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and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collections. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

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; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; 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 ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

The FCC may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 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 OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted on or before November 13, 

2017. 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 contacts below as soon as 

possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Cathy Williams, FCC, via email: PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1168. 

Title: Application for Mobility Fund 

Phase I Support, FCC Form 680. 

Form Number: FCC Form 680. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, not-for-profit institutions, 

and state, local or tribal governments. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 10 respondents and 10 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

47 U.S.C. 154, 254 and 303(r). 

Total Annual Burden: 15 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The information collected will be made 

available for public inspection. 

Respondents seeking to have the 

information collected withheld from 

public inspection may request 

confidential treatment of such 

information pursuant to section 0.459 of 

the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR Section 

0.459. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will use the information collected in 

FCC Form 680 to determine whether a 

winning bidder is qualified to receive 

Mobility Fund Phase I and Tribal 

Mobility Fund Phase I support. On 

November 18, 2011, the Commission 

released an order comprehensively 

reforming and modernizing the 

universal service and intercarrier 

compensation systems to ensure that 

robust, affordable voice and broadband 

service, both fixed and mobile, are 

available to Americans throughout the 

nation. Connect America Fund et al., 

Order and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, 26 FCC Rcd 17663 (2011) 

(USF/ICC Transformation Order). In 

adopting the USF/ICC Transformation 

Order, the Commission created the 

Connect America Mobility Fund to 

ensure the availability of mobile 

broadband networks in areas where a 

private-sector business case is lacking. 

Phase I of the Mobility Fund provided 

one-time universal service support for 

the deployment of networks for mobile 

voice and broadband, and a separate, 

complementary Tribal Mobility Fund 

Phase I provided one-time universal 

service support to accelerate the 

availability of mobile voice and 

broadband service in Tribal areas. 

To implement these reforms and 

conduct competitive bidding for 

Mobility Fund Phase I support and 

Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I support, 

the Commission adopted rules in 

sections 1.21004(a), 54.1004, 54.1005, 

54.1006, 54.1007, and 54.1008 

containing information collection 

requirements that would be used to 

determine whether a winning bidder of 

Mobility Fund Phase I support and 

Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I support is 

qualified to receive such support. 

Section 1.21004(a) requires all winning 

bidders of universal service support to 

apply for the support by the applicable 

deadline. Sections 54.1005(b) and 

54.1006 require a winning bidder to 

submit, using FCC Form 680, ownership 

information, proof of its status as an 

Eligible Telecommunications Carrier, a 

description of its spectrum access, a 

detailed project description, any 

guarantee of performance that the 

Commission may require, and various 

certifications. Sections 54.1004(d)(3) 

and 54.1008(d) require a winning bidder 

to certify in its application that it has 

substantively engaged appropriate 

Tribal officials. In addition, sections 

54.1007(a) and (b) require a winning 

bidder to obtain an irrevocable standby 

letter of credit, which the winning 

bidder must maintain until at least 120 

days after the winning bidder receives 

its final distribution of support. 

The Commission needs the 

information collection requirements to 

ensure that a winning bidder for 

universal support submits an 

application for support, which, in turn, 

will allow the Commission to determine 

whether the applicant is qualified to 

receive such support. The Commission 

also needs to use the information 

collected to protect the integrity of the 

universal service programs by requiring 

a winning bidder to maintain a letter of 

credit that will secure a return of 

universal service funds from a winning 

bidder that has defaulted on its 

obligations. Without such information, 

the Commission could not determine 

whether to provide the universal service 

support to the winning bidder or protect 

the government’s interest in the funds it 

disburses in Mobility Fund Phase I and 

Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19222 Filed 9–11–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0819] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

the Commission) invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 


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information shall have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; 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 ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

The FCC 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 

PRA that does not display a valid Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before November 13, 

2017. 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 

Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Nicole 

Ongele at (202) 418–2991. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork burdens, and as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

Commission) invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collections. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

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; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; 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 ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0819. 

Title: Lifeline and Link Up Reform 

and Modernization, 

Telecommunications Carriers Eligible 

for Universal Service Support, Connect 

America Fund. 

Form Numbers: FCC Form 555, FCC 

Form 481, FCC Form 497, FCC Form 

5629, FCC Form 5630, FCC Form 5631. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households and business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 20,094,358 respondents; 

23,954,123 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .0167 

hours–250 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual, 

biennial, monthly, daily and on 

occasion reporting requirements and 

third party disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority is contained in Sections 1, 

4(i), 5, 201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 254, 

303(r), and 403 of the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended, and section 

706 of the Communications Act of 1996, 

as amended; 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 155, 

201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 254, 303(r), 403, 

and 1302. 

Total Annual Burden: 11,028,571 

hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $937,500. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes. 

The Commission completed a Privacy 

Impact Assessment (PIA) for some of the 

information collection requirements 

contained in this collection. The PIA 

was published in the Federal Register at 

78 FR 73535 on December 6, 2013. The 

PIA may be reviewed at: http://

www.fcc.gov/omd/privacyact/Privacy_

Impact_Assessment.html. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Some of the requirements contained in 

this information collection affect 

individuals or households, and thus, 

there are impacts under the Privacy Act. 

The FCC’s system of records notice 

(SORN) associated with this collection 

is FCC/WCB–1, ‘‘Lifeline Program.’’ 

The Commission will use the 

information contained in FCC/WCB–1 

to cover the personally identifiable 

information (PII) that is required as part 

of the Lifeline Program (‘‘Lifeline’’). As 

required by the Privacy Act of 1974, as 

amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the 

Commission published FCC/WCB–1 

‘‘Lifeline Program’’ in the Federal 

Register on December 6, 2013 (78 FR 

73535). 

Also, respondents may request 

materials or information submitted to 

the Commission or to the Universal 

Service Administrative Company 

(USAC or Administrator) be withheld 

from public inspection under 47 CFR 

0.459 of the FCC’s rules. We note that 

USAC must preserve the confidentiality 

of all data obtained from respondents; 

must not use the data except for 

purposes of administering the universal 

service programs; and must not disclose 

data in company-specific form unless 

directed to do so by the Commission. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

after this comment period to obtain 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) of revisions to this 

information collection. 

On April 27, 2016, the Commission 

released an order reforming its lowincome universal service support 

mechanisms. Lifeline and Link Up 

Reform and Modernization; 

Telecommunications Carriers Eligible 

for Universal Service Support; Connect 

America Fund, WC Docket Nos. 11–42, 

09–197, 10–90, Third Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, Order on 

Reconsideration, and Further Report 

and Order, (Lifeline Third Reform 

Order). This revision implements the 

new forms for the Lifeline program for 

consumer enrollment and certification, 

recertification, and one-per household 

verification. These forms are intended 

for use as standard forms for all 

consumers and ETCs participating in 

the Lifeline program. This revision also 

implements the transition to payment of 

the Lifeline reimbursement to ETCs 

based on data from USAC’s NLAD 

database. In the Lifeline Third Reform 

Order, the Commission directed USAC 

to propose improved methods of 

providing payment to Lifeline providers 

that will reduce costs and burdens to 

the Fund and to Lifeline providers. In 

addition, the Commission seeks to 

update the number of respondents for 

certain requirements contained in this 

information collection, thus increasing 

the total burden hours for some 

requirements and decreasing the total 

burden hours for other requirements. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19220 Filed 9–11–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0132] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission Under Delegated 

Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 


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