[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 22 (Thursday, February 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3699-3701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2075]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

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

January 24, 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 

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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 March 4, 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.

ADDRESS: 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.: 3060-0174.
    Title: 73.1212 Sponsorship identification; list retention; related 
requirements.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit; individuals or 
households.
    Number of Respondents: 34,026.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1.3 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 45, 375 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Section 73.1212 requires a broadcast station to 
identify the sponsors of any matter for which consideration is 
provided. For matters advertising commercial products or services, 
generally the mention of the name of the product or service constitutes 
sponsorship identification. In addition, when an entity rather than an 
individual sponsors the broadcast of a matter that is of a political or 
controversial nature, the licensee is required to retain a list of the 
executive officers, or board of directors, or executive committee, 
etc., of the organization payng for such matter. Sponsorship 
announcements are waved with respect to the broadcast of ``want ads'' 
sponsored by an individual but the licensee shall maintain a list 
showing the name, address and telephone number of each such advertiser. 
These lists shall be made available for public inspection. The data is 
used by the public so that they may know by whom they are being 
persuaded.

OMB Approval No.: 3060-0540.
    Title: Tariff filing requirement for nondominant common carriers.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 10.5 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 21,000 hours.
    Needs and Uses: 47 CFR Part 61 Section 61.20 - 61.23 contains 
tariff filing requirements for nondominant common carriers. The purpose 
of the filing requirement is so that the Commission, customers, and 
interested parties can ensure that the service offerings of 
communications common carriers comply with the Communications Act. The 
Commission rectnly modified the tariff filing rules for domestic 
nondominant carriers to remove the provision permitting such carriers 
to file rates in a manner of the carriers choosing, including as a 
reasonable range of rates. Domestic, nodominant common carriers must 
file tariffs containing specific rates.

OMB Approval No.: 3060-0520.
    Title: Section 90.127(e) Submission and filing of applications.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of an existing collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit-
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondents: 109,200.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden: 9,100 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Section 90.127(e) requires licensees to report the 
number of mobiles and pagers when license is modified or renewed. This 
information is used for frequency coordination and licensing.

OMB Approval No.: 3060-0484.
    Title: Amendment of Part 63 of the Commission's Rules to Provide 
for Notification by Common Carriers of Service Disruptions (section 
63.100).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revison of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 52 respondents; approximately 4 responses 
per respondent; total responses 208.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 5 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,040 hours.
    Needs and Uses: 47 CFR Section 63.100 requires that any local 
exchange or interexchange common carrier that operates transmission or 
switching facilites and provides access service or interstate or 
international telecommunications service that experiences an outage on 
any facilites which it owns or operates must notify the Commission if 
such service outage continues for 30 minutes or more. An initial and a 
final report is required for each outage. In an Order of 
Reconsideration in CC Docket No. 91-273, the Commission amended the 
rules to require, among other things, that local exchange or 
interexchange common carriers or competitive access providers that 
operate either transmission or switching facilites and provide access 
service or interstate or international telecommunications service 
report outages that effect 30,000 or more customers or that affect 
special facilities and report fire-related incidents impacting 1,000 or 
more lines. With such reports the FCC can monitor and take effective 
action to ensure network reliability.

OMB Approval Number: 3060-0384.
    Title: Auditor's Certification Section 64.904.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of existing collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 19.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 500 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 9,500.
    Needs and Uses: Local exchange carriers required to file cost 
allocation manuals must have performed annually, by an independent 
auditor, and audit that provides a positive option on whether the 
applicable data shown in the carriers annual report presents fairly the 
information of the carrier required to be set forth in accordance with 
the carrier's cost allocation manual, the Commission's Joint Cost 
Orders and applicable Commission rules in Part 32 and 64 in force as of 
the date of the auditor's report. This requirement assist the 
Commission in effectively carrying out its responsibilites.


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Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-2075 Filed 1-31-96; 8:45 am]
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