[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37386-37387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14983]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

June 7, 2000.
    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.: 3060-0942.
    Expiration Date: 12/31/2000.
    Title: In the Matter of Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance 
Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long Distance Users, 
Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 27 respondents; 472.5 hours per response 
(avg). 12,758 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; Quarterly; Annually; 
Recordkeeping; Third Party Disclosure.
    Description: By adopting the Sixth Report and Order in CC Docket 
No. 96-262 (released May 31, 2000), the Commission took action to 
further accelerate the development of competition in the local and 
long-distance telecommunications markets, and to further establish 
explicit universal service support that will be sustainable in an 
increasingly competitive marketplace, pursuant to the mandate of the 
1996 Act. The Commission requires the following information to be 
reported to the following entities under the CALLS Proposal: a. Tariff 
Filing: The Report and Order requires price cap LECs to modify their 
annual access tariff filings in the following ways: (1) Subtracting 
from their next tariff filings the estimated universal service support 
that they will receive from USAC over the next year; (2) consolidating 
the access revenues that they examine to determine whether to charge 
the new SLC cap or the actual cost of their access lines; (3) if they 
choose to deaverage their SLCs, adding up the components of their 
averaged traffic sensitive charges to test whether the charges have 
reached the target rate; (4) calculating their SLC rates by Unbundled 
Network Element Zone. (No. of respondents: 18; hours per response: 2 
hours; total annual burden 36 hours). b. Quarterly and Annual Data 
Filings: The Report and Order requires each price cap or competitive 
LEC that wishes to receive support from the interstate access universal 
service support mechanism to

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submit quarterly to USAC data showing the number of lines it served in 
a study area as of the last business day of the previous quarter. 
(Price Cap LECs--Line Counts--No. of respondents: 18; hours per 
response 5 hours; total annual burden: 360 hours). (Competitive LECs--
No. of respondents: 9; hours per response: 20 hours; total annual 
burden: 180 hours). In addition to line count information, price cap 
LECs must file with USAC on June 30, 2000, October 15, 2000, April 16, 
2001 and annually after that, price cap revenue data, prices for 
unbundled network element (UNE) loops and line ports, and UNE zone 
boundary information. (Price Cap LECs--Price and Revenue Data--No. of 
respondents: 18; hours per response: 675 average; total annual burden: 
12,162 first year, 6081 annually thereafter). c. Cost Support 
Information: The Report and Order requires price cap LECs who choose 
not to follow the voluntary portions of the CALLS Proposal to submit 
cost support information, which the Commission would use to set their 
access rate levels. (No. of respondents: 2; hours per response: 10; 
total annual burden: 20 hours). The Commission will use the modified 
tariff information filed by the price cap LECs to ensure compliance 
with the various interstate access reforms of the CALLS proposal. USAC 
will use the line count and other information filed by price cap and 
competitive LECs to determine, on a per-line basis, the amount that the 
carrier will receive from the interstate access universal service 
support mechanism. The Commission will use the cost support information 
filed by the price cap LECs to ensure that their interstate access 
rates are just and reasonable, as required by section 201(b) of the 
Communications Act. Obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain 
benefits. Public reporting burden for the collection 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. 00-14983 Filed 6-13-00; 8:45 am]
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