[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 188 (Thursday, September 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49383-49384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24135]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

September 19, 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.: 3060-0715.
    Expiration Date: 09/30/2004.
    Title: Implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996: 
Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary Network 
Information (CPNI) and Other Customer Information, CC Docket No. 96-
115.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 6832 respondents; 89.8 hour per response 
(avg.); 613,616 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$229,520,000.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; Recordkeeping; Third Party 
Disclosure.
    Description: The following collections implement the statutory 
obligations of section 222 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996: (a) 
Customer Approval: If carriers choose to use CPNI to market service 
offerings outside the customer's existing service, they must obtain 
customer approval. See 47 CFR 64.2005 and 64.2007. (No. of respondents: 
4832; hours per response: 39 hours; total annual burden: 188,448 
hours). Customer Approval Documentation and Recordkeeping: 
Telecommunications 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. See 47 CFR 64.2007(e) and 64.2009. (No. of respondents: 
4832; hours per response: 30 minutes; total annual burden: 2416 hours). 
c. Notification of CPNI Rights:
All telecommunications carriers that choose to solicit customer 
approval must provide their customers a one-time notification of their 
CPNI rights prior to any such solicitation. See 47 CFR 64.2007(f). (No. 
of respondents: 4832; hours per response: 78 hours; total annual 
burden: 376,896 hours). d. Notification Recordkeeping: Pursuant to the 
one-time notification requirement, carriers must maintain a record of 
such notifications. Carriers must maintain such records for a period of 
at least one year. See 47 CFR 64.2007(e). (No. of respondents: 4832; 
hours per response: 30 minutes: total annual burden: 2416 hours). e. 
Event Histories
Recordkeeping: Telecommunications carriers must establish a supervisory 
review process regarding carrier compliance with the rules in 47 CFR 
part 64 for outbound marketing situations. See 47 CFR 64.2009(c) and 
(d). (No. of respondents: 4832; hours per response: 15 minutes; total 
annual burden: 1208 hours). f. Compliance Certification: All 
telecommunications carriers must obtain on an annual basis a 
certification signed by a current corporate officer attesting that he 
or she has personal knowledge that the carrier is in compliance with 
the Commission's rules, and to create an accompanying statement 
explaining how the carriers are implementing the rules and safeguards. 
See 47 CFR 64.2009. (No. of respondents: 4832; hours per response: 1 
hours; total annual burden: 4832 hours). g. Aggregate Customer 
Information Disclosure Requirements for Local Exchange Carriers (LECs):
LECs must disclose aggregate customer information to others upon 
request,

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when they use or disclose the aggregate customer information for 
marketing service to which the customer does not subscribe. (No. of 
respondents: 1400; hours per response: 1 hour; total annual burden: 
1400 hours). h. CPNI Disclosure to Third Parties: Section 222(c)(2) 
requires carriers, when presented with a customer's affirmative written 
request, to provide that customer's CPNI to any person designated in 
the written authorization. (No. of respondents: 500; hours per 
response: 5 hours; total annual burden; 2500 hours). i. Subscriber List 
Information Disclosure Requirement for Providers of Telephone
Exchange Service: Telecommunications carriers that provide telephone 
exchange service must provide subscriber list information gathered in 
its capacity as a provider of such service on a timely and unbundled 
basis, under nondiscriminatory and reasonable rates, terms, and 
conditions, to any person upon request for the purpose of publishing 
directories in any format. See 47 CFR 64.2309. (No. of respondents; 
2000; hours per response: 10 hours; total annual burden: 20,000 hours). 
j. Notifications: A carrier must provide subscriber list information at 
the time requested by the directory
publisher, provided that the directory publisher has given at least 
thirty days advance notice and the carrier's internal systems permit 
the request to be filled with that time frame. See 47 CFR 64.2313, 
64.2317, and 64.2329. (No. of respondents: 500; hours per response: 5 
hours; total annual hours: 2500 hours). k. Cost Study: In the event a 
directory publishers files a complaint regarding a carrier's subscriber 
list information rates, the carrier must present a cost study providing 
credible and verifiable cost data to justify each challenged rates. 
(No. of respondents: 100; hours per response: 100 hours; total annual 
hours: 10,000 hours). l. Certification: A telecommunications carrier 
may require a person requesting subscriber list information pursuant to 
section 222(e) of the Communications Act or section 64.2309 to certify 
that the publisher will use the information only for purposes of 
publishing a directory. The certification may be either oral or 
written, at the carrier's option. See 47 CFR 64.2337.
(No. of respondents: 2000; hours per response: .5 hours; total annual 
burden: 1000 hours). m. Disclosure of Contracts, Rates, Terms, and 
Conditions and Recordkeeping: A telecommunications carrier must retain, 
for at least one year after its expiration, each written contact that 
it has executed for the provision of subscriber list information for 
directory publishing purposes to itself, an affiliate, or an entity 
that publishes directories on the carrier's behalf. A 
telecommunications carrier must maintain, for at least one year after 
the carrier provides subscriber list information for directory 
publishing purposes to itself, an affiliate, or an entity that 
publishes directories on the carrier's behalf, records of any of its 
rates, terms, and conditions for providing that subscriber list 
information which are not set forth in a written contract. These 
records and contracts shall be made available to the Commission and to 
any directory publisher upon request. See 47 CFR 64.2341. (No. of 
respondents: 2000; hours per response: 1 hour; total annual burden: 
2000 hours). All of the collections are used to ensure that 
telecommunications carriers comply with the requirements the Commission 
promulgates in its rules and orders and to implement section 222 of the 
statute. Obligation to respond: Mandatory.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0971.
    Expiration Date: 09/30/2004.
    Title: Numbering Resource Optimization, Second Report and Order, 
Order on Reconsideration in CC Docket No. 96-98 and CC Docket No. 99-
200, and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government; Business or other 
for-profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2050 respondents; 6.82 hour per response 
(avg.); 14,000 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; Third Party Disclosure.
    Description: In the Second Report and Order in CC Dockets 96-98 and 
99-200, the Commission requires carriers that report forecast and 
utilization data semi-annually to North American Numbering Plan 
Administrator (NANPA) or the Pooling Administrator to duplicate such 
request for state commissions upon request. (No. of respondents: 50; 
hours per response: 30 hours per state; total annual burden: 1500 
burden hours). In addition, to request a ``for cause'' audit of a 
carrier, the NANPA, the Pooling Administrator or a state commission 
must draft a request to the auditor stating the reason for the request, 
such as misleading or inaccurate data, and attach supporting 
documentation. (No. of respondents: 2000; hours per response: 6.25 
hours; total annual burden: 12,500 burden hours). The information 
collected will be used by the FCC, state commissions, the NANPA and the 
Pooling Administrator to verify the validity and accuracy of such data 
and to assist state commissions in carrying out their numbering 
responsibilities such as area code relief. Obligation to respond: 
Mandatory.
    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. 01-24135 Filed 9-26-01; 8:45 am]
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