[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 13 (Friday, January 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4163-4165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1452]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collection Requirements Being Reviewed By The 
Federal Communications Commission For Extension Under Delegated 
Authority 5 CFR 1320.9

January 10, 1995.
    The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing the following 
information collection requirements for possible 3-year extension under 
delegated authority 5 CFR 1320.9, authority delegated to the Commission 
by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on October 6, 1994. These 
collections were all previously approved by OMB and are unchanged. 
[[Page 4164]] Public comments are invited on any of these collections 
for a period ending February 21, 1995. Persons wishing to comment on 
these information collections should contact Dorothy Conway, Federal 
Communications Commission, 1919 M Street NW, Room 242-B, Washington, DC 
20554. You may also send comments via Internet to DC[email protected]. Upon 
approval FCC will forward supporting material and copies of these 
collections to OMB.
    Copies of these submissions may be purchased from the Commission's 
copy contractor, International Transcription Service, Inc., 2100 M 
Street, NW, Suite 140, Washington, DC 20037, (202) 857-3800. For 
further information on these submissions contact Dorothy Conway, 
Federal Communications Commission, (202) 418-0217.
OMB Number: 3060-0224.
    Title: Section 90.151 Request for waiver.
    Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Frequency of Response:  On occasion.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 60 responses; 2 hours burden per response; 
120 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: Section 90.151 requires applicants requesting a 
waiver of various radio spectrum rules submit information justifying 
the waiver need. The FCC personnel use this information to determine if 
an exception to the rules is warranted.
OMB Number: 3060-0226.
    Title: Section 90.135(d) & (e) Modification of license.
    Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit; State, 
Local or Tribal Government.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1656 responses; 10 minutes burden per 
response; 276 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: Section 90.135(d) & (e) requires licensees who 
change certain parameters (name, address, mobile units, etc) to inform 
the Commission by form letter. This notification is necessary to 
maintain accurate data utilized by the Commission, frequency 
coordinators and the public in corresponding with licensees regarding 
interference resolution and licensing matters.
OMB Number: 3060-0253.
    Title: Part 68 - Connection of Telephone Equipment to the Telephone 
Network (Sections 68.106, 68.108 and 68.110).
    Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit; not-for-profit institutions; farms; Federal Government; State, 
Local or Tribal Government.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 57,540 responses; .057 hours burden per 
response; 3,280 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: The requirements in Part 68 are necessary to 
prevent the degradation of the telephone network. The collections are 
designed to prevent harm to the telephone network when customer-
provided equipment is connected to the telephone company lines and 
assures that customers will not overload the telephone lines with 
excessive equipment which would degrade service to the customer and 
others. Telephone companies and persons connecting certain equipment to 
the network are the affected public.
OMB Number: 3060-0281.
    Title: Section 90.651 Supplemental reports required of licensees 
authorized under this subpart.
    Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit; State, 
Local or Tribal Government.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 16,408 responses; 10 minutes burden per 
response; 2,735 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: Section 90.651 requires licensees to report the 
actual number of mobil units served by each base station. The various 
subparagraphs of the rule apply to different categories of licensees 
and define exactly what information is required. The Commission 
licensing personnel use the information to maintain an accurate data 
base of frequency users which is used in spectrum planning, 
interference resolution and licensing activities.
OMB Number: 3060-0284.
    Title: Section 94.25(f) & (g) & (i) Filing of applications.
    Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for- profit; not-for-profit 
institutions; State, Local and Tribal Government.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 25 responses; 30 minutes burden per 
response; 13 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: Section 94.25 requires that applicants proposing 
new or modified microwave transmitting facilities in the vicinity of 
the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Naval Radio Research 
Observatory, Table Mountain Radio Receiving Zone or the FCC monitoring 
stations, consult with those parties to avoid interference to these 
sites. The requirement is necessary to preserve interference-free 
reception at these sites.
OMB Number: 3060-0291.
    Title: Section 90.477 Interconnected Systems.
    Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions; State, Local and Tribal Governments.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,000 recordkeepers; 1 hours burden per 
recordkeeper; 1,000 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: Section 90.477 allows private land mobile radio 
licensees to use common point telephone interconnection with telephone 
service costs distributed on a non-profit cost sharing basis. Records 
of such arrangements must be placed in the licensees station records 
and made available to participants in the sharing arrangement and the 
Commission upon request. The information is used by the participating 
licensees to effect the required cost sharing.
    OMB Number: 3060-0300.
    Title: Section 94.107 Posting of Station Authorization and 
Transmitter Identification Cards, Plates or Signs.
    Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping Requirement.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 12,140 recordkeepers; 5 seconds per 
recordkeeper; 17 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: Section 94.107 requires licensees to keep the 
original of each transmitter authorization posted or immediately 
available at the address at which the station records are maintained, 
and to post a copy at the transmitter location. This information is 
used by field personnel to determine if a transmitter is operating in 
conformance with its authorization.
OMB Number: 3060-0308.
    Title: Section 90.505 Developmental operation showing required.
    Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions; State, Local and Tribal Government.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 100 responses; 2 hours burden per 
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    Needs and Uses: Section 90.505 requires licensees proposing 
development of new uses of the radio communication facilities submit 
information showing why such an authorization is necessary and its 
uses. Commission personnel use the information to evaluate the 
desirability of issuing such an authorization from spectrum use and 
interference potential considerations.
OMB Number: 3060-0330.
    Title: Part 62 - Applications to Hold Interlocking Directorates.
    Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 10 responses; 2 hours burden response; 20 
hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: Part 62 of the Commission Rules requires the 
Commission to monitor the effect of interlocking directorates on the 
telecommunications industry and ensure they will not have any 
anticompetitive impact. The affected public is any entity desiring to 
occupy such positions.
OMB Number: 3060-0439.
    Title: Regulations Concerning Indecent Communications by Telephone.
    Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 10,200 responses; 10 minutes burden per 
response; 1,632 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: Section 64.201 contains several information 
collections requirements including: (1) a requirement that certain 
common carriers block access to indecent messages unless the subscriber 
sees access from the common carrier in writing; (2) a requirement that 
adult message service providers notify their carriers of the nature of 
their programming; and (3) a requirement that a provider of adult 
message services request that their carriers identify it as such in 
bills to its subscribers. The information requirements are imposed on 
carriers, adult message service providers and those who solicit their 
services to ensure that minors are denied access to material deemed 
indecent.
OMB Number: 3060-0450.
    Title: Detariffing the Installation and Maintenance of Inside 
Wiring Services; Reports on State Regulatory Activities (CC Docket No. 
79-105).
    Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 68 responses; 2 hours burden per response; 
136 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: Certain local exchange carriers are required to 
file copies of any state statute, rule, order, or other document that 
regulates, or proposes to regulate, the prices for inside wiring 
services. This information is used by the Commission to monitor the 
actions of state agencies to ensure that their actions do not impede 
federal policies.
OMB Number: 3060-0454.
    Title: Regulation of International Accounting Rates (CC Docket No. 
90-337).
    Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 120 responses; 2 hours burden per 
response; 240 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: CC Docket No 90-337 implemented rules making it 
easier for U.S. carriers engaged in international telecommunications to 
negotiate lower accounting rates. Simple reductions in rates are made 
pursuant to a notification approach; other changes are subject to ISP 
waiver approach. Such carriers are required to file copies of operating 
agreements. The information is used for monitoring and enforcement 
purposes.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-1452 Filed 1-19-95; 8:45 am]
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