[Federal Register: October 26, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 206)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 
Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

October 17, 2005.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 
information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a 
person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless 
it displays a currently valid control number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Laurenzano, Federal 
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington DC, 20554, 
(202) 418-1359 or via the Internet at plaurenz@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0169.
    OMB Approval date: August 24, 2005.
    Expiration Date: August 31, 2008.
    Title: Sections 43.51 and 43.53--Reports and Records of 
Communications Common Carriers and Affiliates.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 374 responses; 6,029 total annual burden 
hours; approximately 83-101 hours average per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission received an extension with no change 
for this information collection. Section 43.51 requires any 
communication common carrier described in paragraph (b) of this section 
must file with the Commission, within thirty (30) days of execution, a 
copy of each contract, agreement, concession, license, authorization, 
operating agreement or other arrangement to which it is a party and any 
amendments. In addition to other reporting requirements, this rule 
section also requires an annual reporting requirement, third party 
disclosure requirement and recordkeeping requirements. Section 43.53 
requires each communication common carrier engaged directly in the 
transmission or reception of telegraph communications between the 
continental United States and any foreign country shall file a report 
with the Commission within thirty (30) days of the date of any 
arrangement concerning the division of the total telegraph charges on 
such communications other than transiting.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0793.
    OMB Approval date: September 20, 2005.
    Expiration Date: September 30, 2008.
    Title: Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket 
No. 96-45, Procedures for Self Certifying as a Rural Carrier.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 10 responses; 10 total annual burden 
hours; 1 hour per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: In the Tenth Report and Order, the Commission 
adopted proposals that carriers servicing study areas with fewer than 
100,000 access lines that already have certified their

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rural status need not re-certify for purposes of receiving support 
beginning January 1, 2001 and need only file thereafter if their status 
changes. Further, carriers serving more than 100,000 access lines need 
to file rural certifications for their year 2001 status and thereafter 
only if their status has changed.
    The Commission received an extension with no change to this 
information collection.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0515.
    OMB Approval date: September 21, 2005.
    Expiration Date: September 30, 2008.
    Title: Section 43.21(c), Miscellaneous Common Carrier Annual Letter 
Filing Requirement.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 38 responses; 38 total annual burden 
hours; 1 hour per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: Section 43.21(c) requires each miscellaneous common 
carrier with operating revenues in excess of the indexed threshold as 
defined in 47 CFR 32.9000 for a calendar year to file with the Chief, 
Wireline Competition Bureau (formerly the Common Carrier Bureau) a 
letter showing its operating revenues for that year and the value of 
its total communications plant at the end of that year. The letter must 
be filed no later than April 1 of the following year. The information 
is used by FCC staff members to regulate and monitor the telephone 
industry and by the public to analyze the industry. The information on 
revenues and total plant is compiled and published in the Commission's 
annual common carrier statistical publication and trends in telephone 
service report.
    The Commission received an extension with no change to this 
information collection.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-21405 Filed 10-25-05; 8:45 am]

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