[Federal Register: July 25, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 142)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management and Budget
July 17, 2007.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid
control number. Comments are requested concerning (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the
Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information collected; and (d) 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.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before September 24, 2007. If you anticipate that you
will be submitting PRA 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: Direct all PRA comments to Jasmeet K. Seehra, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202)
395-3123, or via fax at 202-395-5167 or via Internet at
Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov and to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 1-B441, 445 12th Street, SW., DC 20554
or an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. If you would like to obtain or view a copy
of this information collection after the 60 day comment period, you may
do so by visiting the FCC PRA Web page at: http://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection(s), contact Judith B. Herman at 202-418-
0214 or via the Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0975.
Title: Promotion of Competitive Networks in Local
Telecommunications Networks.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit
institutions, Federal Government, and state, local and tribal
government.
Number of Respondents: 6,421 respondents; 6,421 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 571,350 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this extension to the
OMB after this 60-day comment period to obtain the full three-year
clearance from them. There is no change in the number of respondents,
responses, and/or burden hours.
On October 2000, the Federal Communications Commission adopted and
released several rulemakings to foster competition in local
communications markets by implementing measures to ensure that
competing telecommunications providers are able to provide services to
customers in multiple tenant environments (``MTEs'').
Specifically, the rulemakings require the following: (1) Prohibited
carriers from entering into contracts that restrict or effectively
restrict a property owner's ability to permit entry by competing
carriers; (2) established procedures to facilitate moving the
demarcation point to the minimum point of entry (``MPOE'') at the
building owner's request, and requires incumbent local exchange
carriers (``LECs'') to timely disclose the location of existing
demarcation points where they are not located a the MPOE; (3)
determined that, under Section 224 of the Communications Act,
utilities, including LECs, must afford telecommunications carriers and
cable service providers reasonable and nondiscriminatory access to
conduits and right-of-way located in customer buildings and campuses,
to the extent such conduits and rights-of-way are owned or controlled
by the utility; and (4) extended to antennas that receive and transmit
telecommunications and other fixed wireless signals the existing
prohibition of restrictions that impair the installation, maintenance
or use of certain video antennas on property within the exclusive use
or control of the antenna user, where the user has a direct or indirect
ownership or leasehold interest in the property.
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The demarcation point burden consists of two components. (1) The
LEC shall make available information on the location of demarcation
point within ten business days of a request from the premises owner
(location information); and (2) At the time of installation, the LEC
shall fully inform the premises owner of its options and rights
regarding the placement of the demarcation point or points (options
information).
The OTARD portion of this information collection relates to the
revisions of the Commission's rules regarding Over-the-Air Reception
Devices (``OTARDs''), 47 CFR 1.4000. Under those revisions, as a
condition of invoking protection under 47 CFR 1.4000 from government,
landlord, and association restrictions, a licensee must ensure that
subscriber antennas are labeled to give notice of potential radio
frequency safety hazards of these antennas. Labeling information should
include minimum separation distances required between users and
radiating antennas to meet the Commission's radio frequency exposure
guidelines. Labels should also reference to the Commission's applicable
radio frequency exposure guidelines and should use the ANSI-specified
warning symbol for frequency exposure. In addition, the instruction
manuals and other information accompanying subscriber transceivers
should include a full explanation of the labels, as well as a reference
to the applicable Commission radiofrequency exposure guidelines.
The availability of this information will give notice to the
public--particularly to purchasers of OTARD dishes--of potential
radiofrequency safety hazards of OTARD antennas used for
telecommunications service. Thus, this information will help ensure
that these antennas comply with the Commission's limits on radio
frequency exposure.
This information will facilitate efficient interaction between
premises owners and LECs regarding the placement of the demarcation
point, which marks the end of wiring under control of the LEC and the
beginning of wiring under the control of the premises owner or
subscriber. The demarcation point is a critical point of
interconnection where competitive LECs can gain access to the inside
wiring of the building to provide service to customers in the building.
This collection will also help ensure that customer-end antennas used
for telecommunications service comply with the Commission's limits on
radio frequency exposure, and it will provide the Commission with
information on the state of the market. In short, this information will
be used to foster competition in local telecommunications markets by
ensuring that competing telecommunications providers are able to
provide services to customers in multiple tenant environments (MTEs).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-14382 Filed 7-24-07; 8:45 am]
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