[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 66407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21867]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

October 24, 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.: 3060-1081.
    OMB Approval date: 10/14/2005.
    Expiration Date: 10/31/2008.
    Title: Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket 
No. 96-45.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 22 responses; 242 total annual burden 
hours; approximately 11 hours average per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: In CC Docket No. 96-45, the Commission adopted 
additional mandatory requirements for ETC designation proceedings in 
which the Commission acts pursuant to section 241(e)(6) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Consistent with the 
recommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, 
and expanding the mandatory requirements, the Commission imposed 
additional requirements for designation and annual certifications. 
These requirements will ensure that ETCs continue to comply with the 
conditions of the ETC designation and that universal service funds are 
used for their intended purposes. Specifically, every ETC must submit, 
on a annual basis: (1) Progress reports on the ETC's five-year service 
quality improvement plan; (2) detailed information on any outage 
lasting at least 30 minutes; (3) the number of unfulfilled requests for 
service from potential customers within its service areas; (4) the 
number of complaints per 1,000 handsets or lines; (5) certification 
that the ETC is complying with applicable service quality standards and 
consumer protection rules; (6) certification that the ETC is able to 
function in emergency situations; (7) certification that the ETC is 
offering a local usage plan comparable to that offered by the incumbent 
LEC in the relevant service areas; and (8) certification that the 
carrier acknowledges that the Commission may require it to provide 
equal access to long distance carriers in the event no other ETC is 
providing equal access within the service area. The Commission will use 
the information collected to ensure that each ETC satisfies its 
obligation under Section 214(e) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, to provide services supported by the universal service 
mechanism throughout the areas for which each ETC is designated.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-21867 Filed 11-1-05; 8:45 am]
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