[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 235 (Monday, December 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68390-68391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30307]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

 November 26, 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

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opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Pub. L. No. 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 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 February 6, 2004. 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments 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.: 3060-0686.
    Title: Streamlining the Internet Section 214 Authorization Process 
and Tariff Requirements.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,650.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .50--3,208 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly and annual reporting 
requirements, third party disclosure requirement and recordkeeping 
requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 73,896 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $12,467,000.
    Needs and Uses: On 9/12/00, the Commission adopted an Order on 
Reconsideration in IB Docket No. 97-142, Rules and Policies on Foreign 
Participation in the U.S. Telecommunications Market, which addressed 
petitions seeking reconsideration of the Report and Order in this 
proceeding in which the Commission modified its rules and policies 
regarding foreign participation in the U.S. telecommunications market. 
The Order on Reconsideration, drafted in response to the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996, mandates the FCC to undertake, in every 
even-numbered year beginning in 1998, a review of all regulations 
issued under the Communications Act and to eliminate unnecessary 
government regulation of the telecommunications industry. The 
information collections pertaining to Part 63 are necessary largely to 
determine the qualifications of applicants to provide common carrier 
international telecommunications service, including applicants that are 
affiliated with foreign carriers, and to determine whether and under 
what conditions the authorizations are in the public interest, 
convenience and necessity. The information collections pertaining to 
Part 1 of the rules are necessary to determine whether the FCC should 
grant a license for proposed submarine cables landing in the United 
States.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0855.
    Title: Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet, CC Docket No. 96-45.
    Form Nos.: FCC Forms 499, 499-A and 499-Q.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 5,500 respondents; 15,500 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 13 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly, annual and one-time 
reporting requirements, third party disclosure requirement and 
recordkeeping requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 201,500 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: This year the Commission modified the way in which 
it calculates universal service contributions. The Commission will be 
incorporating changes to the Telecommunications Worksheet, FCC Form 
499-A, to reflect the revised methodology and resulting changes in the 
true-up process. We are anticipating a moderate increase to the total 
annual burden as a result of revising FCC Form 499-A.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0684.
    Title: Amendment to the Commission's Rules Regarding a Plan for 
Sharing the Costs of Microwave Relocation.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .875--40 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, semi-annual and annual 
reporting requirements, third party disclosure requirement and 
recordkeeping requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 32,200 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $862,000.
    Needs and Uses: The information collections in this proceeding are 
necessary to effectuate the relocation of fixed microwave incumbents 
from the 2 GHz band to clear spectrum for the development of Personal 
Communications Services (PCS). In addition, the collections are 
necessary to effectuate the Commission's plan for PCS relocators and 
subsequent PCS licensees to share the costs of relocating existing 2 
GHz microwave facilities, thus providing for a fair and efficient 
relocation process. The information is used by respondents to negotiate 
relocation costs and submit relocation information to the 
clearinghouse; and two clearinghouses to determine the reimbursement 
obligations owed by later-entrant PCS entities. This information 
collection makes the following additions to the currently approved 
collection: (1) Reflects an additional burden of independent third 
party appraisal of the relocation costs for self-relocating incumbents; 
and (2) reflects a new estimate of the burden on industry to set up and 
maintain the clearinghouses.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-30307 Filed 12-5-03; 8:45 am]
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