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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 20, 

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: As part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork burdens, and as required by 

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

the FCC 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 No.: 3060–1108. 

Title: Consummation of Assignments 

and Transfers of Control of 

Authorization. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents: 163 

respondents; 163 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The 

Commission has authority for this 

information collection pursuant to 47 

U.S.C. 154(i) of the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 163 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: $48,900. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

In general, there is no need for 

confidentiality. 

Needs and Uses: This collection will 

be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) as an 

extension after this 60 day comment 

period has ended in order to obtain the 

full three-year clearance from OMB. 

Without this collection of 

information, the Commission would not 

have critical information such as a 

change in a controlling interest in the 

ownership of the licensee. The 

Commission would not be able to carry 

out its duties under the 

Communications Act and to determine 

the qualifications of applicants to 

provide international 

telecommunications service, including 

applicants that are affiliated with 

foreign entities, and to determine 

whether and under what conditions the 

authorizations are in the public interest, 

convenience, and necessity. 

Furthermore, without this collection of 

information, the Commission would not 

be able to maintain effective oversight of 

U.S. providers of international 

telecommunications services that are 

affiliated with, or involved in certain comarketing or similar arrangements with, 

foreign entities that have market power. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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[OMB 3060–0411] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission Under Delegated 

Authority 

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 

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 20, 

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 


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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: 3060–0411. 

Title: Procedures for Formal 

Complaints. 

Form Number: FCC Form 485. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households, business or other for-profit 

entities, not-for-profit institutions, 

federal government, and state, local, or 

tribal Governments. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 5 respondents; 77 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1–60 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement, onoccasion reporting requirement, and 

third party disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 

154(j), 206, 207, 208, 209, 301, 303, 304, 

309, 316, 332, and 1302. 

Total Annual Burden: 367 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $475,650. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

47 CFR 1.731 provides for confidential 

treatment of materials disclosed or 

exchanged during the course of formal 

complaint proceedings when the 

disclosing party has identified the 

materials as proprietary or confidential. 

In the rare case in which a producing 

party believes that section 1.731 will not 

provide adequate protection for its 

assorted confidential material, it may 

request either that the opposing party 

consent to greater protection, or that the 

staff supervising the proceeding order 

greater protection. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: The 

information collection requirements 

may affect individuals or households. 

As required by the Privacy Act of 1974, 

as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, and OMB 

regulations, M–03–22 (September 22, 

2003), the FCC has completed both a 

system of records, FCC/EB–5, 

‘‘Enforcement Bureau Activity Tracking 

System,’’ and a Privacy Impact 

Assessment (PIA), to cover the 

collection, maintenance, use, and 

disposal of all personally identifiable 

information (PII) that may be submitted 

as part of a formal complaint filed 

against a common carrier: 

(a) The system of records notice 

(SORN), FCC/EB–5, ‘‘Enforcement 

Bureau Activity Tracking System 

(EBATS),’’ was published in the Federal 

Register on December 14, 2010 (75 FR 

77872) and became effective on January 

24, 2011. It is posted on the FCC’s 

Privacy Act Web page at: http://

www.fcc.gov/omd/privacyact/recordssystems.html. 

(b) The initial Privacy Impact 

Assessment (PIA) was completed on 

May 22, 2009. However, with the 

approval of the FCC/EB–5, ‘‘EBATS,’’ on 

January 24, 2011 and supplementation 

expected in early Fall 2017, the 

Commission is now updating the PIA to 

include the information that is 

contained in this SORN. 

Statutory authority for this 

information collection is contained in 

47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 206, 207, 

208, 209, 301, 303, 304, 309, 316, 332, 

and 1302. 

Needs and Uses: Sections 206–209 of 

the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended (the ‘‘Act’’), provide the 

statutory framework for adjudicating 

formal complaints against common 

carriers. To resolve complaints between 

providers regarding compliance with 

data roaming obligations, Commission 

Rule 20.12(e) adopts by reference the 

procedures already in place for 

resolving Section 208 formal complaints 

against common carriers, except that the 

remedy of damages, is not available for 

complaints against commercial mobile 

data service providers. 

Section 208(a) authorizes complaints 

by any person ‘‘complaining of anything 

done or omitted to be done by any 

common carrier’’ subject to the 

provisions of the Act. 

Section 208(a) states that if a carrier 

does not satisfy a complaint or there 

appears to be any reasonable ground for 

investigating the complaint, the 

Commission shall ‘‘investigate the 

matters complained of in such manner 

and by such means as it shall deem 

proper.’’ Certain categories of 

complaints are subject to a statutory 

deadline for resolution. See, e.g., 47 

U.S.C. 208(b)(1) (imposing a five-month 

deadline for complaints challenging the 

‘‘lawfulness of a charge, classification, 

regulation, or practice’’); 47 U.S.C. 

271(d)(6) (imposing a 90-day deadline 

for complaints alleging that a Bell 

Operating Company has ceased to meet 

conditions imposed in connection with 

approval to provide in-region 

interLATA services). 

Formal complaint proceedings before 

the Commission are similar to civil 

litigation in federal district court. In 

fact, under section 207 of the Act, a 

party claiming to be damaged by a 

common carrier may file its complaint 

with the Commission or in any district 

court of the United States, ‘‘but such 

person shall not have the right to pursue 

both such remedies’’ (47 U.S.C. 207). 

The Commission has promulgated rules 

(Formal Complaint Rules) to govern its 

formal complaint proceedings that are 

similar in many respects to the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure. See 47 CFR 

1.720–1.736. These rules require the 

submission of information from the 

parties necessary to create a record on 

which the Commission can decide 

complex legal and factual issues. As 

described in section 1.720 of the rules, 

the Commission resolves formal 

complaint proceedings on a written 

record consisting of a complaint, answer 

or response, and joint statement of 

stipulated facts, disputed facts and key 

legal issues, along with all associated 

affidavits, exhibits and other 

attachments. 

This collection of information 

includes the process for electronically 

submitting a formal complaint against a 

common carrier. The Commission uses 

this information to determine the 

sufficiency of complaints and to resolve 

the merits of disputes between the 

parties. The Commission bases its 

orders in formal complaint proceedings 

upon evidence and argument produced 

by the parties in accordance with the 

Formal Complaint Rules. If the 

information were not collected, the 

Commission would not be able to 

resolve common carrier-related 

complaint proceedings, as required by 

section 208 of the Act. 

In addition, the Commission has 

adopted most of this formal complaint 

process to govern data roaming 

complaints. Specifically, the 

Commission has extended, as 

applicable, the procedural rules in the 

Commission’s Part I, Subpart E rules, 47 

CFR 1.716–1.718, 1.720, 1.721, and 

1.723–1.735, to disputes arising out of 

the data roaming rule contained in 47 

CFR 20.12(e). Therefore, in addition to 

being necessary to resolve common 

carrier-related complaint proceedings, 

this collection of information is also 

necessary to resolve data roamingrelated complaint proceedings. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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