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OMB Control No: 3060-0854	ICR Reference No: 201507-3060-021
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201211-3060-007
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: CGB
Title: Section 64.2401, Truth-in-Billing Format, CC Docket No. 98-170 and CG Docket No. 04-208
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/02/2015
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/22/2015
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2018	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2015
Responses	36,699	0	36,090
Time Burden (Hours)	2,129,905	0	2,074,174
Cost Burden (Dollars)	15,918,200	0	15,918,200

Abstract: The Commission applied previously-adopted rules to wireless carriers. Such rules are designed to make consumers' telecommunications bills easier to read and understand, and were adopted in response to consumers' difficulties in understanding their bills, detecting fraud, resolving billing disputes, and comparing carrier rates to get the best value for themselves

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 201(b) and 258 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 29704	05/22/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 43425	07/22/2015
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Truth-in-Billing Format, CC Docket No. 98-170 and CG Docket No. 04-208

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	36,699	36,090	609
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,129,905	2,074,174	55,731
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	15,918,200	15,918,200	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Due to the changes in the total number of wireline and wireless telecommunications carriers as a result of changes and trends in the telecommunications marketplace, the Commission has re-evaluated its previous burdens associated with this information collection and notes the following adjustments in associated burdens and costs described herein: The number of respondents decreased -37 telecommunications carriers from the prior total of 4,484 wireline and wireless telecommunications carriers to the current total of 4,447 wireline and wireless telecommunications carriers; the number of annual responses increased by +609, 36,090 to 36,699 responses; and the annual burden hours increased by +55,731 from 2,074,174 to 2,129,905 hours. There are no program changes. With this submission, the Commission used data from FCC Form 499-A filings to reexamine and reevaluate the data in this supporting statement.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Christina Clearwater 202 418-2143 cclearwa@fcc.gov

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