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carrier, that directly or indirectly

controls any communication common

carrier having annual revenues of $100

million or more must file annually with

the FCC, not later than the date

prescribed by SEC for its purposes two

complete copies of any form 10–K

annual report. Filing of SEC Form 10–

K is required by Sections 1.785 and

43.21(b) of the FCC Rules and

authorized by Section 219 of the

Communications Act of 1934, as

amended. The information is used by

staff members to regulate and monitor

the telephone industry and by the

public to analyze the industry.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–1331 Filed 1–19–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–U

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission,

Comments Requested

January 11, 2000.

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, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act 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 comments should be

submitted on or before March 20, 2000.

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 comments to Les

Smith, Federal Communications

Commissions, 445 12th Street, S.W.,

Room 1–A804, Washington, DC 20554

or via the Internet to lesmith@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Les

Smith at (202) 418–0217 or via the

Internet at lesmith@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0568.

Title: Commercial Leased Access

Rates, Terms and Conditions.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business and other forprofit entities.

Number of Respondents: Rule 76.970,

6,270; Rule 76.970(h), 6,270; Rule

76.971, 6,270; Rule 76.975(b), 30; Rule

76.975(c), 30, respectively.

Estimated Time Per Response: 4

hours; 10 hours; 1 hour; 4 hours; and 2

minutes, respectively.

Frequency of Response:

Recordkeeping and Third Party

Disclosure requirements.

Total Annual Burden: 94,171 hours.

Total Annual Costs: $74,000.

Needs and Uses: The information is

used by prospective leased access

programmers and the Commission to

verify rate calculations for leased access

channels and to eliminate uncertainty in

negotiations for leased commercial

access. The Commission’s leased access

requirements are designed to promote

diversity of programming and

competition in programming delivery as

required by Section 612 of the Cable

Television Consumer Protection and

Competition Act of 1992.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0410.

Title: Forecast of Investment Usage

Report and Actual Usage of Investment

Report.

Form Number: FCC 495A and FCC

495B.

Type of Review: Extension.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Number of Respondents: 300.

Estimated Time Per Response: 40

hours.

Total Annual Burden: 12000 Hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Needs and Uses: The Forecast of

Investment Usage and Actual Usage of

Investment Reports are needed to detect

and correct forecast errors that could

lead to significant misallocation of

network plant between regulated and

nonregulated activities. FCC’s purpose

is to protect the regulated ratepayer

from subsidizing the nonregulated

activities of rate regulated telephone

companies.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0056.

Title: Registration of Telephone and

Data Terminal Equipment.

Form No.: FCC Form 730.

Type of Review: Extension.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Number of Respondents: 2400.

Estimated Time Per Response: 24

hours.

Total Annual Burden: 57,600 hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $2,700,000.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Needs and Uses: FCC Form 730 is

used by equipment manufacturers to

register telephone and data terminal

equipment. Part 68 contains information

collection requirements associated with

the filing requirement. The information

is used by the Commission staff to

identify improperly designed equipment

that may harm the nation’s telephone

network.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0755.

Title: Infrastructure Sharing—CC

Docket No. 96–237.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Number of Respondents: 1425.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1.63

hours.

Total Annual burden: 2325 hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: On occasion;

Third party disclosure.

Needs and Uses: CC Docket No. 96–

237 implemented section 259 of the

Communications Act, as amended.

Section 259 requires incumbent local

exchange carriers (LECs) to file any

arrangements showing the conditions

under which they share infrastructure

per section 259. Section 259 also

requires incumbent LECs to provide

information on deployments of new

services and equipment to qualifying

carriers. The Commission also requires

incumbent LECs to provide 60 days

notice prior to terminating section 259

agreements.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0738.

Title: Implementation of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996:

Electronic Publishing, and Alarm

Monitoring Services, CC Docket No. 96–

152.

Form Number: N/A.

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Type of Review: Extension.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Number of Respondents: 7.

Estimated Time Per Response: 3000

hours.

Total Annual Burden: 21,000 hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: Third party

disclosure.

Needs and Uses: The Commission

imposes this third-party disclosure

requirement on the BOCs in order to

implement the nondiscrimination

requirement of section 274(c)(2)(A) of

the Communications Act, as amended.

The Commission requires that to the

extent a BOC refers a customer to a

separated affiliate, electronic publishing

joint venture of affiliate during the

normal course of its telemarketing

operations, it must refer that customer

to all unaffiliated electronic publishers

requesting the referral service. In

particular, the BOC must provide the

customer the names of all unaffiliated

electronic publishers, in random order.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0759.

Title: Implementation of Section 273

of the Communications Act of 1934, as

amended by the Telecommunications

Act of 1996.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Number of Respondents: 1425.

Estimated Time Per Response: 4.42

hours (avg.).

Total Annual Burden: 6300 hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $231,000.

Frequency of Response: On occasion;

recordkeeping; third party disclosure.

Needs and Uses: In CC Docket No.

96–254, the Commission issued a NPRM

to initiate a proceeding to permit the

BOCs to manufacture

telecommunications and customer

premises equipment on a competitive

basis, pursuant to section 273 of the

Communications Act of 1934, as

amended. Under section 273, a BOC

may provide telecommunications

equipment and may manufacture both

telecommunications equipment and

CPE through a separate affiliate once the

Commission authorizes the BOC to

provide in-region, interLATA services

pursuant to section 271. The

Commission sought comment on

procedures governing collaboration,

research and royalty agreements,

reporting of protocols and technical

information, and disclosure of other

information on network planning and

design. The Commission sought

comment on proposed measures to

implement section 273.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0806.

Title: Universal Service—Schools and

Libraries Universal Service Program.

Form Number: FCC Form 470 and

FCC Form 471.

Type of Review: Extension.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit; not for profit institutions; state,

local or tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 60,000.

Estimated time Per Response: 7.3

hours (avg.).

Total Annual burden: 440,000 hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: On occasion;

recordkeeping; third party disclosure.

Needs and Uses: The Commission

adopted rules providing support for all

telecommunications services, Internet

access, and internal connections for all

eligible schools and libraries. To

participate in the program, schools and

libraries must submit a description of

the services desired to the

Administrator via FCC form 470. FCC

Form 471 is submitted by schools and

libraries that have ordered

telecommunications services, Internet

access, and internal connections.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0775.

Title: Separate Affiliate Requirement

for Independent Local Exchange Carrier

(LEC) Provision of International

Interexchange Services—47 CFR

64.1901–64.1903.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Number of Respondents: 10.

Estimated Time Per Response: 6056

hours (avg).

Total Annual Burden: 60,560 hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $1,003,000.

Frequency of Response:

Recordkeeping.

Needs and Uses: Independent LECs

wishing to offer international,

interexchange services must maintain

books of account separate from such

LECs’ local exchange and other

activities. This regulation does not

require that the affiliate maintain books

of account that comply with the

Commission’s Part 32 rules; rather, it

refers to the fact that as a separate legal

entity, the international, interexchange

affiliate must maintain its own books of

account in the ordinary course of its

business. The recordkeeping

requirement is used by the Commission

to ensure that independent LECs

providing international, interexchange

services through a separate affiliate are

in compliance with the

Communications Act, as amended and

with Commission policies and

regulations.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0710.

Title: Policy and Rules Concerning the

Implementation of the Local

Competition Provisions in the

Telecommunications Act of 1996—CC

Docket No. 96–98.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Number of Respondents: 12,250.

Estimated Time Per Response: 124.86

hours (avg.).

Total Annual Burden: 1,529,620

hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden:

$937,000,000.

Frequency of Response: On occasion;

Recordkeeping; Third party disclosure.

Needs and Uses: In CC Docket No.

96–98, the Commission adopted rules

and regulations to implement parts of

sections 251 and 252 that effect local

competition. Specifically, the Order

requires incumbent local exchange

carriers to offer interconnection,

unbundled network elements, transport

and termination, and wholesale rates for

retail services to new entrants; that

incumbent LECs price such services at

rates that are cost-based and just and

reasonable; and that they provide access

to rights-of-way as well as establish

reciprocal compensation arrangements

for the transport and termination of

telecommunications traffic. All the

requirements are used to ensure that

local exchange carriers comply with

their obligations under the

Communications Act of 1934, as

amended.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0762.

Title: Section 274(b)(3)(B)—Written

Contracts Filed with the Commission

and Made Publicly Available.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Number of Respondents: 4200.

Estimated Time Per Response: .75

hours (avg.).

Total Annual Burden: 3150 hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: On occasion;

third party disclosure.

Needs and Uses: Section 274(b)(3)(B)

of the Communications Act of 1934, as

amended, requires a separated affiliate

or electronic publishing joint venture

established pursuant to section 274(a)

and its affiliated BOC ‘‘to carry out

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transactions * * * pursuant to written

contracts or tariffs that are filed with the

Commission and made publicly

available.’’ The Commission issued a

FNPRM in CC Docket No. 96–152 which

sought comment on the meaning of

certain terms in section 274 of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996 which

governs BOCs provision of electronic

publishing services and on several

collections.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–1333 Filed 1–19–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–U

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission

January 11, 2000.

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 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 comments should be

submitted on or before March 20, 2000.

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 comments to Judy

Boley, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 1–C804, 445 12th

Street, SW, DC 20554 or via the Internet

to jboley@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collection(s), contact Judy

Boley at 202–418–0214 or via the

Internet at jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control No.: 3060–XXXX.

Title: Section 325(e) of the

Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. Sec.

325(e), as added by Public Law 106–

133, 113 Stat. 1501, Appendix I (1999),

Section 1000(9) of the Satellite Home

Viewer Improvement Act of 1999, as

implemented by 47 CFR Section 1.6000,

et seq.

Form No.: Not applicable.

Type of Review: New collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit

Number of Respondents: 8. Estimate

12 complaints per year per carrier.

Estimated Time Per Response: 2

hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 192 hours.

Total Annual Cost: N/A.

Needs and Uses: This information

collection is mandated under Section

325(e) of the Communications Act, 47

U.S.C. Sec. 325(e), as added by Public

Law 106–133, 113 Stat. 1501, Appendix

I (1999), Section 1000(9) of the Satellite

Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999,

and as implemented by 47 CFR 1.6000

et seq.

Specifically, Section 1.6010 requires

satellite carriers that have been found by

the Commission to have violated the

retransmission consent rule to report the

remedial measures they have taken to

achieve rule compliance.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–1334 Filed 1–19–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–U

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission

January 10, 2000.

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 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 comments should be

submitted on or before March 20, 2000.

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 comments to Judy

Boley, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 1–C804, 445 12th

Street, SW, DC 20554 or via the Internet

to jboley@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collection(s), contact Judy

Boley at 202–418–0214 or via the

Internet at jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB

Control No.: 3060–0715.

Title: Implementation of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996:

Telecommunications Carrier’s Use of

Customer Proprietary Network

Information and Other Customer

Information—CC Docket No. 96–115.

Form No.: Not applicable.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 6,832.

Estimated Time Per Response: .25 to

78 hours.

Frequency of Response:

Recordkeeping, requirement, third party

disclosure requirement, on occasion

reporting requirement, annual reporting

requirement, and one-time reporting

requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 616,817 hours.

Total Annual Cost: $229,520,000.

Needs and Uses: In the Order on

Reconsideration in CC Docket No. 96–