[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 191 (Monday, October 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53678-53679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25647]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

September 27, 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.

Federal Communications Commission

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0653.
    Expiration Date: 01/31/2002.
    Title: Consumer Information--Posting by Aggregators--Sections 
64.703(b) and (c).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 56,200 respondents; 3.6 hours per response 
(avg.); 206,566 total annual burden hours for all collections.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Description: Section 226(c)(1)(A) of the Communications Act and 
Section 64.703(b) of the Commission's rules require that each 
aggregator post on or near the telephone instrument in plain view of 
consumers: (1) The name, address, and toll-free telephone number of the 
provider of operator services; (2) written disclosure that the rates 
for all operator-assisted calls are available on request, and that 
consumers have a right to obtain access to the interstate common 
carrier of their choice and may contact their preferred interstate 
common carriers for information on accessing that carrier's service 
using that telephone; and (3) the name and address of the Enforcement 
Division of the Common Carrier Bureau of the Commission, to which the 
consumer may direct complaints regarding operator services. This 
requirement was a response to a widespread failure of aggregators to 
disclose information necessary for informed consumer choice in the 
marketplace. See 47 CFR 64.703(b). Section 64.703(c) establishes a 30-
day outer limit for aggregators to update the posted information. An 
aggregator may meet the 30-day outer limit rule, where its maintenance 
technicians would not otherwise visit the particular payphone location 
within 30 days, by having its coin collection or other agent affix a 
temporary sticker to the payphone. Such temporary sticker must be 
replaced with permanent signage during the next regularly scheduled 
maintenance visit. Section 64.703(c) is intended to provide updated OSP 
information to consumers and enable consumers to make informed choices 
when placing operator service calls. See 47 CFR 64.703(c). Aggregators 
will disclose the required information to consumers via printed notice 
that is posted on or near each of the aggregator's phones. Pursuant to 
Section 64.703(c), this information must be updated within 30 days in 
changes of OSPs. Consumers will use this information to determine 
whether they wish to use the services of the identified OSP. Obligation 
to respond: Mandatory.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0704.
    Expiration Date: 9/30/2002.
    Title: Policy and Rules Concerning the Interexchange Marketplace; 
Implementation of Section 254(g) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, CC Docket No. 96-61.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 519 respondents; 306.2 hours per response 
(avg.); 158,935 total annual burden hours for all collections.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $435,000.
    Frequency of Response: Annually; On occasion; Third party 
disclosure; Recordkeeping.
    Description: In the Second Order on Reconsideration issued in CC 
Docket No. 96-61, released March 31, 1999, the Commission reinstates 
the public disclosure requirement and also requires that nondominant 
interexchange carriers that have Internet websites past this 
information on-line in a timely and easily accessible manner. These 
carriers also continue to be required to file annual certifications 
pursuant to section 254(g); maintain price and service information; and 
are forborned from filing certain tariffs. These collections of 
information are necessary to provide consumers ready access to 
information concerning the rates, terms, and conditions governing the 
provision of interstate, domestic, interexchange services offered by 
nondominant IXCs in a detariffed and increasingly competitive 
environment. The information collected under the information disclosure 
requirement and the Internet posting requirement must be disclosed to 
the public to ensure that consumers have access to the information they 
need to select a telecommunications carrier and to bring to the 
Commission's attention possible violations of the Communications Act 
without a specific public disclosure requirement. The information 
collected under the tariff cancellation requirement must be disclosed 
to the Commission, and will be used to implement the Commission's 
detariffing policy. The information collected under the recordkeeping 
and other requirements will be used by the Commission to ensure that 
affected interexchange carriers fulfill their obligations under the 
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Act, as amended. Obligation to comply: 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. 99-25647 Filed 10-1-99; 8:45 am]
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