# Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
**AGENCY:**
Federal Communications Commission.
**ACTION:**
Notice and request for comments.
**SUMMARY:**
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 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. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 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 OMB control number.
**DATES:**
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted on or before April 1, 2026.
**ADDRESSES:**
Comments should be sent to *www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.* Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function. Your comment must be submitted into *www.reginfo.gov* per the above instructions for it to be considered. In addition to submitting in *www.reginfo.gov* also send a copy of your comment on the proposed information collection to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email to *[email protected]* and to *[email protected].* Include in the comments the OMB control number as shown in the *SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION* below.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
For additional information or copies of the information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991. To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) go to the web page *http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain,* (2) look for the section of the web page called “Currently Under Review,” (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the “Select Agency” box below the “Currently Under Review” heading, (4) select “Federal Communications Commission” from the list of agencies presented in the “Select Agency” box, (5) click the “Submit” button to the right of the “Select Agency” box, (6) when the list of FCC ICRs currently under review appears, look for the Title of this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to OMB will be displayed.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the FCC invited the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Comments are requested concerning: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) 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. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
*OMB Control Number:* 3060-0056.
*Title:* Part 68, Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone Network.
*Form Number:* N/A.
*Type of Review:* Extension of a currently approved collection.
*Respondents:* Business or other for-profit.
*Number of Respondents and Responses:* 41,403 respondents; 44,423 responses.
*Estimated Time per Response:* 0.25 hours-40 hours.
*Frequency of Response:* On occasion reporting requirement, third party disclosure requirement, and recordkeeping requirement.
*Obligation to Respond:* Required to obtain or retain benefits. Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in *47 U.S.C. 151-154, 201-205* and *303(r).*
*Total Annual Burden:* 12,869 hours.
*Total Annual Cost:* $508,250.
*Needs and Uses:* The purpose of *47 CFR part 68* is to protect the telephone network from certain types of harm and prevent interference to subscribers. To (1) demonstrate that terminal equipment complies with criteria for protecting the network and (2) ensure that consumers, providers of telecommunications, the Commission and others are able to trace products to the party responsible for ensuring compliance with these criteria; it is essential to require manufacturers or other responsible parties to provide the information required by Part 68. In addition, incumbent local exchange carriers must provide the information in Part 68 to warn their subscribers of impending disconnection of service when subscriber terminal equipment is causing telephone network harm, and to inform subscribers of a change in network facilities that requires modification or alteration of subscribers' terminal equipment.
*OMB Control Number:* 3060-0823.
*Title:* Part 64, Pay Telephone Reclassification.
*Form Number:* N/A.
*Type of Review:* Extension of a currently approved collection.
*Respondents:* Business or other for-profit.
*Number of Respondents and Responses:* 400 respondents; 16,820 responses.
*Estimated Time per Response:* 2.66 hours (average).
*Frequency of Response:* On occasion, quarterly and monthly reporting requirements 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. 151, 154,* 201-205, 218, 226 and 276.
*Total Annual Burden:* 44,700 hours.
*Total Annual Cost:* $832,000.
*Needs and Uses:* 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.
*OMB Control Number:* 3060-1151.
*Title:* Sections 1.1411, 1.1412, 1.1415, and 1.1416 Pole Attachment Access and Dispute Resolution Requirements.
*Form Number:* FCC Form 5653.
*Type of Review:* Revision of a currently-approved collection.
*Respondents:* Business or other for-profit.
*Number of Respondents and Responses:* 1,359 respondents; 185,584 responses.
*Estimated Time per Response:* 0.25-5 hours.
*Frequency of Response:* On-occasion reporting requirement, recordkeeping requirement, and third-party disclosure requirement.
*Obligation to Respond:* Mandatory or required to obtain or retain benefits. Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 224.
*Total Annual Burden:* 146,264 hours.
*Total Annual Cost:* $1,800.
*Needs and Uses:* The Commission is requesting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for a revision to a currently approved information collection. In *Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment,* 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.
*Section 1.1411.* 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.
*Section 1.1412.* 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.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary. Office of the Secretary.