[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 19851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8484]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

March 29, 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.: 3060-0855.
    OMB Approval date: 3/16/2004.
    Expiration Date: 3/31/2007.
    Title: Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet, CC Docket No. 96-45.
    Form No.: FCC Forms 499 (FCC Forms 499-A and 499-Q).
    Estimated Annual Burden: 15,500 responses; 175,487 total annual 
hours; 11-12 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: Pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, telecommunications carriers (and certain other providers of 
telecommunications services) must contribute to the support and cost 
recovery mechanisms for telecommunications relay services, numbering 
administration, number portability, and universal service. The 
Commission is now seeking to collect information concerning carriers' 
uncollectible revenue information consistent with Part 54 of its rules, 
as revised in the Interim Contribution Methodology Order of Dec. 2002.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0804.
    OMB Approval date: 3/16/2004.
    Expiration Date: 3/31/2007.
    Title: Universal Service--Health Care Providers Universal Service 
Program.
    Form No.: FCC 465, 466, 466-A and 467.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 14,400 responses; 17,600 total annual 
hours; 1-2 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: In this Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, we 
seek comment on ways to streamline further the application process and 
expand outreach efforts regarding the rural health care universal 
service support mechanism. The Commission implemented the rural health 
care mechanism at the direction of Congress as provided in the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act). In past years of its 
operation, the rural health care mechanism has provided discounts that 
have facilitated the ability of health care providers to provide 
critical access to modern telecommunications and information services 
for medical and health maintenance purposes to rural America. 
Participation in the rural health care universal service support 
mechanism, however, has not met the Commission's projections. The 
Commission finds it appropriate to assess whether our rules and 
policies require modification.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-8484 Filed 4-13-04; 8:45 am]
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