[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15754-15755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8088]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

March 26, 1999.
    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.
    The Commission has received OMB approval for the following ARMIS 
reports. ARMIS was implemented to facilitate the timely and efficient 
analysis of the carriers' operating costs and the appropriate revenue 
requirements, rates of return and price caps; to provide an improved 
basis for audits and other oversight functions; and to enhance the 
Commission's ability to quantify the effects of alternative policy. The 
following reports were revised to implement recent Commission orders, 
to clarify definitions and descriptions and to improve understanding of 
existing requirements. For copies of the procedures and formats for the 
ARMIS reports, please call Barbara Van Hagen at 202-418-0849. Copies of 
the procedures and formats may also be obtained via the internet at: 
http://www.fcc.gov/ccb/armis.

Federal Communications Commission

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0395.
    Expiration Date: 03/31/2002.
    Title: The ARMIS USOA Report; The ARMIS Service Quality Report; and 
The ARMIS Infrastructure Report.
    Form No.: FCC Report Nos. 43-02, 43-05, 43-07.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 50 respondents; 1252.7 hours per response 
(avg.); 62,637 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Description: FCC Report 43-02 contains company-wide data for each 
account specified in the Uniform System of Accounts (``USOA''). It 
provides the annual operating results of the carriers' activities for 
every account in the USOA. (FCC Report 43-02 has 50 respondents, 960 
hours per response (avg), 48,000 total annual hours). FCC Report 43-05 
collects data at the study area and holding company levels and is 
designed to capture trends in service quality under price cap 
regulation. It provides service quality information in the areas of 
interexchange access service installation and repair intervals, local 
service installation and repair intervals, trunk blockage and total 
switch downtime for price cap companies. (FCC Report 43-05 has 12 
respondents, 849 hours per response (avg), 10,197.4 total annual 
hours). FCC Report 43-07 is designed to capture trends in telephone 
industry infrastructure development under price cap regulation. It 
provides switch deployment and capabilities data. (FCC Report 43-07 has 
8 respondents, 555 hours per response (avg), 4,400 total annual hours). 
Obligation to respond: Mandatory.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0496.
    Expiration Date: 03/31/2002.
    Title: The ARMIS Operating Data Report.
    Form No.: FCC Report 43-08.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 50. respondents; 160 hours per response 
(avg.); 8,000 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

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    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Description: The ARMIS Operating Data Report consists of 
statistical schedules which are needed by the Commission to monitor 
network growth, usage, and reliability. Obligation to respond: 
Mandatory.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0511.
    Expiration Date: 03/31/2002.
    Title: ARMIS Access Report
    Form No.: FCC Report 43-04.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 150. respondents; 1,150 hours per response 
(avg.); 172,500 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Description: The Access Report is needed to administer the results 
of the FCC's jurisdictional separations and access charge procedures in 
order to analyze revenue requirements, joint cost allocations, 
jurisdictional separations and access charges. Obligation to respond: 
Mandatory.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0512.
    Expiration Date: 03/31/2002.
    Title: The ARMIS Annual Summary Report.
    Form No.: FCC Report No. 43-01.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 150. respondents; 220 hours per response 
(avg.); 33,000 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Description: The ARMIS Annual Summary Report contains financial and 
operating data and is used to monitor the incumbent local exchange 
carriers and to perform routine analyses of costs and revenues on 
behalf of the Commission. Obligation to respond: Mandatory.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0513.
    Expiration Date: 03/31/2002.
    Title: ARMIS Joint Cost Report.
    Form No.: FCC Report 43-03.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 150. respondents; 200 hours per response 
(avg.); 30,000 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Description: The Joint Cost Report is needed to administer our Part 
64 joint cost rules and to analyze the regulated and nonregulated cost 
and revenue allocations by study area in order to prevent cross-
subsidization of non-regulated operations by the regulated operations. 
Obligation to respond: Mandatory.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0763
    Expiration Date: 03/31/2002
    Title: The ARMIS Customer Satisfaction Report
    Form No.: FCC Report 43-06
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 8 respondents; 720 hours per response 
(avg.); 5,760 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Description: The Customer Satisfaction Report collects data from 
carrier surveys designed to capture trends in service quality. 
Obligation to respond: Mandatory.
    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, DC 20554.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-8088 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]
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