[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 13839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6561]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

March 17, 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.: 3060-1044.
    OMB Approval date: 3/02/2004.
    Expiration Date: 3/31/2007.
    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; 31-32 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.: 3060-0513.
    OMB Approval date: 3/02/2004.
    Expiration Date: 3/31/2007.
    Title: ARMIS Joint Cost Report.
    Form No.: FCC 43-03.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 85 responses; 4,250 total annual hours; 50 
hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The Joint Cost Report is needed to administer our 
joint cost rules (Part 64) and to analyze data in order to prevent 
cross-subsidization of nonregulated operations by the regulated 
operations of Tier 1 carriers.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0496.
    OMB Approval date: 3/02/2004.
    Expiration Date: 3/31/2007.
    Title: The ARMIS Operating Data Report.
    Form No.: FCC 43-08.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 55 responses; 7,645 total annual hours; 
139 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The Operating Data Report collects annual 
statistical data in a consistemt format that is essential for the 
Commission to monitor network growth, usage, and reliability.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0942.
    OMB Approval date: 3/02/2004.
    Expiration Date: 3/31/2007.
    Title: In the Matter of Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance 
Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-Volume Long Distance Users, 
Federal-State Joint Board On Universal Service.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 108 responses; 6,677 total annual hours; 
61-62 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The Report and Order implements the Coalition for 
Affordable Local and Long Distance Services (CALLS) Proposal, which 
resolves major outstanding issues concerning access charges; the 
pending NPRM to address implicit universal service support in access 
charges, the X-factor remand, the Low-Volume Long-Distance Users NOI, 
the pending NPRM on geographically deaveraging SLCs and the next 
scheduled price cap performance review.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-6561 Filed 3-23-04; 8:45 am]
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