[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 175 (Friday, September 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54786-54787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20534]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved By Office of Management 
and Budget

September 1, 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, Pub. L. 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.: 3060-0816.
    OMB Approval date: 8/30/2004.
    Expiration Date: 8/31/2007.
    Title: Local Competition and Broadband Reporting, CC Docket No. 99-
301 and WC Docket No. 04-141 (NPRM).
    Form No.: FCC form 477.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 966 responses; 48,207 total annual burden 
hours; approximately 50 hours average per respondent.
    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.: 3060-0166.
    OMB Approval date: 8/23/2004.
    Expiration Date: 8/31/2007.
    Title: Part 42--Preservation of Records of Communications Common 
Carriers.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 54 responses; 108 total annual burden 
hours; 2 hours per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: Part 42 prescribes the regulations governing the 
preservation of records of communications common carriers that are 
fully subject to the jurisdiction of

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the FCC. The requirements are necessary to ensure the availability of 
carrier records needed by Commission staff for regulatory purposes.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0355.
    OMB Approval date: 7/23/2004.
    Expiration Date: 7/31/2007.
    Title: Rate-of-Return Reports.
    Form No.: FCC forms 492 and 492A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 114 responses; 912 total annual burden 
hours; 8 hours average per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: FCC Form 492 is filed by each local exchange 
carrier (LEC) or group of carriers who file individual access tariffs 
or who are not subject to Sections 61.41 through 61.49 of the 
Commission's rules. Each LEC or group of affiiated carriers subject to 
the previously stated sections file FCC Form 492A. Both forms are filed 
annually. The reports contain rate-of-return information and are needed 
to enable the Commission to fulfill its regulatory responsibilities.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0106.
    OMB Approval date: 7/26/2004.
    Expiration Date: 7/31/2007.
    Title: Section 43.61--Reports of Overseas Telecommunications 
Traffic.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 134 responses; 2,412 total annual burden 
hours; 18 hours average per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: On April 12, 2004, the Federal Communications 
Commission (``Commission'') released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM), ``In the Matter of Reporting Requirements for U.S. Providers of 
International Telecommunications Services; Amendment of Part 43 of the 
Commission's Rules,'' IB Docket No. 04-112, FCC 04-70. The Commission 
is seeking comments from the public on how to simplify the reporting 
requirements and to ensure the usefulness of the data collected by the 
Commission.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-1062.
    OMB Approval date: 7/13/2004.
    Expiration Date: 7/31/2007.
    Title: Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism--
Notification of Equipment Transfers.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 600 responses; 600 total annual burden 
hours; 1 hour average per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission addresses several matters related to 
the administration of the schools and libraries universal service 
mechanism (also known as the e-rate program). What makes this 
collection relevenat is in the event that a recipient is permanently or 
temporarily closed and equipment is transferred, the transferring 
entity must notify the Administrator of the transfer, and both the 
transferring and receiving entities must maintain detailed records 
documenting the transfer and the reason for the transfer for a period 
of five years.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-20534 Filed 9-9-04; 8:45 am]
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