[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43428-43429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14843]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

July 5, 2005.
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.: 3060-1085.
    OMB Approval date: 6/28/2005.
    Expiration Date: 12/31/2005.
    Title: Federal Communications Commisssion Proposes Collection of 
Location Information, Provision of Notice and Reporting on 
Interconnected voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) E911 Compliance.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 14,238,254 responses; 435,894 total annual 
burden hours; approximately .09-16 hours average per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) 
requires providers of interconnected voice over Internet protocol 
(VoIP) services to obtain information regarding their end users' 
location as a condition of providing service. Interconnected VoIP 
providers must provide that information to entities that maintain 
databases used to ensure that the caller's location and a call back 
number are provided to requesting public safety answering points when a 
911 call is placed. The Commission also requires interconnected VoIP 
providers to ensure that end users understand any limitations of their 
service, obtain from the end user evidence of such understanding, and 
submit a letter to the Commission detailing their compliance with its 
E911 rules no later than 120 days after the rules become effective.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-1083.
    OMB Approval date: 6/28/2005.
    Expiration Date: 06/30/2008.
    Title: Request to Update Default Compensation Rate for Dial-Around 
Calls from Payphones, WC Docket No. 03-225.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 10 responses; 1,000 total annual burden 
hours; 100 hours average response time per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: Pursuant to Section 276(b)(1)(A) of the Act, the 
Commission is required to ensure that all payphone service providers 
are fairly compensated. In order to calculate fair compensation for the 
payphones that are not supported by Flex ANI, the Commission must 
obtain monthly payphone call volume data. Once the impacted entities 
(primarily the Regional Bell Operating Companies and the large 
interexchange companies) submit this data, the Commission will 
calculate an average monthly call volume as one of the key inputs 
required to establish per-payphone monthly compensation.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-1005.
    OMB Approval date: 6/28/2005.
    Expiration Date: 06/30/2008.
    Title: Numbering Resource Optimization--Phase 3.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 53 responses; 3,380 total annual burden 
hours; 50-85 hours average response time per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: In the Third Report and Order and Second Order on 
Reconsideration in CC Docket No. 99-200, the Commission continued 
efforts to maximize the efficiency with which numbering resources in 
the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) are utilized. In order for 
price cap LECs to qualify for exogenous adjustment to access charges 
established under the federal cost recovery mechanism, they must 
demonstrate that pooling results in a net cost increase rather than a 
cost reduction. Applications to state commission from carriers must 
demonstrate that certain requirements are met before states may grant 
use of the safety valve mechanism. State commission seeking to 
implement service-specific and/or technology-specific area code 
overlays, must request delegated authority to do so.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-1012.
    OMB Approval date: 6/14/2005.
    Expiration Date: 06/30/2008.
    Title: Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism, 
CC Docket 02-6, NPRM, Proposed ADA Certification.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 30,000 responses; 1,200 total annual 
burden hours; .04 hours average response time per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: In CC Docket 02-6, the Commission sought comment on 
certain rules governing the schools and libraries universal service 
support mechanism. The Commission goals in the proceeding are to: (1) 
Consider changes that would fine-tune its rules to improve program 
operation; (2) to ensure that the benefits of the universal service 
support mechanism for schools and libraries are distributed in a manner 
that is fair and equitable: and (3) to improve its oversight over the 
program. Among other things, affected respondents may be required to 
certify to compliance with the ADA and related statutes and to use a 
computerized list to identify services or products.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0986.
    OMB Approval date: 6/28/2005.
    Expiration Date: 06/30/2008.
    Title: Competitive Carrier Line Count Report.
    Form No.: FCC Form 525.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 4,753 responses; 3,707 total annual burden

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hours; .5-6 hours average response time per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: On May 23, 2001, the Commission adopted rules for 
determining high-cost universal service support for rural telephone 
companies for the next five years based upon proposals made by the 
Rural Task Force. The commision also addressed certain proposals made 
by the Multi-Association Group for reforming universal services 
applicable to rural carriers. FCC form 525 will be used to gather some 
of the information needed in a standardized format to help eliminate 
duplication of information collected. The information collected will be 
used to determine whether and to what extent rural telecommunications 
carriers providing the data are eligible to receive universal service 
support.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0804.
    OMB Approval date: 6/28/2005.
    Expiration Date: 06/30/2008.
    Title: Universal Service--Health Care Providers Universal Service 
Program.
    Form No.: FCC Forms 465, 466, 466-A and 467.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 12,840 responses; 17,720 total annual 
burden hours; .5-3 hours average response time per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: In the Second Report and Order, Order on Recon., 
and FNPRM (FCC 04-289), the Commission changed it's definition of rural 
for purposes of the rural health care universal service support 
mechanism. The Commission also revised its rules to expand funding for 
mobile rural health care services and established a fixed deadline for 
filing FCC Forms 466 and 466-A. On reconsideration, the Commission 
permits states that are entirely rural to receive support for advanced 
telecom. and information services. The FNPRM seeks comment on whether 
to increase the percentage discount that rural health care providers 
receive for Internet access support and whether infrastructure 
development should be funded, and also whether to modify its rules to 
allow mobile rural health care providers to use services other than 
satellite.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0734.
    OMB Approval date: 6/28/2005.
    Expiration Date: 06/30/2008.
    Title: Accounting Safeguards, CC Docket No. 96-150, 47 U.S.C. 260 
and 271-276, Sections 53.209, 53.211 and 53.213.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 38 responses; 131,523 total annual burden 
hours; 24-19,200 hours average response time per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: In the R&O in CC Docket 96-150, the Commission 
prescribed the way ILECs, including the BOCs, must account for 
transactions with affiliates involving, and allocate costs incurred in 
the provision of, both regulated telecommunications services and 
nonregulated services, including telemessaging, interLATA 
telecommunications and information services, telecommunications 
equipment and CPE manufacturing and others pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 260 
and 271 through 276. The Commission also adopted requirements for 
implementing section 272 of the Act, including, but not limited to, 
administering the section 272 independent audits.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-14843 Filed 7-26-05; 8:45 am]
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