[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 113 (Thursday, June 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35215-35216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14814]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

June 4, 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

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Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554, (202) 418-1359 
or via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0810.
    OMB Approval Date: 05/23/2003.
    Expiration Date: 05/31/2006.
    Title: Procedures for Designation of Eligible Telecommunications 
Carriers Pursuant to Section 214(e)(6) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 100 responses; 6,200 total annual hours; 
62 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: 47 U.S.C. 214(e)(6) states that a 
telecommunications carrier that is not subject to the jurisdiction of a 
state may request that the Commission determine whether it is eligible. 
The Commission must evaluate whether such telecommunications carriers 
meet the eligibility criteria set forth in the Act. In this Order, the 
Commission concludes that petitions for designation filed under section 
214(e)(6) relating to ``near reservation'' areas will not be considered 
as petitions relating to tribal lands and as a result, petitioners 
seeking ETC designation in such areas must follow the procedures out-
lined in the Twelfth Report and Order for non-tribal lands prior to 
submitting a request for designation to this Commission under section 
214(e)(6).

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0514.
    OMB Approval Date: 05/20/2003.
    Expiration Date: 05/31/2006.
    Title: Section 43.21 (b)--Holding Company Annual Report.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 20 responses; 20 total annual hours; 1 
hour per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The SEC 10K form is needed from holding companies 
of communications common carriers to provide the Commission with the 
data required to fulfill its regulatory responsibilities and by the 
public in analyzing the industry. Selected information is compiled and 
published in the Commission's annual common carrier statistical 
publication.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0400.
    OMB Approval Date: 05/20/2003.
    Expiration Date: 05/31/2006.
    Title: Tariff Review Plan.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 41 responses; 2,501 total annual hours; 61 
hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: Certain local exchange carriers are required 
annually to submit Tariff Review Plan in partial fulfillment of cost 
support material required by 47 CFR part 61. The information used by 
FCC and the public to determine the justness and reasonableness of 
rates, terms and conditions in tariffs as required by the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0894.
    OMB Approval date: 05/09/2003.
    Expiration Date: 05/31/2006.
    Title: Certification Letter Accounting for Receipt of Federal 
Support--CC Docket Nos. 96-45 and 96-262.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 51 responses; 153 total annual hours; 3 
hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission requires states to certify that 
carriers within the state had accounted for its receipt of federal 
support in its rates or otherwise used the support pursuant with 
Section 254 (e).

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0755.
    OMB Approval Date: 05/09/2003.
    Expiration Date: 05/31/2006.
    Title: 47 CFR Sections 59.1-59.4--Infrastructure Sharing.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,425 responses; 2,325 total annual hours; 
1-2 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: In CC Docket No. 96-237, the Commission implemented 
the infrastructure sharing provisions of the Communicaitons Act of 
1934, as added by the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Section 259 
requires incumbent LECs to file any arrangements showing the conditions 
under which they share infrastructure per section 259. Section 259 also 
requires incumbent LECs to provide information on deployments of new 
services and equipment to qualifying carriers. The Commission also 
requires incumbent LECs to provide 60 day notices prior to terminating 
section 259 agreements.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-14814 Filed 6-11-03; 8:45 am]
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