[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56582-56583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23953]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

September 12, 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 October 19, 
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 Les Smith, Federal Communications 
Commission, Room 1-A804, 445 12th Street, SW., 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 Number: 3060-0743.
    Title: Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and 
Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC 
Docket No. 96-128.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 3,342.
    Estimate Time Per Response: 0.5 to 100 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping; On occasion, quarterly, 
annual, and one-time reporting requirements; Third party disclosure.
    Total Annual Burden: 131,077 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Needs and Uses: The FCC's CC Doc. No. 96-128 promulgated rules and 
requirements implementing Section 276 of the Telecommunications Act of 
1996. Among other things, the rules: (1) Establish fair compensation 
for every completed intrastate and interstate payphone call; (2) 
discontinue intrastate and interstate carrier access charge payphone 
service elements and payment, and intrastate and interstate payphone 
subsidies from basic exchange services; and (3) adopt guidelines for 
use by the states in establishing public interest payphone in locations 
where payphones might not otherwise be located. Thus, the requirements 
in the Report and Order ensure that interexchange carriers, payphone 
service providers, LECs, and the states comply with their obligations 
under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as amended.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0561.
    Title: Section 76.913, Assumption of Jurisdiction by the 
Commission.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 50.
    Estimate Time Per Response: 8 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 400 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.913 permits a local franchising authority 
(LFA) that is unable to meet certification standards to petition the 
Commission to regulate the basic service cable rates of its franchisee. 
The Commission uses the information collected under this requirement to 
identify situations where it should exercise jurisdiction over basic 
service and equipment rates in place of an LFA. Without this 
information, the basic cable rates of some franchising areas which are 
not subject to effective competition would remain unregulated in 
contravention of the goals of the 1992 Cable Act.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0565.
    Title: Section 76.944, Commission Review of Franchising Authority 
Decisions on Rates for Basic Service and Associated Equipment

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    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; State, Local, 
or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 300.
    Estimate Time Per Response: 1.0 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 300 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission uses the information in this 
collection to ensure that franchising authority decisions regarding 
cable rates are consistent with the provisions of the Cable Television 
Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 and the Commission's 
rules regarding cable rate regulation. The Commission's review of 
appeals is necessary to ensure uniformity of interpretation of Federal 
guidelines.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0607.
    Title: Section 76.922, Rates for Basic Service Tiers and Cable 
Programming Tiers.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; and State, 
Local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 4,475.
    Estimate Time Per Response: 1 to 12 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 9,150 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.922, in relevant part, provides that 
cable operators may adjust their permissible rates to reflect the rate 
they would be charging if they had been permitted to include increases 
in external costs occurring between September 30, 1992, and their 
initial date of regulation reduced by inflation increases already 
received with respect to those costs. This section also provides that 
qualified small systems using the streamlined rate reduction process 
must notify subscribers, the LFA, and the FCC, and it allows such small 
systems to increase rates to recover the costs of headend upgrades. The 
Commission uses the information in this collection to ensure that 
qualified small systems have additional incentives to add channels and 
that small systems are able to recover costs for headend upgrades when 
doing so.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-23953 Filed 9-18-00; 8:45 am]
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