[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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