[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41461-41462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16818]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

June 26, 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.: 3060-0895.
    Expiration Date: 12/31/2000.
    Title: Numbering Resources Optimization, CC Docket No. 99-200.
    Form No.: FCC Form 502.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2780 respondents; 57 hours per response 
(avg.); 158,500 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$6,490,000.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; Semi-annually; One-time 
requirement; Recordkeeping; Third Party Disclosure.
    Description: The ten digit North American Numbering Plan currently 
being used by the United States and 19 other countries is rapidly being 
depleted. Management of this resource is impaired by a lack of uniform 
data. Under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, the FCC was 
given ``exclusive jurisdiction over those portions of the North 
American Numbering Plan that pertain to the United States.'' Pursuant 
to that authority the Commission conducted a rulemaking that among 
other things addressed regular reporting on numbering use by United 
States carriers. In its Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-200, In 
the Matter of Numbering Resource Optimization (rel. Mar. 31, 2000) the 
Commission found that mandatory data collection is necessary to 
efficiently monitor and manage numbering use. Requirements adopted in 
the Report and Order include the following: (a) Utilization/Forecast 
Report--All carriers that receive numbering resources from the NANPA or 
that receive numbering resources from a Pooling Administrator in 
thousands blocks must report forecast and utilization data semi-
annually to the NANPA. Carriers that receive intermediate numbers must 
report forecast and utilization data. Mandatory reporting begins August 
1, 2000. See also 47 CFR Section 52.15(f). (No. of respondents: 2700; 
hours per response: 24 hours per semi-annual filing; total annual 
burden: 129,600 hours). (b) Application for Initial Numbering 
Resources--Applications for initial numbering resources must include 
documented proof that (1) the applicant is authorized to provide 
service in the area for which the numbering resources are requested and 
(2) the applicant is or will be capable of providing service within 60 
days of the numbering resources activation date. Specifically, carriers 
must provide, as part of the applications for initial numbering 
resources, evidence (e.g., state commission order or state 
certification to operate as a carrier) demonstrating that they are 
licensed and/or certified to provide service in the area in which they 
seek numbering resources. Carriers requesting initial numbering 
resources must also provide the NANPA appropriate evidence (e.g., 
contracts for unbundled network elements, network information showing 
that equipment has been purchased and is operational or will be 
operational, business plans, or interconnection agreements) that its 
facilities are in place or will be in place to provide service within 
60 days of the numbering resources activation date. These requirements 
apply to carriers requesting an initial NXX code and those requesting 
an initial thousands-block. See 47 CFR Section 52.15(g). (No. of 
respondents: 2730; hours per response: 2 hours; total annual burden: 
5460 hours). (c) Application for Growth Numbering Resources--
Applications for growth numbering resources must include a Months-To-
Exhaust (MTE) worksheet. To ensure that carriers obtain numbering 
resources when and where they are needed to provide service, carriers 
are required to provide evidence that, given their current utilization 
and recent historical growth, they need additional numbering resources. 
Non-pooling carriers must satisfy a minimum utilization threshold 
before obtaining additional numbering resources. See 47 CFR Section 
52.15(g). (No. of respondents: 2730; hours per response: 2 hours; total 
annual burden; 5460 hours). (d) Recordkeeping Requirement--To 
facilitate auditing by the NANPA and by state commissions in the 
future, carriers are required to maintain detailed internal records of 
their number usage in categories more granular than the five for which 
they are required to report. Carriers are required to maintain internal 
records of their numbering resources for the following subcategories: 
soft dialtone numbers; ported-out numbers; dealer number pools; test 
numbers; employee/official numbers; Local Routing Numbers; Temporary 
Local Directory Numbers; and wireless E911 emergency services routing 
digits/key numbers. Carriers are required to maintain this data for a 
period of not less than 5 years. See also Report and Order, para. 62. 
(No. of respondents: 2730; hours per response: 1 hour; total annual 
burden: 2730 hours). (e) Notifications by State Commissions--State 
commissions may reduce the reporting frequency for NPAs in their states 
to annual. State commissions must notify the Common Carrier Bureau and 
the NANPA prior to exercising this delegated authority. See 47 CFR 
Section 52.15(g). State commissions are permitted to substitute the NPA 
listed in the rollout schedule with an alternative NPA, as long as the 
substitute NPA has a life span of at least one year and is located 
within one of the top 100 MSAs. To exercise this option, the state must 
inform the thousands-block NPA within 15 days of the release of the 
roll out schedule for that quarter. (No. of respondents: 50; hours per 
response: 1 hour; total annual burden: 50 hours). (f) Demonstration to 
State Commission--Carriers that open a clean block prior to utilizing 
in its entirety a previously-opened thousands-block should be prepared 
to demonstrate to the state commission: (1) A genuine request from a 
customer detailing the specific need for telephone numbers; (2) the 
inability on the part of the carrier to meet the specific customer 
request for telephone numbers from the surplus of numbers within the 
carrier's currently activated thousands-block. See 47 CFR 52.15(j). 
(No. of respondents: 100; hours per response: 1 hour; total annual 
burden: 100 hours). (g) Petitions for Additional Delegation of 
Numbering Authority--States requesting pooling authority must include a 
showing of specific criteria in their petitions. Each petition must 
demonstrate that: (1) That an NPA in its state is in jeopardy, (2) the 
NPA in question has a remaining life span of at least a year, and (3) 
that NPA is in one of the largest 100 MSAs, or alternatively, the 
majority of wireline carriers in the NPA are LNP-capable. See also 
Report and Order, para. 170. (No. of respondents: 50; hours per 
response: 2 hours; total annual burden: 100 hours). (h) Cost Support 
Data--Carriers are requested to submit cost

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support data so that the Commission can determine the cost associated 
with thousands-block number pooling. Carriers should include an 
analysis of the differences between the shared industry costs 
associated with thousands-block number pooling and the shared industry 
costs, if any, associated with the current practices that result in 
more frequent area code changes. Carriers should provide cost studies 
that assign costs according to the following three categories: shared 
industry costs; carrier-specific costs directly related to thousands/
block pooling; and carrier-specific costs not directly related to 
thousands-block number pooling. See Report and Order, paras. 215-226. 
(No. of respondents: 1500; hours per response: 10 hours; total annual 
burden: 15,000 hours). The data collected will be used by the FCC, 
state regulatory commissions, and the North American Numbering Plan 
administrator (NANPA) to monitor numbering resource utilization by all 
carriers using the resource and to project the dates of area code and 
North American Numbering Plan exhaust. Obligation to respond: 
Mandatory. 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. 00-16818 Filed 7-3-00; 8:45 am]
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