Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 132 / Monday, July 13, 2009 / Notices 33439 

Name Location Contact 

information Hours 

Mean low 

water depth 

(in feet) 

City of Rockland ..................... Rockland Public Landing, 

Rockland.

207–594–0312, VHF 9 .......... 9 a.m.–5 p.m., 7 days ............ 6 

Trident Yacht Basin ................ 60 Ocean Street, Rockland ... 207–236–8100, VHF 9 .......... 9 a.m.–5 p.m., 7 days ............ 23

Dated: July 2, 2009. 

Stephen S. Perkins, 

Acting Regional Administrator, New England 

Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–16488 Filed 7–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget for 

Review and Approval, Comments 

Requested 

July 6, 2009. 

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 (PRA) 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 Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before August 12, 2009. 

If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting PRA comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the FCC contact listed below as 

soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget, via fax at 

202–395–5167 or via Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal 

Communications Commission, or an email to PRA@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, contact Judith B. 

Herman at 202–418–0214 or via the 

Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0168. 

Title: Section 43.43, Report of 

Proposed Changes in Depreciation 

Rates. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 24 

respondents; 24 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 250 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement and 

recordkeeping requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154, 

161, 201–205, and 218–220. 

Total Annual Burden: 6,000 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $784,320. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality and 

respondents are not being asked to 

submit confidential information to the 

Commission. However, if the 

Commission requests respondents to 

submit information which they believe 

is confidential, respondents may request 

confidential treatment of such 

information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) after this 60 day comment period 

in order to obtain the full three year 

clearance from them. The Commission 

is requesting an extension (no change in 

the reporting and/or recordkeeping 

requirements) of this information 

collection. The Commission is reporting 

a significant decrease in the estimated 

number of respondents/responses since 

this was last submitted to OMB in 2006. 

In 2006, the Commission reported 10 

respondents/responses with 6,000 total 

annual burden hours. For this 

submission to the OMB, the number of 

respondents/responses increased to 24 

with an estimated annual burden of 

6,000 total annual burden hours and an 

increase in annual costs. The annual 

costs are now estimated to be $785,320 

(no costs were estimated in 2006). The 

reasons for the change in burden are 

thus: 

(1) The estimated time per response 

was changed from 6,000 hours to 250 

hours; 

(2) A re-estimate of the number of 

respondents/responses from 10 to 24 

respondents; and 

(3) The annual costs have been added 

to include a $32,680 filing fee per 47 

CFR 1.1105. 

43.43 establishes the reporting 

requirements for depreciation 

prescription purposes. Communication 

common carriers with annual operating 

revenues of $138 million or more that 

the Commission has found to be 

dominant must file information 

specified in Section 43.43 before making 

any change in the depreciation rates 

applicable to their operating plant. 

Section 220 also allows the 

Commission, in its discretion, to 

prescribe the form of any and all 

accounts, records, and memoranda to be 

kept by carriers subject to the Act, 

including the accounts, records and 

memoranda of the movement of traffic, 

as well as receipts and expenditures of 

moneys. Carriers are required to file four 

summary exhibits along with the 

underlying data used to generate them, 

and must provide the depreciation 

factors (i.e., life, salvage, curve shape, 

depreciation reserve) required to verify 

the calculation of the carrier’s 

depreciation expenses and rates. Midsized carriers are no longer required to 

file theoretical reserve studies. Certain 

price cap incumbent LECs in certain 

instances may request a waiver of the 

depreciation prescription process. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, 

Federal Communications Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–16483 Filed 7–10–09; 8:45 am] 

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