[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 61 (Monday, March 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15181-15182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8111]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

March 24, 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.: 3060-0056.
    Expiration Date: 03/31/2000.
    Title: Registration of Telephone and Data Terminal Equipment.
    Form No.: FCC Form 730.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2400 respondents; 24 hours per response 
(avg.); 57,600 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $2700.
    Description: Telephone and data equipment located on customer 
premises must be registered with the Commission. Part 68 of FCC's rules 
and regulations establishes nationwide technical standards for 
telephone and data equipment designed for connection to the network. 
Part 68 also sets for the terms and conditions for connection and for 
the registration of customer provided terminal equipment. See Part 68, 
Subparts A-F. The purpose of Part 68 is to protect the network from 
certain types of harm and interference to other subscribers. FCC Form 
730 is used to obtain registration of telephone equipment pursuant to 
Part 68 of the Commission's Rules. In addition to filing the form, 
applicants are required to submit exhibits and other informational 
showings as specified by Part 68. For example, Part 68, Subpart C 
contains the procedures for registering equipment and lists many of the 
exhibits and showings that must be filed with the application form. The 
exhibits and showings are described in Section 68.200(a) through (k). 
These requirements are also specified in the application form and the 
application guide. Information submitted is used by the Common Carrier 
Bureau staff and FCC Laboratory for evaluation of equipment to 
determine whether such equipment meets the criteria set forth in Part 
68 of the Commission's Rules. This is necessary in order to prevent 
improperly designed equipment from causing harm to the nation's 
telephone network. FCC Form 730 has been revised. The March 1997 
edition of FCC Form 730 form may be obtained either: by calling the 
Forms Distribution Center at 1-800-418-3676 to order the form; by 
picking up a copy of the form from the Forms Self Serve Center in Room 
L-17 at 1919 M Street, Washington, DC 20554; or, by using the 
Commission's Fax on Demand system. Copies may be ordered via fax 24 
hours a day by calling 202-418-0177 from the handset of any fax 
machine. The document retrieval number is 000730. Follow the system 
voice prompts and enter the document retrieval number when requested.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0410.
    Expiration Date: 3/31/2000.
    Title: Forecast of Investment Usage Report and Actual Usage of 
Investment Report.
    Form No.: FCC Reports 495A and 495B.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 300 respondents; 40 hours per response 
(avg.); 12,000 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: Section 220 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. 220, allows the Commission, at its discretion, to 
prescribe the forms of any and all accounts, records, and memoranda to 
be kept by carriers subject to this Act, including the accounts, 
records and memoranda of the movement of traffic, as well as of the 
receipts and expenditures of moneys. Section 219(b) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 219(b), authorizes

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the Commission by general or special orders to require any carrier 
subject to this Act to file monthly reports concerning any matters with 
respect to which the Commission is authorized or required by law to 
act. The Forecast of Investment Usage Report and Actual Usage of 
Investment Report implement the FCC's Joint Cost Order, CC Docket No. 
86-111, 2 FCC Rcd 1298 (1987), which requires that certain telephone 
plant investments used for both regulated and nonregulated purposes be 
allocated on the basis of forecasted regulated and nonregulated use. 
The detection and correction of forecasting errors requires reporting 
of both forecasted and actual investment usage data. The Forecast of 
Investment Usage Report is used by carriers to submit the forecasts of 
investments used. The Actual Usage of Investment Report is used to 
submit the actual investments used. These reports are part of the 
Automated Reporting Management Information System (ARMIS). The 
information contained in these two reports provides the necessary 
detail to enable this Commission to fulfill its regulatory 
responsibilities to ensure that the regulated operations of the 
carriers do not subsidize the nonregulated operations of those same 
carriers. These reports have been updated to include the OMB control 
number and expiration date. Copies of the reports may be obtained by 
contacting Barbara Van Hagen at 202-418-0849.
    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. 97-8111 Filed 3-28-97; 8:45 am]
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