6712-01
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0741; FR ID 227055]
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the
Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
the following information collection. Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden
estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information
collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before [INSERT DATE 60 DAYS AFTER
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER]. If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you
should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@fcc.gov and to
nicole.ongele@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the information
collection, contact Nicole Ongele, (202) 418-2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty
for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0741.
Title: Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment,
GN Docket No. 17-84.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,688 respondents; 471,548 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 - 4.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements; recordkeeping and third-party disclosure
requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. Statutory authority for this information
collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 222 and 251.
Total Annual Burden: 473,068 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: Section 251 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 251, is
designed to accelerate private sector development and deployment of telecommunications technologies
and services by spurring competition. Section 222(e) is also designed to spur competition by prescribing
requirements for the sharing of subscriber list information. These information collection requirements are
designed to help implement certain provisions of sections 222(e) and 251, and to eliminate operational
barriers to competition in the telecommunications services market. Specifically, these information
collection requirements will be used to implement (1) local exchange carriers’ (“LECs”) obligations to
provide their competitors with dialing parity and non-discriminatory access to certain services and
functionalities; (2) incumbent local exchange carriers’ (ILECs) duty to make network information
disclosures; and (3) numbering administration. In November 2017, the Commission adopted new rules
concerning certain information collection requirements implemented under section 251(c)(5) of the Act,
pertaining to network change disclosures. Most of the changes to those rules applied specifically to a
certain subset of network change disclosures, namely notices of planned copper retirements. In addition,
the changes removed a rule that prohibits incumbent LECs from engaging in useful advanced

coordination with entities affected by network changes. In June 2018, the Commission revised its
network change disclosure rules to (1) revise the types of network changes that trigger an incumbent
LEC's public notice obligation, and (2) extend the force majeure provisions applicable to copper
retirements to all types of network changes. The changes were aimed at removing unnecessary regulatory
barriers to the deployment of high-speed broadband networks.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.

Katura Jackson,

Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 2024-13649 Filed: 6/20/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/21/2024]