5920 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 23 / Thursday, February 4, 2016 / Rules and Regulations 

§ 1331.4(b)(1), in the event of conflict 

between a provision of the notice of 

grant award, any provision of the 

solicitation, or of any regulation 

enumerated in 45 CFR part 75, the terms 

of the notice of grant award control. 

(b) Notice. ACL provides notice to 

each applicant regarding ACL’s decision 

on an application for grant funding 

under § 1331.4. 

(c) Appeal. Any applicant for a grant 

under this subpart has the right to 

appeal ACL’s determination regarding 

its application. Appeal procedures are 

governed by the regulations at 45 CFR 

part 16 (Procedures of the Departmental 

Grant Appeals Board). 

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47 CFR Part 52 

[WC Docket Nos. 13–97, 04–36, 07–243, 10– 

90 and CC Docket No. 95–116, 01–92, and 

99–200; FCC 15–70] 

Numbering Policies for Modern 

Communications, IP-Enabled Services, 

Telephone Number Requirements for 

IP-Enabled, Services Providers, 

Telephone Number Portability et al. 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of 

effective date. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission announces that the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) has 

approved, for a period of three years, the 

information collection associated with 

the Commission’s Report and Order 

establishing rules for an authorization 

process to enable interconnected VoIP 

providers that choose direct access to 

request numbers directly from the 

Numbering Administrators. This 

document is consistent with the Report 

and Order, which stated that the 

Commission would publish a document 

in the Federal Register announcing 

OMB approval and the effective date of 

those rules. 

DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 

52.15(g)(2) and (g)(3) published at 80 FR 

66454, October 29, 2015, are effective 

February 4, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marilyn Jones, Competition Policy 

Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 

at (202) 418–1580, or email: 

marilyn.jones@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document announces that, on January 5, 

2016, OMB approved the information 

collection requirements contained in the 

Commission’s Report and Order, FCC 

15–70, published at 80 FR 66454, 

October 29, 2015. The OMB Control 

Number is 3060–1214. The Commission 

publishes this notice as an 

announcement of the effective date of 

the rules. If you have any comments on 

the burden estimates listed below, or 

how the Commission can improve the 

collections and reduce any burdens 

caused thereby, please contact Cathy 

Williams, Federal Communications 

Commission, Room 1–C823, 445 12th 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. 

Please include the OMB Control 

Number, 3060–1214, in your 

correspondence. The Commission will 

also accept your comments via email at 

PRA@fcc.gov. 

To request materials in accessible 

formats for people with disabilities 

(Braille, large print, electronic files, 

audio format), send an email to fcc504@

fcc.gov or call the Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

Synopsis 

As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), 

the FCC is notifying the public that it 

received final OMB approval on January 

5, 2016, for the information collection 

requirements contained in the 

modifications to the Commission’s rules 

in 47 CFR 52.15(g)(2)–(g)(3). 

Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency 

may not conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

current, 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 current, valid OMB Control 

Number. The OMB Control Number is 

3060–1214. 

The foregoing notice is required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995, 

and 44 U.S.C. 3507. 

The total annual reporting burdens 

and costs for the respondents are as 

follows: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1214. 

OMB Approval Date: January 5, 2016. 

OMB Expiration Date: January 31, 

2019. 

Title: Direct Access to Numbers 

Orders, FCC 15–70 Conditions. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 13 respondents; 13 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 120 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: One-time, 

biennial and on-going reporting 

requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

The statutory authority for this 

information collection is contained in 

47 U.S.C. 251(e)(1). 

Total Annual Burden: 1,560 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

If respondents submit information 

which respondents believe is 

confidential, respondents may request 

confidential treatment of such 

information pursuant to section 0.459 of 

the Communication’s rules, 47 CFR 

0.459. 

Privacy Act: No impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: June 18, 2015, the 

Commission adopted a Report and 

Order establishing the Numbering 

Authorization Application process, 

which allows interconnected VoIP 

providers to apply for a blanket 

authorization from the FCC that, once 

granted, will allow them to demonstrate 

that they have the authority to provide 

service in specific areas, thus enabling 

them to request numbers directly from 

the Numbering Administrators. This 

collection covers the information and 

certifications that applicants must 

submit in order to comply with the 

Numbering Authorization Application 

process. The data, information, and 

documents acquired through this 

collection will allow interconnected 

VoIP providers to obtain numbers with 

minimal burden or delay while also 

preventing providers from obtaining 

numbers without first demonstrating 

that they can deploy and properly 

utilize such resources. This information 

will also help the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC) 

protect against number exhaust while 

promoting competitive neutrality among 

traditional telecommunications carriers 

and interconnected VoIP providers by 

allowing both entities to obtain numbers 

directly from the Numbering 

Administrators. It will further help the 

FCC to maintain efficient utilization of 

numbering resources and ensure that 

telephone numbers are not being 

stranded. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

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