[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 137 (Thursday, July 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38294-38295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18884]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

July 11, 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, Pub. L. 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.: 3060-0704.
    Expiration Date: 06/30/2000.
    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.

    Estimated Annual Burden: 519 respondents; 266.2 hours per response 
(avg.); 138,175 total annual burden hours for all collections.

Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$435,000.00.

    Frequency of Response: On occasion; one-time requirement.
    Description: In the Second Report and Order (Order) issued in CC 
Docket No. 96-61, the Commission eliminated 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 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 collected under the 
information 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 the geographic 
rate averaging and rate integration requirements of Section 254(g) of 
the Communications Act, as amended. Response is mandatory.

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                                   No. of       Hours per               
          Requirement            respondents    response     Total hours
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a. Tariff Cancellation........           519         143.7      74,598  
b. Information Disclosure.....           519           120      62,280  
c. Recordkeeping..............           519             2       1,038  
d. Certification..............           519           1/2         259.5
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    OMB Control No.: 3060-0463.
    Expiration Date: 07/31/2000.
    Title: Telecommunications Services for Individuals with Hearing and 
Speech Disabilities and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990--CC 
Docket No. 90-571.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 72 respondents; 112.6 hours per response 
(avg.); 8,110 total annual burden for all collections.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; every five years.
    Description: Section 225 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. Section 225, enacted in 1990 as Title IV of the 
Americans with Disabilities Act, Pub. L. 101-336, requires the 
Commission to promulgate regulations that require all common carriers 
to provide telecommunications relay services (TRS) for callers with 
hearing and speech disabilities throughout their service areas, by July 
26, 1993. Accordingly, the Commission adopted regulations for the 
provision of TRS at 47 CFR Sections 64.601-605. These regulations 
contain operational, technical and functional standards required of all 
telecommunications relay services (TRS) providers, set up an interstate 
funding mechanism (TRS Fund) for the recovery of interstate TRS costs, 
and also set forth the procedures for state certification and for 
filing complaints involving TRS. 47 CFR Section 64.605 describes the 
state TRS certification procedures. State documentation must: (1) 
establish that the State meets or exceed all operational, technical and 
functional minimum standards contained in Section 64.604; (2) establish 
that the program makes available adequate procedures and remedies for 
enforcing the requirements of the state program; and (3) establish that 
its program in no way conflicts with federal law, where a state program 
exceeds the mandatory minimum standards. See 47 CFR Section 65.605(b). 
State certification remains in effect for five years, unless the 
certification is suspended or revoked (see 47 CFR Section 64.605(c) and 
(e)). One year prior to the expiration of certification, a state may 
apply for renewal of its certification, and such renewal process will 
proceed in the same manner as the original certification. Current state 
TRS certifications will expire on July 26, 1998, and beginning July 26, 
1997, states will be allowed to apply for renewal. 47 CFR Section 
64.604(c)(5) also establishes complaint procedures for TRS. Information 
submitted in response to the state certification program will be used 
to determine whether the program is certifiable under federal 
requirements. Information submitted by complainants will be used to 
determine the merits of the complaints, and to attempt resolution. Your 
response is required to obtain or retain benefits.

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                                   No. of       Hours per               
          Requirement            respondents    response     Total hours
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a. State Certification/                                                 
 Recertification..............            50           160          8000
b. Complaint Process..........            22             5           110
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    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 Performance Evaluation and Records Management, 
Washington, D.C. 20554.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-18884 Filed 7-16-97; 8:45 am]
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