[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57429-57431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28435]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

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

October 29, 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. An agency may not conduct or 
sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for 
failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control 
number. 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 December 6, 
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., N.W., Washington, DC 20554 or via 
internet to [email protected] and Timothy Fain, OMB Desk Officer, 10236 
NEOB 725 17th Street, N.W., 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 Number: 3060-0076.
    Title: Annual Employment Report for Common Carriers.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profits.

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    Number of Respondents: 4,000.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
    Total Annual Burden: 4,000 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Annual Employment Report is submitted by 
certain common carrier licensees and permittees. The data is intended 
to assess compliance with equal employment opportunity requirements. 
Data is used by the FCC, Congress and U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 
EEOC, NTIA and public interest groups.
    OMB Approval Number: New Collection.
    Title: Disclosure and Dissemination of Pay-Per-Call Information 
Section 47 CFR 64.1509.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: New Collection.
    Respondents: Business and other for-profit, including small 
businesses.
    Number of Respondents: 25.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 410 hours (average).
    Total Annual Burden: 10,250 hours.
    Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 64.1509 imposes requirements on common 
carriers that assign telephone numbers to pay-per-call services. The 
requirements are intended to ensure that consumers understand their 
rights and responsibilities with respect to these services.
    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0168.
    Title: Reports of Proposed Changes in Depreciation Rates Section 
43.43.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of an existing collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 12.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 6,500 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 78,000 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Dominant communications carriers with annual 
operating revenue of $100 million or more are required to file a report 
showing any proposed changes to their depreciation rate schedule 
pursuant to 47 CFR Section 43.43. The information is used by the 
Commission to establish the proper depreciation rate to be charged by 
the carriers.

    OMB Approval Number: New Collection.
    Title: Disclosure Requirements for Information Services Provided 
through Toll-Free Numbers.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: New Collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 3,750.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 2.8 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 10,500 hours.
    Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 64.1504 imposes disclosure requirements on 
entities that use toll-free numbers to provide information services. 
The requirements are intended to ensure that callers to toll-free 
numbers are (1) informed if charges will be levied and (2) receive the 
information necessary to make an informed decison whether to purchase 
an information service.

    OMB Approval Number: New Collection.
    Title: Section 73.673 Public information initiative regarding 
educational and informational programming for children.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: New Collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Individuals or 
households.
    Number of Respondents: 1,200.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 minute per program to ensure that 
on-the-air identification is provided; 5 minutes per program to convey 
children's television information to publishers of program guides.
    Total Annual Burden: 37,440 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $1,500 per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: This new Section will require commercial TV 
broadcasters to identify programs specifically designed to educate and 
inform children at the beginning of those programs, in a form that is 
at the discretion of the licensee, and to provide information 
identifying such programs and the age groups for which they are 
intended to publishers of program guides. These requirements will 
provide better information to the public about the shows broadcasters 
air to fulfill their obligations to air educational and informational 
programming under the CTA. This information will assist parents who 
wish to guide their children's television viewing. In addition, if 
large numbers of parents use that information to choose educational 
programming for their children it will increase the likelihood that the 
market will respond with more educational programming.

    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0214.
    Title: Section 73.3526 Local Public Inspection File of Commercial 
Stations.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of an existing collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households; Business and other for-
profit.
    Number of Respondents: 10,250 commercial radio licensees 
recordkeepers; 1,200 commercial TV licensee recordkeepers; 1,200 
comercial TV stations making must-carry/transmission consent elections; 
1,200 comercial TV stations publicizing existence and location of 
children's public inspection file.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 104 hours for radio recordkeeping; 130 
hours per year for TV recordkeeping; 1 hour per election statements to 
150 cable systems per station; 5 minutes per TV station for revising 
station identification publicizing the existence and location of the 
children's public inspection file.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,282,100 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Section 73.3526 requires each licensee/permitee of 
a commercial AM, FM or TV broadcast station to maintain a file for 
public inspection. The contents of the file vary according to the type 
of service and status. The data are used by the public and FCC staff to 
evaluate information about the station's performance.

    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0392.
    Title: 47 CFR 1.1401 through 1.1416 Pole Attachment Complaint 
Procedures.
    Type of Review: Extension of existing collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 83.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1-25 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 449 hours. Notices: 36 sets of notices  x  2 
hours each = 72 hours. Petitions for Stay: 10 Petitions  x  8 hours 
each = 80 hours. Complaints, responses and replies: 10 complaint cases 
(20 parties): 50% of parties will use in-house legal assistance with an 
average burden of 25 hours per case. 10 parties  x  25 hours = 250 
hours. 50% of parties will use outside legal counsel with an average 
burden of 4 hours to coordinate information with outside legal counsel. 
10 parties  x  4 hours = 40 hours. State certifications: 7 
certifications  x  1 hour = 7 hours.
    Total Costs to Respondents: $41,000. Notices: 36 sets of notices 
x  $100 each for postage and stationery = $3,600. Complaints, responses 
and replies: 50% of parties will use outside legal counsel paid at $150 
per hour. 10 parties  x  25 hours per case  x  $150 per hour = $37,500.
    Needs and Uses: Initial pole attachment provisions were mandated by 
Congress pursuant to Section 224 of the Communications Act of 1934. 
Among other things, Section 224 initially mandated the following: The 
Commission was required to establish rules to ensure that the rates, 
terms and conditions under which cable television system operators 
attach their hardware to utility poles are just and reasonable.

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Utilities shall provide a cable television system operator no less than 
60 days written notice prior to (1) removal of facilities or 
termination of any service to those facilities, such removal or 
termination arising out of a rate, term or condition of a cable 
television pole attachment agreement, or (2) any increase in pole 
attachment rates. The Commission was required to establish a Petition 
for Stay process for the action contained in the notice. The Commission 
was required to establish a complaint resolution process regarding pole 
attachments. The Commission was required to establish a certification 
process for states to use to make notice of their authority to regulate 
the rates, terms and conditions for pole attachments. The provisions in 
Section 224 were initially only applicable to cable television system 
operators. However, Section 703 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 
(``1996 Act'') amends Section 224 to expand the scope of the pole 
attachment provisions to include telecommunications carriers as well as 
cable television system operators. Information collected as a result of 
pole attachment provisions has been used by the Commission to hear and 
resolve petitions for stay and complaints as mandated by Section 224. 
Information filed has been used to determine the merits of the petition 
and complaint. State certifications have been used to make public 
notice of the state's authority to regulate the rates, terms and 
conditions for pole attachments.

Federal Communications Commission
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-28435 Filed 11-5-96; 8:45 am]
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