[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 54 (Thursday, March 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13378-13379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7008]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

March 12, 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.: 3060-0512.
    Expiration Date: 08/31/97.
    Title: The ARMIS Annual Summary Report (formerly titled, ``The 
ARMIS Quarterly Report'').
    Form No.: FCC Report 43-01.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 150 respondents; 220 hours per response 
(avg.); 33,000 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: ARMIS was implemented to facilitate the timely and 
efficient analysis of revenue requirements and rate of return, to 
provide an improved basis for audits and other oversight functions, and 
to enhance the Commission's ability to quantify the effects of 
alternative policy. The information contained in the reports provides 
the necessary detail to enable this Commission to fulfill its 
regulatory responsibilities. The ARMIS Annual Summary Report contains 
financial and operating data and is used to monitor the local exchange 
carrier industry and to perform routine analyses of costs and revenues 
on behalf of the Commission. It is one of ten ARMIS reports. The ARMIS 
Annual Summary Report has been updated to include the new OMB 
expiration date. A copy of the report may be obtained by contacting 
Barbara Van Hagen at 202-418-0849.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0763.
    Expiration Date: 08/31/97.
    Title: The ARMIS Customer Satisfaction Report (formerly titled 
``The ARMIS Semi-Annual Service Quality Report'').
    Form No.: FCC Report 43-06.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 8 respondents; 900 hours per response 
(avg.); 7,200 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: The Customer Satisfaction Report, formerly the Semi-
Annual Quality Report, is based on telephone surveys indicating a 
percentage of satisfied customers, and is collected by the carriers 
from residential and business customers. The ARMIS Customer 
Satisfication Report has been updated to include the OMB control number 
and expiration date. A copy of the report may be obtained by contacting 
Barbara Van Hagen at 202-418-0849.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0496.
    Expiration Date: 08/31/97.
    Title: The ARMIS Operating Data Report.
    Form No.: FCC Report 43-08.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 50 respondents; 160 hours per response 
(avg.); 8,000 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping cost Burden: $0.
    Description: The ARMIS Operating Data Report consists of 
statistical schedules previously contained in FCC Form M which are 
needed by the Commission to monitor network growth, usage, and 
reliability. The ARMIS Operating Data Report has been updated to 
include the new OMB expiration date. A copy of the report may be 
obtained by contacting Barbara Van Hagen at 202-418-0849.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0411.
    Expiration Date: 02/28/2000.
    Title: Formal Complaints Against Common Carriers--Section 1.720-
1.735.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 4965 respondents; 1.53 hours per response 
(avg): 7600 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $114,000.
    Description: Sections 206 to 209 of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended provide the statutory framework for our current rules for 
resolving formal complaints filed against common carriers. Section 
208(a) authorizes complaints by any person ``complaining of anything 
done or omitted to be done by any common carrier'' subject to the 
provisions of the Act. Section 208(a) specifically states that ``it 
shall be the duty of the Commission to investigate the matters 
complained of in such manner and by such means as it shall deem 
proper.'' In 1988, Congress added subsection 208(b) to require that any 
complaint filed with the Commission concerning the lawfulness of a 
common carriers charges, practices, classifications or regulations must 
be resolved by the Commission in a final, appealable order within 12 
months from the date filed, or 15 months from the date filed if ``the 
investigation raises questions of fact of * * * extraordinary 
complexity.'' Except in very rare circumstances, formal complaints are 
decided on the basis of a paper record. The Telecommunications Act of 
1996 added and, in some cases, amended key complaint provisions that, 
because of their resolution deadlines, necessitate substantial 
modification of our current rules and policies for processing formal 
complaints filed against common carriers pursuant to Section 208 of the 
Act. The Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking 
comment on proposed changes to the rules for processing formal 
complaints filed against common carriers in CC Docket No. 96-238. The 
changes subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 have been 
approved by OMB. The information has been and is currently being used 
by the FCC to determine the sufficiency of the complaint and to resolve 
the merits of the dispute between the parties. If the collection of 
information is not conducted, the FCC will be unable to comply with its 
statutory responsibilities.
    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

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the Records Management Branch, Washington, D.C. 20554.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-7008 Filed 3-19-97; 8:45 am]
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