[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1613-1614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-576]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

December 30, 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 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 March 14, 
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, 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.: 3060-0395.
    Title: The ARMIS USOA Report; the ARMIS Service Quality Report; and 
the ARMIS Infrastructure Report.
    Report Nos: FCC Reports 43-02; 43-05; and 43-07.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 49.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 483 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirements and 
recordkeeping requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 23,674 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The USOA Report provides the annual results of the 
carriers' activities for each account of the Uniform System of 
Accounts. The Service Quality Report provides service quality 
information in the areas of interexchange access service, installation 
and repair intervals, local service installation and repair intervals, 
trunk blockage, and total switch downtime for price cap carriers. The 
Infrastructure Report provides switch deployment capabilities data. The 
Commission is revising this collection because they have completed an 
internal review of the reporting and recordkeeping requirements to 
streamline the collection and reduce public burden.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0496.
    Title: The ARMIS Operating Data Report.
    Report No.: FCC Report 43-08.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 53.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 139 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement and 
recordkeeping requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 7,349 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Operating Data Report collects annual 
statistical data in a consistent format that is essential for the 
Commission to monitor network growth, usage, and reliability. The 
Commission is revising this collection because they have completed an 
internal review of the reporting and recordkeeping requirements to 
streamline the collection and reduce public burden.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0511.
    Title: ARMIS Access Report.
    Report No.: FCC Report 43-04.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 84.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 157 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 13,188 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Access Report is needed to administer the 
Commission's accounting, jurisdictional separations and access charge 
rules; to analyze revenue requirements and rates of return, and to 
collect financial data from Tier 1 incumbent local exchange carriers. 
The Commission is revising this collection because they have completed 
an internal review of the

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reporting and recordkeeping requirements to streamline the collection 
and reduce public burden.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0512.
    Title: The ARMIS Annual Summary Report.
    Report No.: FCC Report 43-01.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 115.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 93 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 10,695 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Annual Summary Report contains financial and 
operating data and is used to monitor the incumbent local exchange 
carrier industry and to perform routine analyses of costs and revenues 
on behalf of the Commission. The Commission is revising this collection 
because they have completed an internal review of the reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements to streamline the collection and reduce 
public burden.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0513.
    Title: ARMIS Joint Cost Report.
    Report No.: FCC Report 43-03.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 85.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 76 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 6,460 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Joint Cost Report is needed to administer our 
joint cost rules (Part 64) and to analyze data in order to prevent 
cross-subsidization of non-regulated operations by the regulated 
operations of Tier 1 carriers. The Commission is revising this 
collection because they have completed an internal review of the 
reporting and recordkeeping requirements to streamline the collection 
and reduce public burden.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0763.
    Title: The ARMIS Customer Satisfaction Report.
    Report No.: FCC Report 43-06.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 7.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 720 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,040 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Customer Satisfaction Report reflects the 
results of customer satisfaction based on surveys conducted by 
individual carriers from their customers. The Commission is revising 
this collection because they have completed an internal review of the 
reporting and recordkeeping requirements to streamline the collection 
and reduce public burden.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0855.
    Title: Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet, CC Docket No. 96-45.
    Form Nos: FCC Forms 499, 499-A and 499-Q.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 5,500 respondents; 15,500 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 11.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual, quarterly, and one time 
reporting requirements, third party disclosure requirement and 
recordkeeping requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 164,487 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: 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 modified the existing methodology used to 
assess contributions that carriers make to the federal universal 
service support mechanisms. This will entail altering to the current 
revenue reporting requirements to which interstate telecommunications 
carriers are subject under Part 54 of the Commission's rules. The 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved this information 
collection as an emergency request on 12/18/02. We are now extending 
the approval for this information collection and seeking the regular 
three-year approval.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-576 Filed 1-10-03; 8:45 am]
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