[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 111 (Tuesday, June 9, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 35208-35209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10346]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 51
[WC Docket No. 18-155; FCC 19-94; FRS 16745]
Updating the Intercarrier Compensation Regime To Eliminate Access
Arbitrage
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of compliance date.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years,
the information collection associated with rules for notifications
related to access stimulation adopted in the Commission's Report and
Order and Modification to Section 214 Authorizations, FCC 19-94, and
that compliance with the modified rules is now required. This document
is consistent with the Report and Order and Modification to Section 214
Authorizations, FCC 19-94, which states the Commission will publish a
document in the Federal Register announcing a compliance date for the
modified rule section and revise the rule accordingly.
DATES:
Effective date: This rule is effective June 9, 2020.
Compliance date: Compliance with Sec. 51.914(b) and (e) published
84 FR 57629 on October 28, 2019, is required as of June 9, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Bahr of the Wireline Competition
Bureau, Pricing Policy Division, at (202) 418-0573, or email: at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that on March 31,
2020 OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information
collection requirements contained in the Report and Order and
Modification to Section 214 Authorizations, FCC 19-94, published at 84
FR 57629 on October 28, 2019. The OMB Control Number is 3060-0298. The
Commission publishes this document as an announcement of the compliance
date of the rule. This document also removes Sec. 51.914(f) of the
Commission's rules, which advised that compliance was not required
until OMB approval was obtained.
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 Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications
Commission, Room 1-A620, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554,
regarding OMB Control Number 3060-0298. Please include the applicable
OMB Control Number in your correspondence. The Commission will also
accept your comments via email at [email protected].
To request materials in accessible formats for people with
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format),
send an email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), or (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 final OMB
approval on March
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31, 2020, for the information collection requirements contained in 47
CFR 51.914(b), (e). Under 5 CFR part 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
that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB
Control Number is 3060-0298.
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.
The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents
are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0298.
OMB Approval Date: March 31, 2020.
OMB Expiration Date: March 31, 2023.
Title: Part 61, Tariffs (other than the Tariff Review Plan).
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,840 respondents; 5,605
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1-50 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual, biennial, and one-time
reporting requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. Sections 151-155, 201-205, 208, 251-271, 403, 502 and 503 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 196,677 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,444,800.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: In this collection, the Commission added Sec.
51.914 in the Report and Order and Modification to Section 214
Authorizations which was adopted on September 26, 2019 and released on
September 27, 2019. The Commission made access-stimulating local
exchange carriers (LECs) financially responsible for the terminating
tandem switching and transport service access charges associated with
the delivery of traffic from an interexchange carrier (IXC) to the
access-stimulating LEC end office or its functional equivalent. Access-
stimulating LECs must provide notice of their assumption of financial
responsibility to the Commission by filing a record of their access-
stimulating status and acceptance of financial responsibility in the
Commission's WC Docket No. 18-155, and must provide notice to any
affected IXCs and intermediate access providers of the same, within 45
days of the effective date of the Order or within 45 days of commencing
Access Stimulation, whichever is later, subject to the FCC obtaining
approval of Sec. 51.914(b) by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). If, after approval of this requirement by OMB, access-
stimulating LECs no longer engage in access stimulation, they must also
file notice of that change in status with the Commission and with any
affected IXCs and intermediate access providers, pursuant to Sec.
51.914(e).
The information collected through carriers' tariffs is used by the
Commission and state commissions to determine whether services offered
are just and reasonable, as the Act requires. The tariffs and any
supporting documentation are examined in order to determine if the
services are offered in a just and reasonable manner.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 51
Communications common carriers, Telecommunications.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
Final Rules
For the reason discussed in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 51 as follows:
PART 51--INTERCONNECTION
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1. The authority citation for part 51 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151-55, 201-05, 207-09, 218, 225-27, 251-
52, 271, 332 unless otherwise noted.
Sec. 51.914 [Amended]
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2. Amend Sec. 51.914 by removing paragraph (f).
[FR Doc. 2020-10346 Filed 6-8-20; 8:45 am]
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