[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 152 (Monday, August 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48231-48232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18146]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

August 3, 2004.
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 opportunity to comment on the 
following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Pub. L. 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 October 8, 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

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B. Herman at (202) 418-0214 or via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0370.
    Title: Part 32, Uniform System of Accounts for Telecommunications 
Companies.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 239.
    Estimated Time per Response: 104-26,195 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; 
recordkeeping requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,516,702 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The Uniform System of Accounts is a historical 
financial accounting system which reports the results of operational 
and financial events in a manner which enables both management and 
regulators to assess these results within a specified accounting 
period. Subject respondents are telecommunications companies. In the 
Report and Order, FCC 04-149, the Commission adopted the Joint 
Conference's recommendations to reinstate Part 32, Class A accounts 
which includes: Account 5230, Directory Revenue; Account 6621, Call 
Completion Services; Account 6622, Number Services; Account 6623, 
Customer Services; Account 6561, Depreciation Expense-
Telecommunications Plant In Service; Account 6562, Depreciation 
Expense-Property Held for Future Telecommunications Use; Account 6563, 
Amortization Expense-Tangible; Account 6564, Amortization Expense-
Intangible; Account 6565, Amortization Expense-Other. These accounting 
changes are mandatory only for non-mid-sized Class A Incumbent Local 
Exchange Carriers (ILECs). The reinstatement of these accounts, 
however, will not impose any additional burden on non-mid-sized Class A 
ILECs because the Commission's prior action to aggregate the accounts 
has been suspended. Similarly, the Commission's reinstatement of the 
sheath kilometer reporting requirement in the ARMIS 43-07 will not 
impose any additional burden on non-mid-sized Class A ILECs. Entities 
having annual revenues from regulatory telecommunications operations of 
less than $123 million are designated as Class B and are subject to a 
less detailed accounting system than those designated as Class A 
companies.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-18146 Filed 8-6-04; 8:45 am]
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