[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 66 (Thursday, April 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 18091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8315]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

March 28, 2001.
    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 
information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a 
person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless 
it displays a currently valid control number. For further information 
contact Shoko B. Hair, Federal Communications Commission, (202) 418-
1379.

Federal Communications Commission

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0439
    Expiration Date: 03/31/2004
    Title: Regulations Concerning Indecent Communications by Telephone, 
47 CFR Section 64.201.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Individuals or 
household.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 10,200 respondents; .166 hours per 
response (avg.); 1,632 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; Third Party Disclosure.
    Description: Section 223 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended imposes fines and penalties on those who knowingly use the 
telephone to make obscene or indecent communications for commercial 
purposes. The fines and penalties are applicable to those who use the 
telephone or permit their telephone to be used, for obscene 
communications to any person and to those who use the telephone, or 
permit their telephone to be used, for obscene communications to any 
person and to those who use the telephone for indecent communications 
to persons under 18 years of age or to adults without their consent. 
Section 223 requires telephone companies, to the extent technically 
feasible, to prohibit access to indecent communications from the 
telephone of a subscriber who has not previously requested access. 47 
CFR Section 64.201 implements the Section 223. Section 64.201 requires 
that certain common carriers block access to indecent messages unless 
the subscribe seeks access from the common carrier in writing; requires 
that adult message service providers notify their carriers of the 
nature of their programming; and requires providers of adult message 
services request that their carriers identify it as such in bills to 
their subscribers. The information requirements are imposed on 
carriers, adult message service providers and those who solicit their 
services to ensure that minors are denied access to material deemed 
indecent. If the requirements were not imposed the Commission would not 
be able to carry out its responsibilities as mandated in Section 223 of 
the Act. Obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0810.
    Expiration Date: 03/31/2004.
    Title: Procedures for Designation of Eligible Telecommunications 
Carriers Pursuant to Section 214(e)(6) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 120 respondents; 51.6 hours per response 
(avg.); 6200 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; Third party disclosure.
    Description: The Communications Act of 1934, as amended, mandates 
that only eligible telecommunications carriers may receive universal 
service support. Under the Act, state commissions must designate 
telecommunications carriers subject to their jurisdiction as eligible. 
Section 214(e)(6), however, requires that the Commission, upon request, 
designate a common carrier that meet the requirements of section 214 as 
an eligible telecommunications carrier for a service area designated by 
the Commission. The Commission must evaluate whether telecommunications 
carriers requesting such designation pursuant to the Commission's 
procedures meet the eligibility criteria set forth in the Act. Carriers 
seeking designation from the Commission pursuant to section 214(e)(6) 
must demonstrate that they fulfill the requirements of section 
214(e)(1). To do so, carriers seeking designation from the Commission 
must provide a petition containing the information specified in the 
Commission's Procedures for FCC Designation of Eligible 
Telecommunications Carriers Pursuant to Section 214(e)(6) of the 
Communications Act and the Order issued in CC Docket No. 96-45 (FCC 00-
208). In addition, carriers seeking designation for service provided on 
non-tribal lands must provide an affirmative statement from a court of 
competent jurisdiction or the state commission that the state lacks 
jurisdiction over the carrier. The Commission will use the information 
collected to determine whether the telecommunications carriers 
providing the data are eligible to receive universal service support. 
Obligation to respond: Mandatory.
    Public reporting burden for the collection of information is as 
noted above. Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other 
aspect of the collections of information, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden to Performance Evaluation and Records Management, 
Washington, DC 20554.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-8315 Filed 4-4-01; 8:45 am]
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