[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54999-55000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27137]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

October 9, 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, Public Law 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.: 3060-0687

    Expiration Date: 02/28/99.
    Title: Access to Telecommunications Equipment and Services by 
Persons with Disabilities, CC Docket No. 87-124.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,635,000 total annual hours; 2 hours per 
respondent (avg.); 806,100 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $638,500.
    Description: In CC Docket No. 87-124, the Commission adopted rules 
that, among other things, require telephones with electro-magnetic coil 
hearing aid compatibility to be stamped with the letters HAC. Section 
68.112(b)(3)(E) requires that employees with fifteen or more employees 
provide emergency telephones for use by employees with hearing 
disabilities and that the employers ``designate'' such telephones for 
emergency use. Section 68.224(a) requires a notice to be contained on 
the surface of the packaging of a non-hearing aid compatible telephone 
that the telephone is not hearing aid compatible.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0400

    Expiration Date: 09/30/99.
    Title: Tariff Review Plan.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3,172 total annual hours; 61 hour per 
respondent (avg.); 52 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: Certain local exchange carriers are required annually 
to submit Tariff Review Plan in partial fulfillment of cost support 
material required by 47 CFR Part 61. The information is used by FCC and 
the public to determine the justness and reasonableness of rates, terms 
and conditions in tariffs as required by the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0734

    Expiration Date: 09/30/99.
    Title: Implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996: 
Accounting Safeguards Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996--CC 
Docket No. 96-150.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 140,419 total annual hours; 2988 hours per 
respondent (avg.); 47 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $632,500.
    Description: OMB approved the requirements contained in the Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued in CC Docket No. 96-150. In the 
NPRM, the Commission considered rules to implement the accounting 
safeguards provisions of Sections 260 and 271 through 276 of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996. These provisions relate to the carriers 
entry into the following services: interLATA telecommunications and 
information services, telecommunications equipment and customer 
premises equipment manufacturing, electronic publishing, alarm 
monitoring services and payphone service. The NPRM sought comment on 
certain reporting requirements to implement the accounting safeguards 
provisions of Sections 260 and 271 through 276 of the 1996 Act.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0736

    Expiration Date: 09/30/99.
    Title: Implementation of the Non-Accounting Safeguards of Sections 
271 and 272 of the Communication Act of 1934, as amended--CC Docket No. 
96-149.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 555 total annual hours; 111 hours per 
respondent (avg.); 5 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: OMB approved the requirements contained in the Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued in CC Docket No. 96-149. In the 
NPRM, the Commission solicited comment on several collections of 
information including network disclosure, installation and maintenance 
reporting, procurement procedures, nondiscriminatory information 
provisions, and third party reporting, compliance monitoring and other 
information collection requirements. All of the collections are to be 
used to ensure that Bell Operating Companies comply with the 
nondiscrimination requirements under the Telecommunications Act of 
1996.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0738

    Expiration Date: 09/30/99.
    Title: Implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996: 
Telemessaging, Electronic Publishing, and Alarm Monitoring Services--CC 
Docket No. 96-152.
    Form No.: N/A.

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    Estimated Annual Burden: 88,200 total annual hours; 63 hours per 
respondent (avg.); 1400 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: OMB approved the requirements contained in the Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) issued in CC Docket No. 96-152. In the 
Notice, the Commission sought comment on, among other things, whether 
nondiscrimination safeguards under the Computer III regulatory regime 
and Open Network Architecture (``ONA'') are consistent with the 
nondiscrimination requirements of Sections 260 and 275 of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996 relating to provision by incumbent LECs 
of telemessaging and alarm monitoring, and Section 274, relating to BOC 
provision of electronic publishing. The Notice sought comment on the 
following requirements: installation and maintenance reporting, network 
disclosure, annual report, and a biannual tariff report. All the 
requirements are to be used to ensure that incumbent LECs comply with 
the nondiscrimination requirements under Sections 260 and 275 of the 
1996 Act, and that BOCs comply with the nondiscrimination requirements 
of Section 274.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0720

    Expiration Date: 09/30/99.
    Title: Report of Bell Operating Companies of Modified Comparably 
Efficient Interconnection Plans.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 42 total annual hours; 6 hours per 
respondent (avg.); 7 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: Bell Operating Companies (BOC) must submit initial 
Comparably Efficient Interconnection (CEI) plans describing how they 
intend to comply with CEI equal access parameters with regard to 
payphones. This will ensure that the BOCs do not discriminate in favor 
of its own payphones.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0722

    Expiration Date: 08/31/99.
    Title: Initial Report of Bell Operating Companies of Comparably 
Efficient Interconnect Plans.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 350 total annual hours; 50 hours per 
respondent (avg.); 7 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: Bell Operating Companies (``BOCs) must submit initial 
Comparably Efficient Interconnection (CEI) plans describing how they 
intend to comply with CEI equal acccess parameters with regard to 
payphones. This will ensure that the BOCs do not discriminate in favor 
of its own payphones.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0725

    Expiration Date: 08/31/99.
    Title: Annual Filing of Nondiscrimination Reports (on Quality of 
Service, Installation, and Maintenance) by Bell Operating Companies.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 350 total annual hours; 50 hours per 
respondent (avg.); 7 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) must submit non-
discrimination report with regard to payphones. This will prevent BOCs 
from discriminating in favor of their own payphones.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0701

    Expiration Date: 05/31/99.
    Title: Revision of Filing Requirements--CC Docket No. 96-23.
    Form No.: FCC Form 492.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 45,686 total annual hours; 387 hours per 
respondent (avg.); 118 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: OMB approved the Commission's proposal in CC Docket 
No. 96-23 to eliminate certain reporting requirements and to reduce the 
frequency of other reporting requirements. These reporting requirements 
are variously applicable to interexchange carriers, Bell Operating 
Companies, other local telephone companies, and record carriers. The 
actions will improve the quality of information available to the 
Commission, while at the same time reducing the reporting burden 
imposed on carriers.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-27137 Filed 10-22-96; 8:45 am]
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