Non-substantive Change Request Justification

OMB Control No. 3060-1156

47 CFR § 43.82,

Annual International Circuit Capacity Reports

August 2025

NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE REQUEST JUSTIFICATION

OMB Control No. 3060-1156

The Commission’s Office of International Affairs (OIA) is requesting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for de minimis, non-substantive changes to the information collection in OMB Control No. 3060-1156. On August 7, 2025, the Commission adopted a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.¹ In the Report and Order, the Commission removed and replaced 47 CFR § 43.82(a)(1)² to reflect that the cable operator report is no longer required. The elimination of the cable operator report may be a modification to an information collection that should be considered a non-substantive change. In addition, the Note was moved to the body of the rule at (a)(2) and additional sections were added to (d) and (e).³ It is unclear whether the addition of the text in 47 CFR § 43.82(d) and (e) are information collections because they do not appear to add requirements or burdens to filers and instead relate to compliance and sharing of circuit capacity reports with federal agencies. Overall, the above modifications should be considered as non-substantive changes. These non-substantive changes will not impact the burden and cost for this information collection.

1 Review of Submarine Cable Landing License Rules and Procedures to Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks; Amendment of the Schedule of Application Fees Set Forth in Sections 1.1102 through 1.1109 of the Commission’s Rules, OI Docket No. 24-523, MD Docket No. 24-524, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 25-49 (Aug. 13, 2025) (2025 Cable Report and Order).

2 2025 Cable Report and Order, at 175.

3 2025 Cable Report and Order, at 175-76.

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