[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 173 (Friday, September 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57009-57010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22647]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

August 28, 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 October 7, 
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, Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-C804, 445 12th Street, SW., DC 20554 
or via the Internet to [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.: 3060-0812.
    Title: Exemption From Payment of Regulatory Fees When Claiming Non-
Profit Status.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit, not-for-profit institutions, and state, local, and tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 4,000.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .50 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and one-time reporting 
requirements, and recordkeeping requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: This information is required when licensees and 
regulatees are requesting exemption from payment of regulatory fees due 
to their non-profit status. Licensees or regulatees are required to 
file one-time documentation sufficient to establish their proof of non-
profit status. This documentation can be in the form of an Internal 
Revenue Service (IRS) determination letter, a state charter indicating 
their non-profit status, proof of church affiliation indicating tax 
exempt status, etc. The Commission requires that the licensee or 
regulate maintain this information for two years. This will allow 
adequate time to conduct audits, if necessary, or to determine whether 
fee payments were made correctly.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0687.
    Title: Access to Telecommunications Equipment and Services by 
Persons with Disabilities, CC Docket No. 87-124.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,268.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 9.86 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure and labeling 
requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 25,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $272,000.
    Needs and Uses: Section 68.300(b) requires telephones with electro-
magnetic coil hearing aid compatibility to be stamped with the letters 
``HAC'' (hearing aid compatible). Section 68.224 requires a notice to 
be contained on the surface of the packaging of a non-hearing aid 
compatible telephone that the telephone is not hearing aid compatible. 
The collections are third party disclosure and labeling requirements. 
The information is used primarily to inform consumers who purchase and/
or use telephone equipment to determine whether the telephone is 
hearing aid compatible.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0793.
    Title: Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket 
No. 96-45, Procedures for Self Certifying as a Rural Carrier.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, and state, local, or 
tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 10.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, and third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 10 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted proposals that carriers 
serving study areas with fewer than 100,000 access lines that already 
have certified their rural status need not re-certify for purposes of 
receiving support beginning January 1, 2000, and need only file 
thereafter if their status changes. Further carriers serving more than 
100,000 access lines need to file rural certifications for their year 
2001 status and thereafter only if their status has changed. All 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.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-22647 Filed 9-5-02; 8:45 am]
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