[Federal Register: May 10, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 91)]
[Notices]
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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, Comments Requested
May 1, 2001.
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 July 9, 2001.
If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it
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difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice,
you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESS: Direct all comments to Les Smith, Federal Communications
Commissions, Room 1A-804, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
or via the Internet to lesmith@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collections contact Les Smith at (202) 418-0217 or
via the Internet at lesmith@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control No.: 3060-0166.
Title: Part 42--Preservation of Records of Communication Common
Carriers.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension.
Respondents: Business or Other for Profit.
Number of Respondents: 68.
Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours per response (avg).
Total Annual Burden: 136 hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
Frequency of Response: On occasion; Recordkeeping.
Needs and Uses: Section 220 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, makes it unlawful for carriers to willfully destroy
information retained for the Commission. 47 U.S.C. part 42 prescribes
guidelines to ensure that carriers maintain the necessary records
needed by the FCC for its regulatory obligations. The requirements are
necessary to ensure the availability of carrier records needed by
Commission staff for regulatory purposes.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0149.
Title: Application and Supplemental Information Requirements--Part
63, Section 214, and Sections 63.01-63.601.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension.
Respondents: Business or Other for Profit.
Number of Respondents: 255.
Estimated Time Per Response: 10 hours per response (avg).
Total Annual Burden: 2550 hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
Frequency of Response: On occasion; Third Party Disclosure.
Needs and Uses: Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, requires that the FCC review the establishment, lease,
operations, and extension of channels of communications by interstate
common carriers. 47 CFR part 63 implements section 214. Part 63 also
implements provisions of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984
pertaining to video programming by telephone common carriers. The
information received in applications from dominant carriers is used to
determine if the facilities are needed. The information received from
non-dominant carriers is used to monitor the growth of the networks and
the availability of common carrier services.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0814.
Title: Section 54.301, Local Switching Support and Local Switching
Support Data Collection Form and Instructions.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension.
Respondents: Business or Other for Profit.
Number of Respondents: 192.
Estimated Time Per Response: 21.55 hours per response (avg).
Total Annual Burden: 4138 hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
Frequency of Response: On occasion; Annually.
Needs and Uses: Pursuant to 47 CFR Section 54.301, each incumbent
local exchange carrier that is not a member of the NECA common line
tariff, that has been designated an eligible telecommunications
carriers, and that serves a study area with 50,000 or fewer access
lines shall, for each study area, provide the Administrator with the
projected total unseparated dollar amount assigned to each account in
section 54.301(b). Average schedule companies are required to file
information pursuant to 47 CFR Section 54.301(f). Both respondents must
provide true-up data. The data is necessary to calculate certain
revenue requirement.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0736.
Title: Implementation of the Non-Accounting Safeguards of Section
271 and 272 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, CC Docket
No. 96-149.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension.
Respondents: Business or Other for Profit.
Number of Respondents: 5.
Estimated Time Per Response: 60.6 hours per response (avg).
Total Annual Burden: 303 hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
Frequency of Response: On occasion; Monthly; Annually; Third Party
Disclosure.
Needs and Uses: Section 272 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
requires that Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) make information
available to third parties if it makes that information available to
its section 272(a) affiliates. In CC Docket No. 96-149, the Commission
adopted safeguards to govern BOCs entry into certain new markets. BOCs
are required to provide, among other things, unaffiliated entities with
all listing information, including unlisted and unpublished numbers as
well as the numbers of other local exchange carriers' customers, that
the BOC uses to provide E9II services. In a Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking issued in CC Docket No. 96-149, the Commission proposed that
BOCs make certain information disclosures available to unaffiliated
entities and that the BOCs submit an annual affidavit.
Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
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