[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60993-60994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26847]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

October 14, 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, Pub. L. 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.: 3060-0410.
    OMB Approval Date: 08/25/2003.
    Expiration Date: 08/31/2006.
    Title: Forecast of Investment Usage Report and Actual Usage of 
Investment Report.
    Form No.: FCC Reports 495A and FCC 495B.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 166 responses; 6,640 total annual hours; 
40 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The Forecast of Investment Usage and Actural Usage 
of Investment Reports are needed to detect and correct forcast errors 
that could lead to significant misallocation of network plant between 
regulated and nonregulated activities. FCC's purpose is to protect the 
regulated ratepayer from subsidizing the nonregulated activities of 
rate regulated telephone companies. Sixty local exchange carriers file 
the annual reports based on study arears.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-1044.
    OMB Approval Date: 09/05/2003.
    Expiration Date: 02/29/2004.
    Title: Review of the Section 251 Unbundling Obligations of 
Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers CCDckt  01-338, 96-98, 98-
147, Report and Order and Order on Remand and Further NPRM.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2,369 responses; 74,120 total annual 
hours; approximately 32 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: In the Report and Order on Remand and Further 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, issued in CC Dockets 01-338, 96-98, 98-
147, the Commission adopts new rules to govern the availability of 
unbundled network elements to competitive local exchange carriers from 
incumbent local exchange carriers. The Commission amends its standard 
for determining which network elements must be provided on an unbundled 
basis and determines which network elements meet this standard. The 
Commission establishes eligibility criteria for certain combinations of 
unbundled network elements. The Commission allows state regulatory 
commissions to initiate proceedings to make additional determinations 
consistent with specific Commission guidance.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0168.
    OMB Approval Date: 09/16/2003.
    Expiration Date: 09/30/2006.
    Title: Reports of Proposed Changes in Depreciation Rates--Section 
43.43.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 10 responses; 60,000 total annual hours; 
6,000 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: Section 43.43 of the Commission's Rules requires 
certain carriers to file specified information before making any change 
in the depreciation rates applicable to their operating plants.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0726.
    OMB Approval Date: 09/26/2003.
    Expiration Date: 09/30/2006.
    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.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,044 responses; 522 total annual hours; 
0.5 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: Interechange 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.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0233.
    OMB Approval Date: 09/26/2003.
    Expiration Date: 09/30/2006.
    Title: Part 36--Separations.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 5,433 responses; 57,459 total annual 
hours; Approximately 11 hours per respondent.
    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 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.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0725.
    OMB Approval Date: 09/26/2003.
    Expiration Date: 09/30/2006.
    Title: Quarterly Filing of Nondiscrimination Reports (on Quality of 
Service, Installation and Maintenance) by Bell Operating Companies.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 16 responses; 800 total annual hours; 50 
hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) must submit non-
discrimination report with regard to payphones. This will prevent BOCs 
from discriminating in favor of their own payphones.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0817.
    OMB Approval Date: 09/26/2003.
    Expiration Date: 09/30/2006.
    Title: Computer III Further Remand Proceedings: BOC Provision of 
Enhanced Services (ONA Requirements), CC Docket No. 95-20.

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    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 10 responses; 270 total annual hours; 27 
hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: BOCs are required to post their CEI plans and 
amendments on their publicly accessible Internet sites. The requirement 
extends 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 anticompetive behavior by the BOCs in 
the provision of information sevices.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-26847 Filed 10-23-03; 8:45 am]
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