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meantime. The Commission determined 

that transactions raising specified 

potential public interest concerns, 

including certain transactions raising 

potential foreign ownership concerns 

associated with section 310(b)(4) of the 

Communications Act, would not be 

among those eligible for processing 

under the immediate approval 

procedures and would remain subject to 

the certification and declaratory ruling 

requirements in the existing streamlined 

processing procedures. However, the 

Commission also announced a policy of 

entertaining section 310(b)(4)-related 

petitions that could enable carriers with 

indirect foreign ownership interests to 

avail themselves of speedier processing 

of spectrum leasing arrangements and 

license assignments under certain 

circumstances. 

2. In the Petition, T-Mobile asked the 

Commission not to strictly construe the 

new section 310(b)(4) policy and to 

revise or clarify it to eliminate the need 

for a new declaratory ruling under 

certain circumstances, including, among 

others, when foreign ownership of the 

ultimate controlling entity would 

remain unchanged and the licenses that 

are the subject of the proposed 

transaction would be utilized in the 

current business of the applicant and its 

affiliates. 

3. The Commission affirmed the 

policy adopted in the Second R&O and 

denied T-Mobile’s Petition. The 

Commission determined that it had 

struck an appropriate balance in the 

Second R&O between promoting 

secondary markets and ensuring 

adequate review of proposed 

transactions by the Commission and the 

Executive Branch. The Commission also 

found that the revised criteria proposed 

by T-Mobile were not sufficiently 

precise to allow the Commission to 

dispense with the requirement for a new 

declaratory ruling for purposes of its 

section 310(b)(4) review. 

4. Accordingly, it is ordered that 

pursuant to sections 1, 4(i), 301, 303(r), 

and 310 of the Communications Act, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 301, 

303(r), and 310, the Petition is hereby 

denied. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

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47 CFR Part 64 

[WC Docket No. 02–112, CC Docket No. 00– 

175 and WC Docket No. 06–120; FCC 07– 

159] 

Section 272(f)(1) Sunset of the BOC 

Separate Affiliate and Related 

Requirements; 2000 Biennial 

Regulatory Review Separate Affiliate 

Requirements of Section 64.1903 of the 

Commission’s Rules; Petition of AT&T 

Inc. for Forbearance Under 47 U.S.C. 

160(c) With Regard to Certain 

Dominant Carrier Regulations for InRegion, Interexchange Services 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: On September 24, 2008, the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approved, for a period of three 

years, the information collections for the 

service quality measurement plan for 

interstate special access and monthly 

usage requirements associated with the 

Commission’s Section 272(f)(1) Sunset 

of the BOC Separate Affiliate and 

Related Requirements; 2000 Biennial 

Regulatory Review Separate Affiliate 

Requirements of Section 64.1903 of the 

Commission’s Rules; Petition of AT&T 

Inc. for Forbearance Under 47 U.S.C. 

160(c) with Regard to Certain Dominant 

Carrier Regulations for In-Region, 

Interexchange Services, Report and 

Order and Memorandum Opinion and 

Order, FCC 07–159 (released Aug. 31, 

2007) (Report and Order). These 

information collection requirements 

required OMB approval in order to 

become effective. 

DATES: On September 24, 2008, the 

Office of Management and Budget 

approved the information collections for 

the service quality measurement plan 

for interstate special access and monthly 

usage requirements adopted in the 

Report and Order published at 72 FR 

58021, October 12, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heather Hendrickson, Competition 

Policy Division, Wireline Competition 

Bureau, at (202) 418–7295. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document announces that, on 

September 24, 2008, OMB approved, for 

a period of three years, certain 

information collection requirements for 

the service quality measurement plan 

for interstate special access and monthly 

usage requirements contained in the 

Commission’s Report and Order, FCC 

07–159, published at 72 FR 58021, 

October 12, 2007. The OMB Control 

Number is 3060–1120. The Commission 

publishes this notice as an 

announcement of that approval. 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 Thomas 

Butler, Federal Communications 

Commission, Room 5–C457, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. 

Please include the OMB Control 

Number, 3060–1120, in your 

correspondence. The Commission will 

also accept your comments via the 

Internet if you send them to 

PRA@fcc.gov. 

To request materials in accessible 

formats for people with disabilities 

(Braille, large print, electronic files, 

audio format), send an e-mail to 

fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & 

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 OMB approval on September 

24, 2008, for the information collection 

requirements for the service quality 

measurement plan for interstate special 

access and monthly usage requirements 

associated with the Report and Order. 

The OMB Control Number is 3060– 

1120. The total annual reporting burden 

for respondents for these collections of 

information, including the time for 

gathering and maintaining the collection 

of information, is estimated to be: 3 

respondents, 48 responses, total annual 

burden hours of 3,000 hours, and no 

annual costs. 

Under 5 CFR 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, which does 

not display a current, valid OMB 

Control Number. 

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. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

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