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OMB Control No: 3060-1151	ICR Reference No: 202203-3060-012
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201901-3060-004
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: WCB
Title: Sections 1.1411, 1.1412, and 1.1415 Pole Attachment Access Requirements
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: 06/27/2022
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/28/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2025	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2022
Responses	163,876	0	145,538
Time Burden (Hours)	112,534	0	554,410
Cost Burden (Dollars)	6,750,000	0	6,750,000

Abstract: The Commission adopted a comprehensive regulatory scheme to ensure just and reasonable rates, terms, and conditions of access to utility infrastructure (usually called “poles or “pole attachments”). Access to poles involves requests, responses, notices, and coordination among utility pole owners, requesting attachers, and parties with existing facilities attached to the poles. The regulations in 47 CFR sections 1.1411, 1.1412, and 1.1415 include pole access timelines for one-touch, make-ready (OTMR) and non-OTMR attachments and use by new attachers of utility-approved contract workers. In addition, the rules require utilities to allow attachers to “overlash” existing wires and they eliminate outdated disparities between the pole attachment rates that incumbent carriers must pay compared to other similarly-situated cable and telecommunications attachers.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 224 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:
	86 FR 67466	11/26/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 25268	04/28/2022
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
Sections 1.1411, 1.1412, and 1.1415 Pole Attachment Access Requirements

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	163,876	145,538	18,338
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	112,534	554,410	-441,876
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	6,750,000	6,750,000	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: The Commission is reporting adjustments to the total number of respondents, total annual responses, and total annual burden hours previously reported to OMB as part of this collection. These changes result in an upward change in the number of respondents and the total annual responses due to an increase in the number of pole owners and attachers (both cable systems and telecommunications carriers) in the last two years. In addition, there is a downward change in the number of total burden hours from the time this collection was revised in 2019. The 2019 revision included the pre-existing paperwork burdens for the pole attachment timeline (then-Section 1.1420), the pole attachment contractor rule (then-Section1.1422), and the ILEC complaint rule (then-Section 1.1424) that were approved when this collection was renewed in 2018. However, those pre-existing burdens were substantially reduced due to the new pole attachment rules adopted in 2018 (adopting a new pole attachment timeline (Section 1.1411) and new pole attachment contractor rules (Section 1.1412)) and the movement of the burdens for the ILEC complaint rule (Section 1.1413) into OMB Control No. 3060-0392. As a result, those pre-existing paperwork burdens are now largely eliminated for this renewal, and the changes are reflected in this supporting statement.

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: Michael Ray 202 418-0357

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