[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29011-29012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13948]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

May 19, 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 July 27, 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

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information collection(s), contact Judy Boley at 202-418-0214 or via 
internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0653.
    Title: Consumer Information--Posting by Aggregators, Section 
64.703(b).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 56,200 respondents.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 3.57 hours per response (avg.).
    Total Annual Burden: 202,566 hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third 
party disclosure.
    Needs and Uses: As required by 47 U.S.C. Section 226(c)(1)(A), 
Section 64.703(b) of the Commission's rules provides that aggregators 
(providers of telephones to the public or transient users) must post in 
writing, on or near such phones, information about presubscribed 
operator services, rates, carrier access, and the FCC address to which 
consumers may direct complaints.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0149.
    Title: Application and Supplemental Information Requirements--Part 
63, Section 214, Sections 63.01-63.601.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 255 respondents.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 10 hours per response (avg.).
    Total Annual Burden: 2550 hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Needs and Uses: Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. Section 214, requires that a carrier must first 
obtain FCC authorization either to (1) construct, operate, or engage in 
transmission over a line of communication, or (2) discontinue, reduce, 
or impair service over a line of communication. 47 CFR Part 63 
implements Section 214. In a NPRM issued in CC Docket No. 97-11, the 
Commission proposed to modify 47 CFR Part 63 to eliminate information 
submission requirements entirely for some categories of communications 
carriers and to reduce the submissions requirements for other 
categories. The Commission proposed entirely eliminating the 
requirement for carriers to file applications for line ``extensions'' 
because Congress has exempted line ``extensions'' for the requirements 
of 47 U.S.C. 214, under Section 402(b)(2)(A) of the Telecommunications 
Act of 1996. The Commission also proposed eliminating the requirement 
for reports submitted by carriers identified by the Commission as 
domestic non-dominant carriers, small carriers, and carriers proposing 
small projects. For carriers identified by the Commission as domestic 
dominant rate-of-return carriers, the Commission proposed reducing (but 
not entirely eliminating) the information submission requirements in 
applications for ``new'' lines, because the information is collected 
elsewhere, is unnecessary, is confusing in light of the provisions of 
section 402(b)(2)(A), or is no longer of decisional significance to the 
Commission. The information received in applications from dominant 
carriers (not proposed to be reduced) has been used by the Commission 
to determine if the facilities are needed. The information contained in 
reports from nondominant carriers (not proposed to be eliminated) has 
been used to monitor the growth of the networks and the availability of 
common carrier services in this segment of the telecommunications 
market, to relieve these carriers and the Commission of a before-the-
fact review of each subsequent facility addition. These collections of 
information were deemed necessary to enable the Commission to comply 
with its mandate. Because Congress has changed the Commission's mandate 
in the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the information proposed to be 
reduced or eliminated may no longer be warranted.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0815.
    Title: North American Numbering Plan Funding Worksheet.
    Form No.: FCC Form 496.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Number of Respondents: 3700 respondents.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .50 hours per response (avg.).
    Total Annual Burden: 1850 hours.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0. Frequency of 
Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Needs and Uses: Pursuant to Congress' directive in the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996 that the Commission establish an 
independent entity to administer telecommunications numbering, the 
Commission determined on July 13, 1995, that the costs associated with 
administering numbering duties should be based on each 
telecommunications carrier's gross revenues less payments made to other 
carriers. We authorized the North American Numbering Plan 
Administrator's (NANPA) billing and collections agent to send FCC Form 
496 requesting that telecommunications carriers provide information 
regarding their yearly gross revenues less payments made to other 
telecommunications carriers. The worksheet, FCC form 496, seeks 
financial data, and payment from telecommunications carriers to fund 
NANPA. All common carriers providing telecommunications service between 
U.S. and foreign points must file this worksheet. The Commission and 
the NANPA will use the information collected in the worksheet to 
determine the total revenue received from telecommunications carriers 
in order to arrive at an amount that each carrier must pay to fund the 
NANPA.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0613.
    Title: Expanded Interconnection with Local Telephone Company 
Facilities, CC Docket No. 91-141, Transport Phase II (Third R&O).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Number of Respondents: 64 respondents.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 13 hours per response (avg.).
    Total Annual Burden: 832 hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Needs and Uses: Tier 1 local exchange carriers (except NECA 
members) are required to make tariff filings to provide certain 
signalling information to interested parties so that those parties can 
provide tandem switching services. Tandem switching providers are 
required to provide certain billing information to those Tier 1 local 
exchange carriers.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-13948 Filed 5-26-98; 8:45 am]
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