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replace other existing FCC forms/

methods of collecting ownership

information.

FCC 602 is a new collection that

eliminates lengthy ownership

information being filed each time an

applicant files. It will be a one-time

annual filing of information for only the

lone real party of interest that controls

the license(s).

This ownership form is a consolidated

form and will be utilized as part of the

Universal Licensing System currently

under development. The goal of

producing a consolidated form is to

create a form with a consistent ‘‘look

and feel’’ that maximizes the collection

of data and minimizes narrative

responses, free-form attachment, and

free-form letter requests. A consolidated

ownership form will allow common

fields, questions, and statements to

reside in one place and allow the

technical data specific to each service to

be captured in its own form or schedule.

Auction winning respondents will be

required to submit FCC 602

electronically. There are no application

fees or electronic filing fees associated

with filing of this form by auction

winning respondents.

The data collected on this form

includes the applicant’s Taxpayer

Identification Number. Use of Taxpayer

Identification Number in the Universal

Licensing System will allow pre-filling

of data by searching the database and

displaying all pertinent data associated

to a given TIN, as well as for Debt

Collection purposes. It will also

improve and lessen the burden of the

volume of data the public would have

to enter for later filings.

Document Retrieval Number: 000602.

OMB Approval Number: 3060–XXXX.

Title: Application for Assignment of

Authorization for Actionable Services.

Form No.: FCC 603.

Type of Review: New Collection.

Respondents: Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit;

Not-for-profit institutions; Farms;

Federal Government; State, Local or

Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 2,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 4

hours.

Total Annual Burden: 8,000 hours.

Needs and Uses: FCC 603 will be used

to file for Assignment of Authorization.

It will consist of a Main Form and a

section to detail the call signs . While

the Commission is currently seeking

approval for use of the form for only

actionable service purposes, the

Commission also anticipates continued

use of FCC 603 for future auctions

(market-based licensing) yet to be

decided, as well as eventually

expanding the uses of the form to

replace other existing FCC forms/

methods of collecting assignment of

authorization information.

This assignment form is a

consolidated form and will be utilized

as part of the Universal Licensing

System currently under development.

The goal of producing a consolidated

form is to create a form with a

consistent ‘‘look and feel’’ that

maximizes the collection of data and

minimizes narrative responses, freeform attachment, and free-form letter

requests. A consolidated assignment

form will allow common fields,

questions, and statements to reside in

one place and allow the technical data

specific to each service to be captured

in its own form or schedule.

Actionable services respondents will

be required to submit FCC 603

electronically. There are no application

fees or electronic filing fees associated

with filing of this form by these

respondents.

The data collected on this form

includes the applicant’s Taxpayer

Identification Number. Use of Taxpayer

Identification Number in the Universal

Licensing System will allow pre-filling

of data by searching the database and

displaying all pertinent data associated

to a given TIN, as well as for Debt

Collection purposes. It will also

improve and lessen the burden of the

volume of data the public would have

to enter for later filings.

Document Retrieval Number: 000603.

OMB Approval Number: 3060–XXXX.

Title: Application for Transfer of

Control for Actionable Services.

Form No.: FCC 604.

Type of Review: New Collection.

Respondents: Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit;

Not-for-profit institutions; Farms;

Federal Government; State, Local or

Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 1,500.

Estimated Time Per Response: 3

hours.

Total Annual Burden: 4,500 hours.

Needs and Uses: FCC 604 will be used

to file for Transfer of Control for

actionable services. It will consist of a

Main Form and a section to detail the

transferred call signs. The form will

only be filed by the Licensee

(Transferor) on behalf of the Transferor

and the Transferee. While the

Commission is currently seeking

approval for use of the form for only

actionable service purposes, the

Commission also anticipates continued

use of FCC 604 for future auctions

(market-based licensing) yet to be

decided, as well as eventually

expanding the uses of the form to

replace other existing FCC forms/

methods of collecting transfer of control

information.

This transfer of control form is a

consolidated form and will be utilized

as part of the Universal Licensing

System currently under development.

The goal of producing a consolidated

form is to create a form with a

consistent ‘‘look and feel’’ that

maximizes the collection of data and

minimizes narrative responses, freeform attachment, and free-form letter

requests. A consolidated transfer of

control form will allow common fields,

questions, and statements to reside in

one place and allow the technical data

specific to each service to be captured

in its own form or schedule.

Actionable services respondents will

be required to submit FCC 604

electronically. There are no application

fees or electronic filing fees associated

with filing of this form by these

respondents.

The data collected on this form

includes the applicant’s Taxpayer

Identification Number. Use of Taxpayer

Identification Number in the Universal

Licensing System will allow pre-filling

of data by searching the database and

displaying all pertinent data associated

to a given TIN, as well as for Debt

Collection purposes. It will also

improve and lessen the burden of the

volume of data the public would have

to enter for later filings.

Document Retrieval Number: 000604.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

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Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Submitted to OMB for

Review and Approval

July 29, 1997.

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
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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 September 4,

1997. 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 234, 1919 M St.,

N.W., Washington, DC 20554 or via

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 internet at

jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0771.

Title: Section 5.56, Procedure for

Obtaining a Special Temporary

Authorization in the Experimental

Radio Service.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions; state or

local or tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 500.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.

Cost to Respondents: N/A.

Total Annual Burden: 500 hours.

Needs and Uses: In cases where a

need is shown for operation of an

authorized experimental station for a

limited time only, a request for a Special

Temporary Authorization (STA) to

operate transmitting equipment will be

accepted under the conditions set for in

47 CFR 5.56 (a), (b), and (c). The request

may be filed as an informal application,

normally by letter from the applicant,

and shall contain the information

specified in Section 5.56. The data

supplied by the applicant is used by the

staff of the Experimental Licensing

Branch, Office of Engineering and

Technology, to determine: (1) If the

applicant is eligible for an experimental

STA; (2) the purpose of the experiment;

(3) compliance with the requirement of

part 5 of the rules; and (4) if the

proposed operation will cause

interference to existing stations. An

experimental STA could not be granted

without the information collected under

Section 5.56(b).

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0298.

Title: Tariffs (Other than Tariff

Review Plan)—part 61.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 2,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 202

hours (avg).

Cost to Respondents: $2,878,200.

Total Annual Burden: 682,555 hours.

Needs and Uses: Part 61 is designed

to ensure that all tariffs filed by

common carriers are formally sound,

well organized, and provide the

Commission and the public with

sufficient information to determine the

justness and reasonableness as required

by the Act, of the rates, terms and

conditions in those tariffs.

Consideration is being given to examine

the technical and legal feasibility of

filing by electronic means for all

carriers. Currently, all nondominant

carriers, both domestic and

international, are required to file tariffs

on diskettes. Further, pursuant to an

order In the Matter of Implementation of

Section 402(b)(1)(A) of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC

Docket No. 96–187, adopted January 29,

1997, released January 31, 1997, FCC

97–23, the Commission established a

mandatory electronic filing system for

all local exchange carriers. Authority

was delegated to the Chief, Common

Carrier Bureau to establish a program to

implement this electronic filing system.

(See OMB control number 3060–0745).

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0764.

Title: Regulation of International

Accounting Rates (CC Docket No. 90–

337).

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 30.

Estimated Time Per Response: 16

hours.

Cost to Respondents: $180,000.

Total Annual Burden: 480 hours.

Needs and Uses: CC Docket No. 90–

337 implemented rules making it easier

for U.S. carriers engaged in international

telecommunications to negotiate lower

accounting rates. Any carrier that

interconnects an international private

line to the U.S. public switched network

will report on an annual basis its

arrangements for the interconnection of

such private lines except those private

lines that terminate in countries that

have been determined to offer

equivalent private line resale

opportunities to U.S. carriers. The

information collection will provide the

Commission with data to make a

determination whether or not to allow a

carrier to enter into an agreement that is

outside the scope of its current rules.

The information will be used by the

Commission in reviewing the impact, if

any, that alternative settlement

arrangements have on its international

settlements policy. Additionally, the

information will also enhance the

ability of the Commission and interested

parties to monitor for anticompetitive

effects in the U.S. market for

international service, thus increasing

competitive options for U.S. carriers and

resulting in lower prices and greater

choices for U.S. consumers. The

information collection will enable the

Commission to promote competitive

behavior, improve economic

performance, and preserve the integrity

of its accounting rate policies. The

information collection also will enable

the Commission and interested parties

to determine whether or not the

competitive safeguards are sufficient to

protect U.S. carriers and consumers

against harmful discriminatory practices

by foreign carriers.

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0106.

Title: Section 43.61, Reports of

Overseas Telecommunications Traffic.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 248.

Estimated Time Per Response: SemiAnnual report #1–40 hours per

response; Semi-Annual report #2–40

hours per response; Minutes of

Inbound/Outbound Traffic—8 hours per

response; Existing collection—15 hours

per response.

Cost to Respondents: $96,000.

Total Annual Burden: 7,554 hours.

Needs and Uses: The

telecommunications traffic data report is

an annual reporting requirement

imposed on common carriers engaged in

the provision of overseas

telecommunications services. The

reported data is useful for international

planning, facility authorization,

monitoring emerging developments in

communications services, analyzing

market structures, tracking the balance
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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.

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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.

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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.

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