[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23462-23463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11147]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management
and Budget
April 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.: 3060-0759.
Expiration Date: 04/30/2000.
Title: Implementation of Section 273 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 100 respondents; 63 hours per response
(avg.); 6300 total annual burden hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $231,000.
Description: OMB approved the collections of information contained
in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued in CC Docket No. 96-
254. The Commission issued the NPRM to initiate a proceeding to permit
the Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) to manufacture telecommunications
and customer premises equipment (CPE) on a competitive basis, pursuant
to Section 273 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. In
general, under Section 273, a BOC may provide telecommunications
equipment and may manufacture both telecommunications equipment and CPE
through a separate affiliate once the Commission authorizes the BOC to
provide in-region, interLATA services pursuant section 271. In CC
Docket 96-254, the Commission sought comment on procedures governing
collaboration, research and royalty agreements, reporting of protocols
and technical information, and disclosure of other information on
network planning and design.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0478.
Expiration Date:04/30/2000.
Title: Informational Tariffs.
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 300 respondents; 50 hours per response
(avg.); 16,500 total annual burden hours.
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. 226(h)(1)(A), to file informational tariffs with the
Commission and to update these tariffs regularly. Congress directed
that operator service providers (OSPs) file informational tariffs not
later than 90 days following enactment of Section 226(h)(1)(A) of the
Communications Act and further directed OSPs to file any changes to
these tariffs not later than the first day in which they are effective.
The informational 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 OSPs with the requirements of the Communications Act.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0149.
Expiration Date: 06/30/98.
Title: Application and Supplemental Information Requirements--Part
63, Section 214, Sections 63.01-63.601.
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 255 respondents; 10 hours per response
(avg.); 2550 total annual burden.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
Description: Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. Section 214, requires that a carrier must first
obtain FCC authorization either to (1) construct, operate, or engage in
transmission over a line of communication, or (2) discontinue, reduce,
or impair service over a line of communication. 47 CFR Part 63
implements Section 214. OMB approved the information collections
contained in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued in CC
Docket No. 97-11. In the NPRM, Implementation of Section 402(b)(2)(A)
of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Section 214--Extensions of
Lines), issued January 13, 1997, the Commission proposes to modify 47
CFR Part 63 to eliminate information submission requirements entirely
for some categories of communications carriers and to reduce the
submission requirements for other categories. The Commission proposes
entirely eliminating the requirement for carriers to file applications
for line ``extensions'' because Congress has exempted line
``extensions'' for the requirements of 47 U.S.C. 214, under Section
402(b(2)(A) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The Commission also
proposes eliminating the requirement for reports submitted by carriers
identified by the Commission as domestic non-dominant carriers, small
carriers, and carriers proposing small projects. For carriers
identified by the Commission as domestic dominant rate-of-return
carriers, the Commission proposes reducing (but not entirely
eliminating) the information submission requirements in applications
for ``new'' lines, because the information is collected elsewhere, is
unnecessary, is confusing in light of the provisions of section
402(b)(2)(A), or is no longer of decisional significance to the
Commission. The information received in applications from dominant
carriers (now proposed to be reduced) has been used by the Commission
to determine if the facilities are needed. The information contained in
reports from non-dominant carriers (now proposed to be eliminated) has
been used to monitor the growth of the networks and the availability of
common carrier services in this segment of the telecommunications
market, to relieve these carriers and the Commission of a before-the-
fact review of each subsequent facility addition. These collections of
information were deemed necessary to enable the Commission to comply
with its mandate. Because Congress has changed the Commission's mandate
in the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the information proposed to be
reduced or eliminated may no longer be warranted.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0760.
Expiration Date: 04/30/2000.
Title: Access Charge Reform--CC Docket No. 96-262.
Form No.: N/A.
Estimated Annual Burden: 3497 respondents; 541 hours per response
(avg.); 1,892,800 total annual burden hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
Description: OMB approved the proposed collections contained in
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued CC Docket No. 96-262. In
the NPRM, Access Charge Reform, the Commission proposed, in reforming
its system of interstate access charges, to make its system compatible
with the pro-competitive deregulatory framework established by the
Telecommunications Act of 1996, in order that marketplace forces can
eliminate the need for price regulation. The Commission proposed
collections of information under one of two regulatory frameworks, or
some combination thereof. The NPRM also contains a number of proposals
that may require the filing of tariffs with the Commission. The
proposed information
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collections would be submitted to the FCC by incumbent local exchange
carriers for use in determining: (a) whether the incumbent LECs should
receive the regulatory relief proposed in the NPRM; (b) whether the
incumbent LECs have complied with any prescriptive approach the FCC may
adopt; or (c) some combination of (a) or (b).
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. 97-11147 Filed 4-29-97; 8:45 am]
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