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Dated: April 20, 2005.
George W. Alapas,
Deputy Director, National Center for
Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 05–8442 Filed 4–26–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Submitted to OMB
for Review and Approval
March 31, 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 May 27, 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.
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Direct all Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) comments to Les
Smith, Federal Communications
Commission, Room 1–A804, 445 12th
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554 or
via the Internet to Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or copies of the
information collection(s), contact Les
Smith at (202) 418–0217 or via the
Internet at Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0717.
Title: Billed Party Preference for
InterLATA 0+ Calls, CC Docket No. 92–
77, 47 CFR Sections 64.703(a), 64.709,
and 64.710.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents: 630
respondents; 54,375,330 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
seconds to 50 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and annual reporting requirements,
Third party disclosure.
Total Annual Burden: 477,185 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $216,150.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Pursuant to 48 CFR
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. 47 CFR 64.709 codifies the
requirements for OSP’s to file
informational tariffs with the
Commission. 47 CFR 64.710 requires
providers of interstate operator services
to inmates at correctional institutions to
identify themselves, audibly and
distinctly, to the party to be billed,
among other things.
ADDRESSES:
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05–8206 Filed 4–26–05; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[CC Docket No. 02–53, DA 05–1045]
Presubscribed Interexchange Carrier
Charges
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice; waiver of compliance
date.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: This document grants
informal requests for waiver of the
deadline for compliance with the
Commission’s revised presubscribed
interexchange carrier (PIC) change
charge policies. PIC change charges are
federally-tariffed charges imposed by
incumbent local exchange carriers on
end-user subscribers when these
subscribers change their long distance
carriers. The order extends by six
months the date by which incumbent
local exchange carriers must file tariff
revisions to comply with the revised PIC
change charge requirements.
DATES: Effective Date: April 8, 2005.
Compliance Date: Incumbent local
exchange carriers shall filed revised
rates in compliance with the PIC Change
Charge Order no later than October 17,
2005. These rates shall be effective on
15 days’ notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer McKee, Wireline Competition
Bureau, Pricing Policy Division, (202)
418–1530, jennifer.mckee@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the order in CC Docket No.
02–53 released on April 11, 2005. The
full text of this document is available on
the Commission’s Electronic Comment
Filing System Web site and for public
inspection during regular business
hours in the FCC Reference Center,
Room CY–A257, 445 Twelfth Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20554.
On February 10, 2005, the
Commission adopted a report and order
revising its requirements regarding PIC
change charges. Presubscribed
Interexchange Carrier Charges, 70 FR
12601, March 15, 2005. PIC change
charges are federally tariffed charges
imposed by local exchange carriers
(LECs) on end user subscribers when
these subscribers change their
presubscribed interexchange carriers
(IXCs). Based on the record in the
proceeding, the Commission required
incumbent LECs to adopt separate PIC
change charges for changes that are
processed electronically and manually.
The Commission adopted a safe harbor
of $1.25 for electronically processed PIC
changes, and a safe harbor of $5.50 for
manually processed PIC changes. The
Commission also required that, when a
customer changes its PIC in conjunction
with changing its intraLATA primary
interexchange carrier (LPIC), incumbent
LECs should assess half of the
applicable federally-tariffed PIC change
charge. Incumbent LECs were required
to revise their Federal tariffs to reflect
these changes within 30 days of
publication of the order in the Federal
Register, with the new rates to be
effective on 15 days’ notice. The PIC
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Change Charge Order was published in
the Federal Register on March 15, 2005;
therefore, incumbent LECs were
required to file their tariff revisions by
April 14, 2005.
Several individual incumbent LECs
and trade groups representing
incumbent LECs have informally
requested that the Commission extend
the effective date of the requirements in
the PIC Change Charge Order. These
entities assert that they will not be able
by April 14 to make the changes
necessary within their systems to assess
separate charges for manually and
electronically processed PIC changes, or
to assess the 50 percent charge when
PICs are changed in conjunction with
LPICs.
The incumbent LECs have shown
good cause for an extension of the tariff
revision deadline. Several incumbent
LECs have provided extensive
explanations of the changes to their
billing and operating systems necessary
for implementation of the revised PIC
change charges. We therefore find that
a limited waiver of the deadline for
complying with the PIC Change Charge
Order is warranted. We do not,
however, believe that the public interest
is served by delaying the
implementation of the PIC change
charge requirements for the ten- to
twelve-month period requested by some
parties. Instead, we extend by six
months the effective date for filing
revised tariffs implementing the PIC
change charge requirements. Based on
information provided by several
incumbent LECs, we believe that six
months is a sufficient amount of time
for incumbent LECs to make the system
changes necessary to implement the
revised PIC change charge requirements.
This limited extension serves the public
interest by allowing incumbent LECs to
implement revised PIC change charges
at one time, rather than in a piecemeal
fashion, which could create customer
confusion.
Accordingly, it is ordered, pursuant to
section 1–4, 201, 203, 205, and 403 of
the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 151–154, 201, 203,
205, and 403, §§ 1.3 and 1.41 of the
Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.3 and
1.41, and authority delegated under
§§ 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission’s
rules, 47 CFR 0.91 and 0.291, that the
informal request of the incumbent LECs
for a limited waiver of the date for filing
tariff revisions related to the PIC Change
Charge Order is granted, to the extent
discussed above. Incumbent LECs shall
file revised rates, to include one rate for
PIC changes that are processed
electronically and a separate rate for PIC
changes that are processed manually,
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and rates equal to 50 percent of the full
PIC change charge rate when a customer
requests a PIC change in conjunction
with an LPIC change, no later than
October 17, 2005. These rates shall be
effective on fifteen (15) days’ notice.
Federal Communications Commission.
Lisa S. Gelb,
Deputy Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. 05–8342 Filed 4–26–05; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[WC Docket Number 03–109; FCC 05–77]
Smith Bagley, Inc., Petition for Waiver
of Section 54.400(e) of the
Commission’s Rules
Federal Communications
Commission.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: In this document, the
Commission grants the petition of Smith
Bagley, Inc. (SBI) seeking a waiver of
section 54.400(e) of the Commission’s
Lifeline and Link-Up eligibility rules to
enable eligible residents of the Eastern
Navajo Agency in the state of New
Mexico to receive enhanced Lifeline and
Link-Up support.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Seifert, Assistant Chief, Wireline
Competition Bureau,
Telecommunications Access Policy
Division, (202) 418–7400, TTY (202)
418–0484.
This is a
summary of the Commission’s
Memorandum Opinion and Order in
WC Docket No. 03–109 released on
March 30, 2005. The full text of this
document is available for public
inspection during regular business
hours in the FCC Reference Center,
Room CY–A257, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
1. In this Order, we grant the petition
of Smith Bagley, Inc. (SBI) seeking a
waiver of § 54.400(e) of the
Commission’s Lifeline and Link-Up
eligibility rules to enable eligible
residents of the Eastern Navajo Agency
in the state of New Mexico to receive
enhanced Lifeline and Link-Up support.
We find that this waiver is in the public
interest and warranted by the unique
and compelling circumstances of lowincome consumers residing in the
Eastern Navajo Agency.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[CC Docket No. 02-53, DA 05-1045]
Presubscribed Interexchange Carrier Charges
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice; waiver of compliance date.
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SUMMARY: This document grants informal requests for waiver of the
deadline for compliance with the Commission's revised presubscribed
interexchange carrier (PIC) change charge policies. PIC change charges
are federally-tariffed charges imposed by incumbent local exchange
carriers on end-user subscribers when these subscribers change their
long distance carriers. The order extends by six months the date by
which incumbent local exchange carriers must file tariff revisions to
comply with the revised PIC change charge requirements.
DATES: Effective Date: April 8, 2005.
Compliance Date: Incumbent local exchange carriers shall filed
revised rates in compliance with the PIC Change Charge Order no later
than October 17, 2005. These rates shall be effective on 15 days'
notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer McKee, Wireline Competition
Bureau, Pricing Policy Division, (202) 418-1530,
jennifer.mckee@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the order in CC Docket
No. 02-53 released on April 11, 2005. The full text of this document is
available on the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System Web site
and for public inspection during regular business hours in the FCC
Reference Center, Room CY-A257, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC
20554.
On February 10, 2005, the Commission adopted a report and order
revising its requirements regarding PIC change charges. Presubscribed
Interexchange Carrier Charges, 70 FR 12601, March 15, 2005. PIC change
charges are federally tariffed charges imposed by local exchange
carriers (LECs) on end user subscribers when these subscribers change
their presubscribed interexchange carriers (IXCs). Based on the record
in the proceeding, the Commission required incumbent LECs to adopt
separate PIC change charges for changes that are processed
electronically and manually. The Commission adopted a safe harbor of
$1.25 for electronically processed PIC changes, and a safe harbor of
$5.50 for manually processed PIC changes. The Commission also required
that, when a customer changes its PIC in conjunction with changing its
intraLATA primary interexchange carrier (LPIC), incumbent LECs should
assess half of the applicable federally-tariffed PIC change charge.
Incumbent LECs were required to revise their Federal tariffs to reflect
these changes within 30 days of publication of the order in the Federal
Register, with the new rates to be effective on 15 days' notice. The
PIC Change Charge Order was published in the Federal Register on March
15, 2005; therefore, incumbent LECs were required to file their tariff
revisions by April 14, 2005.
Several individual incumbent LECs and trade groups representing
incumbent LECs have informally requested that the Commission extend the
effective date of the requirements in the PIC Change Charge Order.
These entities assert that they will not be able by April 14 to make
the changes necessary within their systems to assess separate charges
for manually and electronically processed PIC changes, or to assess the
50 percent charge when PICs are changed in conjunction with LPICs.
The incumbent LECs have shown good cause for an extension of the
tariff revision deadline. Several incumbent LECs have provided
extensive explanations of the changes to their billing and operating
systems necessary for implementation of the revised PIC change charges.
We therefore find that a limited waiver of the deadline for complying
with the PIC Change Charge Order is warranted. We do not, however,
believe that the public interest is served by delaying the
implementation of the PIC change charge requirements for the ten- to
twelve-month period requested by some parties. Instead, we extend by
six months the effective date for filing revised tariffs implementing
the PIC change charge requirements. Based on information provided by
several incumbent LECs, we believe that six months is a sufficient
amount of time for incumbent LECs to make the system changes necessary
to implement the revised PIC change charge requirements. This limited
extension serves the public interest by allowing incumbent LECs to
implement revised PIC change charges at one time, rather than in a
piecemeal fashion, which could create customer confusion.
Accordingly, it is ordered, pursuant to section 1-4, 201, 203, 205,
and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151-
154, 201, 203, 205, and 403, Sec. Sec. 1.3 and 1.41 of the
Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.3 and 1.41, and authority delegated under
Sec. Sec. 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 0.91 and
0.291, that the informal request of the incumbent LECs for a limited
waiver of the date for filing tariff revisions related to the PIC
Change Charge Order is granted, to the extent discussed above.
Incumbent LECs shall file revised rates, to include one rate for PIC
changes that are processed electronically and a separate rate for PIC
changes that are processed manually, and rates equal to 50 percent of
the full PIC change charge rate when a customer requests a PIC change
in conjunction with an LPIC change, no later than October 17, 2005.
These rates shall be effective on fifteen (15) days' notice.
Federal Communications Commission.
Lisa S. Gelb,
Deputy Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. 05-8342 Filed 4-26-05; 8:45 am]
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