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OMB Control No: 3060-0742	ICR Reference No: 202408-3060-014
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202205-3060-015
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: WCB
Title: Sections 52.21 through 52.37, Telephone Number Portability (47 CFR Part 52, Subpart C) and CC Docket No. 95-116
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 01/15/2025
	Date Received in OIRA: 10/29/2024
Terms of Clearance: Supporting statement updated during review.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2028	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2025
Responses	13,672,650	0	10,002,000
Time Burden (Hours)	840,235	0	673,410
Cost Burden (Dollars)	15,000,000	0	0

Abstract: Section 251(b)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended requires LECs to “provide, to the extent technically feasible, number portability in accordance with requirements prescribed by the Commission.” Through the LNP process, consumers have the ability to retain their phone number when switching telecommunications service providers, enabling them to choose a provider that best suits their needs and enhancing competition. In the Porting Interval Order and Further Notice, the Commission mandated a one business day porting interval for simple wireline-to-wireline and intermodal port requests. The information collected in the standard local service request data fields is necessary to complete simple wireline-to-wireline and intermodal ports within the one business day porting interval mandated by the by the Commission and will be used to comply with Section 251 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 251(b)(2), 251(e)(2), 332 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code: 47 USC 151,152,154(i), 201-205, 215 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-AL34	Final or interim final rulemaking	88 FR 85794	12/08/2023

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 53079	06/25/2024
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 85965	10/29/2024
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Business or other for-profit

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	13,672,650	10,002,000	3,670,650
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	840,235	673,410	166,825
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	15,000,000	0	15,000,000

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The Commission is reporting program changes/increases to this revised information collection resulting from program changes due to the adoption of certain new or modified rules in the SIM Swap and Port-Out Fraud Order. As discussed in this Supporting Statement, we believe that most respondents have previously developed and currently use a digital internal system to manage and respond to many compliance obligations. Because of this, the burden for many compliance obligations will be limited to new entrants. However, implementation of new obligations in the SIM Swap and Port-Out Fraud Order will require additional hours to design, develop, test, and implement procedures, including employee training. Taken together, these changes have resulted in corresponding increases to the total figures in the total number of responses 10,002,000 to 13,672,650 (+3,670,650) and to the total annual burden hours from 673,410 to 840,235 (+166,825) burden hours. In addition, the Commission estimates that 25% of CMRS providers would incur costs of $100,000 in costs on average (across national, regional, and small providers) to implement the rules resulting from the SIM Swap and Port-Out Fraud Order, and thus the total annual costs to respondents increased by $15,000,000. The number of respondents has also decreased from 3,626 to 1,626 (-2,000) in an adjustment. The prior collection inadvertently counted the same respondents multiple times for the collection by adding the respondents for each requirement. However, the respondents are all pulled from the same pool – all carriers required to implement local number portability – and the Commission has adjusted this number accordingly.

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: Jonathan Lechter 202 418-1500 jonathan.lechter@fcc.gov

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