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###### Federal Communications Commission

# 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. 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; (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; and (e) ways to further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.

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 OMB control number.

# DATES:

Persons wishing to comments on this information collection should submit comments on or before April 5, 2010. 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 Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at (202) 395-5167, or via the Internet at                               ( print page 5593)    Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to Judith B. Herman, Federal Communications Commission (FCC). To submit your PRA comments by e-mail send them to: PRA@fcc.gov. To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to 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, and (6) when the FCC list appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its OMB Control Number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR.                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Judith B. Herman, OMD, 202-418-0214. For additional information about the information collection(s) send an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Judith B. Herman, 202-418-0214.

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control No: 3060-0895.

 Title: Section 52.15, Numbering Resource Optimization, CC Docket No. 99-200.

 Form No.: FCC Form 502.

 Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.

 Respondents: Business or other for-profit.

 Number of Respondents: 2,780 respondents; 7,385 responses.

 Estimated Time Per Response: 1 - 44.4 hours.

 Frequency of Response: On occasion and semi-annual reporting requirements and recordkeeping requirement.

 Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151, 153, 154, 201-205, and 251.

 Total Annual Burden: 131,782 hours.

 Total Annual Cost: $3,462,800.

 Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.

 Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Disaggregated, carrier specific forecast and utilization data will be treated as confidential and will be exempt from public disclosure under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4).

 Need and Uses: The Commission is requesting an extension (no change in the reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements) in order to obtain the full three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). There is no change to the Commission's burden estimates.

The data collected on FCC Form 502 helps the Commission manage the ten-digit North American Numbering Plan (NANP), which is currently being used by the United States and 19 other countries. Under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, the Commission was given “exclusive jurisdictions over those portions of the North American Numbering Plan that pertain to the United States.” Pursuant to that authority, the Commission adopted a Report and Order in 2000 that among other things addressed regular reporting on numbering use by United States carriers.

There are seven information collection requirements in this submission to the OMB. They are: 1) utilization/forecast report; 2) application for initial numbering resources; 3) application for growth numbering resources; 4) recordkeeping requirement; 5) notification by state commissions; 6) demonstration to state commissions; and 7) petitions for additional delegation of numbering authority.

The data from this collection of information is used by the FCC, state regulatory commissions, and the NANPA to monitor numbering resource utilization by all carriers using the resource and to project the dates of area code and NANP exhaust. 

Federal Communications Commission.

Marlene H. Dortch,

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.

[FR Doc. 2010-2232 Filed 2-2-10; 8:45 am]

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