[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 185 (Monday, September 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

September 16, 1996.
    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 
information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Pub. L. 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person 
is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it 
displays a currently valid control number. For further information 
contact Shoko B. Hair, Federal Communications Commission, (202) 418-
1379.
Federal Communications Commission
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0710.
    Expiration Date: 02/28/97.
    Title: Policy and Rules Concerning the Implementation of the Local 
Competition Provisions in the Telecommunications Act of 1996--CC Docket 
No. 96-98, First Report and Order.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,575,220 total annual hours; 128.5 hours 
per respondent (avg.); 12,250 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $937,000.
    Description: In the First Report and Order issued in CC Docket No. 
96-98 the Commission adopted rules and regulations to implement parts 
of Section 251 and 252 that effect local competition. Specifically, the 
Order requires incumbent local exchange carriers (``LECs'') to offer 
interconnection, unbundled network elements, transport and termination, 
and wholesale rates for retail services to new entrants; that incumbent 
LECs price such services at rates that are cost-based and just and 
reasonable; and that they provide access to rights-of-way as well as 
establish reciprocal compensation arrangements for the transport and 
termination of telecommunications traffic.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0099.
    Expiration Date: 08/31/99.
    Title: Annual Report--FCC Form M.
    Form No.: FCC M.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3,360 total annual hours; 1,120 hour per 
respondent (avg.); 3 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: FCC Form M is the Annual Report of financial and 
operating information from all subject telephone companies having 
annual operating revenues in excess of $100 million. It is needed to 
provide the Commission with the data required to fulfill its regulatory 
responsibilities.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0731.
    Expiration Date: 09/30/99.
    Title: Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS), CC Docket No. 90-
571, MO&O (Coin Sent-Paid Order).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 7980 total annual hours; 2.6 hours per 
respondent (avg.); 3060 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: In the Memorandum and Opinion and Order issued in CC 
Docket No. 90-571, the Commission suspended enforcement of coin sent-
paid requirement until August 26, 1997. The Commission requires that 
payphones be made accessible to TRS users during the suspension 
pursuant to the alternative plan. The Commission also requires, among 
other things, that Petitioners work with any other interested parties 
that wish to participate to prepare and file a joint status report with 
the Commission on August 26, 1996 and February 26, 1997. The status 
reports will help the Commission monitor technical developments, assess 
the effectiveness of the alternative plan in meeting the needs of TRS 
users, and determine the appropriate action to take regarding TRS coin 
sent-paid service.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0666.
    Expiration Date: 09/30/98.
    Title: Consumer Information, Branding by Operator Service 
Providers--Section 64.703(a)
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 666,666 total annual hours; 1529 hours per 
respondent (avg.); 436 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $150,000.
    Description: As required by 47 U.S.C. Section 226(b)(1), 47 CFR 
Section 64.703(a) provides that operator service providers disclose to 
consumers at the outset of operator assisted calls their identity, and, 
upon request, rates for the call, collection methods, and complaint 
procedures. In CC Docket No. 94-158, the Commission modified the term 
consumer thereby requiring that service providers disclose their 
identities to both parties, rather than one party to a collect call.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0717.
    Expiration Date: 05/31/98.
    Title: Party Preference for InterLATA 0+ Calls, CC Docket No. 92-
77.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 551 total annual hours; 2.6 hours per 
respondent (avg.); 210 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: OMB approved the proposed requirements contained in 
the Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) issued in CC 
Docket No. 92-77, Billed Party Preference for 0+ InterLATA Calls. In 
the Notice, the Commission sought comment on tentative conclusions, 
among other things, that it should: (1) establish benchmarks for the 
rates that consumers are asked to pay for operator service calls 
reflecting what consumers expect to pay for those calls; and (2) 
require that, if consumers will be charged rates above the benchmarks, 
the operator service provider (OSP) offering services through payphones 
and other aggregator locations disclose the applicable charges for the 
call to the consumer orally before connecting the call.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0715.
    Expiration Date: 08/31/99.
    Title: Implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996: 
Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary Network 
Information and Other Customer Information--CC Docket No. 96-115.
    Description: OMB approved the proposals contained in the Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued in CC Docket No. 96-116. The NPRM 
sought to clarify and specify in more detail the obligations of 
telecommunications carriers under the customer proprietary network 
information (CPNI) and subscriber list information provisions of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see 47 U.S.C. Section 222). The NPRM 
also sought to implement data safeguards for information about calls 
received by alarm monitoring services, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. Section 
275(d).

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-24216 Filed 9-20-96; 8:45 am]
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