[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48607-48608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20871]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

August 1, 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: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before September 15, 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

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submission to Judith B. Herman, Federal Communications Commission, Room 
1-C804, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 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.: 3060-0725.
    Title: Quarterly Filing of Nondiscrimination Reports (on Quality of 
Service, Installation and Maintenance) by Bell Operating Companies 
(BOCs).
    Form No: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 4 respondents; 16 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 50 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 800 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) are required to 
provide nondiscrimination reports on a quarterly 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.
    This collection is being submitted as a revision to correct an 
administrative error that indicated in previous submissions to OMB that 
this was an annual reporting requirement when it is actually a 
quarterly reporting requirement. The burden has been adjusted due to 
less respondents filing quarterly reports.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-20871 Filed 8-13-03; 8:45 am]
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