[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 79 (Monday, April 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20300-20301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10362]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

April 19, 1999.
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, 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 June 25, 1999. 
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 Les Smith, Federal Communications 
Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room 1-A804, Washington, DC 20554 or 
via the Internet to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collections contact Les Smith at (202) 418-0217 or 
via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0400.
    Title: Tariff Review Plan.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 52.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 61 hours (avg.).

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    Frequency of Response: Annually; biennially; and on occasion 
reporting requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 3,172 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $0.
    Needs and Uses: Certain local exchange carriers are required 
annually or biennially to submit a Tariff Review Plan in partial 
fulfillment of cost support material required by 47 CFR Part 61. The 
information is used by FCC and the public to determine the justness and 
reasonableness of rates, terms, and conditions in tariffs as required 
by the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0233.
    Title: Part 36, Separations.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 3,090.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 20.64 hours (avg.).
    Frequency of Response: Annually; and on occasion reporting 
requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 63,800 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $0.
    Needs and Uses: Local exchange carriers (LECs) are required to 
submit data annually to the national Exchange Carrier Association for 
the filing of access tariffs. State or local telephone companies which 
want to participate in the federal assistance program must make certain 
informational showings to demonstrate eligibility. In a Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking issued in CC Docket No. 80-286 (released 10/7/97), 
the Commission sought comment on a proposed rule allowing incumbent 
LECs to separate joint and common costs on an individual basis, showing 
that competition exists in the local markets.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0712.
    Title: Petition for Declaratory Ruling by the Inmate Calling 
Services providers Task Force, RM 8181.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 60.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour (avg.).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third 
party disclosure.
    Total Annual Burden: 60 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $0.
    Needs and Uses: In the Declaratory Ruling issued in RM-8181, the 
Commission requires that LECs, among other things, notify their 
customers of the change in status of inmate-only customer premises 
equipment (CPE). This is necessary to ensure that correctional facility 
customers are aware of the change in regulatory status of inmate-only 
payphones.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0725.
    Title: Annual Filing of Nondiscrimination Reports (on quality of 
service, installation, and maintenance) by Bell Operating Companies.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 7.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 50 hours (avg.).
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Total Annual Burden: 350 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $0.
    Needs and Uses: Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) must submit a 
nondiscrimination report with regard to payphones. Without this 
information, the Commission would not be able to ascertain whether the 
BOCs were providing competing payphone providers with equal access to 
all the basic underlying network services that are provided to their 
own payphones.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0737.
    Title: Disclosure Requirements for Information Services Provided 
Under a Presubscription or Comparable Arrangement.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000 respondents.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 5 hours (avg.).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third 
party disclosure.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $0.
    Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 64.1501(b) imposes disclosure requirements 
on information providers which offer ``presubscribed'' information 
services. The requirements are intended to ensure that consumers 
receive information regarding the terms and conditions associated with 
these services before they enter into a contract to subscribe to them.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0741.
    Title: Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC Docket No. 96-98, Second Report and 
Order and Memorandum Opinion and Order.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 1,350 respondents.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 150.3 hours (avg.).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements; Third 
party disclosure.
    Total Annual Burden: 202,980 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $0.
    Needs and Uses: In the Second Report and Order and Memorandum 
Opinion and Order issued in CC Docket No. 96-98, the Commission adopted 
rules and regulations to implement the portions of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996 which were enacted to open local 
telephone markets by eliminating legal and technical barriers to 
competition. The item addressed provisions related to local exchange 
carriers' obligations to provide their competitors with dialing parity 
and nondiscriminatory access to certain services; incumbent local 
exchange carriers' duty to make network information disclosures; and 
numbering administration.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-10362 Filed 4-23-99; 8:45 am]
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