[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 185 (Monday, September 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49409-49410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23773]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to OMB for 
Review

September 20, 1995.
    The Federal Communications, 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 collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1980, (44 U.S.C. 3507). Comments concerning the Commission's need for 
this information, the accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and 
any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, including the 
use of automated information techniques are requested.
    Persons wishing to comment on this information collection should 
submit comments on or before September 28, 1995.
    Direct all comments to Timothy Fain, Office of Management and 
Budget, Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-3561 or via 
internet at [email protected], and Dorothy Conway, Federal 
Communications, Room 234, 1919 M St., NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via 
internet to [email protected].
    For additional information or copies of the information collections 
contact Dorothy Conway at 202-418-0217 or via internet at 
[email protected]. Copies may also be obtained via fax by contacting the 
Commission's Fax on Demand System. To obtain fax copies call 202-418-
0177 from the handset on your fax machine, and enter the document 
retrieval number indicated below, when prompted.
    FCC Report 43-09A was adopted by the Common Carrier Bureau to 
establish reporting requirements on video dialtone costs and 
jurisdictional separations for local exchange carriers offering video 
dialtone service. The report is prescribed for every local exchange 
carrier that has obtained Section 214 authorization from the Commission 
to provide video dialtone trials or commercial services.
    Affected carriers shall file by June 30, September 30, and December 
31 of each year the report for the previous quarter. The initial report 
will be filed on the last day of the calendar quarter after the end of 
the calendar quarter in which a carrier received authorization. The 
report shall be filed on a study area basis.
    FCC Report 43-09A provides a quarterly report of wholly dedicated 
and shared video dialtone investment, expense, and revenue captured in 
a carrier's subsidiary accounting records. The report line items 
generally follow those provided in existing FCC Report 43-01, ARMIS 
Quarterly Report, with minor exceptions. The report columns identify 
data for each line item by dedicated video dialtone costs and revenues, 
shared costs and revenues, and video dialtone's portion of shared costs 
and revenues.
    FCC Report 43-09B was adopted by the Common Carrier Bureau to 
establish reporting requirements on video dialtone costs and 
jurisdictional separations for local exchange carriers offering video 
dialtone service. The report is prescribed for every local exchange 
carrier that has obtained Section 214 authorization from the Commission 
to provide video dialtone trials or commercial services.
    Affected carriers shall file by March 31 of each year the report 
for the fourth calendar quarter. The report shall be filed on a study 
area basis.
    FCC Report 43-09B provides a fourth quarter report of video 
dialtone investment, expense, and revenue disaggregated by regulated 
and nonregulated classification and by jurisdictional categories. The 
reports summarize the impact of video dialtone on the interstate and 
intrastate jurisdictions and local telephone rates. The report line 
items generally follow those provided in existing FCC Report 43-01, 
ARMIS Quarterly Report, with minor exceptions. The report columns 
identify data for each line item by total costs and revenues, dedicated 
video dialtone costs and revenues, shared costs and revenues, video 
dialtone's portion of shared costs and revenues, total video dialtone 
costs and revenues, video dialtone's percentage of total costs and 
revenues, nonregulated and nonregulated video dialtone costs and 
revenues, and video dialtone costs and revenues subject to separations 
and those allocated to the intrastate and interstate jurisdictions. OMB 
approval for these reporting requirements is being requested by 
September 29, 1995.

OMB Control No.: None.
    Title: ARMIS Video Dialtone Quarterly Report; ARMIS Video Dialtone 
Fourth Quarter Report.
    Form Nos.: FCC Report 43-09A; FCC Report 43-09B.
    Action: New collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Frequency of response: Quarterly.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 10 respondents; average 462 hours per 
respondent; 4,620 hours total annual burden.
    Needs and Uses: This information is being collected in conjunction 
with the Common Carrier Bureau's Order Inviting Comment, DA 95-1409, 
AAD No. 95-59 (released June 23, 1995), that proposed the content and 
format of video dialtone reports initiated by the Commission's Video 
Dialtone Reconsideration Order, 10 FCC Rcd 244 (November 7, 1994). The 
reports will enable the Commission, State regulatory agencies, local 
exchange carriers (``LECs''), and other interested parties to analyze 
LECs' video dialtone investment, revenue, and costs. Specifically, the 
data will allow the Commission to monitor the implementation of video 
dialtone service, to assist the Commission in ensuring that local 
telephone service ratepayers do not absorb any of the costs of a LEC's 
video dialtone operations, to track the impact of video dialtone on 
jurisdictional separations and local 

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telephone rates, and to aid the Commission in its tariff review 
process.
    Document Retrevial Number: 604309.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-23773 Filed 9-22-95; 8:45 am]
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