[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 178 (Tuesday, September 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 49356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24666]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management
and Budget
September 8, 1998.
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.: 3060-0411.
Expiration Date: 02/28/99.
Title: Procedures for Formal Complaints Filed Against Common
Carriers.
Form No.: FCC Form 485.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, including small
business; not-for-profit institutions; state, local or tribal
government, individuals or households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 5645 respondents; 2.95 hours per response
(avg.); 16,677 total annual burden hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $63,000.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, third party disclosure,
recordkeeping.
Description: Sections 206 to 209 of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended provide the statutory framework for our current rules for
resolving formal complaints filed against common carriers. Section
208(a) authorizes complaints by any person ``complaining of anything
done or omitted to be done by any common carrier'' subject to the
provisions of the Act. Section 208(a) specifically states that ``it
should be the duty of the Commission to investigate the matters
complained of in such manner and by such means as it shall deem
proper.'' In the Second Report and Order issued in CC Docket No. 96-
238, the Commission makes certain changes in the rules for formal
complaints filed against common carriers to make them move more
quickly. Information filed pursuant to 47 CFR 1.720 et seq. is provided
either with or in response to a formal complaint to determine whether
or not there has been a violation of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, or the Commission's Rules or Orders. Affected respondents are
complainants and potential defendant common carriers. Obligations to
respond: required to obtain or retain benefits. Following is a listing
of new or modified collections contained in the Second Report and
Order:
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In hours
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Title No. of Est. time Total
respondents per annual
respondent burden
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a. Requests for inclusion on
accelerated docket.................. 300 0.5 150
b. Pleadings......................... 80 4 320
c. Automatic document production
requirements........................ 80 20 1,600
d. Discovery......................... 80 20 1,600
e. Status conference................. 80 3 240
f. Proposed findings of fact and
conclusions of law.................. 80 5 400
g. Minitrial submissions............. 80 3 240
h. Minitrial transcript.............. 80 10 800
i. Applications for review of staff
decisions........................... 20 15 300
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Total Annual Burden: 5650 (for new and/or modified collections
only). Total annual burden for all collections approved under this
control number: 16,677 hours.
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. 98-24666 Filed 9-14-98; 8:45 am]
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