[Federal Register: May 30, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 104)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission
May 23, 2003.
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: Persons wishing to comment on this (these) information
collection(s) should submit comments by July 29, 2003. 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments to Judith
B. Herman, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Room 1-C804, Washington,
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DC 20554 or via the Internet to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collections contact Judy B. Herman at 202-418-0214
or via the Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control No.: 3060-0105.
Title: License Qualification Report.
Form No.: FCC Form 430.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 500.
Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting
requirements.
Total Annual Burden: 1,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Needs and Uses: FCC Form 430 is filed by new applicants or annually
by licensees if substantial changes occur in the organizational
structure, alien ownership, and character of applicant or licensee. FCC
Form 430 is also filed by applicants soliciting authority for
assignment or transfer of control. The information will be used by the
Commission to determine whether the applicant is legally qualified to
become or remain a licensee, as required by the Communications Act of
1934, as amended. The Commission is requesting an extension of the
current OMB approval.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0613.
Title: Expanded Interconnection with Local Telephone Company
Facilities, CC Docket No. 91-141, Transport Phase II (Third 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: 64.
Estimated Time Per Response: 5-37 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third
party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 832 hours.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: N/A.
Needs and Uses: Tier 1 Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) (except NECA
members) are required to make tariff filings to provide certain
signaling information to interested parties so that those parties can
provide tandem switching services. Tandem switching providers are
required to provide certain billing information to those Tier 1 local
exchange carriers. The tariffs and cost support information
accompanying them are used by the FCC staff to ensure that the tariff
rates that are paid for signaling information are just, reasonable, and
nondiscriminatory, as required by Sections 201 and 202 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0725.
Title: Annual Filing of Nondiscrimination Reports (on Quality of
Service, Installation and Maintenance) by Bell Operating Companies
(BOCs).
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 7.
Estimated Time Per Response: 50 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 350 hours.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: N/A.
Needs and Uses: Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) must submit non-
discrimination reports on an annual basis. Without provision of these
reports, the Commission would be unable to ascertain whether the BOCs
were discriminating in favor of their own payphones. The report allows
the Commission to determine how the BOCs will provide competing
payphone providers with equal access to all the basic underlying
network services that are provided to its own payphones.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0726.
Title: Quarterly Report of Interexchange Carriers Listing the
Number of Dial-Around Calls for Which Compensation is Being Paid to
Payphone Owners.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for profit.
Number of Respondents: 275 respondents; 1,100 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours (.50 hours per response).
Frequency of Response: Quarterly reporting requirement and third
party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 550 hours.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: N/A.
Needs and Uses: Interexchange carriers responsible for paying per-
call compensation to payphone providers must submit a quarterly list of
dial-around calls to those payphone providers. The payphone providers
need the list to calculate the compensation to be paid by the
interexchange carriers. All the requirements would be used to ensure
that interexchange carriers comply with their obligations under the
Telecommunications Act of 1996.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0817.
Title: Computer III Further Remand Proceedings: BOC Provision of
Enhanced Services (ONA Requirements), CC Docket No. 95-20.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for profit.
Number of Respondents: 5 respondents; 10 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 50 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and semi-annual reporting
requirements, third party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 270 hours.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: N/A.
Needs and Uses: BOCs are required to post their Comparably
Efficient Interconnection (CEI) plans and amendments on their publicly
accessible Internet sites. The requirement extends to CEI plans for new
or modified telemessaging or alarm monitoring services and for new or
amended payphone services. If the BOC receives a good faith request for
a plan from someone who does not have Internet access, the BOC must
notify that person where a paper copy of the plan is available for
public inspection. The CEI plans will be used to ensure that BOCs
comply with Commission policies and regulations safeguarding against
potential anticompetitive behavior by the BOCs in the provision of
information services.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0921.
Title: Petitions for LATA Boundary Modification for the Deployment
of Advanced Services.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other-for profit.
Number of Respondents: 5 respondents; 20 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 8 hours (4 petitions, totally 20
petitions annually).
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third
party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 160 hours.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: N/A.
Needs and Uses: BOCs that petition for LATA boundary modifications
to
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encourage the deployment of advanced services on a reasonable and
timely basis are requested to include information in accordance with
specified criteria. The criteria set forth in Commission rules will
serve to ease the petition process on BOCs by providing guidelines that
will serve to narrow the scope of their petitions to the issues and
facts that the Commission is primarily concerned with. In addition, the
request will also expedite the petition review process by ensuring that
petitioners will provide all the information the Commission needs to
properly review the requests.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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