Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management and Budget, 54988-54989 [E6-15534]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54988-54989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15534]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

September 12, 2006.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) has 
received Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the 
following public information collections pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or 
sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid control number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Laurenzano, Federal 
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554, 
(202) 418-1359 or via the Internet at plaurenz@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0725.

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    OMB Approval date: 08/25/2006.
    Expiration Date: 08/31/2009.
    Title: Quarterly Filing of Nondiscrimination Reports (on Quality of 
Service, Installation and Maintenance) by Bell Operating Companies.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 16 responses; 800 total annual burden 
hours.
    Needs and Uses: Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) are required to 
provide nondiscrimination reports on an annual basis. Without provision 
of these reports, the Commission would be unable to ascertain whether 
the BOCs were discriminating in favor of their own payphones.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0817.
    OMB Approval date: 09/07/2006.
    Expiration Date: 09/30/2009.
    Title: Computer III Further Remand Proceedings: BOC Provision of 
Enhanced Services (ONA Requirements), CC Docket No. 95-20.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 8 responses; 216 total annual burden 
hours.
    Needs and Uses: BOCs are required to post their CEI plans and 
amendments on their publicly accessible Internet sites. The requirement 
extends to CEI plans for new or modified tele-messaging or alarm 
monitoring services and for new or amended payphone services. If the 
BOC receives a good faith request for a plan from someone who does not 
have internet access, the BOC must notify that person where a paper 
copy of the plan is available for public inspection. The CEI plans will 
be used to ensure that BOCs comply with Commission policies and 
regulations safeguarding against potential anticompetive behavior by 
the BOCs in the provision of information services.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0824.
    OMB Approval date: 09/01/2006.
    Expiration Date: 09/30/2009.
    Title: Service Provider Identification Number and Contact Form.
    Form No.: FCC form 498.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 5,000 responses; 7,500 total annual burden 
hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Administrator of the universal service program 
must obtain contact and remittance information from service providers 
participating in the universal service high cost, low income, rural 
health care, and schools and libraries programs. The Administrator uses 
FCC Form 498 to collect service provider name, phone numbers, other 
contact information, and remittance information from universal service 
fund participants to enable the Administrator to perform its universal 
service disbursement functions under 47 CFR part 54. FCC Form 498 
allows fund participants to direct remittance to third parties or 
receive payments directly from the Administrator.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0876.
    OMB Approval date: 09/01/2006.
    Expiration Date: 09/30/2009.
    Title: USAC Board of Directors Nomination Process (47 CFR Section 
54.703) and Review of Administrator's Decision (47 CFR Sections 54.719-
54.725).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,312 responses; 41,840 total annual 
burden hours.
    Needs and Uses: Pursuant to 47 CFR 54.703 industry and non-industry 
groups may submit to the Commission for approval nominations for 
individuals to be appointed to the USAC Board of Directors. 47 CFR 
54.719-54.725 contain the procedures for Commission review of USAC 
decisions, including the general filing requirements pursuant to which 
parties must file requests for review. The information is used by the 
Commission to select USAC's Board of directors and to ensure that 
requests for review are filed properly with the Commission.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0810.
    OMB Approval date: 09/01/2006.
    Expiration Date: 09/30/2009.
    Title: Procedures for Designation of Eligible Telecommunications 
Carriers Pursuant to Section 214(e)(6) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 100 responses; 6,200 total annual burden 
hours.
    Needs and Uses: This submission extended a currently approved 
collection. Carriers seeking eligibility designations for service 
provided on tribal lands (which include ``near reservations'') may 
petition the Commission directly under section 214(e)(6), without first 
seeking designation from the relevant state commission and all others 
must go to the state first for resolution of the jurisdictional issues 
before seeking designation from the Commission. In the Order, the 
Commission concluded that petitions for designation filed under section 
214(e)(6) relating to ``near reservation'' areas will not be considered 
as petitions relating to tribal lands and as a result, petitioners 
seeking ETC designation in such areas must follow the procedures 
outlined in the Twelfth Report and Order for non-tribal lands prior to 
submitting a request for designation to this Commission.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-15534 Filed 9-19-06; 8:45 am]
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