[Federal Register: March 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 53)]
[Notices]               
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission

March 10, 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, 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.


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DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before May 18, 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 Les Smith, Federal Communications 
Commission, Room 1-A804, 445 12th 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 Number: 3060-0885.
    Title: Telephone Number Portability, CC Docket No. 95-116, Third 
Report and Order (Local Number Portability Worksheet and Recordkeeping 
Requirement).
    Form Number: FCC Form 487.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 4,400.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1.74 hours (avg.).
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping; Annual and on occasion 
reporting requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 7,675 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $2,257,000.
    Needs and Uses: In the Third Report and Order issued in CC Docket 
No. 95-116, the Commission implements, for long-term number portability 
costs, the statutory requirement that all telecommunications carriers 
bear the costs of number portability on a competitively neutral basis, 
as set forth in Section 251(e)(2) of the Telecommunications Act of 
1996. The Third Report and Order requires telecommunications carriers 
to provide the information about their international and regional end-
user telecommunications revenues that will enable the regional database 
administrator to allocate the costs of the number portability regional 
databases in a competitively neutral manner. FCC Form 487, LNP 
Worksheet is designed to capture this information. The Third Report and 
Order requires incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) to maintain 
records that detail both the nature and specific amount of these 
carrier-specific costs that are directly related to number portability, 
and those carrier-specific costs that are not directly related to 
number portability.

Federal Communications Commission.
Shirley S. Suggs,
Chief, Publications Branch.
[FR Doc. 99-6731 Filed 3-18-99; 8:45 am]
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