[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 165 (Thursday, August 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46682-46683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22132]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Submitted to OMB for 
Review and Approval

August 18, 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(s), as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 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 September 27, 
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 Judy Boley, Federal Communications 
Commission, Room 1-C804, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554 or 
via the 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 the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0515.
    Title: Section 43.21(c), Miscellaneous Common Carrier Annual Letter 
Filing Requirement.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Reinstatement without change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 32.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 32 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: Pursuant to 47 CFR 43.21(c), each miscellaneous 
common carrier with operating revenues in excess of the indexed 
threshold as defined in 47 CFR 32.9000 must file a letter showing its 
operating revenues for that year and the value of its total 
communications plant at the end of that year. The letter must contain 
information pertaining to the carrier's revenues, expenses, net income, 
assets, liabilities and owners' equity. These

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letters must be filed by no later than April of the following year. 
Those miscellaneous common carriers with annual operating revenues that 
equal or surpass the indexed revenue threshold for the first time may 
file the letter up to one month after publication of the adjusted 
revenue threshold in the Federal Register, but in no event shall such 
carriers be required to file the letter prior to April 1.
    The information is used by FCC staff members to regulate and 
monitor the telephone industry and by the public to analyze the 
industry. The information on revenue and total plant is compiled and 
published in the Commission's annual common carrier statistical 
publication and long distance market share report.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0655.
    Title: Requests for Waiver of Regulatory Fees Predicated on 
Allegations of Financial Hardship (MD Docket No. 94-19).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Reinstatement without change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, businesses or other-for-
profit.
    Number of Respondents: 160.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 160 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The FCC implemented provisions contained in Section 
6003(a) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, P.L. 103-66 
and 103-121, which adds Section 9 to the Communications Act. Section 9 
authorizes the FCC to assess and collect annual regulatory fees to 
recover costs incurred in carrying out its enforcement, policy and 
rulemaking activities and its user information services. Licensees and 
permittees may request a waiver of those fees. A number of requests for 
waiver are based on grounds of financial hardship but lack sufficient 
documentation to support a finding that a waiver should be granted. As 
a result, the FCC in ruling on Petitions for Reconsideration in the FY 
1994 fee proceeding, the FCC set forth the types of documentation it 
will rely on to determine if waivers should be granted because of 
financial hardship, in order to give guidance to parties requesting 
waivers. Where parties have filed insufficient information with their 
FY 194 waiver requests, the FCC will afford them an opportunity to 
perfect their waiver requests by making the showing. The information 
will be used by FCC staff to determine if a party is entitled to a 
waiver of its obligation to pay the annual regulatory fee. It will be 
filed annually, but only by those parties who request waivers of their 
obligations to pay the fee because of financial hardship.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-22132 Filed 8-25-99; 8:45 am]
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