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OMB Control No: 3060-0149	ICR Reference No: 201802-3060-024
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201711-3060-026
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: WCB
Title: Part 63, Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, WC Docket No. 17-84, FCC 17-154
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 05/01/2018
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/21/2018
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2021	36 Months From Approved	01/31/2021
Responses	58	0	60
Time Burden (Hours)	348	0	360
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, requires that the FCC review the establishment, acquisition, operation, and extension of lines, and the discontinuance of service by interstate common carriers. This OMB collection pertains primarily to section 63.71 and other related sections of the Commission's rules, which govern the application process for receiving authority for discontinuance, impairment or reduction in service. The discontinuance obligations that apply to domestic non-dominant telecommunications carriers have been extended to providers of interconnected VoIP service. In November 2017, the Commission revised its discontinuance procedures in several ways. First, the Commission applied a uniform reduced public comment period of 10 days and an automatic grant period of 25 days to all carriers, whether dominant or non-dominant, who seek approval to grandfather low speed (i.e., services below 1.544 Mbps) legacy services (a carrier grandfathers a service when it maintains the provision of that service to existing customers while ceasing to offer such service to new customers). Second, the Commission applied a uniform reduced public comment period of 10 days and an auto-grant period of 31 days to all applications seeking to discontinue legacy data services (i.e., services below 1.544 Mbps) that have previously been grandfathered for a period of at least 180 days, provided the applicant submits a certification as part of its discontinuance application that the applicant has received Commission authority to grandfather the services at issue at least 180 days prior to the filing of the discontinuance application. Third, the Commission held that if a carrier files an application to discontinue, reduce, or impair a legacy voice or data service below 1.544 Mbps for which it has had no customers and no request for service for at least a 30-day period immediately preceding submission of the application, that application will be automatically granted on the 15th day after its filing with the Commission, absent Commission notice to the contrary. Lastly, the Commission held that a carrier need not seek approval from the Commission pursuant to Section 214(a) of the Act to discontinue, reduce, or impair a service when such a change in the service directly affects only carrier-customers.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 403 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 571 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 151 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 154(i) and 154(j) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 218 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 160 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 161 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 201-205 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 214 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:
3060-AK32	Final or interim final rulemaking	82 FR 61453	12/28/2017

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 1613	01/12/2018
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 12391	03/21/2018
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	58	60	-2
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	348	360	-12
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: The Commission is reporting program changes/decreases to the total number of respondents, total annual responses and total annual burden hours with this revised collection. The total number of respondents and total annual responses decreased from 60 to 58 (-2) and the total annual burden hours decreased from 360 to 348 (-12). These program changes/decreases are due to the Commission estimates that it will receive fewer discontinuance applications pursuant to Section 214(a) in light of the Commission’s reversal of the 2015 Technology Transition Order’s interpretation of Section 214(a) with respect to discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service that directly affects only carrier-customers. No adjustments are being reported to this information collection.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $341,458

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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: Michele Berlove 202 418-1580 michele.berlove@fcc.gov

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