Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review to the Office of Management and Budget, 67579-67580 [E6-19465]

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67579-67580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19465]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for 
Review to the Office of Management and Budget

November 13, 2006.
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 (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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before November 22, 2006. If you anticipate that you 
will be submitting PRA 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-B441, 445 12th 
Street, SW., DC 20554 or via the Internet to PRA@fcc.gov. If you would 
like to obtain or view a copy of this information collection, you may 
do so by visiting the FCC PRA Web page at: https://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of 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-XXXX.
    Title: Prepaid Calling Card Service Provider Certification, WC 
Docket No. 05-68.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 787 respondents; 3,148 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 25 hours (20 hours for the reporting 
to carriers and five hours for the certification to the Commission).
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
    Nature of Response: Mandatory.
    Total Annual Burden: 3,148 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: This collection will be submitted as a new 
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in order to 
obtain the full three year clearance.
    The Commission is requesting review and approval of a new 
information collection requiring prepaid calling card providers to 
report quarterly the percentage of interstate, intrastate and 
international traffic and call volumes to carriers from which they 
purchase transport services. Prepaid calling card providers must also 
file quarterly certifications with the Commission that include the 
above information and a statement that they are contributing to

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the federal Universal Service Fund (USF) based on all interstate and 
international revenue, except for revenue from the sale of prepaid 
calling cards by, to, or pursuant to contract with the Department of 
Defense (DoD) or a DoD entity.
    The Commission has found that prepaid calling card providers are 
telecommunications service providers and therefore are subject to all 
of the regulations imposed on telecommunications service providers, 
including contributing to the USF. See FCC 06-79, WC Docket No. 05-68.
    The Commission adopted new reporting and certification requirements 
to obtain information necessary to evaluate whether all prepaid calling 
card providers are properly contributing to the USF, pursuant to 
section 254 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. All prepaid calling 
card providers will now have to maintain records and report on a 
quarterly basis, the percentage of interstate, intrastate and 
international traffic and call volumes to carriers from which they 
purchase transport services. The Commission believes that its reporting 
and certification requirements will not be burdensome for prepaid 
calling card providers, as they need to track such information for 
their own internal business purposes.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0743.
    Title: Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and 
Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC 
Docket No. 96-128.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 4,471 respondents; 10,071 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .50-100 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly and monthly reporting 
requirements, recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure 
requirement.
    Nature of Response: Mandatory.
    Total Annual Burden: 161,337 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: This collection will be submitted as an extension 
of a currently approved collection to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) in order to obtain the full three year clearance.
    The Commission promulgated rules and reporting requirements 
implementing section 276 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Among 
other things, the rules: (1) Establish fair compensation for every 
completed intrastate and interstate payphone calls; (2) discontinue 
intrastate and interstate access charge payphone service elements and 
payments, and intrastate and interstate payphone subsidies from basic 
exchange services; and (3) adopt guidelines for use by the states in 
establishing public interest payphones to be located where there would 
otherwise not be a payphone. The information collected is provided to 
third parties and to ensure that interexchange carriers, payphone 
service providers (``PSP'') LECs, and the states comply with their 
obligations under the 1996 Act.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0745.
    Title: Implementation of the Local Exchange Carrier Tariff 
Streamlining Provisions in the Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC 
Docket No. 96-187.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 67 respondents; 159 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1-55.9 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
    Nature of Response: Mandatory.
    Total Annual Burden: 4,028 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $775,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: This collection will be submitted as an extension 
(no change in reporting, recordkeeping or third party disclosure 
requirements) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in order to 
obtain the full three year clearance.
    In CC Docket No. 96-187, the Commission adopted measures to 
streamline tariff filing requirements for local exchange carriers 
(LECs) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. In order to achieve a 
streamlined and deregulatory environment for LEC tariff filings, LECs 
are required to file tariffs electronically. Other carriers are 
permitted to file their tariffs electronically. There are six 
information collection requirements under this OMB Control Number. They 
are: (1) Electronic filing requirement; (2) requirement that carriers 
desiring tariffs proposing decreases to be effective in seven days must 
be filed in separate transmittals; (3) requirement that carriers 
identify transmittals filed pursuant to the streamlined provisions of 
the Telecommunications Act of 1996; (4) requirement that price cap LECs 
file their Tariff Review Plans (TRPs) prior to filing their annual 
access tariffs; (5) petitions and replies; and (6) standard protective 
orders.
    The information collected under the program of electronic filing 
will facilitate access to tariff and associated documents by the 
public, especially by interested persons who do not have ready access 
to the Commission's public reference room, and state and federal 
regulators. Ready electronic access to carrier tariffs should also 
facilitate the compilation of aggregate data for industry analysis 
purposes without imposing new reporting requirements on carriers. The 
Commission adopted its proposal to require that carriers desiring 
tariffs proposing rate decreases to be effective in seven days must be 
filed in a separate transmittal. This requirement will ensure that a 
tariff filing proposing a rate decrease is given the shortest notice 
period possible under the 1996 Act. The Commission also adopted the 
requirement that carriers identify transmittals filed pursuant to the 
streamlining provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. All of 
the requirements would be used to ensure that LECs comply with their 
obligations under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended and that 
the Commission be able to ensure compliance within the streamlined 
timeframes established by the 1996 Act.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-19465 Filed 11-21-06; 8:45 am]
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