[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44645-44646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15131]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated 
Authority

July 22, 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 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: Persons wishing to comment on this information collection should 
submit comments October 3, 2005. 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: You may submit your Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments 
by email or U.S. postal mail. To submit you comments by email send them 
to: [email protected]. To submit your comments by U.S. mail, mark it to the 
attention of Judith B. Herman, Federal Communications Commission, 445 
12th Street, SW., Room 1-C804, Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection(s) send an email to [email protected] or contact 
Judith B. Herman at 202-418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0515.
    Title: Section 43.21(c), Miscellaneous Common Carrier Annual Letter 
Filing Requirement.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Number of Respondents: 38.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 38 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: Section 43.21(c) requires each miscellaneous common 
carrier with operating revenues in excess of the indexed threshold as 
defined in 47 CFR Section 32.9000 for a calendar year to file with the 
Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau (formerly the Common Carrier Bureau) 
a letter showing its operating revenues for that year and the value of 
its total communications plant at the end of that year. The letter must 
be filed no later than April 1 of the following year. The information 
is used by FCC staff members to regulate and monitor the telephone 
industry and by the public to analyze the industry. The information on 
revenues and total plant is compiled and published in the Commission's 
annual common carrier statistical publication and trends in telephone 
service report.
    The Commission is seeking extension (no change to this information 
collection) in order to obtain the full three-year clearance from OMB.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0526.
    Title: Density Pricing Zone Plans, Expanded Interconnection with 
Local Telephone Company Facilities, CC Docket No. 91-141.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Number of Respondents: 17.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 48 hour.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 816 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission requires Tier 1 Local Exchange 
Carriers (LECs) to provide expanded opportunities for third-party 
interconnection with their interstate special access facilities. The 
LECs are permitted to establish a number of rate zones within study 
areas in which expanded interconnection is operational. In the Fifth 
Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-262, the Commission allows price 
cap LECs to define the scope and number of zones within a study area. 
These LECs must file and obtain approval of their pricing plans which 
will be used by FCC staff to ensure that the rates are just, reasonable 
and nondiscriminatory.
    The Commission is seeking extension (no change to this information 
collection) in order to obtain the full three-year clearance from OMB.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0770.
    Title: Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers 
(LECs), CC Docket No. 94-1 (New Services).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Number of Respondents: 17.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 10 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 170 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: In the Fifth Report and Order, the Commission 
permits price cap LECs to introduce new services on a streamlined basis 
without prior approval. The Commission modified the rules to eliminate 
the public interest showing required by Section 69.4(g) and to 
eliminate the new services test (except in the case of loop-based new 
services) required under Sections 61.49(f) and (g). These modifications 
eliminated the delays that existed for the introduction of new services 
as well as to encourage efficient investment and innovation.
    The Commission no longer requires an incumbent LEC to introduce a 
new service by filing a waiver under Part 69 of the Commission's rules. 
Instead, incumbent LECs are allowed to file a petition for the new 
service based on a

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public interest standard. After the first incumbent LEC has satisfied 
the public interest requirement for establishing new rate elements for 
a new switched access service, other incumbent price cap LECs can file 
petitions seeking authority to introduce identical rate elements for 
identical new services, and their petitions will be reviewed within ten 
days. If the Wireline Competition Bureau (formerly the Common Carrier 
Bureau) does not act within the prescribed time, authority to establish 
the rate elements in question are deemed granted. In the event the 
Bureau denies an incumbent LEC's initial petition, or a subsequent 
petition filed by another incumbent LEC, the petitioner must file a 
Part 69 waiver petition.
    The Commission is seeking extension (no change to this information 
collection) in order to obtain the full three-year clearance from OMB.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0793.
    Title: Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket 
No. 96-45, Procedures for Self Certifying as a Rural Carrier.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit and State, local or 
tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 10.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 10 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: In the Tenth Report and Order, the Commission 
adopted proposals that carriers servicing study areas with fewer than 
100,000 access lines that already have certified their rural status 
need not re-certify for purposes of receiving support beginning January 
1, 2001 and need only file thereafter if their status changes. Further, 
carriers serving more than 100,000 access lines need to file rural 
certifications for their year 2001 status and thereafter only if their 
status has changed.
    The Commission is seeking extension (no change to this information 
collection) in order to obtain the full three-year clearance from OMB.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-1021.
    Title: Section 25.139, NGSO FSS.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit and State, local or 
tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 10.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 10 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: This rule section requires NGSO FSS licensees to 
maintain a subscriber database in a format than can be readily shared 
with Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service (MVDDS) licensees 
for the purpose of determining compliance with the MVDDS transmitting 
antenna space requirement relating to qualifying existing NGSO FSS 
subscriber receivers set forth in 47 CFR 101.129.
    The Commission is seeking extension (no change to this information 
collection) in order to obtain the full three-year clearance from OMB.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-15131 Filed 8-2-05; 8:45 am]
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