[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 185 (Friday, September 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51759-51760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24894]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

September 17, 1999.

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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 October 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 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.: 3060-0760.

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    Title: Access Charge Reform--CC Docket No. 96-262 (First Report and 
Order), Second Order on Reconsideration and Memorandum Opinion and 
Order, Third Report and Order, and Fifth Report and Order.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 14.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 8-2,117 hours per respondent.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, third 
party disclosure requirement, and other specific date requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 58,319 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $8,000.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission provides detailed rules for 
implementing the market-based approach, pursuant to which price cap 
LECs would receive pricing flexibility in the provision of interstate 
access services as competition for those services develops. The Order 
grants immediate pricing flexibility to price cap LECs in the form of 
streamlined introduction of new services, geographic deaveraging of 
rates for services in the trunking basket, and removal of certain 
interstate interexchange services from price cap regulation and 
provides for additional pricing flexibility upon showings.
    The information to be collected would be submitted to the FCC by 
incumbent LECs for use in determining whether the incumbent LECs should 
receive regulatory relief proposed in the Orders. The information 
collected under the Second Order on Reconsideration and Memorandum 
Opinion and Order would be submitted by the LECs to the interexchange 
carriers (IXCs) for use in developing the most cost-efficient rates and 
rate structures.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-24894 Filed 9-23-99; 8:45 am]
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