[Federal Register: October 7, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 194)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Submitted to OMB for 
Review and Approval

September 30, 1999.
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, Pub. L. 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 November 8, 
1999. 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: Direct all comments to Judy Boley, Federal Communications 
Commission, Room 1-C804, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554 or 
via the Internet to jboley@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection(s), contact Judy Boley at 202-418-0214 or 
via the Internet at jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0010.
    Title: Ownership Report.
    Form No.: FCC Form 323.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 10,020.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1-7.5 hours per respondent.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and biennial reporting 
requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 13,202 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $10,259.000.
    Needs and Uses: Each permittee of a commercial AM, FM, TV and 
international broadcast station shall file an FCC Form 323, Ownership 
Report, within 30 days of the date of grant by the FCC of an 
application for an original construction permit or the consummation, 
pursuant to Commission consent, of a transfer of control or an 
assignment of license. A permittee is also required to file another 
report or to certify that it has reviewed its current Report on file 
and that it is accurate, in lieu of filing a new report, when the 
permittee applies for a station license.
    Each licensee of a commercial AM, FM and TV broadcast station shall 
file an FCC Form 323 when they file their station's license renewal 
applications and every two years thereafter. Each licensee with a 
current and unamended Report on file at the Commission may certify that 
it has reviewed its current Report and that it is accurate, in lieu of 
filing a new Report.
    The data is used by FCC staff to determine whether the licensee/
permittee is abiding by the multiple ownership requirements as set 
forth by the Commission's Rules and is in compliance with the 
Communications Act. The race/ethnicity and gender question will allow 
the Commission to determine accurately the current state of minority 
and female ownership of broadcast facilities and to assess the need for 
measures designed to fulfill the statutory mandate to promote 
opportunities for small businesses and businesses owned by women and 
minorities in the broadcasting industry.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0715.
    Title: Implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996: 
Telecommunications Carriers Use of Customer Proprietary Network 
Information (CPNI) and Other Customer Information, CC Docket No. 96-
115.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 6,832.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .5-100 hours per response.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and one-time reporting 
requirements, third-party disclosure requirement, and recordkeeping 
requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 808,889 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $229,520,000.
    Needs and Uses: The Third Report and Order in CC Docket 96-115, 
clarifies and specifies the statutory

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obligations of Section 222 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Among 
other things, all telecommunications common carriers must provide 
subscriber list information, gathered in their capacity as providers of 
telephone exchange service, to any person upon request for the purpose 
of publishing directories. Carriers are obligated to provide updated 
subscriber information and notices of changes in subscriber list 
information to the extent those changes reflect customer's decision to 
cease having a telephone number listed.
    All of the collections adopted would be used to ensure that 
telecommunications carriers comply with section 222(e) of the statute 
and with subscriber list information requirements the Commission 
promulgates in this order in implementation of section 222(e).

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-26119 Filed 10-6-99; 8:45 am]
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