Supporting statement revised to clarify and address recent comments.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
01/31/2018
36 Months From Approved
06/30/2017
940
0
360
11,280
0
5,760
793,750
0
0
The rules adopted in the Rural Call Completion Report and Order ("Order"), WC Docket No. 13-39, FCC 13-135, require covered providers to record, retain and report call completion data. Covered providers are providers of long-distance voice service that make the initial long-distance call path choice for more than 100,000 domestic retail subscriber lines. These providers generally must collect call completion data, retain such data for six months, and file quarterly reports with the Commission. The collection of this data will give the Commission the information it needs to investigate rural call completion problems. In addition to the recordkeeping, retention, and reporting obligations described above, the Order also requires certain providers to file a one-time letter in the docket explaining that they do not make the initial long-distance call path choice and identifying the long-distance provider or providers to which they hand off their end-user customers' calls. Finally, the Order encourages rural incumbent local exchange carriers to report quarterly on the number of incoming long-distance call attempts received, the number answered on its network, and the call answer rate calculation for each of the previous three months.
The Commission subsequently made minor modifications to this information collection in the Rural Call Completion Reconsideration Order ("Reconsideration Order"), WC Docket No. 13-39, FCC 14-175. In the Reconsideration Order, the Commission granted USTelecom/ITTA's request that the reporting requirements exclude on-net intraLATA toll calls that are not handed off to unrelated carriers and are delivered directly to the terminating local exchange carrier or to the tandem that it subtends. The Commission found that this traffic comprises a small portion of on-net traffic (traffic that is not handed off to unrelated carriers) in general, that other on-net traffic will provide an adequate benchmark for off-net performance, and that the cost of applying the rules to this particular subset of traffic outweigh the benefits.
US Code:
47 USC 152
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code:
47 USC 154(i)
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code:
47 USC 201
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code:
47 USC 202
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 220(a)
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code:
47 USC 403
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code:
47 USC 251(a)
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code:
47 USC 151
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
The Commission has program changes to this collection which are due to the information collection requirements that were adopted in the Rural Call Completion Order, FCC-13-135. These program changes/increases are follows: 135 to the number of respondents, 580 to the annual number of responses, and 5,520 to the annual burden hours and $793,750 to the annual cost burden.
$23,500
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Sanford Williams 202 418-1508
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Revised_01_2015_3060-1186_Supporting_Statement_Jan26.docx
RCC - Business respondents