[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 145 (Thursday, July 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46169-46170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18957]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

July 14, 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 collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before August 28, 
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-XXXX.

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    Title: Interstate Telephone Service Provider Worksheet.
    Form No.: FCC Form 159-W.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit, not-for-profit institutions, state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 4,500.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .25 hours or 15 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting 
requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,125 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: Section 9 authorizes the Federal Communications 
Commission to assess and collect annual regulatory fees to recover 
costs incurred in carrying out its enforcement, policy and rulemaking 
activities and its user information services. Common carrier licensees 
and permittees who provide interstate telephone operator services must 
pay those fees. These regulatory fees are based upon a percentage of 
the carrier's interstate revenues. The information is necessary to 
determine how much each carrier's interstate revenues are available to 
the carrier by extraction from another voluminous collection approved 
under OMB Control Number 3060-0855, Telecommunications Reporting 
Worksheet, FCC Form 499-A. The requested FCC Form 159-W is intended to 
provide a convenient format for documenting the extracted interstate 
revenue information and to complete the simple calculation of the fee 
amount due.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Section 101.1327, Renewal Expectancy for EA Licensees.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 18,820.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .20 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Every 10 year reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 284,653 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $18,820,000.
    Needs and Uses: The information required in Section 101.1327 is 
used to determine whether a renewal applicant of a Multiple Address 
System has complied with the requirements to provide substantial 
service by the end of the ten-year initial license term. The FCC uses 
the information to determine whether an applicant's license will be 
renewed at the end of the license period.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-18957 Filed 7-26-00; 8:45 am]
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