[Federal Register: March 19, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 53)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
March 7, 2001.
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.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before May 18, 2001.
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
Commissions, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 1-A804, 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 No.: 3060-0717.
Title: Billed Party Preference for InterLATA 0+ Calls--CC Docket
No. 92-77; 47 CFR Sections 64.703(a), 64.709, 64.710.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension.
Respondents: Business or Other for Profit.
Number of Respondents: 1500.
Estimated Time Per Response: 466.1 hours (avg.).
Total Annual Burden: 669,157 hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $198,000.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted rules to further the goals
of 47 U.S.C. Section 226. Pursuant to Section 64.703(a), operator
service providers (OSPs) are required to disclose, audibly and
distinctly to the consumer, at no charge and before connecting any
interstate call, how to obtain rate quotations, including any
applicable surcharges. Section 64.709 codifies the requirements for
OSPs to file informational tariffs with the Commission. Section 64.710
requires providers of interstate operator services of inmates at
correctional institutions to identify themselves, audibly and
distinctly, to the party to be billed, among other things. The
disclosure rules will make it easier for callers using operator
services provided at call aggregator phones, and prison-inmate phones,
to obtain immediately the cost of the call, prior to the call being
connected. The Commission has reviewed rates and charges contained in
informational tariffs and instituted several formal as well as numerous
informal investigations on receiving complaints from consumers, or on
its own initiative, when OSP rates and related aggregator surcharges
appeared to have been excessive.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0715.
Title: Implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996:
Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary Network
Information and Other Customer Information--CC Docket No. 96-116.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension.
Respondents: Business or Other for Profit.
Number of Respondents: 6832.
Estimated Time Per Response: 90.28 hrs (avg.).
Total Annual Burden: 616,817 hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $229,500.
Frequency of Response: On occasion; Third party disclosure.
Needs and Uses: In CC Docket No. 96-115, the Commission established
rules to implement 47 U.S.C. Section 222. The rules are intended to
further Congress's goals of fostering competition in telecommunications
markets and to ensure the privacy of customer information. Among other
things, carriers are permitted to use CPNI, without customer approval,
under certain conditions. Carriers must obtain express customer
approval to use CPNI to market service outside the customer's existing
service relationship. Carriers must provide a one-time notification of
customers' CPNI rights prior to any solicitation for approval. Carriers
must maintain such records for a period of at least one year. Carriers
must implement a system by which the status of a customer's CPNI
approval can be clearly established prior to the use of CPNI. Carriers
must establish a supervisory review process regarding carrier
compliance with the rules in 47 CFR Part 64 for outbound marketing
situations. All carriers must obtain on an annual basis a certification
signed by a current officer attesting that he or she has personal
knowledge that the carrier is in compliance with the Commission's
rules. LECs must disclose aggregate customer information to others upon
request. Section 222(c)(2) requires carriers to provide a customer's
CPNI to any person designated in the written authorization.
Telecommunications common carriers must provide subscriber list
information gathered in their capacity as providers of telephone
exchange service to any person upon request for the purpose of
publishing directories. Carriers are obligated to provide updated
subscriber list information and notices of changes in subscriber list
information to the extent those changes reflect customers decision to
cease having a telephone number listed.
OMB Approval No.: 3060-0206.
Title: Part 21--Multipoint Distribution Service.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 15,858.
Estimated Hours Per Response: Ranges from 0.083 hrs to 10 hrs
depending on rule section.
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Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Cost to Respondents: $1,244,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 10,221 hours.
Needs and Uses: The information requested under Part 21 is used by
the Commission staff to fulfill its obligations as set forth in
Sections 308 and 309 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to
determine the technical, legal and other qualifications of applicants
to operate a station in the MDS services. The information is also used
to determine whether grant of an application will service the public
interest, convenience and necessity, as required by Section 309 of the
Communications Act. The staff also uses this information to ensure that
applicants and licensees comply with the ownership and transfer
restrictions imposed by Section 310 of the Act.
Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
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