[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 85 (Friday, May 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24110-24111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11395]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

April 25, 1997.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing

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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, Public Law 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 
Commissions 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 June 2, 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: 3060-0407.
    Title: Application for Extension of Broadcast Construction Permit 
or to Replace Expired Construction Permit.
    Form No.: FCC 307 .
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; not for profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 1,500.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .05 to 2.5 hours. 2.5 hours is the 
estimated completion time for respondents preparing the information. 
Thirty minutes is the estimated coordination time for respondents that 
hire an attorney to prepare the information.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,550 hours.
    Total Costs to all Respondents: $456,000.
    Needs and Uses: FCC Form 307 is used by licensees/permitees of 
broadcast stations to request an extension of time to construct 
braodcast facility, or when applying for a construction permit to 
replace an expired permit. The application shall be filed at least 30 
days prior to the expiration date of the construction permit if the 
facts supporting such application for extension are known to the 
applicant in time to permit such filing. In ohter cases, an application 
will be accepted upon a showing satisfactory to the FCC of sufficient 
reasons for filing within less than 30 days prior to the expiration 
date. The burden estimates for this collection differ from the 
estimates in the Federal Register notice for the 60 day comment period 
62 FR 5827. The Commission had inadvertently overlooked low power 
television/instructional fixed television stations in the earlier 
estimate.

    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0756.
    Title: Procedural Requirements and Policies for Commission 
Processing of Bell Operating Company Applications for the Provision of 
In-Region, interLATA Services Under Section 271 of the Communications 
Act.
    Form No.: N/A .
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection .
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Estimated Time Per Response: Submission 
of Applications of Application by the BOC's will have 7 respondents @ 7 
responses each . The estimated response time per application is 120 
hours. Submission of Written Consultation by the State Regulatory 
Commissions will have 49 respondents at 120 hours per respondent. 
Submission of the Written Consolutation by the U.S. Department of 
Justice will require 100 hours per state.
    Total Annual Burden: 18,160 hours.
    Total Costs to all Respondents: $0.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection includes public notices 
that establish various procedural requirements and policies relating to 
the Commission's processing of Bell Operating Company (BOC) 
applications to provide in-region, interLATA services pursuant to 
section 271 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. All the 
information will be used to ensure that BOC's have complied with their 
obligations under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended before 
being authorized to provide in-region, interLATA services pursuant to 
section 271.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary
[FR Doc. 97-11395 Filed 5-1-97; 8:45 am]
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