[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 107 (Friday, June 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35345-35346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13761]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

May 25, 2000.
    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 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 Shoko B. Hair, Federal Communications Commission, (202) 418-
1379.

Federal Communications Commission

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0927.
    Expiration Date: 05/31/2003.
    Title: Auditor's Annual Independence and Objectivity Certification.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 7 respondents; 10 hours per response 
(avg). 70 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; Annually.
    Description: The Responsible Accounting Officer Letter (RAO) 28, 
released December 1, 1999 requires that carriers' independent auditors 
disclose in writing all relationships between the auditor and its 
related entities and the carrier and its related entities that in the 
auditor's professional judgment may reasonably be thought to bear on 
independence; confirm in writing in its professional judgment it is 
independent of the carrier; and discuss the auditor's independence. The 
information will be used to determine whether the auditors are 
performing their audits independently and unbiased of the carrier they 
audit. Obligation to respond: Mandatory.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0514.
    Expiration Date: 05/31/2003.
    Title: Section 43.21(b)--Holding Company Annual Report.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 20 respondents; 1 hour per response 
(avg.); 20 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annul Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Description: The SEC 10K Form is needed from holding companies of 
communications common carriers to provide the Commission with the data 
required to fulfill its regulatory responsibilities and by the public 
in analyzing the industry. Selected information is compiled and 
published in the Commission's annual common carrier statistical 
publication. Obligation to respond: Mandatory.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0894.
    Expiration Date: 05/31/2003.
    Title: Certification Letter Accounting for Receipt of Federal 
Support, CC Docket Nos. 96-45 and 96-262.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 51 respondents; 3 hours per response 
(avg.); 153 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; Annually.
    Description: The Commission requires states to certify that 
carriers within the state had accounted for its receipt of federal 
support in its rates or otherwise used the support pursuant with 
Section 254(e). A state may file a supplemental certification for 
carriers not subject to the state's annual certification. This 
information will be used to show that federal high-cost support is 
being provided to the carrier to assist in keeping rates affordable in 
those subscribers' area. Further, the collection of information will be 
used to certify that the carriers have accounted for its receipt of 
federal support in its rates or otherwise used the support for the 
provision, maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for 
which the support is intended in accordance with section 254(e). 
Obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0755.
    Expiration Date: 05/31/2003.
    Title: 47 CFR Sections 59.1-59.4--Infrastructure Sharing.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 75 respondents; 31 hours per response 
(avg.); 2325 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; Third party disclosure.
    Description: In CC Docket No. 96-237, the Commission implemented 
the infrastructure sharing provisions of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended. Section 259 requires incumbent LECs to file any 
arrangements showing the conditions under which they share 
infrastructure. See also 47 CFR Section 59.2. (No. of respondents: 75; 
hours per response: 15; total annual burden: 375 hours). Section 259 
also requires incumbent LECs to provide information on deployments of 
new services and equipment to qualifying carriers. See also 47 CFR 
Section 59.3 (No. of respondents: 75; hours per response: 24 hours; 
total annual burden: 1800 hours). The Commission requires incumbent 
LECs to provide 60-day notices prior to terminating section 259 
agreements. See 47 CFR Section 59.2. (No. of respondents: 75; hours per 
response: 2 hours; total annual burden: 150 hours). The information 
collected under the requirement that incumbent LECs file any tariffs, 
contracts or other arrangements for infrastructure sharing would be 
made available for public inspection. The information collected under 
the requirement that incumbent LECs provide timely information on 
planned deployments of new services and equipment would be provided to 
third parties. The information collected under the requirement that 
providing incumbent LECs furnish sixty days notice prior to termination 
of a section 259 sharing agreement would be provided to third parties 
to protect customers from sudden changes in services. Obligation to 
respond: Mandatory.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0933.
    Expiration Date: 11/30/2000.
    Title: Community Broadband Deployment Database Reporting Form.
    Form No.: FCC Form 460.
    Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; Federal Government; 
State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 30 respondents; .25 hours per response 
(avg.); 7 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

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    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Description: Pursuant to Section 419(b) of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended, on October 8, 1999, the FCC convened a Federal-
State Joint Conference on Advanced Telecommunications Services to 
provide a forum for cooperative dialogue and information exchange 
between and among state and federal jurisdictions regarding the 
deployment of advanced telecommunications services. As part of this 
ongoing effort, a searchable on-line database of community broadband 
demand aggregation and deployment efforts is being established. 
Respondents will be able to make their submissions electronically to 
the Commission and the National Regulatory Research Institute (NRRI) 
Web sites. The information will be used by the Commission to prepare 
reports that help inform consumers and policy makers at the state and 
federal levels of the status of deployment of broadband services. We 
will use this information to better inform our understanding of 
broadband deployment in conjunction with our Congressionally required 
Section 706 reports. Obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Public reporting burden for the collection of information is as 
noted above. Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other 
aspect of the collections of information, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden to Performance Evaluation and Records Management, 
Washington, DC 20554.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-13761 Filed 6-1-00; 8:45 am]
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