[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 84 (Thursday, May 1, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23310-23311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10735]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

April 22, 2003.
SUMMARY: 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: Paul J. Laurenzano, Federal 
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554, 
(202) 418-1359 or via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0848.
    OMB Approval date: 03/24/2003.
    Expiration Date: 03/31/2006.
    Title: Deployment of Wireline Servies Offering Advanced 
Telecommunications Capability, CC Docket No. 98-147.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,750 responses; 165,600 total annual 
hours; 95 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The requirements implement section 251 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to promote deployment of 
advanced services without significantly degrading the performance of 
other services. All the requirements will be used by the Commission and 
competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) to facilitate the 
deployment of advanced data services and to implement section 251 of 
the Act.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0806.
    OMB Approval Date: 03/24/2003.
    Expiration Date: 03/31/2006.
    Title: Universal Service--Schools and Libraries Universal Service 
Program.
    Form No.: 470 & 471.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 60,000 responses; 440,000 total annual 
hours; 7.3 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted rules providing support for 
all telecommunications services, Internet access, and internal 
connections for all eligible schools and libraries. To participate in 
the program, schools and libraries must submit a description of the 
services desired to the Administrator via FCC Form 470. FCC Form 471 is 
submitted by schools and libraries that have ordered telecommunications 
services, internet access, & internal connections. The data is used to 
determine eligibility. The Commission revised the FCC Form 471 and 
instructions to make it possible to read with electronic readers, to 
update references to current deadlines dates and relevant statutes, and 
to clarify explanations to make the form generally easier to 
understand. The collection requirements haven't changed.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0513.
    OMB Approval Date: 04/15/2003.
    Expiration Date: 04/30/2006.
    Title: ARMIS Joint Cost Report.
    Form No.: FCC-43-03.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 85 responses; 6,460 total annual hours; 76 
hours per respondent.
    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.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0763.
    OMB Approval date: 04/15/2003.
    Expiration Date: 04/30/2006.
    Title: The ARMIS Customer Satisfaction Report.
    Form No.: FCC-43-06.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 7 responses; 5,040 total annual hours; 720 
hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The Customer Satisfaction Report reflects the 
results of customer satisfaction based on surveys conducted by 
individual carriers from their customers.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0512.
    OMB Approval date: 04/15/2003.
    Expiration Date: 04/30/2006.
    Title: The ARMIS Annual Summary Report.
    Form No.: FCC-43-01.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 115 responses; 10,695 total annual hours; 
93 hours per respondent.
    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.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0395.
    OMB Approval Date: 04/15/2003.
    Expiration Date: 04/30/2006.
    Title: The Armis USOA Report (ARMIS Report 43-02); The ARMIS 
Service Quality Report (ARMIS Report 43-05); and the ARMIS 
Infrastructure Report (ARMIS Report 43-07).
    Form No.: FCC-43-02, FCC-43-05, FCC-43-07.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 49 responses; 23,677 total annual hours; 
483 hours per respondent.
    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 and capabilities data.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0972.

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    OMB Approval date: 03/13/2003.
    Expiration Date: 03/31/2006.
    Title: Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of 
Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers 
and Interexchange Carriers.
    Form No.: FCC-507, FCC-508, FCC-509.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 5,555 responses; 31,725 total annual 
hours; 5.7 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission modified, on its own motion, the 
data collection and filing procedures for implementation of the 
Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS) mechanism, in order to ensure 
timely implementation of the ICLS mechanism on July 1, 2002, as adopted 
in the MAG Order. The Commission will use the information to determine 
whether and to what extent non-price cap or rate of return carriers are 
providing the data eligible to receive universal service support. The 
tariff data is used to make sure the rates are just and reasonable.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0855.
    OMB Approval Date: 04/03/2003.
    Expiration Date: 04/30/2006.
    Title: Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet, CC Docket No. 96-45.
    Form No.: FCC-499-A, FCC-499-Q.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 15,500 responses; 164,487 total annual 
hours; 10.6 hours per respondent.
    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 modified the existing methodology used to assess 
contributions that carriers make to the federal universal service 
support mechanisms. The modifications adopted, will entail altering to 
the current revenue reporting requirements to which interstate telecom. 
carriers are subject under part 54 of the Commission's rules.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0511.
    OMB Approval date: 04/15/2003.
    Expiration Date: 04/30/2006.
    Title: ARMIS Access Report.
    Form No.: FCC-43-04.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 84 responses; 13,188 total annual hours; 
140.3 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The Access Report is needed to administer the 
Commission's accounting, jurisdicational separations and access charge 
rule; to analyze revenue requirements and rates of return, and to 
collect financial data from Tier 1 incumbent local exchange carriers.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0496.
    OMB Approval date: 04/15/2003.
    Expiration Date: 04/30/2006.
    Title: The ARMIS Operating Data Report.
    Form No.: FCC-43-08.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 53 responses; 7,367 total annual hours; 
139 hours per respondent.
    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.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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