[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7035]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission

March 12, 1998.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the 
following information collection(s), 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 Commission's 
burden estimate; (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 May 18, 1998. 
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 Judy Boley, Federal Communications 
Commission, Room 234, 1919 M St., N.W., Washington, DC 20554 or via 
internet to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection(s), contact Judy Boley at 202-418-0214 or 
via internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0360.
    Title: Section 80.409(c), Public coast station logs.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit, individuals or 
households, non-profit institutions, state, local or tribal 
governments.
    Number of Respondents: 316.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 95 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 30,020 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, on occasion 
reporting requirement.
    Estimated Cost Per Respondent: $0.
    Needs and Uses: The recordkeeping requirement contained in this 
rule section is necessary to document the operation and public 
correspondence service of public coast radio telegraph, public coast 
radiotelephone stations and Alaska-public fixed stations, including the 
logging of distress and safety calls where applicable. A retention 
period of more than one year is required where a log involves 
communications relating to a disaster, an investigation, or any claim 
or complaint. If the information were not collected, documentation 
concerning the above stations would not be available.

    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0364.
    Title: Section 80.409(d) and (e), Ship radiotelegraph logs, ship 
radiotelephone logs.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, state, local or tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 10,950.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 47.3 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 517,935 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, on occasion 
reporting requirement.
    Estimated Cost Per Respondent: $0.
    Needs and Uses: The recordkeeping requirement contained in these 
rule sections is necessary to document that compulsory radio equipped 
vessels and high seas vessels maintain listening watches and logs as 
required by statutes and treaties (including treaty requirements 
contained in appendix 11 of the International Radio Regulations, 
Chapter IV, Regulation 19 of the International Convention for the 
Safety of Life at Sea, the Bridge-to-Bridge Radio Telephone Act, the 
Great Lakes Agreement, and the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.) 
A retention period of more than one year is required where a log 
involves communications relating to a disaster, an investigation, or 
any claim or complaint. If the information were not collected, 
documentation concerning station operations would not be available and 
treaty requirements would not be complied with.

    OMB Approval Number: 3060-0357.
    Title: Section 63.701, Request for Designation as a Recognized 
Private Operating Agency.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 30.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 5 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 150 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Estimated Cost Per Respondent: $0.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission requests this collection of 
information to gather the information needed to recommend to the United 
States Department of Sate whether or not to designate persons 
requesting it recognized private operating agency (RPOA) status. The 
United States does not require anyone to obtain RPOA status but has 
created a voluntary process by which companies who believe it would be 
helpful in persuading foreign telecommunications operators to deal with 
them can obtain such a designation. RPOA status also permits companies 
to join the Telecommunications Sector of the International 
Telecommunications Union Formal (ITU), the standards-setting body of 
the ITU. Formal recognition of RPOA status is required by the ITU for 
companies desiring the ITU to grant them international free phone 
numbers.
    Without this information the government cannot represent to other 
nations that the United States enhanced-service providers will obey 
international regulations.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-7035 Filed 3-17-98; 8:45 am]
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