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of payments in international

communications services, and market

analysis purposes. The reported data

enables the Commission to fulfill its

regulatory responsibilities.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–20548 Filed 8–4–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting; Open

Commission Meeting Thursday,

August 7, 1997

The Federal Communications

Commission will hold an Open Meeting

on the subject listed below on Thursday,

August 7, 1997, which is scheduled to

commence at 9:30 a.m. in Room 856, at

1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Item No. Bureau Subject

1 ......................... Cable Services ............ Title: Closed Captioning and Video Description of Video Programming; Implementation of Section

305 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and Video Programming Accessibility (MM Docket

No. 95–176).

Summary: The Commission will consider action concerning closed captioning requirements for

video programming.

Additional information concerning

this meeting may be obtained from

Maureen Peratino or David Fiske, Office

of Public Affairs, telephone number

(202) 418–0500.

Copies of materials adopted at this

meeting can be purchased from the

FCC’s duplicating contractor,

International Transcription Services,

Inc. (ITS, Inc.) at (202) 857–3800 or fax

(202) 857–3805 and 857–3184. These

copies are available in paper format and

alternative media which includes, large

print/type; digital disk; an audio tape.

ITS may be reached by e-mail:

itslinc@ix.netcom.com. Their Internet

address is httpp://www.itsi.com.

This meeting can be viewed over

George Mason University’s Capitol

Connection. For information on this

service call (703) 993–3100. The audio

portion of the meeting will be broadcast

live on the Internet via the FCC’s

Internet audio broadcast page at <http:/

/www.fcc.gov/realaudio/>. The meeting

can also be heard via telephone, for a

fee, from National Narrowcast Network,

telephone (202 966–2211 or fax (202)

966–1770; and from Conference Call

USA (available only outside the

Washington, D.C. metropolitan area),

telephone 1–800–962–0044. Audio and

video tapes of this meeting can be

obtained from the Office of Public

Affairs, Television Staff, telephone (202)

418–0460, or TTY (202) 418–1398; fax

numbers (202) 418–2809 or (202) 418–

7286.

Dated: July 31, 1997.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–20690 Filed 8–4–97; 12:33 pm]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Public Information Collections

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

July 29, 1997.

The Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) has received Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

approval for the following public

information collection pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 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.: 3060–0775.

Expiration Date: 07/31/2000.

Title: Separate Affiliate Requirement

for Independent Local Exchange Carrier

(LEC) Provision of International

Interexchange Services—47 CFR

Sections 64.1901–64.1903.

Form No.: N/A.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 10

respondents; 6056 hours per response

(avg.); 60,560 total annual burden hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $1,003,000.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Description: In the Second Report and

Order and Third Report and Order

issued in CC Docket No. 96–149 and CC

Docket No. 96–61 (released 4/18/97), the

Commission imposes a recordkeeping

requirement on independent local

exchange carriers (LECs). Independent

LECs wishing to offer international,

interexchange services must comply

with the separate affiliate requirements

of the Competitive Carrier Fifth Report

and Order in order to do so. One of

these requirements is that the

independent LEC’s international,

interexchange affiliate 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. This 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. Compliance is 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, D.C. 20554.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–20516 Filed 8–4–97; 8:45 am]

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