[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54318-54319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25887]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

September 28, 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, 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 November 5, 
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

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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.: 3060-0741.
    Title: Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC Docket 96-98, Second Report and 
Order and Memorandum Opinion and Order, Second Order on 
Reconsideration.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1-100 hours per respondent.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 228,750 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $60,000.
    Needs and Uses: In the Second Order on Reconsideration, the 
Commission resolves and clarifies specific issues regarding the 
nondiscriminatory access obligations of local exchange carriers. The 
Commission clarified that, upon request, a LEC shall provide access to 
its directory assistance services and to its directory listings in any 
format the competing provider specifies, if the LEC's internal systems 
can accommodate the format. LEC's must supply updates. In the NPRM, the 
Commission sought comment on issues arising out of developments in, and 
the convergence of, directory publishing and directory assistance.
    In order to encourage competition in the telecommunications 
services market by lifting operational barriers to entry, the 
Commission has: (1) Required LECs to provide dialing parity and 
nondiscriminatory access to certain services and functionalities; (2) 
required ILECs to provide public notice of network changes; and (3) 
established procedures for numbering administration. These information 
collection requirements are part of an effort to make local dialing and 
networks, telephone numbers, operator services, directory assistance 
and directory listings available to all competitors on an equal basis. 
Implementation plans describing each LEC's proposal(s) to implement 
toll dialing parity based on LATA boundaries will be provided by the 
LECs to the state commissions or to this Commission. Justifications for 
noncompliance with toll dialing parity deadlines will be provided to 
the Commission. Directory listings and the public notice of network 
changes will be provided to third parties. Technical information 
regarding interconnection and/or access to unbundled network elements 
will be provided by ILECs to requesting telecommunication carriers. 
Burden of proof documentation regarding access to a LEC's services and 
features or dialing delay will be provided to the Commission. Area code 
relief plans will be provided by state commissions to the central 
office code administrator(s).
    The Commission has concluded in the Second Order on Reconsideration 
that a LEC shall permit competing providers of telephone exchange 
service and telephone toll service access to its directory assistance 
services, including directory assistance databases. The Commission 
clarified that, upon request, a LEC shall provide access to its 
directory assistance services, including directory assistance 
databases, and to its directory listings in any format the competing 
provider specifies, if the LEC's internal systems can accommodate that 
format. In addition, LECs must supply updates to the requesting LEC in 
the same manner as the original transfer and at the same time that it 
provides updates to itself. These information collection requirements 
are part of an effort to make directory assistance and directory 
listings available to all competitors on an equal basis.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-25887 Filed 10-5-99; 8:45 am]
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