[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 91 (Thursday, May 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23927-23928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11766]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated 
Authority, Comments Requested

May 1, 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 July 9, 2001. 
If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it

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difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, 
you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESS: Direct all comments to Les Smith, Federal Communications 
Commissions, Room 1A-804, 445 Twelfth 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 No.: 3060-0166.
    Title: Part 42--Preservation of Records of Communication Common 
Carriers.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Respondents: Business or Other for Profit.
    Number of Respondents: 68.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours per response (avg).
    Total Annual Burden: 136 hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; Recordkeeping.
    Needs and Uses: Section 220 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, makes it unlawful for carriers to willfully destroy 
information retained for the Commission. 47 U.S.C. part 42 prescribes 
guidelines to ensure that carriers maintain the necessary records 
needed by the FCC for its regulatory obligations. The requirements are 
necessary to ensure the availability of carrier records needed by 
Commission staff for regulatory purposes.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0149.
    Title: Application and Supplemental Information Requirements--Part 
63, Section 214, and Sections 63.01-63.601.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Respondents: Business or Other for Profit.
    Number of Respondents: 255.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 10 hours per response (avg).
    Total Annual Burden: 2550 hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; Third Party Disclosure.
    Needs and Uses: Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, requires that the FCC review the establishment, lease, 
operations, and extension of channels of communications by interstate 
common carriers. 47 CFR part 63 implements section 214. Part 63 also 
implements provisions of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 
pertaining to video programming by telephone common carriers. The 
information received in applications from dominant carriers is used to 
determine if the facilities are needed. The information received from 
non-dominant carriers is used to monitor the growth of the networks and 
the availability of common carrier services.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0814.
    Title: Section 54.301, Local Switching Support and Local Switching 
Support Data Collection Form and Instructions.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Respondents: Business or Other for Profit.
    Number of Respondents: 192.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 21.55 hours per response (avg).
    Total Annual Burden: 4138 hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; Annually.
    Needs and Uses: Pursuant to 47 CFR Section 54.301, each incumbent 
local exchange carrier that is not a member of the NECA common line 
tariff, that has been designated an eligible telecommunications 
carriers, and that serves a study area with 50,000 or fewer access 
lines shall, for each study area, provide the Administrator with the 
projected total unseparated dollar amount assigned to each account in 
section 54.301(b). Average schedule companies are required to file 
information pursuant to 47 CFR Section 54.301(f). Both respondents must 
provide true-up data. The data is necessary to calculate certain 
revenue requirement.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0736.
    Title: Implementation of the Non-Accounting Safeguards of Section 
271 and 272 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, CC Docket 
No. 96-149.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Respondents: Business or Other for Profit.
    Number of Respondents: 5.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 60.6 hours per response (avg).
    Total Annual Burden: 303 hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; Monthly; Annually; Third Party 
Disclosure.
    Needs and Uses: Section 272 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 
requires that Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) make information 
available to third parties if it makes that information available to 
its section 272(a) affiliates. In CC Docket No. 96-149, the Commission 
adopted safeguards to govern BOCs entry into certain new markets. BOCs 
are required to provide, among other things, unaffiliated entities with 
all listing information, including unlisted and unpublished numbers as 
well as the numbers of other local exchange carriers' customers, that 
the BOC uses to provide E9II services. In a Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking issued in CC Docket No. 96-149, the Commission proposed that 
BOCs make certain information disclosures available to unaffiliated 
entities and that the BOCs submit an annual affidavit.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-11766 Filed 5-9-01; 8:45 am]
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