[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 34 (Friday, February 18, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-3683]


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[Federal Register: February 18, 1994]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

Public Information Collection Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

    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 
1980, Public Law 96-511. For further information contact Shoko B. Hair, 
Federal Communications Commission, (202) 632-6934.

Federal Communications Commission

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0395.
    Title: Automated Reporting and Management Information Systems 
(ARMIS)--Sections 43.21 and 43.22 (FCC Reports 43-05 and 43-07).
    Expiration Date: 04/30/96.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 151,868 total hours; 941.38 hours per 
response.
    Description: ARMIS was implemented to facilitate the timely and 
efficient analysis of revenue requirements and rates of return, to 
provide an improved basis for audit and other oversight functions and 
to enhance the Commission's ability to quantify the effects of 
alternative policy proposals. ARMIS also includes service quality and 
infrastructure reporting. The FCC Reports 43-05 and 43-07 are used to 
monitor the quality of service provided by the local exchange carriers 
(LECs) under price caps. Such monitoring allows the Commission to 
observe the success of incentive regulation, and to become aware of any 
falling off of service quality or infrastructure development.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0106.
    Title: Reports of Overseas Telecommunications Traffic--Section 
43.61, FCC Report 43.61.
    Expiration Date: 12/31/96.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2,340 total hours; 18.28 hours per 
response.
    Description: FCC Report 43.61 is an annual reporting requirement 
imposed on common carriers engaged in the provision of overseas 
telecommunications services. The reported data is useful for 
international planning, facility authorization, monitoring emerging 
developments in communications services, analyzing market structures, 
tracking the balance of payments in international communications 
services, and market analysis purposes. The reported data enables the 
Commission to fulfill its regulatory responsibilities.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0168.
    Title: Reports of Proposed Changes in Depreciation Rates--Section 
43.43.
    Expiration Date: 10/31/96.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 120,000 total hours; 10,000 hours per 
response.
    Description: Dominant communication common carriers with annual 
operating revenues of $100 million or more are required to file a 
report showing any proposed changes to their depreciation rates 
schedule at least 90 days prior to the effective date of the proposed 
changes pursuant to 47 CFR 43.43. The information filed is used by the 
Commission to establish the proper depreciation rates to be charged by 
the carriers.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0165.
    Title: Records to be Maintained and Reports to be Filed, Section 
41.31.
    Expiration Date: 11/30/96.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 408 total hours; 6 hours per response.
    Description: Section 210 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. 210, requires that common carriers subject to the 
Act maintain records to reflect the name, address, etc., of persons 
holding telephone or telegraph franks, so as to enable the Commission 
and/or carriers to compile, if needed, reports in this area.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0147.
    Title: Extension of Unsecured Credit for Interstate and Foreign 
Communications Services to Candidates for Federal Office, Section 
64.804.
    Expiration Date: 11/30/96.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 208 total hours; 8 hours per response.
    Description: Communications common carriers with operating revenues 
exceeding $1 million who extend unsecured credit to a candidate or 
person on behalf of such candidates for federal office must file with 
the FCC a report including due and outstanding balances. The 
information is used for monitoring purposes.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0076.
    Title: Annual Employment Report for Common Carriers, FCC Form 395.
    Expiration Date: 12/31/96.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,200 total hours; 1 hour per response.
    Description: The Annual Employment Report is submitted by certain 
common carrier licensees and permittees. The data is intended to assess 
compliance with equal employment opportunity requirements. Data is used 
by the FCC, Congress, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, EEOC, NTIA 
and public interest groups. A Public Notice will be issued to announce 
the availability of the 1994 edition of the FCC Form 395.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-3683 Filed 2-17-94; 8:45 am]
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