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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leslie F. Smith, Federal 

Communications Commission, (202) 

418–0217 or via the Internet at 

Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0589. 

Title: FCC Remittance Advice and 

Continuation Sheet, Bill for Collection, 

FCC Remittance Advice for Regulatory 

Fees (E-Form). 

OMB Approval Date: 01/23/2008. 

Expiration Date: 01/31/2011. 

Form Number(s): FCC Forms 159, 

159–C, 159–B, 159–E, and 159–W. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit; 

not-for-profit institutions; Federal 

government; and State, local, or tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 156,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 

hours (15 minutes). 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

and annual reporting requirements; 

third party disclosure. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Total Annual Burden: 39,000 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impacts. 

Needs and Uses: On August 6, 2007, 

the FCC released a Report and Order 

and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (‘‘R&O and FNPRM’’), In 

the Matter of Assessment and Collection 

of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2007, 

MD Docket No. 07–81, FCC 07–XX, in 

which it applied regulatory fee 

obligations to interconnected Voice over 

Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers. As a 

result of this action, the FCC is 

modifying FCC Form 159, 159–C, and 

159–E to accommodate this new 

category of entities subject to regulatory 

fees. 

The Commission created a 

streamlined electronic form, FCC Form 

159–E, to associate a mailed or faxed 

payment with regulatory fees, which are 

filed on-line. Pertinent information is 

taken directly from the regulatory fee 

electronic filing system (Fee Filer) and 

populated on the FCC Form 159–E, 

which can be printed by the filer. The 

FCC Form 159–E, essentially a simple 

payment voucher, contains summary 

information, which distinguishes the 

payment but not detailed information 

about the fee(s). Specific associated fee 

information is available on a separate 

report, which the filer does not need to 

remit. Beginning with the FY 2005 

regulatory fees, the Commission has 

required FCC Form 159–E to accompany 

all payments derived from the 

regulatory fee electronic filing system, 

except on-line payments, which do not 

require any paper submission. Payment 

may be made by check or money order, 

credit card or wire transfer. 

The Commission uses this 

information to apply credit for the 

remittance against all regulatory fees 

within the associated electronic 

submission. The payment instrument 

must be in the dollar amount specified 

on the FCC Form 159–E for full credit 

to be applied. 

Expanded use of the FCC Form 159–

E is possible in the future as additional 

streamlining for this process is 

implemented. This form may be used in 

lieu of pre-populated FCC Form 159s, 

which are currently produced to 

facilitate remittance for various 

electronic filings. The FCC Form 159–E 

may, therefore, impact users of all 

electronic filing systems, as well as 

users of an FCC bill paying system 

(currently Fee Filer and the Red Light 

Display system). This information 

collection may affect some individuals 

or households; however, the 

Commission has in place a registration 

process http://www.fcc.gov, which 

issues a Federal Registration Number 

(FRN) to each applicant/licensee, etc., 

for use in filing any of these FCC Forms 

159/159–C, 159–B, 159–E, and/or 159–

W. As part of the registration process, 

the applicant/licensee’s SSN or TIN is 

stored in a secure environment, which 

minimizes any potential privacy risks. 

The Commission has merged 3060–

0949, Interstate Telephone Service 

Provider Worksheet, FCC Form 159–W, 

into this information collection, and 

now that OMB has approved 3060–

0589, the Commission intends to cancel 

3060–0949. 

The FCC bills telecommunications 

licensees and permittees using the FCC 

Form 159–W as the invoice. The FCC 

developed FCC Form 159–W to provide 

a convenient format for these 

telecommunications licensees and 

permittees to verify the information that 

is extracted from the interstate revenue 

information (which is already 

‘‘populated’’ on this form), to verify the 

simple calculation of the fee amount 

that is due, and to correct any 

inaccuracies as necessary. The FCC uses 

this form to bill the telecommunications 

licensee or permittee the amount of its 

regulatory fee. The FCC is making minor 

revisions to FCC Form 159–W to 

provide a clearer format. Respondents 

may access FCC Form 159–W on-line 

through the FCC’s Web page: http:// 

www.fcc.gov/frnreg if they wish to 

submit payment prior to being billed. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Comments Requested 

January 29, 2008. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. An 

agency may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid 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 (PRA) that 

does not display a valid control number. 

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. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted on or before April 4, 2008. 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: You may submit all PRA 

comments by e-mail or U.S. mail. To 

submit your comments by e-mail, send 

them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit your 

comments by U.S. mail, send them to 

Leslie F. Smith, Federal 

Communications Commission, Room 1–

C216, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection(s), contact Leslie 


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F. Smith via e-mail at PRA@fcc.gov or 

call (202) 418–0217. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0715. 

Title: Telecommunications Carriers’

Use of Customer Proprietary Network 

Information (CPNI) and Other Customer 

Information, CC Docket No. 96–115. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 6,017 respondents; 

137,256,125 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.153 

minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

biennial, annual, and one time reporting 

requirements; recordkeeping; and third 

party disclosure. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory as 

required by section 222 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 222. 

Total Annual Burden: 350,704 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $3,000,000. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impacts. 

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 0.459 of 

the Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: Section 222 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 222, establishes a 

duty of every telecommunications 

carrier to protect the confidentiality of 

its customers’ CPNI, which includes 

personally identifiable information 

derived from a customer’s relationship 

with a provider of communications 

services. This information collection 

implements the statutory obligations of 

section 222. These regulations impose 

safeguards to protect customers’ CPNI 

against unauthorized access and 

disclosure. In March 2007, the 

Commission adopted new rules in the 

CPNI Order, CC Docket No. 96–115 et 

al., FCC 07–22, which focused on the 

efforts of providers of communications 

services to prevent pretexting. These 

rules required providers of 

communications services to adopt 

additional privacy safeguards that, the 

Commission believes, will sharply limit 

pretexters’ ability to obtain 

unauthorized access to the type of 

personal customer information from 

carriers that the Commission regulates. 

In addition, in furtherance of the 

Telephone Records and Privacy 

Protection Act of 2006, the 

Commission’s rules help ensure that law 

enforcement will have necessary tools to 

investigate and enforce prohibitions on 

illegal access to customer records. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–1976 Filed 2–1–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission 

for Extension Under Delegated 

Authority, Comments Requested 

January 29, 2008. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. Sections 

3501—3520. An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor a collection of 

information unless it displays a current 

valid 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 control number. 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. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before April 4, 2008. 

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: You may submit all PRA 

comments by e-mail or U.S. mail. To 

submit your comments by e-mail, send 

them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit your 

comments by U.S. mail, send them to 

Leslie F. Smith, Federal 

Communications Commission, Room 1–

C216, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20554, or via the Internet to 

PRA@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection(s), contact Leslie 

F. Smith via the Internet at PRA@fcc.gov 

or call (202) 418–0217. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1005. 

Title: Numbering Resource 

Optimization—Phase 3. 

Form Numbers: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Businesses or other for 

profit; State, local or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 17 respondents; 17 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 55–85 

hours. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement; third party 

disclosure. 

Total Annual Burden: 860 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: None. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impacts. 

Nature of 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 0.459 of 

the Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: In the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended by the Telecommunications 

Act of 1996, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) was given ‘‘exclusive 

jurisdiction over those portions of the 

North American Numbering Plan 

(NANP) that pertains to the United 

States.’’ To ensure that the numbering 

resources of the NANP continue to be 

used efficiently, the Commission 

requires that applications to state 

commissions from carriers must 

demonstrate that certain requirements 

are met before states grant any use of the 

safety valve mechanism. It also requires 

that State commissions seeking to 

implement service-specific and/or 

technology-specific area code overlays, 

must request delegated authority to do 

so. The information collected by the 

FCC and state commissions will be used 

to assist these regulatory bodies in their 

efforts to maximize the efficiency with 

which numbering resources in the 

NANP are utilized. 


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