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Title: Regulation of International
Accounting Rates.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 5
respondents; 41 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour
per requirement.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 205 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $2,200.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is
revising this collection by mandating
electronic filing. This will eliminate
paper filings and requires applicants to
file electronically all applications and
other filings related to international
telecommunications services via the
user-friendly, Internet-based
International Bureau Filing System
(IBFS).
Additionally, the Commission plans
to develop two new accounting rate
change applications that impact this
information collection. We do not know
the specific time frame for the
development of each application.
However, the estimated completion date
for the applications is December 31,
2008. The development of the
applications is contingent upon the
availability of budget funds, human
resources and other factors. The annual
burden hours and costs are unknown at
this time because the forms have not
been developed by the Commission yet.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05–15429 Filed 8–9–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
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
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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 forprofit.
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
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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 online 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 forprofit.
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.
[FR Doc. 05–15430 Filed 8–9–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission,
Comments Requested
July 28, 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
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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.: 3060–1085.
Title: Collection of Location
Information, Provision of Notice and
Reporting on Interconnected Voice Over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) E911
Compliance.
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 or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 100
respondents; 14,238,254 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: .09–16
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and one-time reporting requirements,
recordkeeping requirement and third
party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 435,894 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $43,162,335.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Needs and Uses: On June 3, 2005, the
Commission released a First Report and
Order in WC Docket No. 04–36 and a
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in WC
Docket No. 05–196, FCC 05–116 (Order)
in which the Commission established
rules requiring providers of
interconnected VoIP—meaning VoIP
service that allows a user generally to
receive calls originating from and to
terminate calls to the public switched
telephone network (PSTN)—to provide
enhanced 911 (E911) capabilities to
their customers as a standard feature of
service. See IP–Enabled Services, WC
Docket No. 04–36, E911 Requirements
for IP–Enabled Service Providers, WC
Docket No. 05–196, FCC 05–116 (rel.
June 3, 2005). The Order requires
collection of information in six
requirements:
A. Location Registration. The Order
requires providers of interconnected
VoIP services to obtain location
information from their customers for use
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in the routing of 911 calls and the
provision of location information to
emergency answering points.
B. Provision of Automatic Location
Information (ALI). In order to meet the
obligations set forth in the Order,
interconnected VoIP service providers
will place the location information for
their customers into, or make that
information available through,
specialized databases maintained by
local exchange carriers (and, in at least
one case, a state government) across the
country.
C. Customer Notification. In order to
ensure that consumers of interconnected
VoIP services are aware of their
interconnected VoIP service’s actual
E911 capabilities, the Order requires
that all providers of interconnected
VoIP service specifically advise every
subscriber, both new and existing,
prominently and in plain language, the
circumstances under which E911
service may not be available through the
interconnected VoIP service or may be
in some way limited by comparison to
traditional E911 service.
D. Record of Customer Notification.
The Order requires VoIP providers to
obtain and keep a record of affirmative
acknowledgement by every subscriber,
both new and existing, of having
received and understood this advisory.
E. User Notification. In addition, in
order to ensure to the extent possible
that the advisory is available to all
potential users of an interconnected
VoIP service, interconnected VoIP
service providers must distribute to all
subscribers, both new and existing,
warning stickers or other appropriate
labels warning subscribers if E911
service may be limited or not available
and instructing the subscriber to place
them on and/or near the customer
premises equipment used in
conjunction with the interconnected
VoIP service.
F. Compliance Letter. The Order
requires all interconnected VoIP
providers to submit a letter to the
Commission detailing their compliance
with the rules set forth in the Order no
later than 120 days after the effective
date of the Order. This letter will enable
the Commission to ensure that
interconnected VoIP providers have
achieved E911 compliance by the
established deadline.
The Commission sought ‘‘emergency’’
OMB approval for this information
collection on June 14, 2005. OMB
approval was obtained on June 28, 2005.
The Commission now is requesting an
extension for this information (no
changes) in order to obtain the full three
year clearance from OMB.
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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.
[FR Doc. 05-15430 Filed 8-9-05; 8:45 am]
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