[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7218-7219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3239]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

February 6, 2004.
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, Public Law 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.: 3060-0292.
    OMB Approval date: 1/30/2004.
    Expiration Date: 1/31/2007.
    Title: Part 69--Access Charges.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 5,832 responses; 27,702 total annual 
hours; 4-5 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: Part 69 of the Commission's rules and regulations 
establishes the rules for access charges for interstate or foreign 
access provided by telephone companies. Local telephone companies and 
states are required to submit information to the Commission and/or the 
National Exchange Carrier Association. The information is used to 
compute charges in tariffs for access service (or origination and 
termination) and to computer revenue pool distributions.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0743.
    OMB Approval date: 1/08/2004.
    Expiration Date: 1/31/2007.
    Title: Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and 
Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunication Act of 1996, CC Docket 
No. 96-128.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 6,345 responses; 152,801 total annual 
hours; 24 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: In CC Docket No. 96-128, the Commission promulgated 
rules and requirements implementing Section 276 of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996. Among other things, the rules: (1) 
Establish fair compensation for every completed intrastate and 
interstate payphone call; (2) discontinue intrastate and interstate 
access charge payphone service elements and payments, and intrastate 
and interstate payphone subsidies from basic exchange services; and (3) 
adopt guidelines for use by the states in establishing public interest 
payphones to be located where there would otherwise not be a payphone.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0782.
    OMB Approval date: 1/23/2004.
    Expiration Date: 1/31/2007.
    Title: Petition for Limited Modification of LATA Boundaries to 
Provide Expanded Local Calling Service (ELCS) at Various Locations.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 100 responses; 800 total annual hours; 80 
hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission has provided voluntary guidelines 
for filing expanded local calling service requests. These guidelines 
will allow the Commission to conduct smooth and continuous processing 
of these requests. The collection of information will enable the 
Commission to determine if there is a public need for expanded local 
calling service in each area subject to the request.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0786.
    OMB Approval date: 1/23/2004.
    Expiration Date: 1/31/2007.
    Title: Petitions for LATA Association Changes by Independent 
Telephone Companies.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 20 responses; 120 total annual hours; 60 
hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The commission has provided voluntary guidelines 
for filing LATA association change requests. These guidelines will 
allow the Commission to conduct smooth and continuous processing of 
these requests. The collection of information will enable the 
Commission to determine if there is a public need for changes in LATA 
association in each area subject to the request.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0816.
    OMB Approval date: 1/30/2004.
    Expiration Date: 1/31/2007.
    Title: Local Competition and Broadband Reporting, CC Docket No. 99-
301.
    Form No.: FCC--477.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 858 responses; 45,278 total annual hours; 
53 hours per respondent.

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    Needs and Uses: FCC Form 477 seeks to gather information on the 
development of local competition and deployment of broadband service 
also known as advanced telecommunications services. The data are 
necessary to evaluate the status of developing competition in local 
exchange telecommunications markets and to evaluate the status of 
broadband deployment. The information is used by Commission staff to 
advise the Commission about the efficacy of Commission rules and 
policies adopted to implement the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0853.
    OMB Approval date: 1/26/2004.
    Expiration Date: 1/31/2007.
    Title: Receipt of Service Confirmation Form; Certification by 
Administrative Authority to Billed Entity of Compliance with Children's 
Internet Protection Act--Universal Service for Schools and Libraries; 
Certifications for Libraries Unwilling to Make a CIPA Cert. for 2003.
    Form No.: FCC-479, FCC-486, FCC-486T.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 40,000 responses; 75,000 total annual 
hours; 1-2 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: Following a district court decision that portions 
of CIPA were unconstitutional, the Commission modified FCC Forms 479 
and 486 to remove certain language from the certifications for 
libraries. The Supreme Court reversed the district court decision and 
the Commission must revise the forms to enable libraries to certify 
their compliance with CIPA. The Commission will include FCC Form 486t, 
a one-page form, to be completed by libraries that do not intend to 
comply with CIPA, but wish to receive support for the month and half of 
Funding Year 2003 during which CIPA was not enforced against libraries. 
FCC Form 486t will not effect the burden or the number of respondents 
because respondents will file either FCC Form 486 or FCC Form 486t. FCC 
Form 486t will only be valid for Funding Year 2003. The Commission is 
requesting contact information to conform with the contact information 
requested in other Schools and Libraries Universal Service forms.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0856.
    OMB Approval date: 1/26/2004.
    Expiration Date: 1/31/2007.
    Title: Universal Service--Schools and Libraries Universal Service 
Program Reimbursement Forms.
    Form No.: FCC-472, FCC-473, FCC-474.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 39,300 responses; 58,950 total annual 
hours; 1.5 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The Telecommunications Act of 1996 contemplates 
that discounts on eligible services shall be provided to schools and 
libraries, and that service providers shall seek reimbursement of the 
amount of the discounts. FCC Forms 473 and 474 facilitate the 
reimbursement process. FCC Form 472 allows providers to confirm that 
they are actually providing the discounted services to eligible 
entities.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0952.
    OMB Approval Date: 1/08/2004. a
    Expiration Date: 1/31/2007.
    Title: Proposed Demographic Information and Notifications, Second 
FNPRM, CC Docket No. 98-147 and Fifth NPRM, CC Docket No. 96-98.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,400 response; 5,600 total annual hours; 
4 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The proposed requirements implement section 706 of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to promote deployment of 
advanced services without significantly degrading the performance of 
other services. In CC Docket No. 98-147, the Commission solicits 
comment on whether requesting carriers should receive demographic and 
other information from ILECs to determine whether they wish to 
collocate at particular remote terminals. In CC Docket No. 96-98 
comment is sought on whether ILECs should provide certain notifications 
to competing carriers.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0972.
    OMB Approval Date: 1/26/2004.
    Expiration Date: 1/31/2007.
    Title: Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of 
Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers 
and Interexchange Carriers.
    Form No.: FCC-507, FCC-508, FCC-509.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 7,594 responses; 31,923 total annual 
hours; 3-5 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission modfied the reporting requirements 
associated with the Interstate Common Line Support mechanism in order 
to reduce the burdens associated with the requirements and increase the 
accuracy of data reported.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-1051.
    OMB Approval Date: 1/30/2004.
    Expiration Date: 1/31/2007.
    Title: Certification Letter Accounting for Receipt of Federal 
Support--CC Docket Nos. 96-45 and 96-262.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 52 responses; 56 total annual hours; 1 
hour per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission requires states to certify that 
carriers within the state had accounted for its receipt of federal 
support in its rates or otherwise used the support pursuant with 
Section 254 (e). In the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the 
Commission seeks comment to further develop the record on specific 
issues that relate to the rate review and expanded state certification 
process recommended by the Joint Board. The Commission also seeks 
comment on a proposal to further encourage states to preserve and 
advance universal service by making available additional targeted 
federal support for high-cost wire centers in states that implement 
explicit universal service mechanisms.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-3239 Filed 2-12-04; 8:45 am]
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