Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission

<NOTICE> FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION <DEPDOC>[OMB 3060-0823, OMB 3060-1151; FR ID 322453]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Federal Communications Commission. <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Notice and request for comments. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> 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. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before February 20, 2026. 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. </DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">ADDRESSES:</HD> Direct all PRA comments to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email <E T="03">PRA@fcc.gov</E> and to <E T="03">nicole.ongele@fcc.gov</E> . <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> For additional information about the information collection, contact Nicole Ongele, (202) 418-2991. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> 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. <E T="03">OMB Control Number:</E> 3060-0823. <E T="03">Title:</E> Part 64, Pay Telephone Reclassification. <E T="03">Form Number:</E> N/A. <E T="03">Type of Review:</E> Extension of a currently approved collection. <E T="03">Respondents:</E> Business or other for-profit. <E T="03">Number of Respondents and Responses:</E> 400 respondents; 16,820 responses. <E T="03">Estimated Time per Response:</E> 2.66 hours (average). <E T="03">Frequency of Response:</E> On occasion, quarterly and monthly reporting requirements and third party disclosure requirements. <E T="03">Obligation to Respond:</E> Required to obtain or retain benefits. Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in <E T="03">47 U.S.C. 151, 154,</E> 201-205, 218, 226 and 276. <E T="03">Total Annual Burden:</E> 44,700 hours. <E T="03">Total Annual Cost:</E> $832,000. <E T="03">Needs and Uses:</E> The Commission established a plan to ensure that payphone service providers (PSPs) were compensated for certain non-coin calls originated from their payphones. As part of this plan, the Commission required that by October 7, 1997, local exchange carriers were to provide payphone-specific coding digits to PSPs, and that PSPs were to provide those digits from their payphones to interexchange carriers. The provision of payphone-specific coding digits was a prerequisite to payphone per-call compensation payments by IXCs to PSPs for subscriber 800 and access code calls. The Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau subsequently provided a waiver until March 9, 1998, for those payphones for which the necessary coding digits were not provided to identify calls. The Bureau also on that date clarified the requirements established in the Payphone Orders for the provision of payphone-specific coding digits and for tariffs that LECs must file pursuant to the Payphone Orders. <E T="03">OMB Control Number:</E> 3060-1151. <E T="03">Title:</E> Sections 1.1411, 1.1412, 1.1415, and 1.1416 Pole Attachment Access and Dispute Resolution Requirements. <E T="03">Form Number:</E> FCC Form 5653. <E T="03">Type of Review:</E> Revision of a currently-approved collection. <E T="03">Respondents:</E> Business or other for-profit. <E T="03">Number of Respondents and Responses:</E> 1,359 respondents; 185,584 responses. <E T="03">Estimated Time per Response:</E> 0.25—5 hours. <E T="03">Frequency of Response:</E> On-occasion reporting requirement, recordkeeping requirement, and third-party disclosure requirement. <E T="03">Obligation to Respond:</E> Mandatory or required to obtain or retain benefits. Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 224. <E T="03">Total Annual Burden:</E> 146,264 hours. <E T="03">Total Annual Cost:</E> $1,800. <E T="03">Needs and Uses:</E> The Commission is requesting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for a revision to a currently approved information collection. In <E T="03">Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment,</E> WC Docket No. 17-84, Fifth Report and Order, FCC 25-38 (rel. July 25, 2025) (Order), the Commission adopted rules that implement the pole attachment requirements in section 224 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. The Order substantially revised 47 CFR 1.1411 and 47 CFR 1.1412. <E T="03">Section 1.1411.</E> In the Order, the Commission adopted regulations requiring (1) greater collaboration and cooperation between utilities and attachers, (2) a timeline for large pole attachment requests, (3) improvements to the pole attachment timeline, and (4) improvements to the contractor approval process. The Commission adopted these requirements to help improve the attachment process and potentially reduce disputes, thus facilitating broadband deployment. Specifically, the Order requires (1) attachers to provide written notice to utilities of forthcoming pole attachment orders for orders exceeding 300 poles or 0.5 percent of the utility's poles in a state up to the lesser of 3,000 poles or 5 percent of a utility's poles in the state associated with a single network deployment and for orders exceeding the lesser of 3,000 poles or 5 percent of a utility's poles in the state up to the lesser of 6,000 poles or ten percent of a utility's poles in a state; (2) that an attacher that fails to provide timely advance notice of such orders must, upon prompt notice from the utility, still wait the relevant advance notice period before the applicable timeline begins; (3) a meet-and-confer following the requisite advance notice for orders exceeding the lesser of 3,000 poles or five percent of a utility's poles in a state up to the lesser of 6,000 poles or ten percent of a utility's poles in a state; and (4) a new set of timelines for utilities to complete each pole access phase for large orders. The Commission further revised its pole attachment timelines as follows: (1) require utilities to notify attachers within 15 days of receiving a complete application if they know or reasonably should know that they cannot meet the survey deadline, and require utilities to notify attachers within 15 days of payment of the estimate, and existing attachers to notify utilities and new attachers within 15 days of receiving notice from the utility, if they know or reasonably should know that they cannot meet the make-ready deadline; (2) add a self-help remedy for make-ready estimates, provided certain safeguards are met; and (3) prohibit utility-imposed limits on application size and frequency that have the effect of restricting the number of pole attachments attachers may seek in a given timeframe. <E T="03">Section 1.1412.</E> In the Order, the Commission adopted improvements to the contractor approval process by requiring utilities to respond to a request to add contractors to a utility-approved list within 30 days of receiving the request. <SIG> <FP>Federal Communications Commission.</FP> <NAME>Marlene Dortch,</NAME> Secretary, Office of the Secretary. </SIG> </SUPLINF> <FRDOC>[FR Doc. 2025-23586 Filed 12-19-25; 8:45 am]</FRDOC> </NOTICE>