[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10560-10562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5633]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

February 28, 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.: 3060-0730.
    Expiration Date: 02/28/2000.
    Title: Toll Free Service Access Codes, 800/888 Number Release 
Procedures.
    Form No.: N/A .
    Estimated Annual Burden: 18,660 total annual hours; 1 hour per 
respondent (avg.); 18,660 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: The Commission has instructed Database Service 
Management, Inc. (DSMI) to collect authorization from the current 800 
number subscriber and its Responsible Organization or the Toll Free 
Service Provider declining interim protection for the corresponding 888 
number. In order to protect the interests of the involved parties, DSMI 
will not release the 888 number from the pool of unavailable numbers 
into the general pool of toll free numbers until it receives these 
authorizations.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0514.
    Expiration Date: 02/28/2000.
    Title: Holding Company Annual Report--Section 43.21(c).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 20 total annual hours; 1 hour per 
respondent; 20 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: Filing of SEC Form 10-K is required by Sections 1.785 
and 43.31(c) of the FCC Rules and authorized by Section 219 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Filing of the form is required. 
Each company, not itself a communication common carrier, that directly 
or indirectly controls any communication common carrier having annual 
revenues of $100 million or more must file annually with the 
Commission, no later than the date prescribed by SEC for its purposes 
two complete copies of any Form 10-K annual report. The information 
filed pursuant to Section 43.21(c) is used by staff members to regulate 
and monitor the telephone industry and by the public to analyze the 
industry. Selected information is compiled and published in the 
Commission's annual common carrier statistical publication.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0478.
    Expiration Date: 06/30/97.
    Title: Informational Tariffs.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 16,500 total annual hours; 50 hours per 
respondent (avg.); 330 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: Providers of interstate operator services are directed 
by Section 226(h)(1)(A) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 
47 U.S.C. Section 226(h)(1)(A), to file informational tariffs with the 
Commission and to update these tariffs regularly. The informational

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tariffs will be maintained for public inspection. The Common Carrier 
Bureau, at the direction of Congress, will also use the informational 
tariffs in assessing the compliance of the rates charged by operator 
service providers with the requirements of the Communications Act.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0395.
    Expiration Date: 02/28/2000.
    Title: Automated Reporting and Management Information Systems 
(ARMIS)--Sections 43.21 and 43.22.
    Form No.: FCC Report 43-02, FCC Report 43-05, FCC Report 43-07.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 62,464 total annual hours; 1250 hours per 
respondent (avg.); 50 respondents.
    Description: ARMIS is needed to administer our accounting, 
jurisdictional separations, access charges and joint cost rules and 
rules to analyze revenue requirements and rates of return, service 
quality and infrastructure development. It collects financial and 
operating data from all Tier 1, Class A local exchange carriers with 
annual revenues over $100 million and carriers who elect incentive 
regulation. The information contained in the reports provides the 
necessary detail to enable this Commission to fulfill its regulatory 
responsibilities. FCC Report 43-02, the ARMIS USOA Report, provides the 
annual operating results of the carriers' activities for every account 
in the USOA. FCC Report 43-05, the ARMIS Service Quality Report, 
provides service quality information in the areas of interexchange 
access service installation and repair intervals, local service 
installation and repair intervals, trunk blockage and total switch 
downtime for price cap companies. FCC Report 43-07, the ARMIS 
Infrastructure Report, provides switch deployment and capabilities 
data. FCC Reports 43-02, 43-05 and 43-07 have been updated to 
incorporate the OMB expiration date. Copies of these reports may be 
obtained by contacting Barbara Van Hagen at 202-418-0849.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0511.
    Expiration Date: 02/28/2000.
    Title: ARMIS Access Report.
    Form No.: FCC Report 43-04.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 172,500 hours. 1,150 total annual hours; 
hours per respondent; 150 respondents.
    Description: The ARMIS Access Report is needed to administer our 
accounting, jurisdictional separations and access charge rules, and to 
analyze revenue requirements and rates of return and to collect 
financial and operating data from all Tier 1 local exchange carriers. 
The ARMIS Access Report has been updated to incorporate the OMB 
expiration date. A copy of the report may be obtained by contacting 
Barbara Van Hagen at 202-418-0849.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0513.
    Expiration Date: 02/28/2000.
    Title: ARMIS Joint Cost Report.
    Form No.: FCC Report 43-03.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 30,000 total annual hours; 200 hours per 
respondent; 150 respondents.
    Description: The Joint Cost Report is needed to administer our 
joint cost rules (Part 64) and to analyze data in order to prevent 
cross-subsidization of nonregulated operations by the regulated 
operations of Tier 1 carriers. The Joint Cost Report has been updated 
to incorporate the OMB expiration date. A copy of the report may be 
obtained by contacting Barbara Van Hagen at 202-418-0849.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0748.
    Expiration Date: 12/31/99.
    Title: Disclosure Requirements for Information Services Provided 
Through Toll-Free Numbers, 47 CFR 64.1504.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 10,500 total annual hours; 2.8 hours per 
respondent (avg.); 3750 respondents.
    Description: Section 64.1504 incorporates in the Commission's rules 
the requirements of Sections 228(c)(7)-(10) that restrict the manner in 
which toll-free numbers may be used to charge telephone subscribers for 
information services. Common carriers must prohibit the use of toll 
free numbers in a manner that would result in the calling party being 
charged for information conveyed during the call, unless the calling 
party (1) has executed a written agreement that specifies the material 
terms and conditions under which the information is provided or (2) 
pays for the information by means of a credit, prepaid, debit, charge, 
or calling card and the information service provider includes in 
response to each call an introductory message disclosing specified 
information detailing the cost and other terms and conditions for the 
service. Sections 228(c(8)A) and (c)(9) list, respectively, required 
elements of the written agreement and the introductory message. The 
disclosure requirements are intended to ensure that consumers know when 
charges will be levied for calls to toll-free numbers and are able to 
obtain information necessary to make informed choices about whether to 
purchase toll-free information services.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0710.
    Expiration Date: 02/28/2000.
    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: 1,574,820 total annual hours; 128.55 hours 
per respondent (avg.); 12,250 respondents.
    Description: In the First Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-98, 
The Commission adopts rules and regulations to implement parts of 
Sections 251 and 252 that effect local competition. The Order requires 
incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) to offer interconnection, 
unbundled network elements, transport and termination and wholesale 
rates for retain 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. All of the requirements would be used to 
ensure that local exchange carriers comply with their obligations under 
the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0536.
    Expiration Date: 08/31/97.
    Title: Rules and Requirements for Telecommunications Relay Services 
(TRS) Interstate Cost Recovery.
    Form No.: FCC Form 431.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 15,593 total annual hours; 3.1 hours per 
respondent (avg.); 5,000 respondents.
    Description: Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990 (ADA) requires the Commission to ensure that telecommunications 
relay services are available, to the extent possible, to individuals 
with hearing and speech disabilities in the United States. To fulfill 
this mandate, the Commission adopted rules that require the provision 
of TRS service beginning July 26, 1993. The Commission set minimum 
standards for TRS providers and established a shared-funding mechanism 
(TRS Fund) for recovering the costs of providing interstate TRS. The 
Commission also appointed the National Exchange Carrier Association 
(NECA) the TRS fund administrator, and directed NECA to establish a 
non-paid, voluntary advisory committee to monitor cost recovery 
matters.
    The Commission's rules require all carriers providing interstate 
telecommunications services to contribute to the TRS Fund. The amount 
contributed is the product of the carrier's gross interstate revenues 
for the previous year and a contribution factor determined annually by 
the Commission. Contributions are calculated in accordance with a TRS 
Fund Worksheet which is prepared each

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year by the Commission and published in the Federal Register. The TRS 
Fund Worksheet, FCC Form 431, is being updated for the 1997 reporting 
year. A public notice will be issued when the revised FCC Form 431 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. 97-5633 Filed 3-6-97; 8:45 am]
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