[Federal Register: September 6, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 173)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission
August 28, 2002.
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
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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 October 7,
2002. 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 Judith Boley Herman, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 1-C804, 445 12th Street, SW., 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 Judith Boley Herman at 202-
418-0214 or via the Internet at jboley@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control No.: 3060-0812.
Title: Exemption From Payment of Regulatory Fees When Claiming Non-
Profit Status.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit, not-for-profit institutions, and state, local, and tribal
government.
Number of Respondents: 4,000.
Estimated Time Per Response: .50 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and one-time reporting
requirements, and recordkeeping requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 2,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Needs and Uses: This information is required when licensees and
regulatees are requesting exemption from payment of regulatory fees due
to their non-profit status. Licensees or regulatees are required to
file one-time documentation sufficient to establish their proof of non-
profit status. This documentation can be in the form of an Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) determination letter, a state charter indicating
their non-profit status, proof of church affiliation indicating tax
exempt status, etc. The Commission requires that the licensee or
regulate maintain this information for two years. This will allow
adequate time to conduct audits, if necessary, or to determine whether
fee payments were made correctly.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0687.
Title: Access to Telecommunications Equipment and Services by
Persons with Disabilities, CC Docket No. 87-124.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 1,268.
Estimated Time Per Response: 9.86 hours.
Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure and labeling
requirements.
Total Annual Burden: 25,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $272,000.
Needs and Uses: Section 68.300(b) requires telephones with electro-
magnetic coil hearing aid compatibility to be stamped with the letters
``HAC'' (hearing aid compatible). Section 68.224 requires a notice to
be contained on the surface of the packaging of a non-hearing aid
compatible telephone that the telephone is not hearing aid compatible.
The collections are third party disclosure and labeling requirements.
The information is used primarily to inform consumers who purchase and/
or use telephone equipment to determine whether the telephone is
hearing aid compatible.
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: Revision 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.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted proposals that carriers
serving 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, 2000, 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. All the
requirements are necessary to implement the congressional mandate for
universal service. The reporting requirements are necessary to verify
that particular carriers and other respondents are eligible to receive
universal service support.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-22647 Filed 9-5-02; 8:45 am]
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