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Form 477. The one exception is that
mobile broadband and voice providers
can request confidential treatment of
their deployment data by spectrum
band.
Needs and Uses: FCC Form 477
gathers information on the development
of local telephone competition,
including telephone services and
interconnected Voice over Internet
Protocol (VoIP) services, and on the
deployment of broadband Internet
access services. FCC staff use the
information to advise the Commission
about the efficacy of its rules and
policies adopted to implement the
Telecommunications Act of 1996. The
data are necessary to evaluate the status
of local telecommunications
competition and broadband
deployment. The Commission uses the
data to prepare reports that help inform
consumers and policy makers on the
deployment and adoption of broadband
services and on developments related to
competition in the local telephone
service market. The Commission also
uses the data to support its analyses in
a variety of rulemaking proceedings
under the Communications Act,
including those related to fulfilling its
universal service mandate.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the
Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission,
Comments Requested.
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burden and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s).
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

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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 further
ways to reduce the information burden
for 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 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 (PRA) that
does not display a valid Control
Number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before April 1, 2014. 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 FCC contact listed below as
soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments
to Leslie F. Smith, Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), via
the Internet at Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov. To
submit your PRA comments by email,
send them to PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information, contact Leslie F.
Smith at (202) 418–0217, or via the
Internet at PRA@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0589.
Title: FCC Remittance Advice Forms,
FCC Form 159/159–C, 159–B, 159–E,
and 159–W.
Form Number(s): FCC Form 159
Remittance Advice, 159–C Remittance
Advice Continuation Sheet, 159–B
Remittance Advice Bill for Collection,
159–E Remittance Voucher, and 159–W
Interstate Telephone Service Provider
Worksheet.
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: 100,220 respondents;
100,220 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes (0.25 hours).
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and annual reporting requirements;
third party disclosure.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
Authority for this information collection

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is contained in the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended; Section 8 (47
U.S.C. 158) for Application Fees;
Section 9 (47 U.S.C. 159) for Regulatory
Fees; Section 309(j) for Auction Fees;
and the Debt Collection Improvement
Act of 1996, Public Law 104–134,
Chapter 10, Section 31001.
Total Annual Burden: 25,055 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality,
except for personally identifiable
information (PII) that individuals may
submit on one or more of these forms.
FCC Form 159 series instructions
includes a Privacy Act Statement.
Furthermore, while the Commission is
not requesting that the respondents
submit confidential information to the
FCC, respondents may request
confidential treatment for information
they believe to be confidential under 47
CFR Section 0.459 of the Commission’s
rules. The Commission has a system of
records notice (SORN), FCC/OMD–9,
‘‘Commission Registration System
(CORES),’’ to cover any PII that
individuals may submit. The SORN is
posted on the FCC Privacy Web page at:
http://transition.fcc.gov/omd/
privacyact/records-systems.html.
Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA): A
PIA has been done and is posted on the
FCC Privacy Web page at: http://
transition.fcc.gov/omd/privacyact/
Privacy_Impact_Assessment.html.
Needs and Uses: The FCC supports a
series of remittance advice forms and a
remittance voucher form that may be
submitted in lieu of a remittance advice
form when entities or individuals
electronically submit a payment. A
remittance advice form (or a remittance
voucher form in lieu of an advice form)
must accompany any payment to the
Federal Communications Commission
(e.g. payments for regulatory fees,
application filing fees, auctions, fines,
forfeitures, Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) billings, or any other debt due to
the FCC. Information is collected on
these forms to ensure credit for full
payment, to ensure entities and
individuals receive any refunds due, to
service public inquiries, and to comply
with the Debt Collection Improvement
Act of 1996.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the
Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
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