[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9081-9082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3019]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

January 30, 2001.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commissions, 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 March 8, 2001. 
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

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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: 3060-0806.
    Title: Universal Service--Schools and Libraries Universal Service 
Program.
    Form Number: FCC Forms 470 and 471.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; businesses or other for-
profit entities; State, local, or tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 60,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 4 to 4.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping; on occasion reporting 
requirements; Third party disclosure.
    Total Annual Burden: 470,000 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Needs and Uses: The FCC adopted rules providing support for all 
telecommunications services, Internet access, and internal connections 
for all eligible schools and libraries. To participate in the program, 
schools and libraries must submit a description of the desired services 
to the Administrator via FCC Form 470. FCC Form 471 is submitted by 
schools and libraries that have ordered telecommunications services, 
Internet access, and internal connections. The FCC uses this 
information to determine eligibility of the applicants.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0686.
    Title: Streamlining the Internet Section 214 Authorization Process 
and Tariff Requirements.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 1,650.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 mins. to 3,028 hrs.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping; On occasion, quarterly, and 
annual reporting requirements; third party disclosure.
    Total Annual Burden: 73,896 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $12,467,000.
    Needs and Uses: On September 12, 2000, the FCC adopted an Order on 
Reconsideration in IB Docket No. 97-142, Rules and Policies on Foreign 
Participation in the U.S. Telecommunications Market, which addressed 
petitions seeking reconsideration of the Report and Order in this 
proceeding in which the Commission modified its rules and policies 
regarding foreign participation in the U.S. telecommunications market. 
The Order on Reconsideration, drafted in response to the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996, mandates the FCC to undertake, in every 
even-numbered year beginning in 1998, a review of all regulations 
issued under the Communications Act and to eliminate unnecessary 
government regulation of the telecommunications industry. The 
information collections pertaining to Part 63 are necessary largely to 
determine the qualifications of applicants to provide common carrier 
international telecommunications service, including applicants that are 
affiliated with foreign carriers, and to determine whether and under 
what conditions the authorizations are in the public interest, 
convenience, and necessity. The information collections pertaining to 
Part 1 of the rules are necessary to determine whether the FCC should 
grant a license for proposed submarine cables landing in the United 
States.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-3019 Filed 2-5-01; 8:45 am]
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