[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 152 (Monday, August 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48240-48241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19891]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted to OMB 
for Review and Approval

July 28, 2000.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications, 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 estimates; (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 6, 
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 St., SW., Washington, DC 20554 or via 
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 internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0775.
    Title: Separate Affiliate Requirement for Independent Local 
Exchange Carrier (ILEC) Provision of International, Interexchange 
Services, 47 CFR Sec. 64.1901-64.1903.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of existing collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 10.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 6,056 hours (avg).
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 60,563 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $1,003,000.
    Needs and Uses: In CC Dockets 96-149 and 96-61, the FCC imposed 
recordkeeping requirements on independent local exchange carriers 
(ILECs). ILECs wishing to offer international, interexchange services 
must comply with the separate affiliate requirements of the Competitive 
Carrier Fifth Report and Order, which requires that an ILEC's 
international, interexchange affiliate must maintain books of account 
separate from such LECs' local exchange and other activities. The 
regulation does not require that the affiliate maintain books of 
account that comply with the Commission's Part 32 rules; rather, as a 
separate legal entity, the international, interexchange affiliate must 
maintain its own books of account. Thus, this regulation ensures that 
ILECs providing international, interexchange services through a 
separate affiliate are in compliance with the Communications Act, as 
amended.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0742.
    Title: Telephone Number Portability, 47 CFR Part 52, Subpart C, 
Section 52.21-52.33.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.

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    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 1,685.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 2 to 85.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping; on occasion reporting 
requirement; third party disclosure.
    Total Annual Burden: 9,239 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The 47 CFR Part 52, Subpart C implements the 
statutory requirements that local exchange carriers (LECs) provide 
number portability as set forth in Section 251 of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996. The Commission requires the following 
information to be collected from various entities: (a) The request must 
specifically request long-term number portability in areas inside or 
outside the 100 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), identify 
the area covered by the request, and provide a tentative date six or 
more months in the future when the carrier expects to need number 
portability in order to port prospective customers; (b) carriers that 
are unable to meet the deadlines for implementing a long-term number 
portability solution are required to file with the Commission at least 
60 days in advance of the deadline a petition to extend the time by 
which implementation in its network will be completed; (c) incumbent 
LECs are required to include many details in their cost support that 
are unique to the number portability proceeding pursuant to the Cost 
Classification Order; for instance, incumbent LECs must demonstrate 
that any incremental overhead costs claimed in their cost support are 
actually new costs incremental overhead costs claimed in their cost 
support are actually new costs incremental to and resulting from the 
provision of long-term portability; and (d) telecommunications carriers 
are required to provide information about their international and 
regional end-user telecommunications revenues that will enable the 
regional database administrator to allocate the cost of the number 
portability regional databases in competitively neutral manner. All the 
requirements will be used to implement Section 251 of the 
Communications Act, as amended.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0848.
    Title: Deployment of Wireline Services Offering Advanced 
Telecommunications Capability, CC Docket No. 98-147.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 1,400.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 0.5 to 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; third 
party disclosure.
    Total Annual Burden: 15,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The requirements implement Section 706 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to promote deployment of 
advanced services without significantly degrading the performance of 
other services. All requirements will be used by the Commission and 
CLECs to facilitate the deployment of advanced data services and to 
implement Section 706 of the Act. The following collections of 
information implement Section 706:
    (a) Showing regarding loop condition, 47 CFR 51.319(h)(5);
    (b) Request for alternative physical access, 47 CFR Section 
51.319(h)(7);
    (c) Showing of significant degradation, 47 CFR Section 51.230(b)-
(c);
    (d) Information on type of technology, 47 CFR Section 51.231(b)-
(c);
    (e) Any party seeking designation of a technology as a known 
disturber should file a petition for declaratory ruling, 47 CFR Section 
51.232(b);
    (f) Showing of network harm, 47 CFR Section 51.233(b)-(c);
    (g) List of equipment and affidavit, 47 CFR Section 51.323(b);
    (h) Space limitation documentation, 47 CFR Section 51.321(f);
    (i) Report of available collocation space, 47 CFR Section 
51.321(h);
    (j) Information on security training, 47 CFR Section 51.323(I)(3);
    (k) Access to spectrum management procedures and policies, 47 CFR 
Section 51.231(a);
    (l) Rejection and loop information, 47 CFR Section 51.231(a); and
    (m) Notification of performance degradation, 47 CFR Section 51.233.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-19891 Filed 8-4-00; 8:45 am]
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