[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 89 (Wednesday, May 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30924-30926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11390]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

April 30, 2002.
    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.: 3060-0756.
    Expiration Date: 01/31/2005.
    Title: Procedural Requirements and Policies for Commission 
Processing BOC Applications for the Provision of In-Region, InterLATA 
Services Under

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Section 271 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal 
Government, Federal Government.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 75 respondents; 250.9 hours per response 
(avg.).; 18,820 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Description: In a Public Notice released March 23, 2001 (DA 01-734) 
the Commission set forth the procedural requirements and policies 
relating to FCC processing of Bell Operating Company (BOC) applications 
to provide in-region, interLATA services pursuant to 47 USC 271. BOCs 
must file applications, which provide information on which the 
applicant intends to rely in order to satisfy the requirement of 
Section 271. State regulatory commission and Department of Justice can 
file written consultations relating to the applications. Interested 
third parties may file comments and reply comments regarding the 
applications. See Public Notice for details of requirements. The Public 
Notice may be obtained from the Commission's website at www.fcc.gov or 
by calling 202-418-0500. All of the requirements are used to ensure 
that BOCs have complied with their obligations under the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended, before being authorized to provide in-region, 
interLATA services pursuant to Section 271. Obligation to respond: 
Mandatory.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0814
    Expiration Date: 03/31/2005
    Title: Section 54.301, Local Switching Support and Local Switching 
Support Data Collection Form and Instructions.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 195 respondents; 19.42 hours per response 
(avg.).; 3787 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; annually.
    Description: Pursuant to 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 carrier, 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). (No. of respondents: 157; hours per response; 24 hours; 
total annual burden: 3768 hours). Average schedule companies are 
required to file information pursuant to Section 54.301(f). (No. of 
respondents: 38; hours per response: .5 hours; total annual burden: 19 
hours). Both respondents must provide true-up data. Carriers must file 
this information within 12 months after the initial report. The 
universal service administrator, USAC, has developed a form to collect 
the information specified in the Commission's rules. Copies of the 
forms and instructions may be obtained from the Administrator by 
calling 202-776-0200. Copies of the forms and instructions may also be 
downloaded from the Administrator's web page 
(www.universalservice.org). The data is necessary to calculate the 
average unseparated local switching revenue requirement. This revenue 
requirement is necessary to calculate the amount of local switching 
support that carriers will receive. Obligation to respond: Mandatory. 
Note that this is a re-issuance of the notice of OMB approval that 
appeared in the Federal Register on April 12, 2002. The notice failed 
to mention the local switching support forms and instructions.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0856
    Expiration Date: 04/30/2005
    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.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, annually; third party 
disclosure.
    Description: The Commission adopted rules providing support for all 
telecommunications services, Internet access, and internal connections 
for all eligible schools and libraries pursuant to the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996. The Universal Service Administrative 
Company (USAC) administers the telecommunications universal service 
programs. The following forms are necessary to enable USAC's Schools 
and Libraries Division (SLD), to pay universal service support to 
service providers who provide discounted service to eligible schools, 
libraries, and consortia of those entities. FCC Form 472, Billed Entity 
Applicant Reimbursement Form--The purpose of FCC Form 472 is to 
establish the process and procedure for an eligible entity to seek 
reimbursement from the service provider for the discounts on services 
paid in full since the actual service start date of the discounts as 
reported in the applicant's Form 486 Receipt of Services Confirmation 
Form, Column (E) of Block 2. Once the fund administrator processes the 
FCC Form 472, a notification will be sent to the service provider and 
applicant advising them of the approved amount of discounts. After 
receiving an invoice from the service provider, together with an FCC 
Form 474, the fund administrator will deliver the amount of the 
approved reimbursement to the service provider, and the service 
provider shall then remit that amount to the applicant. (No. of 
respondents: 50,000; hours per response: 15. hours; total annual 
burden: 75,000 hours). FCC Form 473--Service Provider Annual 
Certification Form--The purpose of FCC Form 473 is to establish the 
process and procedure for a service provider to confirm the accuracy of 
their Invoice Forms. This form is part of the procedure established to 
enable service providers to seek reimbursement for the costs of 
discounts they provided to eligible entities on eligible services as 
defined under the FCC's rules governing the schools and libraries 
universal service support mechanism pursuant to the Telecommunications 
Act of 1996. (No. of respondents: 9300; hours per response: 1 hour; 
total annual burden: 9300 hours). FCC Form 474, Service Provider 
Invoice Form--The purpose of FCC Form 474, is to establish the 
processing and procedure for a service provider to seek reimbursement 
for the costs of discounts it provided to eligible entities on eligible 
services as defined under the FCC's rules governing the schools and 
libraries universal service support mechanism pursuant to the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996. The Service Provider Invoice Form is 
also used by the fund administrator, the SLD, to assure that the 
dollars paid out by the fund administrator on a funding request number 
(FRN) do not exceed that FRN. An FRN is a service or group of services 
for which funding was requested by an applicant and for which the fund 
administrator issued a Funding Commitment Decision Letter to both the 
applicant and service provider. The letter identifies the amount of 
discounts that have been approved for each FRN and the SPIN for the 
service provider that is authorized to provide the discounts. FCC Form 
474 verifies that each service provider has provided discounted 
services within the current funding year for which it submits an 
invoice to the SLD and assures that

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invoices submitted from service providers for the costs of discounted 
eligible services do not exceed the funding year cap for each FRN. (No. 
of respondents: 2500; hours per response: 1.5 hours; total annual 
burden: 3750 hours). All of the forms are necessary to implement the 
congressional mandate for universal service. FCC Forms 473 and 474 
verify that each service provider has provided discounted services 
within the current funding year for which it submits an invoice to the 
SLD and assure that invoices submitted from service providers for the 
costs of discounted eligible services do not exceed the funding year 
cap for each FRN. FCC Form 472 allows eligible entities to seek 
reimbursement from the service providers. Call SLD at 1-888-203-8100 
for questions concerning or for copies of FCC Forms 472, 473, or 474. 
Copies of the forms are also available via the internet at 
www.universalservice.org. Obligation to respond: Required to obtain or 
retain benefits.
    Public reporting burdens 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.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-11390 Filed 5-7-02; 8:45 am]
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