[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15474-15475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6633]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

March 7, 2001.
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 May 18, 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 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.: 3060-0717.
    Title: Billed Party Preference for InterLATA 0+ Calls--CC Docket 
No. 92-77; 47 CFR Sections 64.703(a), 64.709, 64.710.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Respondents: Business or Other for Profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1500.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 466.1 hours (avg.).
    Total Annual Burden: 669,157 hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $198,000.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted rules to further the goals 
of 47 U.S.C. Section 226. Pursuant to Section 64.703(a), operator 
service providers (OSPs) are required to disclose, audibly and 
distinctly to the consumer, at no charge and before connecting any 
interstate call, how to obtain rate quotations, including any 
applicable surcharges. Section 64.709 codifies the requirements for 
OSPs to file informational tariffs with the Commission. Section 64.710 
requires providers of interstate operator services of inmates at 
correctional institutions to identify themselves, audibly and 
distinctly, to the party to be billed, among other things. The 
disclosure rules will make it easier for callers using operator 
services provided at call aggregator phones, and prison-inmate phones, 
to obtain immediately the cost of the call, prior to the call being 
connected. The Commission has reviewed rates and charges contained in 
informational tariffs and instituted several formal as well as numerous 
informal investigations on receiving complaints from consumers, or on 
its own initiative, when OSP rates and related aggregator surcharges 
appeared to have been excessive.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0715.
    Title: Implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996: 
Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary Network 
Information and Other Customer Information--CC Docket No. 96-116.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Respondents: Business or Other for Profit.
    Number of Respondents: 6832.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 90.28 hrs (avg.).
    Total Annual Burden: 616,817 hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $229,500.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; Third party disclosure.
    Needs and Uses: In CC Docket No. 96-115, the Commission established 
rules to implement 47 U.S.C. Section 222. The rules are intended to 
further Congress's goals of fostering competition in telecommunications 
markets and to ensure the privacy of customer information. Among other 
things, carriers are permitted to use CPNI, without customer approval, 
under certain conditions. Carriers must obtain express customer 
approval to use CPNI to market service outside the customer's existing 
service relationship. Carriers must provide a one-time notification of 
customers' CPNI rights prior to any solicitation for approval. Carriers 
must maintain such records for a period of at least one year. Carriers 
must implement a system by which the status of a customer's CPNI 
approval can be clearly established prior to the use of CPNI. Carriers 
must establish a supervisory review process regarding carrier 
compliance with the rules in 47 CFR Part 64 for outbound marketing 
situations. All carriers must obtain on an annual basis a certification 
signed by a current officer attesting that he or she has personal 
knowledge that the carrier is in compliance with the Commission's 
rules. LECs must disclose aggregate customer information to others upon 
request. Section 222(c)(2) requires carriers to provide a customer's 
CPNI to any person designated in the written authorization. 
Telecommunications common carriers must provide subscriber list 
information gathered in their capacity as providers of telephone 
exchange service to any person upon request for the purpose of 
publishing directories. Carriers are obligated to provide updated 
subscriber list information and notices of changes in subscriber list 
information to the extent those changes reflect customers decision to 
cease having a telephone number listed.

    OMB Approval No.: 3060-0206.
    Title: Part 21--Multipoint Distribution Service.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 15,858.
    Estimated Hours Per Response: Ranges from 0.083 hrs to 10 hrs 
depending on rule section.

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    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Cost to Respondents: $1,244,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 10,221 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The information requested under Part 21 is used by 
the Commission staff to fulfill its obligations as set forth in 
Sections 308 and 309 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to 
determine the technical, legal and other qualifications of applicants 
to operate a station in the MDS services. The information is also used 
to determine whether grant of an application will service the public 
interest, convenience and necessity, as required by Section 309 of the 
Communications Act. The staff also uses this information to ensure that 
applicants and licensees comply with the ownership and transfer 
restrictions imposed by Section 310 of the Act.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-6633 Filed 3-16-01; 8:45 am]
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