[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48258-48259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23266]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

September 11, 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.: 3060-0848.
    Expiration Date: 02/28/2002.
    Title: Deployment of Wireline Services Offering Advanced 
Telecommunications Capability, CC Docket 98-147.
    Form No.: N/A .
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1750 respondents; 94.62 hour per response 
(avg.); 165,600 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; Third Party Disclosure.
    Description: In Deployment of Wireline Services Offering Advanced 
Telecommunications Capability, Fourth Report and Order, CC Docket No. 
98-147, FCC 01-204 (Order), the Commission takes steps to amend certain 
portions of the its collocation rules on remand from the United States 
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The Order 
requires that an incumbent local exchange carrier provision cross-
connects between collocating carriers upon reasonable request. The 
Order also requires that an incumbent LEC provide requesting carriers 
with an opportunity to request collocation space that meets their 
operational needs. In an effort to implement these requirements, the 
Commission adopted new and modified collections of information to 
promote the public interests in competition and innovation while 
protecting the incumbent LECs' property interests. (a) Certification of 
Interstate Traffic: In the Order, the Commission requires that an 
incumbent LEC provision cross-connects between collocated carriers upon 
reasonable request. A collocated carrier may request such provisioning 
pursuant to either section 201 or 251 of the Communications Act. An 
incumbent LEC, however, is not required to provide a connection between 
the equipment in the collocated spaces of two or more 
telecommunications if the connection is requested pursuant to section 
201 of the Act, unless the requesting carrier submits to the incumbent 
LEC a certification that more than 10 percent of the amount of traffic 
to be transmitted through the connection will be interstate. The 
certification requirement recognizes that the Commission's jurisdiction 
under section 201 is subject to certain limits. (No. of respondents: 
350; hours per response: 4 hours; total annual burden: 1400 hours). (b) 
Report of Available Collocation Space: The Commission previously had 
required that an incumbent LEC must submit to a requesting carrier 
within ten days of the submission of a request a report indicating the 
available collocation space in a particular incumbent LEC premises. In 
the Order, the Commission requires that this report describe in detail 
the space that is available for collocation in the particular premises. 
This description requirement should enable a carrier requesting 
collocation to request the space that best fits its operational needs. 
(No. of respondents: 1400; hours per response: 2 hours; total annual 
burden: 2800 hours). All other requirements under this control number 
remain in effect as approved. (Total annual burden for all collections: 
165,600 hours). All of the collections are used to ensure that 
incumbent LECs and collocation carriers provide for collocation and 
obtain cross-connects in a manner consistent with sections 201 and 251 
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Obligation to respond: 
Mandatory.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0166.
    Expiration Date: 08/31/2004.
    Title: Part 42--Preservation of Records of Communications Common 
Carriers.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 52 respondents; 2 hours per response

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(avg.); 104 total annual burden hours (for all collections approved 
under this control number).
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; Third Party Disclosure; 
Recordkeeping.
    Description: Section 220 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 USC Section 220, makes it unlawful for carriers to 
willfully destroy information retained for the Commission. Part 42 of 
the Commission's rules prescribes guidelines to ensure that carriers 
maintain the necessary records needed by the FCC for its regulatory 
obligations. Section 42.4 requires carriers to maintain at its 
operating company headquarters a master index of records which 
identifies the records retained, the related retention period, and the 
locations where the records are maintained. Carriers must explain, by 
adding a certified statement to the index, the premature loss or 
destruction of records pursuant to Section 42.4. Records maintained in 
a machine readable medium must be accompanied by a statement indicating 
the type of data included in the record and certifying that the 
information contained in it has been accurately duplicated pursuant to 
Section 42.5(b). Section 42.6 requires the retention of telephone toll 
records for 18 months providing the following billing information about 
telephone toll calls: The name, address, and telephone number of the 
caller, telephone number called, date, time and length of the call. 
Pursuant to Section 42.7 carriers are allowed to establish their own 
retention periods, except for in the case of telephone toll records and 
records relevant to complaint proceedings. Moreover, this section 
specifies requirements for complaint proceedings, and proceedings or 
inquiries directed by the FCC. (No. of respondents: 52; hours per 
response: 2 hours; total annual burden: 104 hours). Documentation of 
premature destruction is necessary so the Commission can be aware of 
the frequency and consequence of such destruction. If carriers were 
allowed to destroy records at will, the Commission could lose its 
historical base of information thus making it impossible to properly 
regulate the industry. A specific retention period for telephone toll 
records is imposed to assist Department of Justice in law enforcement. 
Obligation to respond: Mandatory.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0736.
    Expiration Date: 08/31/2004.
    Title: Implementation of the Non-Accounting Safeguards of Sections 
271 and 272 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, CC Docket 
No. 96-149.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 4 respondents; 36 hours per response 
(avg.); 144 total annual burden hours (for all collections approved 
under this control number).
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; Monthly; Third Party 
Disclosure.
    Description: Section 272 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, requires that Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) make information 
available to third parties if it makes that information available to 
its section 272(a) affiliates. BOCs are required to provide, among 
other things, unaffiliated entities all listing information, including 
unlisted and unpublished numbers as well as the numbers of other LECs' 
customers, that the BOC uses to provide E911 services. BOCs are 
required to treat their E911 service as nonregulated activities for 
federal accounting purposes to the extent they involve storage and 
retrieval functions included within the statutory definition of 
information service. The BOCs shall record any charges they impute for 
their E911 services in their revenue accounts. The requirements will be 
used to ensure that BOCs comply with the nondiscrimination requirements 
under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0856.
    Expiration Date: 02/28/2002.
    Title: Universal Service--Schools and Libraries Universal Service 
Program Reimbursement Forms.
    Form No.: FCC Forms 472, 473, and 474.
    Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; Business or other for-
profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 61,800 respondents; 1.42 hours per 
response (avg.); 88,050 total annual burden hours (for all collections 
approved under this control number).
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; Annually; Third Party 
Disclosure.
    Description: The Telecommunications Act of 1996 contemplates that 
discounts on eligible services shall be provided to schools and 
libraries, and that service providers shall seek reimbursement for the 
amount of the discounts. FCC Forms 473 and 474 facilitate the 
reimbursement process. FCC Form 472 allows providers to confirm that 
they are actually providing the discounted services to eligible 
entities. Minor revisions were made to FCC Form 474. The current 
edition of the FCC Form 474 is May 2001. (No. of respondents: 2500; 
hours per response: 1.5 hours; total annual burden: 3750 hours). Copies 
of FCC Form 474 and other universal service forms are available via the 
Internet at www.universalservice.org.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Public reporting burden for the collections of information are as 
noted above. Send comments regarding the burden estimates 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. 01-23266 Filed 9-18-01; 8:45 am]
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