[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 248 (Thursday, December 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 78803]
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[FR Doc No: 02-32478]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

December 18, 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, Pub. L. 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 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 February 24, 
2003. 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 or Room 1-A804, 445 12th Street, 
SW., Washington, 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-XXXX.
    Title: FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Technical Support 
Request Form.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, individuals or households, and state, local or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 17,500.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 8 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,333 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $235,666.
    Needs and Uses: The FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau supports 
several computer/internet-based systems used to support their licensing 
and auction services. In offering this service, the public often 
requests help or consultation with using these systems. The FCC 
currently receives these requests via telephone and e-mail. There is 
currently no burden or cost estimate for submitting these e-mails and 
telephone requests. A streamlined, electronic form should substantially 
decrease public and staff burden since all the information needed to 
facilitate a technical support request will now be submitted in a 
standard format. This will eliminate or at least minimize the need to 
follow-up with the customers to obtain al the information necessary to 
respond to their request. This form will also help presort requests to 
previously defined categories to all staff to respond quickly.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-1009.
    Title: Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet, CC Docket No. 96-45.
    Form No.: FCC Form 499-M.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 1.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual, quarterly, monthly, and 
other reporting requirements, recordkeeping requirement, and third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 1 hour.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: Pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, telecommunications carriers (and certain other providers of 
telecommunications services) must contribute to the support and cost 
recovery mechanisms for telecommunications relay services, numbering 
administration, number portability, and universal service. The 
Commission is seeking comment on three connection-based proposals to 
further refine the record in the proceeding to revisit its universal 
service contribution methodology. If adopted, the proposals may entail 
altering the current reporting requirements to which interstate 
telecommunications carriers are subject under Part 54 of the 
Commission's rules.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0463.
    Title: Telecommunications Services for Individuals with Hearing and 
Speech Disabilities and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 47 
CFR part 64 (sections 64.601--64.605).
    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: 5,052
    Estimated Time Per Response: 6 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual and every five year 
reporting requirements, third party disclosure requirement, and 
recordkeeping requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 26,831 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act 
(ADA), which is codified at section 225 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended (the Act), mandates that the Federal Communications 
Commission (FCC) ensure that interstate and intrastate 
telecommunications relay services (TRS) are available, to the extent 
possible and in the most efficient manner, to individuals in the United 
States with hearing and speech disabilities. Title IV aims to further 
the Act's goal of universal service by providing to individuals with 
hearing or speech disabilities telephone services that are functionally 
equivalent to those available to individuals without such disabilities. 
Since the establishment of this mandate, the Commission has taken 
numerous steps to increase the availability of TRS, and to ensure that 
TRS users have access to the same services available to all telephone 
service users.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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