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are available for review and copying at

the FCC Reference Center, Room 239,

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

20554 or on the Internet at www.ed.gov/

Technology.

Procedure for Filing

Comments should be filed in CC

Docket No. 96–45 on or before

September 25, 1997, and should include

the DA number shown on this Public

Notice. Pursuant to § 1.3 of the

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.3, we find

good cause to waive § 1.415 (c) of the

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.415,

providing for replies to original

comments. Dispensing with reply

comments is crucial due to the urgent

need to provide definitive guidance to

the schools, libraries, and rural health

care providers that are applying for

services supported by the universal

service support mechanisms currently

scheduled to begin by January 1, 1998.

Interested parties must file an original

and four copies of their comments with

the Office of Secretary, Federal

Communications Commission, Room

222, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20554. Parties should send eight

copies of their comments to Sheryl

Todd, Universal Service Branch,

Accounts and Audits Division, Federal

Communications Commission, 2100 M

St, N.W., 8th Floor, Washington, D.C.

20554. Parties should send one copy of

their comments to the Commission’s

copy contractor, International

Transcription Service, 1231 20th Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.

Pursuant to § 1.1206 of the

Commission’s Rules, 47 CFR 1.1206,

this proceeding will be conducted as a

permit-but-disclose proceeding in

which ex parte communications are

permitted subject to disclosure.

For further information, please

contact: Richard D. Smith or Lori

Wright, Common Carrier Bureau, (202)

418–7400.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–24554 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

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Public Information Collection

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

September 10, 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. 96–511. An agency may not conduct

or sponsor a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid

control number. Not withstanding any

other provisions of law, 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. Questions concerning

the OMB control numbers and

expiration dates should be directed to

Judy Boley, Federal Communications

Commission, (202) 418–0214.

Federal Communications Commission

OMB Control No.: 3060–0319.

Expiration Date: 9/30/2000.

Title: Application for Assignment of

Authorization or Consent to Tansfer of

Control of a Licensee.

Form No.: 490.

Estimated Annual Burden: 32,063

annual hour; average .5–3 hours per

respondent; 28,500 respondents.

Description: FCC Form 490 is filed to

solicit Commission approval to assign a

radio station authorization to another

party or to transfer control of a licensee.

The requested information is used by

the Commission in carrying out its

duties set forth in section 308, 298 and

310 of the Communications Act. This

collection is being revised to account for

the changes proposed in the Fifth Notice

of Proposed Rulemaking, Use of the

220–222 MHz Band by the Private Land

Mobile Radio Service, the Commission

concluded that any holder of a Phase II

EA, Regional or nationwide 220 MHz

license will be permitted to partition

portions of its authorization. In this

collection the Commission also received

generic approval from OMB to use this

form in future disaggregation and

partitioning for a variety of spectrum

based services licensed by the

Commission. Specific Rules will be

adopted in Reports and Orders or by

Public Notice for each service subject to

disaggregation and partitioning.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0105.

Expiration Date: 9/30/2000.

Title: Licensee Qualification Report.

Form No.: FCC 430.

Estimated Annual Burden: 21,511

annual hours; .5–2 hours per

respondent; 24,583 respondents.

Description: FCC Form 430 enables

the Commission to determine whether

applicants are legally qualified to

become or remain common carrier

telecommunications licensees. Without

this information, the Commission would

be unable to fulfill its responsibilities

under the Communications Act to make

a finding as to the legal qualifications of

an applicant or licensee. To reduce

paperwork applicants may submit

letters in lieu of completing the FCC 430

in those cases where there is no change

to the required information. This

collection is being revised to account for

the changes proposed in the Fifth Notice

of Proposed Rulemaking, Use of the

220–222 MHz Band by the Private Land

Mobile Radio Service, the Commission

concluded that any holder of a Phase II

EA, Regional or nationwide 220 MHz

license will be permitted to partition

portions of its authorization. In the Fifth

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,

Redesignation of 27.5 GHz Frequency

Band, Establishing Rules and Policies

for LMDS the Commission proposed

that this form be used to complete the

disaggregation and partitioning of

LMDS. In this collection the

Commission received generic approval

from OMB to use this form in future

disaggregation and partitioning for a

variety of spectrum based services

licensed by the Commission. Specific

rules will be adopted in reports and

orders or by public notice for each

service subject to disaggregation and

partitioning.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

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[CS Docket No. 97–55; FCC 97–321]

Commission Seeks Comment on

Revised Industry Proposal for Rating

Video Programming

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Commission has adopted

a public notice requesting comment on

the revised industry proposal for the

establishment of a voluntary video

programming rating system. The revised

industry proposal changes some of the

descriptors associated with the agebased categories of programming, and in

certain categories, adds symbols that

indicate the type of material included in

a particular program. In addition, the

revised proposal states that the icons

and associated content symbols will

appear for 15 seconds at the beginning

of all rated programming and that the

size of the icons will be increased.

According to the revised proposal, five

representatives of the advocacy

community will also be added to the