[Federal Register: July 6, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 129)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Public Information Collection(s) Requirement Submitted to OMB for
Emergency Review and Approval
June 28, 2006.
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 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 comments should be submitted on or before August 7,
2006. 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
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advise the contacts 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., DC 20554 or an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. If you would like to
obtain or view a copy of this information collection, you may do so by
visiting the FCC PRA web page at: http://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra.
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: The Commission has requested OMB approval of
this information collection under the emergency processing provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act by July 20, 2006.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0855.
Title: Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet, CC Docket No. 96-45.
Form Number: FCC Forms 499A and 499Q.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 5,625 respondents; 17,465 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 10-25 hours per quarterly filing;
13.5-25 hours per annual filing.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, one-time, quarterly and annual
reporting requirements, recordkeeping requirement, and third party
disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 263,230 hours.
Total Annual Cost: 0.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Needs and Uses: This collection was submitted as a revision to an
existing collection to obtain emergency clearance for FCC Forms 499-A
and 499-Q (3060-0855). Universal Service obligations have been extended
to Interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol Providers. The Federal
Communications Commission (Commission) requires telecommunications
carriers and other providers of telecommunications to contribute to the
universal service fund. The Commission has found that interconnected
VoIP providers are providers of interstate telecommunications. As such,
the Commission has determined that interconnected VoIP providers should
contribute to the universal service fund. By including interconnected
VoIP providers in the contribution base, the Commission ensures that
its contribution mechanism remains equitable, nondiscriminatory, and
competitive neutral. The Commission determined that interconnected VoIP
providers may contribute based on either an interim safe harbor amount,
under which interconnected VoIP providers treat 64.9 percent of their
telecommunications revenues as interstate; their actual interstate end-
user telecommunications revenues; or an estimate of their interstate
end-user telecommunications revenues as determined by a traffic study
that has been approved by the Federal Communication Commission and
submitted to USAC.
In addition, the Commission determined that to the extent wireless
providers report revenue based on traffic studies, in lieu of reporting
actual interstate end-user telecommunications revenues or the interim
wireless safe harbor of 37.1 percent, such traffic studies must be
filed with the Federal Communications Commission and the Universal
Service Fund administrator.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-10474 Filed 7-5-06; 8:45 am]
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