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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–XXXX. 

Title: Required Disclosure of 

Exclusive Marketing Arrangements in 

MTEs, Rule Sections 64.2500(e) and 

76.2000(d). 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 515 respondents; 24,000,000 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 3 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Third-party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. 

Statutory authority for this information 

collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

201(b) and 628(b). 

Total Annual Burden: 1,545 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

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 Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval for an initial 

three-year term for this new information 

collection. In Improving Competitive 

Broadband Access to Multiple Tenant 

Environments, GN Docket No. 17–142, 

Report and Order and Declaratory 

Ruling, FCC 22–12 (Feb. 11, 2022), the 

Commission, among other things, 

adopted new rules requiring providers 

(common carriers and multichannel 

video programming distributors 

(MVPDs) subject to 47 U.S.C. 628(b)) to 

disclose the existence of exclusive 

marketing arrangements that they have 

with owners of multi-tenant premises 

(MTEs). An exclusive marketing 

arrangement is an arrangement, either 

written or in practice, between an MTE 

owner and a provider that gives the 

provider, usually in exchange for some 

consideration, the exclusive right to 

certain means of marketing its service to 

tenants of the MTE. The required 

disclosure must be included on all 

written marketing material from the 

provider directed at tenants or 

prospective tenants of an MTE subject to 

the arrangement. The disclosure must 

explain in clear, conspicuous, legible, 

and visible language that the provider 

has the right to exclusively market its 

communications services to tenants in 

the MTE, that such a right does not 

suggest that the provider is the only 

entity that can provide communications 

services to tenants in the MTE, and that 

service from an alternative provider may 

be available. The purposes of the 

compelled disclosure are to remedy 

tenant confusion regarding the impact of 

exclusive marketing arrangements, 

prevent the evasion of our exclusive 

access rules, and, in turn, promote 

competition for communications 

services in MTEs. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11689 Filed 5–31–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0986; FR ID 89297] 

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 July 1, 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 


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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: 3060–0986. 

Title: High-Cost Universal Service 

Support. 

Form Number: FCC Form 481 and 

FCC Form 525. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

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

state, local or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 2,229 respondents; 13,804 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.1–15 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

quarterly and annual reporting 

requirements, recordkeeping 

requirement and third-party disclosure 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151–154, 155, 

201–206, 214, 218–220, 251, 252, 254, 

256, 303(r), 332, 403, 405, 410, and 

1302. 

Total Annual Burden: 50,857 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Federal Communications 

Commission (Commission) notes that 

the Universal Service Administrative 

Company (USAC or Administrator) 

must preserve the confidentiality of all 

data obtained from respondents and 

contributors to the universal service 

support program mechanism; must not 

use the data except for purposes of 

administering the universal service 

program; must not use the data except 

for purposes of administering the 

universal support program; and must 

not disclose data in company-specific 

form unless directed to do so by the 

Commission. Parties may submit 

confidential information in relation 

pursuant to a protective order. Also, 

respondents may request materials or 

information submitted to the 

Commission or to the Administrator 

believed confidential to be withheld 

from public inspection under 47 CFR 

0.459 of the FCC’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission is 

requesting the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) approval for this 

revised information collection. On 

November 18, 2011, the Commission 

adopted an order reforming its high-cost 

universal service support mechanisms. 

Connect America Fund; A National 

Broadband Plan for Our Future; 

Establish Just and Reasonable Rates for 

Local Exchange Carriers; High-Cost 

Universal Service Support; Developing a 

Unified Intercarrier Compensation 

Regime; Federal-State Joint Board on 

Universal Service; Lifeline and Link-Up; 

Universal Service Reform—Mobility 

Fund, WC Docket Nos. 10–90, 07–135, 

05–337, 03–109; GN Docket No. 09–51; 

CC Docket Nos. 01–92, 96–45; WT 

Docket No. 10–208, Order and Further 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 26 FCC 

Rcd 17663 (2011) (USF/ICC 

Transformation Order). The 

Commission and Wireline Competition 

Bureau have since adopted a number of 

orders that implement the USF/ICC 

Transformation Order; see also Connect 

America Fund et al., WC Docket No. 10– 

90 et al., Third Order on 

Reconsideration, 27 FCC Rcd 5622 

(2012); Connect America Fund et al., 

WC Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order, 27 

FCC Rcd 605 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 

2012); Connect America Fund et al., WC 

Docket No. 10–90 et al., Fifth Order on 

Reconsideration, 27 FCC Rcd 14549 

(2012); Connect America Fund et al., 

WC Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order, 28 

FCC Rcd 2051 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 

2013); Connect America Fund et al., WC 

Docket No. 10–90 et al., Order, 28 FCC 

Rcd 7227 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); 

Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 

10–90, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd 

7766 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); 

Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 

10–90, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd 

7211 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); 

Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 

10–90, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd 

10488 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013); 

Connect America Fund et al., WC 

Docket No. 10–90 et al., Report and 

Order, Order and Order on 

Reconsideration and Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 3087 

(2016); Connect America Fund, et al., 

WC Docket No. 10–90, et al., Report and 

Order and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 5949 (2016); 

Connect America Fund et al., WC 

Docket Nos. 10–90, 16–271; WT Docket 

No. 10–208, Report and Order and 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 

31 FCC Rcd 10139 (2016); Connect 

America Fund; ETC Annual Reports and 

Certifications, WC Docket Nos. 10–90, 

14–58, Order, 32 FCC Rcd 968 (2017); 

Connect America Fund et al., WC 

Docket No. 10–90 et al., Report and 

Order, Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, and Order on 

Reconsideration, 33 FCC Rcd 11893 

(2018); Connect America Fund; ETC 

Annual Reports and Certifications, WC 

Docket Nos. 10–90, 14–58, Report and 

Order, 32 FCC Rcd 5944 (2017). 

In 2019, the Commission adopted an 

order establishing a separate, parallel 

high-cost program for the U.S. territories 

suffering extensive infrastructure 

damage due to Hurricanes Irma and 

Maria. The Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund 

and the Connect USVI Fund, et al., WC 

Docket No. 18–143, et al., Report and 

Order and Order on Reconsideration, 34 

FCC Rcd 9109 (2019) (Puerto Rico and 

USVI Stage 2 Order). Also, in the 2019 

Supply Chain Order, the Commission 

adopted a rule prohibiting the use of 

Universal Service Fund (USF) support, 

including high-cost universal service 

support, to purchase or obtain any 

equipment or services produced or 

provided by a covered company posing 

a national security threat to the integrity 

of communications networks or the 

communications supply chain. 

Protecting Against National Security 

Threats to the Communications Supply 

Chain Through FCC Programs, WC 

Docket No. 18–89, Report and Order, 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 


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and Order, 34 FCC Rcd 11423, 11433, 

para. 26. See also 47 CFR 54.9. 

Through several orders, the 

Commission has changed, modified, and 

eliminated certain reporting obligations 

for high-cost support. These changes are 

outlined in the following: 

On January 30, 2020, the Commission 

adopted an order establishing the 

framework for the Rural Digital 

Opportunity Fund (RDOF), building on 

the successful Connect America Fund 

(CAF) Phase II auction. Rural Digital 

Opportunity Fund; Connect America 

Fund, WC Docket Nos. 19–126 and 10– 

90, Report and Order, 35 FCC Rcd 686 

(2020) (RDOF Order). The RDOF 

represents the Commission’s single 

biggest step to close the digital divide by 

providing up to $20.4 billion to connect 

millions more rural homes and small 

businesses to high-speed broadband 

networks. In the RDOF Order, ‘‘[t]o 

ensure that support recipients are 

meeting their deployment obligations,’’ 

the Commission ‘‘adopt[ed] essentially 

the same reporting requirements for the 

RDOF that the Commission adopted for 

the CAF Phase II auction.’’ Id. at 712, 

para. 56. 

In the 2020 Supply Chain Order, the 

Commission adopted two additional 

supply chain rules associated with 

newly required certifications. Protecting 

Against National Security Threats to the 

Communications Supply Chain Through 

FCC Programs, WC Docket No. 18–89, 

Second Report and Order, 35 FCC Rcd 

14284 (2020) (2020 Supply Chain 

Order). First, the Commission adopted a 

rule, 47 CFR 54.10, to prohibit the use 

of a Federal subsidy made available 

through a program administered by the 

Commission that provides funds to be 

used for the capital expenditures 

necessary for the provision of advanced 

communications services has been or 

will be used to purchase, rent, lease, or 

otherwise obtain, any covered 

communications equipment or service, 

or maintain any covered 

communications equipment or service 

previously purchased, rented, leased, or 

otherwise obtained. Second, the 

Commission adopted a rule, 47 CFR 

54.11, which requires each eligible 

telecommunications carrier receiving 

universal service fund support to 

remove and replace all covered 

communications equipment and 

services from their networks, and 

subsequently certify prior to receiving a 

funding commitment or support that it 

does not use covered communications 

equipment or services. The Commission 

also adopted procedures, consistent 

with the Secure and Trusted 

Communications Networks Act of 2019 

(Pub. L. 116–124), to identify such 

covered equipment and services and 

publish a Covered List. That list was 

published March 12, 2021 and will be 

updated as needed. 

In the Rate Floor Repeal Order, the 

Commission decided to ‘‘eliminate the 

rate floor and, following a one-year 

period of monitoring residential retail 

rates, eliminate the accompanying 

reporting obligations after July 1, 2020.’’ 

Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 

10–90, Order, 34 FCC Rcd 2621, 2621 

para. 2 (2019) (Rate Floor Repeal Order); 

see also 47 CFR 54.313(h). As explained 

in the Order, the rate floor was 

‘‘[i]ntended to guard against artificial 

subsidization of rural end user rates 

significantly below the national urban 

average’’ but, practically speaking, 

‘‘increase[d] the telephone rates of rural 

subscribers . . . and individuals living 

on Tribal lands.’’ Rate Floor Repeal 

Order, 34 FCC Rcd at 2621 para. 1. 

The Commission therefore proposes 

to revise this information collection, as 

well as the Form 481 and its 

accompanying instructions, to reflect 

these modified and eliminated 

requirements. Finally, the Commission 

proposes to increase the respondents 

associated with existing reporting 

requirements to account for additional 

carriers that will be subject to those 

requirements. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11695 Filed 5–31–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1178; FR ID 88994] 

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 can 

further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted on or before July 1, 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 Cathy 

Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@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 Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 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: 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. 

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 


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