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OMB Control No: 3060-0355	ICR Reference No: 202109-3060-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202104-3060-005
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: OEA/IAD
Title: Rate-of-Return Reports
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: 11/16/2021
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/23/2021
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2024	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2021
Responses	35	0	175
Time Burden (Hours)	350	0	1,400
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	35	175	-140
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	350	1,400	-1,050
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 number of respondents, responses and burden hours with this collection. The total number of respondents and total annual responses decreased to 35 from 175 (-140) and the total burden hours decreased to 350 from 1,400 (-1,050). These program changes/decreases are due in part to the Commission’s new rules allowing rate-of-return incumbent LECs receiving model-based or other forms of high-cost universal service support to elect incentive regulation effective either July 1, 2019 or July 1, 2020. None of the interstate access rates of carriers that adopted incentive regulation are based on rate-of-return regulation and so none of these carriers are required to file FCC Form 492. Furthermore, FCC Form 492A data are no longer filed given Commission forbearance for price-cap carriers. There are no adjustments to this collection.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

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? No

Agency Contact: Suzanne Mendez 202 418-0941 Suzanne.Mendez@fcc.gov

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