[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25483-25484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10891]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

April 26, 2000.
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

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collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before June 1, 2000. 
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, 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.: 3060-0734.
    Title: Accounting Safeguards, CC Docket 96-150, (47 U.S.C. Sections 
260, 271-276 and 47 CFR Sections 53.209, 53.211 and 53.213).
    Form No.: SEC 10-K Form.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 27.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour to 6,056 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Biennial, annual and on occasion reporting 
requirements, third party disclosure requirement, recordkeeping 
requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 172,560 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $633,000.
    Needs and Uses: In the Report and Order in CC Docket 96-150, the 
Commission addressed the accounting safeguards necessary to satisfy the 
requirements of Sections 260 and 271 through 276 of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996. The Report and Order prescribed the way 
ILECs, including the BOCs, must account for transactions with 
affiliates involving, and allocate costs incurred in the provision of, 
both regulated telecommunications services and nonregulated services, 
including telemessaging, interLATA telecommunications and information 
services, telecommunications equipment and CPE manufacturing and 
others. The information collected under this submission enables the 
Commission to ensure that the subscribers to regulated 
telecommunications services do not bear the costs of these new 
nonregulated services and that transactions between affiliates and 
carriers will be at prices that do not ultimately result in unfair 
rates being charged to ratepayers.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0463.
    Title: Telecommunications Services for Individuals with Hearing and 
Speech Disabilities and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 47 
CFR Part 64 (Sections 64.601-64.605).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, state, local or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 5,052.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .166 hours to 365 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual, on occasion, and every 5 years 
reporting requirements, recordkeeping requirement, third party 
disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 26,832 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: Title IV of the ADA requires the Commission to 
ensure that telecommunications relay services are available to persons 
with hearing and speech disabilities in the United States. The 
Commission is required by 44 U.S.C. 225(d)(3) to enact and oversee a 
shared-funding mechanism (TRS Fund) for recovering the costs of 
providing interstate TRS. The Commission recently modified its rules 
to, among other things, require the notification of substantive changes 
to a state's TRS program and to allow for the filing of informal 
complaints. The information is needed to ensure compliance with agency 
policy.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-10891 Filed 5-1-00; 8:45 am]
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