[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1571-1572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-738]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collections Submitted to OMB for 
Review and Approval, Comments Requested

January 11, 1996.

SUMMARY: 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 proposed 
and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments are 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 Commissions burden estimates; (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 comments should be submitted on or before February 21, 
1996. 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: Direct all comments to Dorothy Conway, Federal 
Communications, Room 234, 1919 M St., NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via 
internet to [email protected] and Timothy Fain, OMB Desk Officer, 10236 
NEOB 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503 or [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collections contact Dorothy Conway at 202-418-0217 
or via internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval No.: 3060-0134.
    Title: Application for Renewal of Private Radio Station License.
    Form No.: 574R.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit; small businesses or 
organizations; individuals or households; state or local governments; 
not-for-profit institutions.
    Number of Responses: 84,000.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .33 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 27,720 hours.
    Needs and Uses: FCC rules require that radio station licensees 
renew their radio station authorization every five years. Data is used 
to update the existing database and make efficient use of the frequency 
spectrum. Data is also used by compliance personnel in conjunction with 
field engineers for enforcement and interference resolutions. The data 
collected is required by the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; 
International Treaties and FCC Rules 47 CFR Parts 1.922, 90.119, 
90.135, 90.157, 95.89, 95.103 and 95.107. The Commission is revising 
the form to include a cerficiation block for the National Environmental 
Protection Act (NEPA).

OMB Approval Number: New Collection.
    Title: Market Entry and Regulation of Foreign-affiliated Carriers.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: New Collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Number of Responses: 431.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 8 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 4,127 hours.
    
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    Needs and Uses: This collection of information is contained in 
amendements to Part 63 and in the Report and Order adopting such 
amendemtns. This collection is necessary to determine whether, and 
under what conditions the public interest, convenience and necessity 
will be served by authorizing particular foreign carriers, or their 
U.S. affiliates, to provide international common carrier service 
between the Undited States and countries where these foreign carriers 
have market power. Second, the information collections in these 
amendments are necessary for the Commission to maintain effective 
oversight of U.S. carriers that are affiliated with, or involved in 
certain co-marketing or similar arrangements with foreign carriers and 
that have market power. The Order adopts a requirement that Section 214 
applicants amend their pending applications to the extent they are 
inconsistent with the new rules. Applications pending as of the 
effective date of the new rules must be amended within thirty days of 
the effective date of the new rules. The information will be used by 
Commission staff in carrying out its duties under the Communications 
Act.

OMB Approval No.: 3060-0395.
    Title: Automated Reporting and Management Information System 
(ARMIS)--Sections 43.21 and 43.22.
    Form No.: FCC Reports 43-05, 43-07.
    Type of Review: Revision and Extension.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for Profit.
    Number of Respondents: 102.
    Estimated Time per Response: 941 (avg.).
    Total Annual Burden: 151,868.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission requires that all price cap LECs and 
small and mid-sized LECs electing incenstive regulation file Service 
Quality Reports. The Commission also requires that certain carriers 
file Infrastructure Reports. The purpose of these requirements is to 
enable the Commission to monitor service quality and infrastructure 
development in carriers under price cap or other incenstive regulation.

OMB Approval Number: 3060-0544.
    Title: 47 CFR 76.701 Leased access channels.
    Type of Review: Extension of approval.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit, individuals or 
households.
    Number of Respondents: 550.
    Total Annual Burden: 4,854 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Section 10(a) of the Cable Television Consumer 
Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Pub.L. No. 102-385, permits 
cable operators to enforce voluntarily a written and published policy 
of prohibiting indecent programming on commercial leased access 
channels on their cable systems. Section 10(b) of the Act requires the 
Commission to adopt regulations that are designed to restrict access of 
children to indecent programming on leased access channels (that is not 
voluntarily prohibited under section 10(a) by requiring cable operators 
to place indecent leased access programming, as identified by program 
providers, on a ``blocked'' leased access channel. The various 
information collection, disclosure and recordkeeping requirements set 
forth in 47 CFR 76.701 protect cable operators against involuntarily 
transmitting indecent programming on leased access channels; and 
unknowingly transmitting indecent programming on leased access channels 
to children or adult subscribers without adult subscribers' consent.

OMB Approval Number: 3060-0323.
    Title: Section 97.527 Reimbursement for expenses.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of existing collection.
    Respondents: Individuals, non-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 3,500.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 12.167 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 42,585 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Section 97.527 is needed to assure that Amateur 
Radio Service volunteer examiner coordinators and volunteer examiners 
do not collect reimbursement for other than necessary and prudent 
expenses. The coordinators or persons administering the examinations 
must keep records of their expenditures and certify annually to the FCC 
that all expenses for which they were reimbursed were necessarily and 
prudently incurred. If the information were not collected, it is 
conceivable that fraud and abuse could occur in the amateur volunteer 
examination program.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-738 Filed 1-19-96; 8:45 am]
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