[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 67166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29759]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

November 20, 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.: 3060-1046.
    OMB Approval date: 11/14/2003.
    Expiration Date: 04/30/2004.
    Title: Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and 
Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunication Act of 1996, CC Docket 
No. 96-128, Report and Order and Second Order on Reconsideration.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3,048 responses; 609,600 total annual 
hours; 200 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission has issued a Report and Order (CC 
Docket 96-128/ FCC 03-235). In this proceeding, final rules are adopted 
that alter current payphone compensation rules. The new rules place the 
liability to compensate payphone service providers (PSPs) for payphone-
originated calls on the facilities-based long distance carriers from 
whose switches such calls are completed. The new rules will not take 
effect immediately. Accordingly, the Order adopts, on an interim basis, 
the rules initially adopted in the Second Order on Reconsideration 
until the new rules become effective. The interim rules have received 
OMB approval as of 11/14/2003 and are now effective, but the final 
rules have not yet received OMB approval. The Commission will publish 
another Federal Register notice when it seeks OMB approval of the final 
rules.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0710.
    OMB Approval date: 10/21/2003.
    Expiration Date: 10/31/2006.
    Title: Policy and Rules Concerning the Implementation of the Local 
Competiton Provisions in the Telecommunications Act of 1996--CC Docket 
No. 96-98.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,052,693 responses; 1,134,050 total 
annual hours; approximately 1-2 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted rules and regulations to 
implement parts of Sections 251 and 252 that affect local competition. 
Incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) are required to offer 
interconnection, unbundled network elements, transport and termination, 
and wholesale rates for certain services to new entrants. Incumbent 
LECs must price such services at rates that are cost-based and just and 
reasonable and provide access to right-of-way as well as establish 
reciprocal compensation arrangements for the transport and termination 
of telecommunications traffic.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0921.
    OMB Approval date: 10/21/2003.
    Expiration Date: 10/31/2006.
    Title: Petitions for LATA Boundary Modification for the Deployment 
of Advanced Services.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 20 responses; 160 total annual hours; 20 
hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) that petition for 
LATA boundary modifications to encourage the deployment of advanced 
service on a reasonable and timely basis are requested to include 
information in accordance with specified criteria. The Commission will 
use this information to review the petitions.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-29759 Filed 11-28-03; 8:45 am]
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