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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested

December 23, 2004.
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 March 7, 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: Direct all Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments to Judith 
B. Herman, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C804, 445 12th 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554 or via the Internet to Judith-
B.Herman@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection(s), contact Judith B. Herman at (202) 
418-0214 or via the Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0298.
    Title: Tariff (Other than the Tariff Review Plan)--Part 61.
    Form No.: Not Applicable.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 580.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 114 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual and biennial reporting 
requirements and third party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 66,120 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $835,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Not Applicable.
    Needs and Uses: Part 61 is designed to ensure that all tariffs 
filed by common carriers are formally sound, well organized, and 
provide the Commission and the public with sufficient information to 
determine the justness and reasonableness as required by the Act, of 
the rates, terms and conditions in those tariffs. In the Seventh Report 
and Order in CC Docket No. 96-262 released on April 27, 2001, the 
Commission had limited the application of its' tariff rules to 
interstate access services provided by nondominant local exchange 
carriers. The Commission is requesting an extension (no change) to this 
information collection in order to obtain the full three year clearance 
from the OMB. The Commission is reducing the number of burden hours and 
costs to the respondents for this information collection due to less 
carriers filing this information with the Commission.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0391.
    Title: Program to Monitor the Impacts of the Universal Service 
Support Mechanism, CC Docket Nos. 98-202 and 96-45.
    Form No.: Not Applicable.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 210 respondents; 1,456 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .666 hours (40 minutes).
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement and third party 
disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 971 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: Not Applicable.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Not Applicable.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission has a program to monitor the impacts 
of the universal service support mechanisms. The program requires 
periodic reporting by telephone companies and the universal service 
administrator. The information is used by the Commission, Federal-State 
Joint Boards, Congress and the general public to assess the impacts of 
the decisions of the Commission and the Joint Boards. Prior to 2002, 
the Commission required the following data to be collected: local, 
intrastate toll, and interstate dial equipment minutes, interstate dial 
equipment minute factors, and interstate access minutes. After the 
necessary 60 day public comment period, the Commission plans to submit 
this revised collection to OMB, because the dial equipment minutes 
reporting categories were eliminated due to separations reforms (see 
FCC 01-162). Thus, only the interstate access minutes remain to be 
reported.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0823.
    Title: Pay Telephone Reclassification Memorandum Opinion and Order, 
CC Docket No. 96-128.
    Form No.: Not Applicable.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 400.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 112 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 44,700 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $480,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Not Applicable.
    Needs and Uses: In the Memorandum Opinion and Order issued in CC 
Docket No. 96-128, the Wireline Competition Bureau of the Federal 
Communications Commission clarified requirements established in the 
Payphone Orders for the provision of payphone-specific coding digits by 
Local Exchange Carriers and Payphone Service Providers (PSPs), to 
Interexchange Carriers (IXCs), beginning on October 7, 1977. 
Specifically, the Order clarified that only Flexible Automatic 
Numbering Identification (FLEX ANI) complies with the requirements; 
requires that LECs file tariffs to reflect FLEX ANI as a non-chargeable 
option to IXCs; requires that LECs file tariffs to recover costs 
associated with implementing FLEX ANI; and grants permission and 
certain waivers. The Commission is seeking extension (no change) to 
this information collection and the respondents, burden hours and 
burden costs remain unchanged.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-119 Filed 1-4-05; 8:45 am]
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