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Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 06–750 Filed 1–31–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–10–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Submitted for 

Review to the Office of Management 

and Budget 

January 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 March 3, 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–

C804, 445 12th Street, SW., DC 20554 or 

via the Internet to JudithB.Herman@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: 

http://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection(s), contact Judith 

B. Herman at 202–418–0214 or via the 

Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control No.: 3060–0512. 

Title: ARMIS Annual Summary 

Report. 

Report No.: FCC Report 43–01. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 126. 

Estimated Time per Response: 88 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual 

reporting requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 11,088 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission is 

submitting this information collection to 

OMB as a revision in order to obtain the 

full three-year clearance from them. The 

Commission has revised this 

information collection because five midsized carriers reached the revenue 

threshold, two mid-sized carriers were 

eliminated because they fell below the 

revenue threshold and one carrier was 

sold. The Commission has also deleted 

one row in the ARMIS Annual 

Summary Report (FCC Report 43–01). 

FCC Report 43–01 facilitates the annual 

collection of the results of accounting, 

rate base, and cost allocation 

requirements prescribed in Parts 32, 36, 

64, 65 and 69 of the Commission’s rules. 

ARMIS was implemented to facilitate 

the timely and efficient analysis of 

revenue requirements, rates of return 

and price caps; to provide an improved 

basis for audits and other oversight 

functions; and to enhance the 

Commission’s ability to quantify the 

effects of alternative policy. The FCC 

Report 43–01 contains financial and 

operating data and is used to monitor 

the incumbent local exchange carriers 

and to perform routine analyses of cost 

and revenues. 

OMB Control No.: 3060–0513. 

Title: ARMIS Joint Cost Report. 

Report No.: FCC Report 43–03. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 82. 

Estimated Time per Response: 50 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual 

reporting requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 4,100 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission is 

submitting this information collection to 

OMB as a revision in order to obtain the 

full three-year clearance from them. The 

Commission has revised this 

information collection due to the 

addition of two rows for Account 6623. 

The Commission uses an indexed 

revenue threshold to determine which 

carriers are required to file the ARMIS 

reports. The revenue threshold is 

currently $125 million. In this 

submission, the Commission also 

revised the number of carriers filing this 

ARMIS report from 83 to 82 to reflect 

one carrier that was sold and will no 

longer file this report. The ARMIS Joint 

Cost Report, FCC Report 04–03, contains 

financial and operating data. The Report 

details the incumbent local exchange 

carriers (ILECs) regulated and 

nonregulated cost and revenue 

allocations by study area pursuant to 

Part 64 of the Commission’s rules. 

OMB Control No.: 3060–0978. 

Title: Section 20.18, 911 Service, 

Fourth Report and Order. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 4,000 

respondents; 32,000 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly 

reporting requirement and third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 32,000 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission is 

seeking an extension (no change in 

reporting requirements) for this 

information collection in order to obtain 

the full three-year clearance from OMB. 

The Commission’s Fourth Report and 

Order took steps to ensure persons with 

hearing and speech disabilities using 

text telephone (TTY) devices will be 

able to make 911 emergency calls over 

digital wireless systems. The Fourth 

Report and Order established June 30, 

2002, as the deadline by which digital 

wireless service providers must be 

capable of transmitting 911 calls made 

using TTY devices. In order to monitor 

the development and implementation of 

this capability within carrier networks, 

the Commission imposes quarterly 

reporting requirements on carriers 

which may be fulfilled by reporting 

through an industry forum that has been 

actively involved in resolving TTY/ 

digital compatibility problems. The 

Commission will use this information 

submitted in the quarterly TTY reports 


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to keep track of the carriers’ progress in 

complying with E911 TTY requirements 

and also to monitor the progress 

technology is making towards 

compatibility with TTY devices. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 06–751 Filed 1–31–06; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission 

for Extension Under Delegated 

Authority 

January 19, 2005. 

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: Persons wishing to comment on 

this information collection should 

submit comments April 3, 2006. 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: You may submit your 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

comments by e-mail or U.S. postal mail. 

To submit your comments by e-mail 

send them to: PRA@fcc.gov. To submit 

your comments by U.S. mail, mark it to 

the attention of Judith B. Herman, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

445 12th Street, SW., Room 1–C804, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about 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.: 3060–0927. 

Title: Auditor’s Annual Independence 

and Objectivity Certification. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 5. 

Estimated Time per Response: 5 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual 

reporting requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 25 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Needs and Uses: Section 64.904 

requires certain local exchange carriers, 

in connection with their cost allocation 

manual filings and the accompanying 

financial reports the Commission 

prescribes under 47 U.S.C. Sections 220, 

219(b) and 201(b), to have an attest 

engagement performed by an 

independent auditor every two years, 

covering the prior two year period, or 

have a financial audit performed by an 

independent auditor every two years, 

covering the prior two year period. The 

attest engagement is to be performed in 

accordance with the attestation 

standards established by the American 

Institute of Certified Public Accountants 

(AICPA), except as otherwise directed 

by the Chief, Enforcement Bureau, FCC. 

The audit is to be conducted in 

compliance with generally accepted 

auditing standards (GAAS), except as 

otherwise directed by the Enforcement 

Bureau. 

The Responsible Accounting Officer 

(RAO) letter requires that carriers’

independent auditors provide on an 

annual basis: (a) 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; (b) 

confirm in writing that in its 

professional judgment it is independent 

of the carrier; and (c) discuss the 

auditor’s independence. The 

information will be used to determine 

whether the independent auditors are 

performing their audits independently 

and unbiased of the carrier they audit. 

The Commission will submit this 

information collection to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) after 

this 60 day comment period in order to 

obtain the full three year clearance from 

them. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 06–752 Filed 1–31–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Submitted to OMB 

for Review and Approval 

January 19, 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, 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 paper 

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 3, 2006. 

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: You may submit your 

comments by e-mail or U.S. mail. To 

submit your comments by e-mail send 

them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit your 

comments by U.S. mail send them to 

Cathy Williams, Federal 

Communications Commission, Room 1–

C823, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20554 and Kristy L. LaLonde, Office 


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