[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5333-5334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-751]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for 
Review to the Office of Management and Budget

January 13, 2006.
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 3, 2006. 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., DC 20554 or via the Internet to [email protected]. 
If you would like to obtain or view a copy of this information 
collection, you may do so by visiting the FCC PRA Web page at: http://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra.

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.: 3060-0512.
    Title: ARMIS Annual Summary Report.
    Report No.: FCC Report 43-01.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 126.
    Estimated Time per Response: 88 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 11,088 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is submitting this information 
collection to OMB as a revision in order to obtain the full three-year 
clearance from them. The Commission has revised this information 
collection because five mid-sized carriers reached the revenue 
threshold, two mid-sized carriers were eliminated because they fell 
below the revenue threshold and one carrier was sold. The Commission 
has also deleted one row in the ARMIS Annual Summary Report (FCC Report 
43-01). FCC Report 43-01 facilitates the annual collection of the 
results of accounting, rate base, and cost allocation requirements 
prescribed in Parts 32, 36, 64, 65 and 69 of the Commission's rules. 
ARMIS was implemented to facilitate the timely and efficient analysis 
of revenue requirements, rates of return and price caps; to provide an 
improved basis for audits and other oversight functions; and to enhance 
the Commission's ability to quantify the effects of alternative policy. 
The FCC Report 43-01 contains financial and operating data and is used 
to monitor the incumbent local exchange carriers and to perform routine 
analyses of cost and revenues.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0513.
    Title: ARMIS Joint Cost Report.
    Report No.: FCC Report 43-03.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 82.
    Estimated Time per Response: 50 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 4,100 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is submitting this information 
collection to OMB as a revision in order to obtain the full three-year 
clearance from them. The Commission has revised this information 
collection due to the addition of two rows for Account 6623. The 
Commission uses an indexed revenue threshold to determine which 
carriers are required to file the ARMIS reports. The revenue threshold 
is currently $125 million. In this submission, the Commission also 
revised the number of carriers filing this ARMIS report from 83 to 82 
to reflect one carrier that was sold and will no longer file this 
report. The ARMIS Joint Cost Report, FCC Report 04-03, contains 
financial and operating data. The Report details the incumbent local 
exchange carriers (ILECs) regulated and nonregulated cost and revenue 
allocations by study area pursuant to Part 64 of the Commission's 
rules.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0978.
    Title: Section 20.18, 911 Service, Fourth Report and Order.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 4,000 respondents; 32,000 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly reporting requirement and third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 32,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking an extension (no change 
in reporting requirements) for this information collection in order to 
obtain the full three-year clearance from OMB.
    The Commission's Fourth Report and Order took steps to ensure 
persons with hearing and speech disabilities using text telephone (TTY) 
devices will be able to make 911 emergency calls over digital wireless 
systems. The Fourth Report and Order established June 30, 2002, as the 
deadline by which digital wireless service providers must be capable of 
transmitting 911 calls made using TTY devices. In order to monitor the 
development and implementation of this capability within carrier 
networks, the Commission imposes quarterly reporting requirements on 
carriers which may be fulfilled by reporting through an industry forum 
that has been actively involved in resolving TTY/digital compatibility 
problems. The Commission will use this information submitted in the 
quarterly TTY reports

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to keep track of the carriers' progress in complying with E911 TTY 
requirements and also to monitor the progress technology is making 
towards compatibility with TTY devices.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 06-751 Filed 1-31-06; 8:45 am]
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