[Federal Register: February 24, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 36)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission
February 15, 2005.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid
control number. 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 estimate; (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.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before March 28, 2005. If you anticipate that you will
be submitting PRA 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments to Judith
B. Herman, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C804, 445 12th
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554 or via the Internet to
Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection(s), contact Judith B. Herman at 202-418-
0214 or via the Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control No.: 3060-0823.
Title: Pay Telephone Reclassification, Memorandum Opinion and
Order, CC Docket No. 96-128.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 400.
Estimated Time Per Response: 2-35 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, third party
disclosure requirement, and on occasion, monthly, and quarterly
reporting requirements.
Total Annual Burden: 44,700 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $480,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking extension (no change in
requirements) for this information collection. The Commission is
submitting this information collection to the OMB in order to obtain
the full three-year clearance from them. For background, the Commission
adopted and released a Memorandum Opinion and Order in March 1998,
which clarified the requirements established in the Payphones Orders
for the provision of payphone-specific coding digits and for tariffs
that local exchange carriers (LECs) must file pursuant to the Payphone
Orders. The Commission also granted a waiver of Part 69 of the
Commission's rules so that LECs can establish rate elements to recover
the costs of implementing FLEX-ANI (a type of switch software) to
provide payphone specific coding digits for per-call compensation. The
Commission is required in the Payphone Orders to implement section 276
of the Act.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0986.
Title: Competitive Carrier Line Count Report.
Form No.: FCC Form 525.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 1,300 respondents; 4,753 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: .5-6 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly and annual reporting
requirements and third party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 3,707 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Needs and Uses: The Commission has revised this information
collection. The information collection has been revised as a result of:
(1) Certain collections associated with the election of a
disaggregation path were one-time in nature and have been eliminated
and removed from this burden estimate; and (2) the Commission has
created a new FCC Form 525 to collect line count data required by
Competitive Eligible Telecommunications Carriers (CETCs) pursuant to
this and other OMB control numbers, as well as line count data related
to lines provided by CETCs using unbundled network elements (UNEs). The
UNE data are necessary for Universal Service Administrative Company
(USAC) to implement section 54.307 of the Commission's rules. It is
anticipated that the implementation of FCC Form 525 will reduce burdens
in several collections by standardizing the information submission
format. As collections 3060-0972, 3060-0774 and 3060-0942 are renewed,
the information provided in FCC Form 525 will be eliminated from the
burden estimates for these collections. The Commission will use the
information requirements to determine whether and to what extent rural
telecommunications carriers providing the data are eligible to receive
universal service support.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0298.
Title: Competitive Carrier Line Count Report.
Form No.: FCC Form 525.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 1,300 respondents; 4,753 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 57 hours.
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Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting
requirements.
Total Annual Burden: 66,120 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking extension (no change) to
this information collection. The Commission is submitting this
information collection to the OMB in order to obtain the full three-
year clearance.
Part 61 of the Commission's rules establishes procedures for filing
tariffs which contain the charges, practices, and regulations of the
common carriers, supporting economic data and other related documents.
The supporting data must conform to other parts of the Rules such as
Parts 36 and 69. Part 61 also prescribes the framework for the initial
establishment of and subsequent revisions to tariffs. Tariffs that do
not conform to Part 61 may be required to post their schedules or rates
and regulations. The information collected through a carrier's tariff
is used by the Commission to determine whether services offered are
just and reasonable as the Act requires.
The tariffs and any supporting documentation are examined in order
to determine if the services are offered in a just and reasonable
manner.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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