[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 122 (Monday, June 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32958-32959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15487]



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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

June 15, 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. 
Public comments are invited on any of these collections for a period 
ending July 26, 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: 3060-0391.
    Title: Monitoring Program for Impact of Federal-State Joint Board 
Decisions.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 708 responses; 1.9 hours burden per 
response; 1,376 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: The Monitoring Program is necessary for the 
Commission, the Joint Board, Congress, and the general public to access 
the impact of the Joint Board Decisions. Failure to implement the 
program would make it impossible to determine the impact of these 
decisions and to assure that they do not produce unanticipated results 
contrary to the public interest.
OMB Number: 3060-0515.
    Title: Section 43.21(d) Miscellaneous Common Carrier and Record 
Carrier Annual Letter Filing Requirements.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 28 responses; 1,4 hours burden per 
response; 38 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: Pursuant to Section 43.21(d) each miscellaneous 
common carrier with operating revenues over $100 million must file a 
letter showing its operating revenues for that year and the value of 
its total communications plant at the end of that year. Record carriers 
with operating revenues over [[Page 32959]] $75 million for a calendar 
year must file a letter showing selected income statement and balance 
sheet items for that year. The letter must contain information 
pertaining to the carriers revenues, expenses, net income, assets, 
liabilities and owners' equity. The information is used by FCC staff to 
regulate and monitor the telephone industry and by the public to 
analyze the industry.
OMB Number: 3060-0166.
    Title: Part 42 Preservation of Records of Communications Common 
Carriers.
    Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: 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: Part 42 of the Commission's Rules prescribes 
guidelines to ensure that carriers maintain the records needed by the 
FCC for its regulatory obligations. Section 42.4 requires carriers to 
maintain at is operating company headquarters a master index of the 
records identifying the records retained. Carriers must explain, by 
adding a certified statement to the index, the premature loss or 
destruction of records pursuant to Section 42.4. Section 42.6 requires 
the retention of telephone toll records for 18 months providing the 
following billing information about telephone toll calls: the name, 
address, and telephone number of the caller, telephone number called, 
date, time and length of the call. Pursuant to Section 42.7 carriers 
are allowed to establish their own retention periods, expect for the 
case of telephone toll records and records relevant to complaint 
proceedings.
OMB Number: 3060-0504.
    Title: Section 90.658 Loading data required for base station 
licensees of trunked specialized mobile radio systems to acquire 
additional channels.
    Form No.: N/A.
    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: 1,909 responses; 30 minutes burden per 
response; 955 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: Section 90.658 requires licensees of trunked 
Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) Systems to submit information regarding 
the number of mobile units served by each base station when applying 
for additional channels to expand an existing system, or to renew a 
trunked SMR System licensed in a waiting list area before June 1, 1993. 
The Commission licensing personnel use the information to ensure that 
licensees of trunked SMR Systems that apply for additional spectrum or 
renew certain licenses have satisfied the FCC loading requirements.
OMB Number: 3060-0024.
    Title: Section 76.12 Special Temporary Authority.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for- profit
    Frequency of Response: On occasion
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1 response; 3 hours burden per response; 3 
hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: Section 76.12 states that a system community unit 
shall be authorized to commence operation only after filing a 
registration statement with the Commission. Section 76.12 states that 
in circumstances requiring the temporary use of community units for 
operations not authorized by the Commission's rules, a cable television 
system may request temporary authorization to operate. The Commission 
may grant temporary authority upon finding that the public interest 
would be served. The data is used by Commission staff to ensure that a 
grant of special temporary authority will not cause interference with 
other stations.
OMB Number: 3060-0022.
    Title: Application for Permit of an Alien Amateur Radio License to 
Operate in the United States.
    Form No.: 610A.
    Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 4,000 responses; 5 minutes burden per 
response; 336 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: FCC610A must be filed with the Commission by aliens 
who hold an Amateur Operator and Station License issued by his/her 
government and who wish to apply for a permit to operate an Amateur 
Radio in the United States.
OMB Number: 3060-0228.
    Title: Section 80.59 Compulsory ship stations.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 200 responses; 2 hours burden per 
response; 400 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: The requirements in Section 80.59 permit the 
Commission to waive the required annual inspection of certain 
oceangoing ships for up to 30 days beyond the expiration of the date of 
a vessel's radio safety certificate
OMB Number: 3060-0265.
    Title: Section 80.868 Card of Instruction.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3,000 responses; 6 minutes burden per 
response; 300 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: Section 80.868 is necessary to insure that 
radiotelephone distress procedures are readily available to the radio 
operator on board certain vessels (300-600 gross tons). This 
information is used by the radio operator during an emergency 
situation, and is designed to assist the radio operator to utilize 
proper distress procedures.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-15487 Filed 6-23-95; 8:45 am]
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