[Federal Register: January 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 12)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
January 9, 2008.
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 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. An agency
may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it
displays a current valid 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 control number.
Comments are
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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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before March 17,
2008. 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 advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: You may submit all PRA comments by e-mail or U.S. mail. To
submit your comments by e-mail, send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit
your comments by U.S. mail, send them to Leslie F. Smith, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 1-C216, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554, or via the Internet to PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection(s), contact Leslie F. Smith via the Internet at
PRA@fcc.gov or call (202) 418-0217.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0410.
Title: Forecast of Investment Usage Report and Actual Usage of
Investment Report.
Report Numbers: FCC Reports 495A and 495B.
Form Numbers: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 94 respondents; 188 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 40 hours.
Obligation To Respond: Mandatory--The ARMIS reporting requirements
were established by the Commission in 1987 to facilitate the timely and
efficient analysis of carrier operating costs and rates of return, to
provide an improved basis for audits and other oversight functions, and
to enhance the Commission's ability to quantify the effects of
alternative policy proposals. Additional ARMIS Reports were added in
1991 and 1992. Incumbent LECs must submit the ARMIS reports to the
Commission annually on or before April 1. See Reporting Requirements of
Certain Class A and Tier I Telephone Companies (Parts 31, 43, 67 and 69
of the FCC's Rules), Order, 2 FCC Rcd 5770 (1987), modified on recon, 3
FCC Rcd 6375 (1988) (ARMIS Order). Also, see 47 CFR Part 43, Section
43.21.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 7,520 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $0.00.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impacts.
Nature of Extent of Confidentiality: This collection addresses
information of a confidential nature. Respondents have requested and
filed for confidential treatment of information they believe should be
withheld from public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's
rules.
Needs and Uses: The 495A Report provides the forecast and resulting
investment allocation incorporated in a carrier's cost support for its
access tariff. The 495B Report enables the Commission's staff to
monitor actual and forecasted investment use. These reports help ensure
that the regulated operations of the carriers do not subsidize the
nonregulated operations of those same carriers. This information is
also a part of the data necessary to support the Commission's audit and
other oversight functions. This data provides the necessary detail to
enable the Commission to fulfill it regulatory responsibility. There
are no changes to the ARMIS Reports 495A and 495B.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0511.
Title: ARMIS Access Report.
Report Number: FCC Report 43-04.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 79 respondents; 79 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 153 hours.
Obligation To Respond: Mandatory--The ARMIS reporting requirements
were established by the Commission in 1987 to facilitate the timely and
efficient analysis of carrier operating costs and rates of return, to
provide an improved basis for audits and other oversight functions, and
to enhance the Commission's ability to quantify the effects of
alternative policy proposals. Additional ARMIS Reports were added in
1991 and 1992. Incumbent LECs must submit the ARMIS reports to the
Commission annually on or before April 1. See Reporting Requirements of
Certain Class A and Tier I Telephone Companies (Parts 31, 43, 67 and 69
of the FCC's Rules), Order, 2 FCC Rcd 5770 (1987), modified on recon, 3
FCC Rcd 6375 (1988) (ARMIS Order). Also, see 47 CFR Part 43, Section
43.21.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 12,087 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $0.00.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impacts.
Nature of Extent of Confidentiality: This collection does not
address information of a confidential nature. Respondents may request
confidential treatment for information they believe should be withheld
from public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The ARMIS 43-04 provides jurisdictional separations
and access charge data by Part 36 category of the Commission's rules
and regulations. The ARMIS Report 43-04 enables the Commission to
monitor revenue requirements, joint cost allocations, jurisdictional
separations and access charges. This information is also a part of the
data necessary to support the Commission's audit and other oversight
functions. This data provides the necessary detail to enable the
Commission to fulfill its regulatory responsibility.
In this collection, we are revising the number of carriers filing
this ARMIS report from 92 to 89 to reflect three carriers that were
sold.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0395.
Title: The ARMIS USOA Report (ARMIS Report 43-02); the ARMIS
Service Quality Report (ARMIS Report 43-05); and the ARMIS
Infrastructure Report (ARMIS Report 43-07).
Report Numbers: FCC Reports 43-02, 43-05 and 43-07.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 47 respondents; 47 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1264 hours.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory--The ARMIS reporting requirements
were established by the Commission in 1987 to facilitate the timely and
efficient analysis of carrier operating costs and rates of return, to
provide an improved basis for audits and other oversight functions, and
to enhance the Commission's ability to quantify the effects of
alternative policy proposals. Additional ARMIS Reports were added in
1991 and 1992. Incumbent LECs must
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submit the ARMIS reports to the Commission annually on or before April
1. See Reporting Requirements of Certain Class A and Tier I Telephone
Companies (Parts 31, 43, 67 and 69 of the FCC's Rules), Order, 2 FCC
Rcd 5770 (1987), modified on recon, 3 FCC Rcd 6375 (1988) (ARMIS
Order). Also, see 47 CFR Part 43, Section 43.21.
Frequency of Reponse: Annual reporting requirements.
Total Annual Burden: 20,754 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $0.00.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impacts.
Nature of Extent of Confidentiality: This collection addresses
information of a confidential nature for two of these reports.
Respondents have requested and filed for confidential treatment of
information they believe should be withheld from public inspection
under 47 CFR Section 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: FCC Report 43-02 contains company-wide data for
each account specified in the Uniform System of Accounts (USOA). It
provides the annual operating results of the carriers' activities for
every account in the USOA. In this report, we are adjusting the number
of carriers filing the 43-02 ARMIS report from 28 respondents to 26 to
reflect the sale of two respondents. We are also increasing the burden
hours to reflect the Commission's requirement in its Report and Order
and Memorandum Opinion and Order (MOO) released August 31, 2007. The
Commission required AT&T, Qwest, and Verizon to include the imputation
charges it debits to account 5280 accompanied by an explanatory
footnote for each line item identifying the amount imputed in three
ARMIS report filings. The MOO required this information in FCC Reports
43-01, ARMIS Annual Summary Report; 43-02, ARMIS USOA Report; and, 43-
03, ARMIS Joint Cost Report.
ARMIS Report 43-05 collects data at the study level and holding
company level and is designed to capture trends in service quality
under price cap regulation. It provides service quality information in
the areas of interexchange access service installation and repair
intervals, local service installation and repair intervals, trunk
blockage, and total switch downtime for price cap companies. We are
adjusting the number of respondents submitting the 43-05 from 15 to 14
to reflect the merger of two respondents and the spin-off of their
landline business.
ARMIS Report 43-07 is designed to capture trends in telephone
industry infrastructure development under price cap regulation. It
provides switch deployment and capabilities data. The information is
also part of the data necessary to support the Commission's audit and
other oversight functions. This data provides the necessary detail to
enable the Commission to fulfill its regulatory responsibility.
There are no changes to the ARMIS Report 43-07.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0512.
Title: ARMIS Annual Summary Report.
Report Number: FCC Report 43-01.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 124 respondents; 124
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 90 hours.
Obligation To Respond: Mandatory--The ARMIS reporting requirements
were established by the Commission in 1987 to facilitate the timely and
efficient analysis of carrier operating costs and rates of return, to
provide an improved basis for audits and other oversight functions, and
to enhance the Commission's ability to quantify the effects of
alternative policy proposals. Additional ARMIS Reports were added in
1991 and 1992. Incumbent LECs must submit the ARMIS reports to the
Commission annually on or before April 1. See Reporting Requirements of
Certain Class A and Tier I Telephone Companies (Parts 31, 43, 67 and 69
of the FCC's Rules), Order, 2 FCC Rcd 5770 (1987), modified on recon, 3
FCC Rcd 6375 (1988) (ARMIS Order). Also, see 47 CFR Part 43, Section
43.21
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 11,196 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $0.00.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impacts.
Nature of Extent of Confidentiality: This collection does not
address information of a confidential nature. Respondents may request
confidential treatment for information they believe should be withheld
from public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: FCC Report 43-01 facilitates the annual collection
of the results of accounting, rate base, and cost allocation
requirements prescribed in Parts 32, 36, 64, 65 and 69 of the
Commission's rules. ARMIS was implemented to facilitate the timely and
efficient analysis of revenue requirements, rates of return and price
caps; to provide an improved basis for audits and other oversight
functions; and to enhance the Commission's ability to quantify the
effects of alternative policy. The FCC Report 43-01 contains financial
and operating data and is used to monitor the incumbent local exchange
carriers and to perform routine analyses of cost and revenues. This
information is also a part of the data necessary to support the
Commission's audit and other oversight functions. This data provides
the necessary detail to enable the Commission to fulfill it regulatory
responsibility.
The Commission uses an indexed revenue threshold to determine which
carriers are required to file the ARMIS Reports. The revenue threshold
for mid-sized carriers is currently $134 million. In this collection,
we are revising the number of carriers filing this ARMIS report from
126 to 124 to reflect one carrier that fell below the threshold and
another carrier that was sold. We are also increasing the burden hours
to reflect the Commission's requirement in its Report and Order and
Memorandum Opinion and Order (MOO) released August 31, 2007. The
Commission required AT&T, Qwest, and Verizon to include the imputation
charges it debits to account 5280 accompanied by an explanatory
footnote for each line item identifying the amount imputed in three
ARMIS report filings. The MOO required this information in FCC Reports
43-01, ARMIS Annual Summary Report; 43-02, ARMIS USOA Report; and, 43-
03, ARMIS Joint Cost Report.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0513.
Title: ARMIS Joint Cost Report.
Report Number: FCC Report 43-03.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 80 respondents; 80 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 52 hours.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory--The ARMIS reporting requirements
were established by the Commission in 1987 to facilitate the timely and
efficient analysis of carrier operating costs and rates of return, to
provide an improved basis for audits and other oversight functions, and
to enhance the Commission's ability to quantify the effects of
alternative policy proposals. Additional ARMIS Reports were added in
1991 and 1992. Incumbent LECs must submit the ARMIS reports to the
Commission annually on or before April
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1. See Reporting Requirements of Certain Class A and Tier I Telephone
Companies (Parts 31, 43, 67 and 69 of the FCC's Rules), Order, 2 FCC
Rcd 5770 (1987), modified on recon, 3 FCC Rcd 6375 (1988) (ARMIS
Order). Also, see 47 CFR Part 43, Section 43.21.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 4,160 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $0.00.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impacts.
Nature of Extent of Confidentiality: This collection does not
address information of a confidential nature. Respondents may request
confidential treatment of information they believe should be withheld
from public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The ARMIS Joint Cost Report, FCC Report 04-03,
contains financial and operating data. The Report details the incumbent
local exchange carriers regulated and nonregulated cost and revenue
allocations by study area pursuant to Part 64 of the Commission's
rules. This information is also a part of the data necessary to support
the Commission's audit and other oversight functions. This data
provides the necessary detail to enable the Commission to fulfill it
regulatory responsibility. The Commission is revising the number of
respondents filing this ARMIS report from 83 to 80 to reflect three
carriers that were sold. We are also increasing the burden hours to
reflect the Commission's requirement in its Report and Order and
Memorandum Opinion and Order (MOO) released August 31, 2007. The
Commission required AT&T, Qwest, and Verizon to include the imputation
charges it debits to Account 5280 accompanied by an explanatory
footnote for each line item identifying the amount imputed in three
ARMIS report filings. The MOO required this information in FCC Reports
43-01, ARMIS Annual Summary Report; 43-02, ARMIS USOA Report; and, 43-
03, ARMIS Joint Cost Report.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-741 Filed 1-16-08; 8:45 am]
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