[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63176-63177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31301]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management
and Budget
November 20, 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.: 3060-0803.
Expiration Date: 05/31/98.
Title: Tariff Review Plan Revisions.
Form No.: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Estimated Annual Burden: 16 respondents (estimated annual
responses: 71); 25 hours per response (avg.); 1776 total annual burden
hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
Frequency of Response: One-time requirement.
Description: In the Tariff Review Plan (TRP) Revision, the
Commission initiates the necessary revisions to the TRPs under which
incumbent price cap local exchange carriers (LECs) should make their
access filing to take effect on January 1, 1998. This filing is
necessary so that incumbent price cap LECs can adjust their rates in
response to the First Report and Order (rel. May 16, 1997) and the
Second Order on Reconsideration (rel. October 9, 1997) in CC Docket No.
96-262. Sections 201, 202, 203, 204 and 205 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. Sections 201, 202, 203, 204 and 205,
require that common carriers establish just and reasonable charges,
practices and regulations for the telecommunications services provided.
The tariff schedules containing those charges, practices and
regulations must be filed with the FCC, and the FCC is required to
determine whether such schedules are just, reasonable, and not unduly
discriminatory. The Commission is granted broad authority to require
the submission of data showing the value of the property used to
provide these services. 47 U.S.C. Section 213. Pursuant to its
statutory mandate to assure just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory
charges for interstate telephone service, the FCC has adopted specific
rules regarding the determination of the range of rates charged by
local exchange carriers (LECs) to interexchange carriers (IXCs)
transporting long distance calls. The IXCs use local networks of LECs
to originate or terminate long distance calls. 47 CFR Part 69. The TRP
material submitted by the Local Exchange Carrier is used by the FCC to
determine whether its interstate access rates are just and reasonable
as required by the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Obligation
to respond: mandatory. Contact Shoko Hair (202-418-1379) for copies of
the TRP Revision displaying the OMB control number and expiration date
and required PRA statements.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0804.
Expiration Date: 05/31/98.
Title: Universal Service--Health Care Providers Universal Service
Program.
Form No.: FCC Forms 465, 466, 467, and 468.
Respondents: Business or other for profit.
Estimated Annual Burden: 15,400 respondents; 2.5 hours per response
(avg.); 117,000 total annual burden hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Description: The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act) directed
the Commission to initiate a rulemaking to reform our system of
universal service by preserving and advancing universal service markets
toward competition, and to benefit everyone. Congress placed on the
Commission the duty to implement these principles in a manner
consistent with the pro-competition purposes of the Act. To fulfill
that mandate, on March 8, 1996, the Commission adopted a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in CC Docket No. 96-45 implementing the
Congressional directives set out in section 254 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended by the 1996 Act. On May 8, 1997, the Commission
adopted rules providing support for all telecommunications services,
limited distance charges, and Internet access for all eligible health
care providers. In an effort to implement these requirements and
obligations the Commission has received OMB approval for the following
forms to administer the health care providers universal service
program: FCC Form 465 ``Description of Services Requested and
Certification.'' All health care providers requesting services eligible
for universal service support must file a ``Description of Services and
Certification'' form with the Administrator.
Filing this form is the first step a health care providers must
take to participate in the universal service program. The Administrator
will then post a description of the services sought on a website for
all potential competing service providers to see and respond to as if
they were requests for proposals (RFPs). 47 CFR 54.603(b)(2), 47 CFR
54.615(c). FCC Form 466 ``Services Ordered and Certification.'' All
health care providers ordering services that are eligible for universal
service support must file a ``Services Ordered and Certification'' form
with the Administrator. 47 CFR 54.603(b)(4). Form 466, ``Services
Ordered and Certification,'' will be used to ensure health care
providers have selected the most cost-effective method of providing the
requested services as set forth in 47 CFR 54.603(b)(4). FCC Form 466 is
also the means by which an applicant informs the Administrator that it
has entered a contract with a telecommunications service provider for
services that are supported under the universal services support
program. The administrator must receive this form before it can commit
universal service funds to support the services for which the applicant
has contracted. FCC Form 467 ``Receipt of Service Confirmation.''
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All health care providers that are receiving supported
telecommunications service must file this form with the Administrator.
The data in the report will be used to ensure that health care
providers are receiving the services they have contracted for with
telecommunications service providers so that universal service support
may be appropriate to the telecommunications service provider pursuant
to 47 CFR 54.611. FCC Form 468 ``Telecommunications Service Providers
Support.'' All health care providers ordering services eligible for
universal service support must file this form. The data in the report
will be used to ensure that health care providers have calculated the
amount of universal service support as set forth in 47 CFR 54.609(b).
Telecommunications carriers must complete Form 468 by indicating the
rural and urban rates for the services they have provided and the
amount of the discount for which they must be reimbursed, and return it
to the health care provider. The health care provider must attach it to
Form 466 and file both forms with the administrator. These forms are
used to administer the health care providers universal service program.
The information is used primarily to determine eligibility. Obligation
to respond: required to obtain or retain benefits. A Public Notice will
be issued when the forms are available for public use.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0790.
Expiration Date: 11/31/2000.
Title: Availability of Inside Wiring Information--Section
68.110(c).
Form No.: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other for profit.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1200 respondents; 1 hours per response
(avg.); 1200 total annual burden hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $5000.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Description: Title II of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. Section 201 et al provides the statutory authority
for the Commission to promulgate the rules and regulations contained in
Part 68 of the FCC Rules, 47 CFR Part 68. Requirements in Part 68 are
necessary to prevent the degradation of the telephone network. In CC
Docket No. 88-57, Order on Reconsideration, Second Report and Order and
Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Order on Reconsideration)
(released 6/17/97), the Commission amends Part 68 to require telephone
companies to provide building owners with all available information
regarding carrier-installed wiring on the customer's side of the
demarcation point, including copies of existing schematic diagrams and
service records, shall be provided by the telephone company upon
request of the building owner or agent thereof. The telephone company
may charge the building owner a reasonable fee for this service, which
shall not exceed the cost involved in locating and copying the
documents. In the alternative, the telephone company may make these
documents available for review and copying by the building owner. In
this case, the telephone company may charge a reasonable fee, which
shall not exceed the cost involved in making the documents available,
and may also require the building owner to pay a deposit to guarantee
the documents' return. The FCC is requiring the disclosure of drawings
and schematics of existing carrier-installed wiring for duplication by
building owners or their agents for a reasonable fee to be determined
by the carrier. Building owners will be able to contract with a
installer of their choice for maintenance and installation service, or
elect to contract with the telephone company to modify existing wiring
or assist with the installation of additional inside wiring. See 47 CFR
68.110. Obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
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.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-31301 Filed 11-25-97; 8:45 am]
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