Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 129 / Wednesday, July 5, 2000 / Notices 41461

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Public Information Collections

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

June 26, 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.: 3060–0895.

Expiration Date: 12/31/2000.

Title: Numbering Resources

Optimization, CC Docket No. 99–200.

Form No.: FCC Form 502.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit; State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Estimated Annual Burden: 2780

respondents; 57 hours per response

(avg.); 158,500 total annual burden

hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $6,490,000.

Frequency of Response: On occasion;

Semi-annually; One-time requirement;

Recordkeeping; Third Party Disclosure.

Description: The ten digit North

American Numbering Plan currently

being used by the United States and 19

other countries is rapidly being

depleted. Management of this resource

is impaired by a lack of uniform data.

Under the Communications Act of 1934,

as amended, the FCC was given

‘‘exclusive jurisdiction over those

portions of the North American

Numbering Plan that pertain to the

United States.’’ Pursuant to that

authority the Commission conducted a

rulemaking that among other things

addressed regular reporting on

numbering use by United States carriers.

In its Report and Order in CC Docket

No. 99–200, In the Matter of Numbering

Resource Optimization (rel. Mar. 31,

2000) the Commission found that

mandatory data collection is necessary

to efficiently monitor and manage

numbering use. Requirements adopted

in the Report and Order include the

following: (a) Utilization/Forecast

Report—All carriers that receive

numbering resources from the NANPA

or that receive numbering resources

from a Pooling Administrator in

thousands blocks must report forecast

and utilization data semi-annually to

the NANPA. Carriers that receive

intermediate numbers must report

forecast and utilization data. Mandatory

reporting begins August 1, 2000. See

also 47 CFR Section 52.15(f). (No. of

respondents: 2700; hours per response:

24 hours per semi-annual filing; total

annual burden: 129,600 hours). (b)

Application for Initial Numbering

Resources—Applications for initial

numbering resources must include

documented proof that (1) the applicant

is authorized to provide service in the

area for which the numbering resources

are requested and (2) the applicant is or

will be capable of providing service

within 60 days of the numbering

resources activation date. Specifically,

carriers must provide, as part of the

applications for initial numbering

resources, evidence (e.g., state

commission order or state certification

to operate as a carrier) demonstrating

that they are licensed and/or certified to

provide service in the area in which

they seek numbering resources. Carriers

requesting initial numbering resources

must also provide the NANPA

appropriate evidence (e.g., contracts for

unbundled network elements, network

information showing that equipment

has been purchased and is operational

or will be operational, business plans, or

interconnection agreements) that its

facilities are in place or will be in place

to provide service within 60 days of the

numbering resources activation date.

These requirements apply to carriers

requesting an initial NXX code and

those requesting an initial thousandsblock. See 47 CFR Section 52.15(g). (No.

of respondents: 2730; hours per

response: 2 hours; total annual burden:

5460 hours). (c) Application for Growth

Numbering Resources—Applications for

growth numbering resources must

include a Months-To-Exhaust (MTE)

worksheet. To ensure that carriers

obtain numbering resources when and

where they are needed to provide

service, carriers are required to provide

evidence that, given their current

utilization and recent historical growth,

they need additional numbering

resources. Non-pooling carriers must

satisfy a minimum utilization threshold

before obtaining additional numbering

resources. See 47 CFR Section 52.15(g).

(No. of respondents: 2730; hours per

response: 2 hours; total annual burden;

5460 hours). (d) Recordkeeping

Requirement—To facilitate auditing by

the NANPA and by state commissions

in the future, carriers are required to

maintain detailed internal records of

their number usage in categories more

granular than the five for which they are

required to report. Carriers are required

to maintain internal records of their

numbering resources for the following

subcategories: soft dialtone numbers;

ported-out numbers; dealer number

pools; test numbers; employee/official

numbers; Local Routing Numbers;

Temporary Local Directory Numbers;

and wireless E911 emergency services

routing digits/key numbers. Carriers are

required to maintain this data for a

period of not less than 5 years. See also

Report and Order, para. 62. (No. of

respondents: 2730; hours per response:

1 hour; total annual burden: 2730

hours). (e) Notifications by State

Commissions—State commissions may

reduce the reporting frequency for NPAs

in their states to annual. State

commissions must notify the Common

Carrier Bureau and the NANPA prior to

exercising this delegated authority. See

47 CFR Section 52.15(g). State

commissions are permitted to substitute

the NPA listed in the rollout schedule

with an alternative NPA, as long as the

substitute NPA has a life span of at least

one year and is located within one of

the top 100 MSAs. To exercise this

option, the state must inform the

thousands-block NPA within 15 days of

the release of the roll out schedule for

that quarter. (No. of respondents: 50;

hours per response: 1 hour; total annual

burden: 50 hours). (f) Demonstration to

State Commission—Carriers that open a

clean block prior to utilizing in its

entirety a previously-opened thousandsblock should be prepared to

demonstrate to the state commission: (1)

A genuine request from a customer

detailing the specific need for telephone

numbers; (2) the inability on the part of

the carrier to meet the specific customer

request for telephone numbers from the

surplus of numbers within the carrier’s

currently activated thousands-block. See

47 CFR 52.15(j). (No. of respondents:

100; hours per response: 1 hour; total

annual burden: 100 hours). (g) Petitions

for Additional Delegation of Numbering

Authority—States requesting pooling

authority must include a showing of

specific criteria in their petitions. Each

petition must demonstrate that: (1) That

an NPA in its state is in jeopardy, (2) the

NPA in question has a remaining life

span of at least a year, and (3) that NPA

is in one of the largest 100 MSAs, or

alternatively, the majority of wireline

carriers in the NPA are LNP-capable.

See also Report and Order, para. 170.

(No. of respondents: 50; hours per

response: 2 hours; total annual burden:

100 hours). (h) Cost Support Data—

Carriers are requested to submit cost

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support data so that the Commission

can determine the cost associated with

thousands-block number pooling.

Carriers should include an analysis of

the differences between the shared

industry costs associated with

thousands-block number pooling and

the shared industry costs, if any,

associated with the current practices

that result in more frequent area code

changes. Carriers should provide cost

studies that assign costs according to the

following three categories: shared

industry costs; carrier-specific costs

directly related to thousands/block

pooling; and carrier-specific costs not

directly related to thousands-block

number pooling. See Report and Order,

paras. 215–226. (No. of respondents:

1500; hours per response: 10 hours; total

annual burden: 15,000 hours). The data

collected will be used by the FCC, state

regulatory commissions, and the North

American Numbering Plan

administrator (NANPA) to monitor

numbering resource utilization by all

carriers using the resource and to

project the dates of area code and North

American Numbering Plan exhaust.

Obligation to respond: Mandatory.

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.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission

June 13, 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 August 4, 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.: 3060–0817.

Title: Computer III Further Remand

Proceedings: BOC Provision of

Enhanced Services (ONA

Requirements), CC Docket No. 95–20.

Form No.: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 5

respondents; 10 responses.

Estimated Time Per Response: 2–50

hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

and semi-annual reporting requirements

third party disclosure requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 270 hours.

Total Annual Cost: N/A.

Needs and Uses: In CC Docket 95–20,

Report and Order, the Commission

eliminated outdated, unnecessary

regulations, while continuing to protect

against potential anticompetitive

behavior by the Bell Operating

Companies (BOCs) in the provision of

information services. BOCs are required

to post their CEI plans and amendments

on their publicly accessible Internet

sites rather than filing them with the

Commission to obtain pre-approval

before initiating or altering an

intraLATA information service.

The requirement extends to CEI plans

for new or modified telemessaging 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 anticompetitive

behavior by the BOCs in the provision

of information services.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0906.

Title: Annual DTV Ancillary/

Supplemental Services Report.

Form No.: FCC Form 317.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 100.

Estimated Time Per Response: 2.5

hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

and annual reporting requirements,

recordkeeping requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 130 hours.

Total Annual Cost: $10,000.

Needs and Uses: The Commission has

established a program for assessing and

collecting fees for the provision of

ancillary or supplementary services by

commercial digital television licensees.

Licensees are required to report, using

the FCC Form 317, whether they

provide ancillary or supplementary

services, which services were provided,

the services provided which are subject

to a fee, gross revenues received from all

feeable ancillary and supplementary

services, and the amount of bitstream

used to provide ancillary or

supplementary service. This data is

collected annually from commercial

digital television licensees. Licensees

providing services subject to a fee will

also be required to file the FCC Form

159, Remittance Advice. Each licensee

will be required to retain the records

supporting the calculation of the fees

due for three years from the date of

remittance of fees. The data is used by

FCC staff to ensure that DTV licensees

comply with the requirements of

Section 336(e) of the Communications

Act.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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