[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 46186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19843]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

July 28, 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, 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before September 4, 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 regarding this Paperwork Reduction Act 
submission to Judith B. 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 B. Herman at 202-418-
0214 or via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0233.
    Title: Part 36--Separations.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 2,067 respondents; 5,433 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 5-22 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly, and annual reporting 
requirements, third party disclosure requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 57,459 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: In order to allow determination of the study areas 
that are entitled to an expense adjustment, and the wire centers that 
are entitled to high-cost universal service support, each incumbent 
local exchange carrier must provide certain data to the National 
Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) annually and/or quarterly. Local 
telephone companies who want to participate in the federal universal 
service support program must make certain informational showings to 
demonstrate eligibility. With this submission, this information 
collection has been revised to eliminate 47 CFR Sections 36.701 through 
36.741 which are no longer in effect. This modification was proposed in 
a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in WC Docket No. 03-109, FCC 03-120. 
Additionally, the Fourteenth Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-45, 
FCC 01-157, modified the requirement that only non-rural carriers are 
only required to file loop counts on a quarterly basis, this 
eliminating quarterly filing of loop cost data. This requirement was 
modified because it is no longer necessary for NECA to compute the 
national average cost per loop quarterly. The national average cost per 
loop is now frozen at $240 per loop.


    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: 2-50 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and semi-annual reporting 
requirements and third party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 270 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking extension (no change) in 
this information collection. Bell Operating Companies (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.: 3060-0726.
    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: 261 respondents; 1,044 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly reporting requirements and third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 522 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking extension (no change) in 
this information collection. Interexchange carriers responsible for 
paying per-call compensation to payphone providers must submit on a 
quarterly basis a 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.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-19843 Filed 8-4-03; 8:45 am]
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