[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34710-34712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12060]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested

May 6, 2002.
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

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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 15, 2002. 
If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it 
difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, 
you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Judith Boley Herman or Leslie Smith, 
Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C804 or Room 1-A804, 445 12th 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554 or via the Internet to [email protected] 
or [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection(s), contact Judith Boley Herman at 202-
418-0214 or via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0704.
    Title: Policy and Rules Concerning the Interstate, Interexchange 
Marketplace; Implementation of Section 254(g) of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended, CC Docket No. 96-61.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 519.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 306.23 hours per response (avg). 
Range: .50 hours to 120 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; annual and on 
occasion reporting requirements, third party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 158,935 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $435,000.
    Needs and Uses: In the Second Order on Reconsideration issued in CC 
Docket No. 96-61, the Commission reinstated the public disclosure 
requirement and also requires that nondominant interexchange carriers 
that have Internet websites pass this information on-line in a timely 
and easily accessible manner. See 47 CFR 42.10. These carriers also 
continue to be required to file annual certifications pursuant to 
section 254(g); maintain price and service information; and are 
forborne from filing certain tariffs. The information is collected 
under the information disclosure requirement and the Internet posting 
requirement must be disclosed to the public to ensure that consumers 
have access to the information they need to select a telecommunications 
carrier and to bring to the Commission's attention possible violations 
of the Communications Act without a specific public disclosure 
requirement. The other information will be used to ensure that affected 
interexchange carriers fulfill their obligations under the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0760.
    Title: Access Charge Reform--CC Docket No. 96-262, First Report and 
Order, Second Order on Reconsideration and Memorandum Opinion and 
Order, Third Report and Order, and Fifth Report and Order.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 14.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 4,165.64 hours per response (avg). 
Range: 3-2,117 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 58,319 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $23,000.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission provides detailed rules for 
implementing the market-based approach, pursuant to which price cap 
local exchange carriers (LECs) would receive pricing flexibility in the 
provision of interstate access services as competition for those 
services develops. The Commission grants immediate pricing flexibility 
to price cap LECs in the form of streamlined introduction of new 
services, geographic de-averaging of rates for services in the trunking 
basket, and removal of certain interstate interexchange services from 
price cap regulation and provides for additional pricing flexibility 
upon showings. Some of the required information showings are as 
follows: showings under market-based approach (to obtain Phase I 
relief, price cap LECs must demonstrate that competitors have made 
irreversible, sunk investments in the facilities needed to provide the 
services at issue); cost study of interstate access service that remain 
subject to price cap regulation; tariff filings; third party disclosure 
(LECs were required to provide IXCs with customer-specific information 
about how many and what type of presubscribed interexchange carrier 
charges (PICCs) they are assessing for each of the IXCs presubscribed 
customers). The information is used in determining whether the 
incumbent LECs should receive the regulatory relief requested.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0770.
    Title: Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers--CC 
Docket No. 94-1 (New Services).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 13 respondents; 26 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 10 hours per response (avg).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 130 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: In the Fifth Report and Order issued in CC Docket 
Nos. 96-262, 94-1, 98-157, released August 27, 1999, the Commission 
permits price cap LECs to introduce new services on a streamlined 
basis, without prior approval. The Commission modified the rules to 
eliminate the public interest showing required by 47 CFR Section 
69.4(g) and to eliminate the new services text (except in the case of 
loop-based new services) required under 47 CFR Sections 61.49(f) and 
(g). Each tariff filing submitted by a price cap LEC that introduces a 
new loop-based service must be accompanied by cost data sufficient to 
establish that the new loop-based services or unbundled BSE will not 
recover more than a just and reasonable portion of the carrier's 
overhead costs. Each tariff filing submitted by a LEC subject to price 
cap regulation that introduces a new loop-based service or a 
restructured unbundled basic service element must be accompanied by, 
among other things, a study containing a projection of costs for a 
representative 12 month period. See 47 CFR 61.49. The information is 
needed by the Commission to carry out its statutory mandate.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0793.
    Title: Procedures for States Regarding Lifeline Consents, Adoption 
of Intrastate Discount Matrix for Schools and Libraries, and 
Designation of Eligible Telecommunications Carriers.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, state, local or tribal 
government.

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    Number of Respondents: 260.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .60 hours per response (avg). Range: 
.50 hours to 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: Annual and on occasion reporting 
requirements, third party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 155 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: In the Universal Service Order, the Commission 
determined that rural and non-rural carriers will receive federal 
universal service support determined separate mechanisms. The 
Commission determined that local exchange carriers (LECs) should self-
certify their status as a rural company each year to the Commission and 
their state commission. Carriers who serve fewer than 100,000 access 
lines do not have to file the annual rural certification letter unless 
their status has changed since their last filing. For carriers with 
more than 100,000 access lines, that seek rural status, must file rural 
self-certifications and such carriers also are required to file only in 
the event of a change in their status. States must submit a list of 
carriers designed as eligible telecommunications carriers and the 
service areas such as non-rural carriers are required to serve to the 
Universal Service Administrator and the Commission. If a LECs status as 
a rural telephone company changes to that it becomes ineligible for 
certification as a rural carrier, that carrier must inform the 
Commission and the Universal Service Administrator within one month of 
the change in status. All of the requirements are necessary to 
implement the congressional mandate for universal service. The 
reporting requirements are necessary to verify that particular carriers 
and other respondents are eligible to receive universal service 
support.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Ultra Wideband Transmission Systems Operating under Part 15 
(ET Docket No. 98-153).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 500.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $12,500.
    Needs and Uses: The information will be used to coordinate the 
operation of the Ultra Wideband (UWB) transmission systems in order to 
avoid interference with sensitive U.S. government radio systems. 
Initial operation in a particular area may not commence until 
authorization has been received from the Commission. The UWB operators 
will be required to provide the name, address, and other pertinent 
contact information of the user, the desired geographical area of 
operation, the FCC ID number, time period during which operations will 
take place, and other nomenclature of the UWB device. This information 
will be collected by the Commission and forwarded to the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA under the U.S. 
Department of Commerce). This information collection is essential to 
control potential interference to Federal radio communications.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-12060 Filed 5-14-02; 8:45 am]
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