[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6247-6248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3256]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

February 5, 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.: 3060-0165.
    Expiration Date: 01/31/2000.
    Title: Records to be Maintained and Reports to be Filed--Part 41 
Franks, Section 41.31.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 408 total annual hours; 6 hours per 
respondent (avg.); 68 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: Section 210 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. 210, requires that common carriers subject to the 
Act maintain records to reflect the name, address, etc., of persons 
holding telephone or telegraph franks, so as to enable the Commission 
and/or carriers to compile, if needed, reports in this area. Though the 
Commission is not currently requiring the actual periodic reporting of 
this data, it is information which should continue to be maintained in 
case the need arises to assure that the franking privileges are being 
adequately policed by the companies themselves. Section 41.31 of the 
Commission's rules implements Section 210. The information helps to 
ensure that franks are being addressed fairly. Failure to have the 
information recorded would prohibit the Commission from being able to 
respond to complaints and from generally being able to police the 
activity.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0147.
    Expiration Date: 01/31/2000.
    Title: Extension of Unsecured Credit for Interstate and Foreign--
Section 64.804.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 104 total annual hours; 8 hours per 
respondent; 13 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: Collection of this information is required by 
statute--Section 401 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 
Public Law 92-225. Pursuant to Section 64.804 of FCC Rules and 
Regulations, records of each account, involving the extension by a 
carrier of unsecured credit to a candidate or person on behalf of such 
candidate for common carrier communications services shall be 
maintained by the carrier as to show separately, for interstate and 
foreign communications services all charges, credits, adjustments, and 
security, if any, and balance receivable. Section 64.804 requires 
communications common carriers with operating revenues exceeding $1 
million who extend unsecured credit to a political candidate or person 
on behalf of such candidate for Federal office to report, twice a year, 
data including due and outstanding balances. The information is used by 
the agency to monitor the extent of credit extended to candidates for 
Federal office.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0745.
    Expiration Date: 08/31/97.
    Title: Implementation of the Local Exchange Carrier Tariff 
Streamlining Provisions in the Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC 
Docket No. 96-187.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 4090 total annual hours; 37.18 hours per 
respondent (avg.); 110 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $170,000.
    Description: In the Report and Order issued in CC Docket 96-187, 
the Commission adopted measures to implement the specific streamlining 
tariff filing requirements for local exchange carriers (LECs) of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act). In order to achieve a 
streamlined and deregulatory environment for LEC tariff filings, the 
item will permit LECs to file tariffs electronically. The 1996 Act 
provides that LEC tariffs seeking rate increases shall be effective in 
fifteen days and LEC tariffs seeking rate decreases shall be effective 
in seven days. The Commission adopted its proposal that carriers 
wishing to take

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advantage of the seven day notice period must file rate decreases in 
separate transmittals. Because of the short notice periods, the 
Commission adopted the requirement that carriers identify specifically 
transmittals filed pursuant to Section 204(a)(3), including whether the 
transmittals contain rate increases, rate decreases or both. The 
Commission requires that LECs display prominently in the upper right 
hand corner of the tariff transmittal letters a statement indicating 
that the tariff is being filed on a streamlined basis under section 
204(a)(3) of the Act and whether the tariff filing contains proposed 
rate increase, decrease or both. Under existing Commission rules, LECs 
are required to submit revisions to their annual access tariffs on 90 
days' notice to be effective on July 1. Because these revisions are 
eligible for streamlined treatment, we will require carriers subject to 
price cap regulation to file a TRP prior to the filing of the annual 
access tariff revisions absent any information on the carriers' 
proposed rates, and to make it available to the public. Early filing of 
the TRPs will facilitate review of the annual access filings within the 
streamlined notice periods by resolving most of the major issues 
currently raised with the annual access proceedings. The information 
collected under the program of electronic filing will facilitate access 
to tariff and associated documents by the public, specially by 
interested persons who do not have ready access to the Commission's 
public reference rooms, and state and federal regulators. All of the 
requirements would be used to ensure that LECs comply with their 
obligations under the Communications Act and that the Commission be 
able to ensure compliance within the streamlined timeframes established 
by the 1996 Act.
    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, DC 
20554.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-3256 Filed 2-10-97; 8:45 am]
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