[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 80 (Friday, April 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20187-20188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10673]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collections Submitted to OMB for 
Review and Approval

April 21, 1997.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on the following proposed and/or continuing information collections, as 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13. An 
agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it 
displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject 
to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a 
valid control number. Comments are requested concerning (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
Commission's burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information collected and (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on the 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before May 27, 1997. 
If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it 
difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, 
you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Dorothy Conway, Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 234, 1919 M St., NW., Washington, DC 
20554 or via internet to [email protected] and Timothy Fain, OMB Desk 
Officer, 10236 NEOB 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503 or 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collections contact Dorothy Conway at 202-418-0217 
or via internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0704.
    Title: Policy and Rules Concerning the Interstate, Interexchange 
Marketplace; Implementation of Section 254(g) of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended, CC Docket No. 96-61.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 519.
    Estimated Time Per Response:

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                                                                 Total  
                                          Hours per response     hours  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tariff cancellation requirement.......  143.7................     74,598
Information disclosure requirement....  120..................     62,280
Recordkeeping requirement.............  2....................      1,038
Certification requirement.............  \1/2\ hour...........      259.2
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Total Annual Burden: 138,175 hours.
    Total Costs to all Respondents: $435,000.
    Needs and Uses: CC 96-61 eliminates the requirement that 
nondominant interexchange carriers file tariffs for interstate, 
domestic, interexchange telecommunications services. In order to 
facilitate enforcement of such carriers' statutory obligation to 
geographically average and integrate their rates, and to make it easier 
for customers to compare carriers' service offerings, the attached 
Order requires affected carriers to maintain, and to make available to 
the public in at least one location, information concerning their 
rates, terms and conditions for all of their interstate domestic, 
interexchange services.
    The information collected under the tariff cancellation requirement 
must be disclosed to the Commission, and will be used to implement the 
Commission's detariffing policy. The information collected under the 
recordkeeping and certification requirements will be used by the 
Commission to ensure that affected interexchange carriers fulfill their 
obligations under the Communications Act, as amended. The information 
in the disclosure requirement must be provided to third parties, and 
will be used to ensure that such parties have adequate information to 
bring to the Commission's attention any violations of geographic rate 
averaging and rate integration requirements of Section 254(g) of the 
Communications Act.

    OMB Approval Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: 28 GHz Band Segmentation Plan amending the Commission's 
Rules to Redesignate the 27.5-29.5 GHz Frequency Band, to Reallocate, 
the 29.5-30.0 GHz Frequency Band, and to Establish Rules and Policies 
for LMDS and for the Fixed Satellite Services.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: New Collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 15 submitting paperwork at least 4 times per 
year.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1.5 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 90 hours.
    Total Costs to all Respondents: $18,000. This is based on the 
assumption that applicants will hire outside counsel at an approximate 
cost of $150 per hour, it is estimated that the cost per submission 
will be $300.
    Needs and Uses: The collections of information contained in Parts 
25 and 101 are used by the Commission staff in carrying out its duties 
as set forth in Sections 308 and 309 of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended, 47 U.S.C. Sections 308 and 309, to determine the technical 
qualifications of an applicant to operate

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a station and will be used by the Commission to verify that licensees 
are fully coordinated with other users in the band. The information 
collected is used to determine whether the public interest, convenience 
and necessity will be served.

    OMB Approval Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Aeronautical Services Transition Plan.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: New Collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 6.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 12 hours.
    Total Costs to all Respondents: $5,400. This is based on the 
assumption that applicants will hire outside counsel at an approximate 
cost of $150 per hour, for six hours. It is estimated that the cost per 
submission will be $900.
    Needs and Uses: On April 9, 1996 the Commission adopted Order on 
Reconsideration and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 61 FR 30579. 
When AMSS becomes available on the domestic satellite, current AMSS 
users will be transitioning from Inmarsat to the domestic provider. To 
ensure the continuity of service during the transition from Inmarsat to 
the U.S. domestic AMSS licensee, the Commission adopted a requirement 
that operators providing interim domestic Aeronautical mobile satellite 
services (AMSS) via Inmarsat file a transition plan as operations are 
moved to the U.S. domestic licensee. The information collection will be 
used by the Commission and the domestic licensee to ensure technical 
feasibility of the transition and continuity of service as the U.S. 
Domestic licensee begins to provide domestic AMSS.

    OMB Approval Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers, CC 
Docket No. 94-1.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: New Collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 13 with approximately 2 responses annually.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 5 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 130 hours.
    Total Costs to all Respondents: $0.
    Needs and Uses: In the Third Report and Order issued in CC Docket 
94-1, the Commission modified its filing requirement for incumbent 
price cap Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) who propose to offer new 
switched access services. We no longer require an incumbent LEC to 
introduce a new service by filing a waiver under Part 69 of the 
Commission's rules. Instead, incumbent LECs will be able to file a 
petition for the lower service band indices in the proceeding. By doing 
so, an incumbent price cap LEC no longer has to file a waiver to set 
its rates below the lower service band indices, but instead may simply 
adjust its rates downward.

Federal Communications Commission
Shirley S. Suggs,
Chief, Publications Branch.
[FR Doc. 97-10673 Filed 4-24-97; 8:45 am]
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