[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15475-15476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6635]


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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(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 May 18, 2001. 
If you anticipate that you will be

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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., Washington, 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.: 3060-0411.
    Title: Procedures for Formal Complaints Filed Against Common 
Carriers.
    Form No.: FCC Form 485.
    Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit, not-for-profit institutions, state, local or tribal 
governments.
    Number of Respondents: 760.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .50-20 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement, third party disclosure requirement and other 
reporting requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 15,436 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $165.00 per respondent or a total annual 
estimated cost of $125,400.
    Needs and Uses: The Order on Reconsideration addresses several 
petitions for reconsideration and/or clarification of our rules that 
amended the procedures governing complaints filed against common 
carriers. In the First Report and Order, the Commission adopted rules 
designed, inter alia, to expedite the resolution of formal complaints 
filed against common carriers pursuant to Section 208 of the Act, and 
in the Second Report and Order, adopted the Accelerated Docket rules. 
The Order on Reconsideration also modifies specific rules governing 
pre-filing letters, answers, replies, payment verification 
requirements, and supplemental complaints for damages. The information 
will be used by Commission staff to determine the sufficiency of 
complaints and to resolve the merits of disputes between the parties.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0655.
    Title: Requests for Waivers of Regulatory Fees Predicated on 
Allegations of Financial Hardship, MD Docket No. 94-19.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households and business or other for-
profit.
    Number of Respondents: 240.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 240 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $3,200.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection has been revised to 
include Section 8 waiver requests. Section 9 of the Communications Act 
of 1934, authorizes the FCC 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. Licensees 
and permittees may request waiver of those fees. A number of requests 
for waivers are based on grounds of financial hardship but lack 
sufficient documentation to support a finding that a waiver should be 
granted. As a result, the FCC set forth the types of documentation that 
it will rely on to determine if waivers should be granted because of 
financial hardship, in order to give guidance to parties requesting 
waivers. Where parties have filed insufficient information with their 
waiver requests, the Commission will afford them the opportunity to 
perfect their waiver requests by making a showing set forth in MD 
Docket 94-19.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0108.
    Title: Emergency Alert System, EAS Activation Report.
    Form No.: FCC Form 201.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, state, local or tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 1,300.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .084 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 109 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Emergency Alert System (EAS) Activation Report 
postcard was developed as part of the EAS planning program. The program 
is a tri-agency agreement between the FCC, the NOAA National Weather 
Service, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The 
National Advisory Committee recommended this postcard for use in the 
program.
    The postcard allows the three agencies to assess the success of the 
program and identify the areas of the country that need further 
assistance in developing their local EAS plan.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0589.
    Title: FCC Remittance Advice and Continuation Sheet.
    Form No.: FCC Form 159 and 159-C.
    Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit, not-for-profit institutions, state, local or tribal 
governments.
    Number of Respondents: 635,738.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .50 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 317,869 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: This form is being revised to include Facility 
Identification Number (FAC ID). This form is required for payment of 
regulatory fees, and for use when paying for multiple filings with a 
single payment instrument, or when paying by credit card. This form 
requires specific information to track payment history, and to 
facilitate the efficient and expeditious processing of collections by a 
lockbox bank.
    The information will be used by the FCC for the purpose of 
collecting reporting any delinquent amounts arising of such person's 
relationship with the government.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
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