[Federal Register: August 10, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 153)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
July 26, 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 (PRA) 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 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before October 11, 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 e-mail or U.S. postal mail. To submit your comments by e-mail 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 e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov or contact
Judith B. Herman at 202-418-0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control No.: 3060-0704.
Title: Policy and Rules Concerning the Interstate, Interexchange
Marketplace; Implementation of Section 254(g) of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended, CC Docket No. 96-6.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 519.
Estimated Time Per Response: .5-120 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting
requirements, recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure
requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 84,337 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Needs and Uses: The Commission has eliminated the tariff
cancellation requirement; therefore, we are decreasing the reported
burden hours by 74,598 hours and $435,000 in total annual costs. The
OMB is asked to approve this revised collection, when we submit it in
60 days, the removal of the burden hours for that requirement as part
of this collection.
These collections of information are necessary to provide consumers
ready access to information concerning the rates, terms, and conditions
governing the provision of interstate, domestic and interexchange
services offered by nondominant interexchange carriers (IXCs) in a
detariffed and increasingly competitive environment. In the Second
Order on Reconsideration issued in CC Docket No. 96-61, (March 1999),
the Commission reinstated the public disclosure requirement and also
required that nondominant interexchange carriers that have Internet Web
sites to pass this information on-line in a timely and easily
accessible manner. These carriers are also required to file annual
certifications pursuant to section 254(g); maintain prices and service
information; and are forborne from filing certain tariffs. The tariff
cancellation requirement has been completed so the burden for that part
of this collection has been removed.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0760.
Title: Access Charge Reform, CC Docket No. 96-262.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 17.
Estimated Time Per Response: 3-1,575 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting
requirements.
Total Annual Burden: 55,462 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $12,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Needs and Uses: This collection will be submitted to the OMB after
the 60 day comment period because we have revised it to eliminate the
cost study and third party disclosure requirements that are no longer
needed. The Commission also revises the remaining burden hours and
respondent estimates to provide more current and accurate data. Price
cap local exchange carriers (LECs) must demonstrate that competitors
have made irreversible, sunk investments in the facilities needed to
provide services at issue.
In the Fifth Report and Order, CC Docket No. 96-262, (August 1999),
the Commission modified the rules that govern the provision of
interstate access services by those price cap LECs subject to price
regulation to advance the pro-
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competitive, deregulatory national policies embodied in the
Telecommunications Act of 1996. The pricing flexibility framework
adopted in that Order was designed to grant greater flexibility to
price cap LECs as competition develops, while ensuring that: (1) Price
cap LECs do not use pricing flexibility to deter efficient entry or
engage in exclusionary pricing behavior; and (2) price cap LECs do not
increase rates to unreasonable levels for customers that lack
competitive alternatives.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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