[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2003]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

January 22, 1997.
    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.: 3060-0753.
    Expiration Date: 01/31/2000.
    Title: Policy and Rules Concerning the Interstate, Interexchange 
Marketplace, CC Docket 96-61 (Integrated Rate Plans).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 600 total annual hours; 100 hours per 
respondent (avg.); 6 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: Section 254(g) of the 1934 Communications Act as 
amended, and our rules extend rate integration to all U.S. territories 
and possessions. The Commission requires certain carriers to submit no 
later than February 1, 1997, preliminary plans to achieve rate 
integration by August 1, 1997, and final plans no later than June 1, 
1997. These plans will permit the Commission to review progress toward 
achieving rate integration.

    OMB Control No. 3060-0076.
    Expiration Date: 12/31/99.
    Title: Annual Employment Report for Common Carriers.
    Form No.: FCC 395.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 4000 total annual hours; 1 hour per 
respondent; 4000 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: The Annual Employment Report is a data collection 
device for enforcement and assessment of the Commission's EEO Rules. 
All common carrier licensees or permittees with sixteen (16) or more 
full-time employees are required to file this report and retain it for 
a two-year period. The report identifies each carriers staff by gender, 
race, color and/or national origin in each of nine major job 
categories. Requirements for filing FCC 395 form is in accordance with 
Sections 154(i), 303, and 307-310 of the Communications Act, as 
amended. Sections 1.815, 22.307, 21.307, and 23.55 of FCC rules and 
regulations require the information collection. The data is intended to 
assess compliance with equal employment opportunity requirements. Data 
is used by the FCC, Congress, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 
EEOC, NTIA and public interest groups. The FCC 395 form is being 
updated to include the new expiration date and to insert statements 
required by the PRA of 1995. A Public Notice will be issued when the 
1997 edition of the form is available for public use. Public reporting 
burden for the collections of information is as noted above. Send 
comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of the 
collections of information, including suggestions for reducing the 
burden to the Records Management Branch, Washington, D.C. 20554.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-2003 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]
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