[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 129 (Thursday, July 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38395-38396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10474]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collection(s) Requirement Submitted to OMB for 
Emergency Review and Approval

June 28, 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 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 comments should be submitted on or before August 7, 
2006. 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

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advise the contacts 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 an e-mail 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: The Commission has requested OMB approval of 
this information collection under the emergency processing provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act by July 20, 2006.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0855.
    Title: Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet, CC Docket No. 96-45.
    Form Number: FCC Forms 499A and 499Q.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 5,625 respondents; 17,465 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10-25 hours per quarterly filing; 
13.5-25 hours per annual filing.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, one-time, quarterly and annual 
reporting requirements, recordkeeping requirement, and third party 
disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 263,230 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: 0.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: This collection was submitted as a revision to an 
existing collection to obtain emergency clearance for FCC Forms 499-A 
and 499-Q (3060-0855). Universal Service obligations have been extended 
to Interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol Providers. The Federal 
Communications Commission (Commission) requires telecommunications 
carriers and other providers of telecommunications to contribute to the 
universal service fund. The Commission has found that interconnected 
VoIP providers are providers of interstate telecommunications. As such, 
the Commission has determined that interconnected VoIP providers should 
contribute to the universal service fund. By including interconnected 
VoIP providers in the contribution base, the Commission ensures that 
its contribution mechanism remains equitable, nondiscriminatory, and 
competitive neutral. The Commission determined that interconnected VoIP 
providers may contribute based on either an interim safe harbor amount, 
under which interconnected VoIP providers treat 64.9 percent of their 
telecommunications revenues as interstate; their actual interstate end-
user telecommunications revenues; or an estimate of their interstate 
end-user telecommunications revenues as determined by a traffic study 
that has been approved by the Federal Communication Commission and 
submitted to USAC.
    In addition, the Commission determined that to the extent wireless 
providers report revenue based on traffic studies, in lieu of reporting 
actual interstate end-user telecommunications revenues or the interim 
wireless safe harbor of 37.1 percent, such traffic studies must be 
filed with the Federal Communications Commission and the Universal 
Service Fund administrator.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-10474 Filed 7-5-06; 8:45 am]
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