[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 104 (Friday, May 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32509-32511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13466]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

May 23, 2003.
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: Persons wishing to comment on this (these) information 
collection(s) should submit comments by July 29, 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments to Judith 
B. Herman, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Room 1-C804, Washington,

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DC 20554 or via the Internet to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collections contact Judy B. Herman at 202-418-0214 
or via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0105.
    Title: License Qualification Report.
    Form No.: FCC Form 430.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 500.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting 
requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: FCC Form 430 is filed by new applicants or annually 
by licensees if substantial changes occur in the organizational 
structure, alien ownership, and character of applicant or licensee. FCC 
Form 430 is also filed by applicants soliciting authority for 
assignment or transfer of control. The information will be used by the 
Commission to determine whether the applicant is legally qualified to 
become or remain a licensee, as required by the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended. The Commission is requesting an extension of the 
current OMB approval.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0613.
    Title: Expanded Interconnection with Local Telephone Company 
Facilities, CC Docket No. 91-141, Transport Phase II (Third 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: 64.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 5-37 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 832 hours.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: Tier 1 Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) (except NECA 
members) are required to make tariff filings to provide certain 
signaling information to interested parties so that those parties can 
provide tandem switching services. Tandem switching providers are 
required to provide certain billing information to those Tier 1 local 
exchange carriers. The tariffs and cost support information 
accompanying them are used by the FCC staff to ensure that the tariff 
rates that are paid for signaling information are just, reasonable, and 
nondiscriminatory, as required by Sections 201 and 202 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0725.
    Title: Annual Filing of Nondiscrimination Reports (on Quality of 
Service, Installation and Maintenance) by Bell Operating Companies 
(BOCs).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 7.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 50 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 350 hours.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) must submit non-
discrimination reports on an annual basis. Without provision of these 
reports, the Commission would be unable to ascertain whether the BOCs 
were discriminating in favor of their own payphones. The report allows 
the Commission to determine how the BOCs will provide competing 
payphone providers with equal access to all the basic underlying 
network services that are provided to its own payphones.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0726.
    Title: Quarterly Report of Interexchange Carriers Listing the 
Number of Dial-Around Calls for Which Compensation is Being Paid to 
Payphone Owners.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Number of Respondents: 275 respondents; 1,100 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours (.50 hours per response).
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly reporting requirement and third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 550 hours.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: Interexchange carriers responsible for paying per-
call compensation to payphone providers must submit a quarterly list of 
dial-around calls to those payphone providers. The payphone providers 
need the list to calculate the compensation to be paid by the 
interexchange carriers. All the requirements would be used to ensure 
that interexchange carriers comply with their obligations under the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0817.
    Title: Computer III Further Remand Proceedings: BOC Provision of 
Enhanced Services (ONA Requirements), CC Docket No. 95-20.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Number of Respondents: 5 respondents; 10 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 50 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and semi-annual reporting 
requirements, third party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 270 hours.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: BOCs are required to post their Comparably 
Efficient Interconnection (CEI) plans and amendments on their publicly 
accessible Internet sites. The requirement extends to CEI plans for new 
or modified telemessaging or alarm monitoring services and for new or 
amended payphone services. If the BOC receives a good faith request for 
a plan from someone who does not have Internet access, the BOC must 
notify that person where a paper copy of the plan is available for 
public inspection. The CEI plans will be used to ensure that BOCs 
comply with Commission policies and regulations safeguarding against 
potential anticompetitive behavior by the BOCs in the provision of 
information services.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0921.
    Title: Petitions for LATA Boundary Modification for the Deployment 
of Advanced Services.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other-for profit.
    Number of Respondents: 5 respondents; 20 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 8 hours (4 petitions, totally 20 
petitions annually).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 160 hours.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: BOCs that petition for LATA boundary modifications 
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encourage the deployment of advanced services on a reasonable and 
timely basis are requested to include information in accordance with 
specified criteria. The criteria set forth in Commission rules will 
serve to ease the petition process on BOCs by providing guidelines that 
will serve to narrow the scope of their petitions to the issues and 
facts that the Commission is primarily concerned with. In addition, the 
request will also expedite the petition review process by ensuring that 
petitioners will provide all the information the Commission needs to 
properly review the requests.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-13466 Filed 5-29-03; 8:45 am]
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