[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 130 (Thursday, July 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41666-41667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17051]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

June 28, 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, 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 September 5, 
2000. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find 
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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 Les Smith, Federal Communications 
Commissions, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 1-A804, Washington, DC 20554 or 
via the Internet to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collections contact Les Smith at (202) 418-0217 or 
via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0895.
    Title: Numbering Resources Optimization, CC Docket No. 99-200.
    Form No.: FCC Form 502.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Respondents: Business or Other for Profit; State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 2780.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 57 Hours (avg.).
    Total Annual Burden: 158,500 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.
    Needs and Uses: The ten digit North American 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. March 31, 2000), 
the Commission found that mandatory data collection is necessary to 
efficiently monitor and manage numbering use. All carriers that receive 
numbering resources from the North American Numbering Plan 
Administrator (NANPA) or other receiving numbering resources from a 
Pooling Administrator in thousands blocks must report forecast and 
utilization data semi-annually to the NANPA. Applications for initial 
numbering resources must include documented proof that the applicant is 
authorized to provide service in the area for which the numbering 
resources are requested and that the application is or will be capable 
of providing service within 60 days of the numbering resources 
activation date. Applications for growth numbering resources must 
include a Months-To-Exhaust Worksheet. 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. State 
commission must provide notification to reduce the reporting frequency 
for NPAs in their states to annual. Carriers that open a clean block 
prior to utilizing in its entirety a previously-opened thousands-block 
must make a demonstration to the state commission. States requesting 
pooling authority must include a showing of specific criteria in their 
petitions. Carriers are requested to submit cost support data so that 
the Commission can determine the cost associated with thousands-block 
number pooling. The data collected will be used by the Commission, 
state regulatory commissions, and the NANPA to monitor numbering 
resource utilization by all carriers using the resource and to project 
the dates of area code and NANP exhaust.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-17051 Filed 7-5-00; 8:45 am]
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