151; FR ID 84075] 

Information Collection Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

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, 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. 

Pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC 

seeks specific comment on how it might 

‘‘further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 

employees.’’ The Commission 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 comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted on or before May 31, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

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

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. Your comment must be 

submitted into www.reginfo.gov per the 

above instructions for it to be 

considered. In addition to submitting in 

www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of 

your comment on the proposed 

information collection to Nicole Ongele, 

FCC, via email to PRA@fcc.gov and to 

Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. Include in the 

comments the OMB control number as 

shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Nicole 

Ongele at (202) 418–2991. To view a 

copy of this information collection 

request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go 

to the web page http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the 

section of the web page called 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on 

the downward-pointing 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, (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the Title 

of this ICR and then click on the ICR 

Reference Number. A copy of the FCC 

submission to OMB will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork burdens, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the FCC invited 

the general public and other Federal 

Agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on the following information 

collection. 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 estimates; (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. 

Pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public 

Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), 

the FCC seeks specific comment on how 

it might ‘‘further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 

employees.’’ 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1151. 

Title: Sections 1.1411, 1.1412, and 

1.1415 Pole Attachment Access 

Requirements. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 1,313 respondents; 163,876 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.50–6 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On-occasion 

reporting requirement, recordkeeping 

requirement, and third-party disclosure 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. 

Statutory authority for this information 

collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 224. 

Total Annual Burden: 112,534 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $6,750,000. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

No questions of a confidential nature are 

asked. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission is 

requesting the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) approval for this 

revised information collection. In 

Accelerating Wireline Broadband 

Deployment by Removing Barriers to 

Infrastructure Investment, WC Docket 

No. 17–84, WT Docket No. 17–70, Third 

Report and Order and Declaratory 

Ruling, FCC 18–111 (2018) (Order), the 

Commission adopted rules that 

implement the pole attachment 

requirements in section 224 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. The Order substantially 

revised 47 CFR 1.1411 and 1.1412. It 

also added new 47 CFR 1.1415. 

Section 1.1411. In the Order, the 

Commission adopted a one-touch, 

make-ready (OTMR) process for when a 

telecommunications carrier or cable 

television system (new attacher) elects 

to do the work itself to prepare a utility 

pole for a simple wireline attachment in 

the communications space. As part of 

the OTMR process, the new attacher 

typically first conducts a survey of the 

affected poles, giving the utility and 


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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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