[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 36 (Thursday, February 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9077-9078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3513]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

February 15, 2005.
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, Public Law 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 (PRA) 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 March 28, 2005. If you anticipate that you will 
be submitting PRA 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 B. Herman at 202-418-
0214 or via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0823.
    Title: Pay Telephone Reclassification, Memorandum Opinion and 
Order, CC Docket No. 96-128.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 400.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 2-35 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement, third party 
disclosure requirement, and on occasion, monthly, and quarterly 
reporting requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 44,700 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $480,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking extension (no change in 
requirements) for this information collection. The Commission is 
submitting this information collection to the OMB in order to obtain 
the full three-year clearance from them. For background, the Commission 
adopted and released a Memorandum Opinion and Order in March 1998, 
which clarified the requirements established in the Payphones Orders 
for the provision of payphone-specific coding digits and for tariffs 
that local exchange carriers (LECs) must file pursuant to the Payphone 
Orders. The Commission also granted a waiver of Part 69 of the 
Commission's rules so that LECs can establish rate elements to recover 
the costs of implementing FLEX-ANI (a type of switch software) to 
provide payphone specific coding digits for per-call compensation. The 
Commission is required in the Payphone Orders to implement section 276 
of the Act.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0986.
    Title: Competitive Carrier Line Count Report.
    Form No.: FCC Form 525.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,300 respondents; 4,753 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .5-6 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly and annual reporting 
requirements and third party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 3,707 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission has revised this information 
collection. The information collection has been revised as a result of: 
(1) Certain collections associated with the election of a 
disaggregation path were one-time in nature and have been eliminated 
and removed from this burden estimate; and (2) the Commission has 
created a new FCC Form 525 to collect line count data required by 
Competitive Eligible Telecommunications Carriers (CETCs) pursuant to 
this and other OMB control numbers, as well as line count data related 
to lines provided by CETCs using unbundled network elements (UNEs). The 
UNE data are necessary for Universal Service Administrative Company 
(USAC) to implement section 54.307 of the Commission's rules. It is 
anticipated that the implementation of FCC Form 525 will reduce burdens 
in several collections by standardizing the information submission 
format. As collections 3060-0972, 3060-0774 and 3060-0942 are renewed, 
the information provided in FCC Form 525 will be eliminated from the 
burden estimates for these collections. The Commission will use the 
information requirements to determine whether and to what extent rural 
telecommunications carriers providing the data are eligible to receive 
universal service support.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0298.
    Title: Competitive Carrier Line Count Report.
    Form No.: FCC Form 525.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,300 respondents; 4,753 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 57 hours.

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    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting 
requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 66,120 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking extension (no change) to 
this information collection. The Commission is submitting this 
information collection to the OMB in order to obtain the full three-
year clearance.
    Part 61 of the Commission's rules establishes procedures for filing 
tariffs which contain the charges, practices, and regulations of the 
common carriers, supporting economic data and other related documents. 
The supporting data must conform to other parts of the Rules such as 
Parts 36 and 69. Part 61 also prescribes the framework for the initial 
establishment of and subsequent revisions to tariffs. Tariffs that do 
not conform to Part 61 may be required to post their schedules or rates 
and regulations. The information collected through a carrier's tariff 
is used by the Commission to determine whether services offered are 
just and reasonable as the Act requires.
    The tariffs and any supporting documentation are examined in order 
to determine if the services are offered in a just and reasonable 
manner.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-3513 Filed 2-23-05; 8:45 am]
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