The Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approve a revision of an existing information collection,
titled “47 CFR 43.62, Annual Reporting Requirements for U.S.
Providers of International Services and Circuits.” The purpose of
the revision is to obtain OMB approval of the annual reporting
requirements under the newly adopted 47 CFR 43.82 which will
require that entities holding capacity on submarine cables file
electronically annual circuit capacity reports, in a format set out
in a Filing Manual. The Commission is requesting a revision of OMB
Control No. 3060-1156 in order to obtain final approval for the
requirements in 47 CFR 43.82, the filing manual, and the electronic
filing of the data. Previously, U.S. providers of international
services were required to file annual traffic and revenue reports
and circuit capacity reports as required by 47 CFR 43.62. The
Commission has adopted rules changes that eliminate the traffic and
revenue reports and further streamline the circuit capacity
reports. Upon OMB approval of this collection, 47 CFR 43.62 will be
eliminated and replaced with 47 CFR 43.82 for the filing of circuit
capacity reports. The current title of OMB Control No. 3060-1156 is
“47 CFR 43.62, Annual Reporting Requirements for U.S. Providers of
International Services and Circuits.” The Commission would like to
change the title to “47 CFR 43.82, Annual International Circuit
Capacity Reports” in order to more accurately describe the
information collection requirements under 47 CFR Section
43.82.
This information collection
reflects a program change from 2,328 to 65 (-2,263) respondents,
2,328 to 185 (-2,143) responses, and 14,606 to 1,085 (-13,521)
annual burden hours. The program changes are the result of
information collection requirements associated with 47 CFR 43.82
that was adopted in the Section 43.62 Reporting Requirements for
U.S. Providers of International Services Report and Order; 2016
Biennial Review of Telecommunications Regulations, FCC 17-136.
There are no adjustments to this information collection.
$29,775
No
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
David Krech 202 418-1460
david.krech@fcc.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.