[Federal Register: August 3, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 148)]
[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
July 22, 2005.
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 information collection should
submit comments October 3, 2005. 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: You may submit your Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments
by email or U.S. postal mail. To submit you comments by email send them
to: PRA@fcc.gov. To submit your comments by U.S. mail, mark it to the
attention of Judith B. Herman, Federal Communications Commission, 445
12th Street, SW., Room 1-C804, Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection(s) send an email to PRA@fcc.gov or contact
Judith B. Herman at 202-418-0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control No.: 3060-0515.
Title: Section 43.21(c), Miscellaneous Common Carrier Annual Letter
Filing Requirement.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for profit.
Number of Respondents: 38.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 38 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Needs and Uses: Section 43.21(c) requires each miscellaneous common
carrier with operating revenues in excess of the indexed threshold as
defined in 47 CFR Section 32.9000 for a calendar year to file with the
Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau (formerly the Common Carrier Bureau)
a letter showing its operating revenues for that year and the value of
its total communications plant at the end of that year. The letter must
be filed no later than April 1 of the following year. The information
is used by FCC staff members to regulate and monitor the telephone
industry and by the public to analyze the industry. The information on
revenues and total plant is compiled and published in the Commission's
annual common carrier statistical publication and trends in telephone
service report.
The Commission is seeking extension (no change to this information
collection) in order to obtain the full three-year clearance from OMB.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0526.
Title: Density Pricing Zone Plans, Expanded Interconnection with
Local Telephone Company Facilities, CC Docket No. 91-141.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for profit.
Number of Respondents: 17.
Estimated Time Per Response: 48 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 816 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Needs and Uses: The Commission requires Tier 1 Local Exchange
Carriers (LECs) to provide expanded opportunities for third-party
interconnection with their interstate special access facilities. The
LECs are permitted to establish a number of rate zones within study
areas in which expanded interconnection is operational. In the Fifth
Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-262, the Commission allows price
cap LECs to define the scope and number of zones within a study area.
These LECs must file and obtain approval of their pricing plans which
will be used by FCC staff to ensure that the rates are just, reasonable
and nondiscriminatory.
The Commission is seeking extension (no change to this information
collection) in order to obtain the full three-year clearance from OMB.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0770.
Title: Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange Carriers
(LECs), CC Docket No. 94-1 (New Services).
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for profit.
Number of Respondents: 17.
Estimated Time Per Response: 10 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 170 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Needs and Uses: In the Fifth Report and Order, the Commission
permits price cap LECs to introduce new services on a streamlined basis
without prior approval. The Commission modified the rules to eliminate
the public interest showing required by Section 69.4(g) and to
eliminate the new services test (except in the case of loop-based new
services) required under Sections 61.49(f) and (g). These modifications
eliminated the delays that existed for the introduction of new services
as well as to encourage efficient investment and innovation.
The Commission no longer requires an incumbent LEC to introduce a
new service by filing a waiver under Part 69 of the Commission's rules.
Instead, incumbent LECs are allowed to file a petition for the new
service based on a
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public interest standard. After the first incumbent LEC has satisfied
the public interest requirement for establishing new rate elements for
a new switched access service, other incumbent price cap LECs can file
petitions seeking authority to introduce identical rate elements for
identical new services, and their petitions will be reviewed within ten
days. If the Wireline Competition Bureau (formerly the Common Carrier
Bureau) does not act within the prescribed time, authority to establish
the rate elements in question are deemed granted. In the event the
Bureau denies an incumbent LEC's initial petition, or a subsequent
petition filed by another incumbent LEC, the petitioner must file a
Part 69 waiver petition.
The Commission is seeking extension (no change to this information
collection) in order to obtain the full three-year clearance from OMB.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0793.
Title: Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket
No. 96-45, Procedures for Self Certifying as a Rural Carrier.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for profit and State, local or
tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 10.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third
party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 10 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Needs and Uses: In the Tenth Report and Order, the Commission
adopted proposals that carriers servicing study areas with fewer than
100,000 access lines that already have certified their rural status
need not re-certify for purposes of receiving support beginning January
1, 2001 and need only file thereafter if their status changes. Further,
carriers serving more than 100,000 access lines need to file rural
certifications for their year 2001 status and thereafter only if their
status has changed.
The Commission is seeking extension (no change to this information
collection) in order to obtain the full three-year clearance from OMB.
OMB Control No.: 3060-1021.
Title: Section 25.139, NGSO FSS.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for profit and State, local or
tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 10.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third
party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 10 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Needs and Uses: This rule section requires NGSO FSS licensees to
maintain a subscriber database in a format than can be readily shared
with Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service (MVDDS) licensees
for the purpose of determining compliance with the MVDDS transmitting
antenna space requirement relating to qualifying existing NGSO FSS
subscriber receivers set forth in 47 CFR 101.129.
The Commission is seeking extension (no change to this information
collection) in order to obtain the full three-year clearance from OMB.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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