[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5230-5231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2617]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

January 22, 1997.
    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, 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.: 3060-0168.
    Expiration Date: 12/31/99.
    Title: Reports of Proposed Changes in Depreciation Rates--Section 
43.43.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 78,000 total annual hours; 6500 hours per 
respondent (avg.); 12 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: Section 220(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, requires the Commission to prescribe depreciation charges for 
the subject carriers. Section 219 of the Act requires annual and other 
reports from the carriers. Section 43.43 of the Commission's Rules 
establishes the reporting requirements for depreciation prescription 
purposes. Communication common carriers with annual operating revenues 
of $100 million or more that the Commission has found to be dominant 
must file information specified in Section 43.43 before making any 
change in the depreciation rates application to their operating plant. 
The information filed is used by the Commission to establish proper 
depreciation rates to be charged by the carriers, pursuant to Section 
220(b) of the Act. The information serves as the basis for depreciation 
analyses made by the Common Carrier Bureau in establishing the 
aforementioned rates. Without this information the validity of the 
carriers' depreciation policies could not be ascertained.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0749.
    Expiration Date: 01/31/2000.
    Title: Disclosure and Dissemination of Pay-Per-Call Information, 47 
CFR Section 64.1509.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 10,250 total annual hours; 136.67 hours 
per respondent; 75 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: Section 228 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, establishes federal requirements governing common carriers' 
transmission and billing and collection of interstate pay-per-call and 
other information services. Section 64.1509 of the Commission's Rules 
incorporates the requirements of Sections 228(c)(2) and 228(d)(2)-(3) 
of the Communications Act. Under these sections, common carriers that 
assign telephone numbers to pay-per-call

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services must disclose to all interested parties, upon request a list 
of all assigned pay-per-call numbers. For each assigned number, 
carriers must also make available (a) a description of the pay-per-call 
service; (2) the total cost per minute or other fees associated with 
the service; and (3) the service provider's name, business address, and 
telephone number. In addition, carriers handling pay-per-call services 
must establish a toll-free number that consumer may call to receive 
information about pay-per-call services. The Commission requires 
carriers to provide statements of pay-per-call rights and 
responsibilities to new telephone subscribers at the time service is 
established and, although not required by statute, to all subscribers 
annually. The disclosure requirements are intended to ensure that 
consumers are able to obtain information that will enable them to make 
informed choices about their use of pay-per-call services.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0752.
    Expiration Date: 1/31/2000.
    Title: Billing Disclosure Requirements for Pay-Per Call and Other 
Information Services, 47 CFR Section 64.1510
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 54,000 total annual hours; 40 hours per 
respondent; 1,350 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: Section 228 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, establishes federal requirements governing common carriers' 
transmission and billing and collection of interstate pay-per-call and 
other information services. Under Section 64.1510 of the Commission's 
rules telephone bills containing charges for interstate pay-per-call 
and other information services must include information detailing 
consumers' rights and responsibilities with respect to these charges. 
Specifically, telephone bills carrying pay-per-call charges must 
include a consumer notification stating that: (1) the charges are for 
non-communication services; (2) local and long distance telephone 
services may not be disconnected for failure to pay pay-per-call 
charges; (3) pay-per-call (900 number) blocking is available upon 
request; and (4) access to pay-per-call services may be involuntarily 
blocked for failure to pay pay-per-call charges. In addition, each call 
billed must show the type of service, the amount of the charge, and the 
date, time, and duration of the call. The bill must display a toll-free 
number which subscribers may call to obtain information about pay-per-
call services. The billing disclosure requirements contained in Section 
64.1510 are intended to ensure that telephone subscribers billed for 
pay-per-call or other information services are able to understand the 
charges levied and are informed of their rights and responsibilities 
with respect to payment of such charges.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0755.
    Expiration Date: 01/31/2000.
    Title: Policy and Rules Concerning the Implementation of the 
Infrastructure Sharing Provision in the Telecommunications Act of 
1996--CC Docket No. 96-237.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2,175 total annual hours; 29 hours per 
respondent; 75 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Implementation 
of Infrastructure Sharing Provisions in the Telecommunications Act of 
1996, CC Docket No. 96-237, the Commission proposes, in implementing 
Section 259 of the Communications Act of 1934, as added by the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996 requiring incumbent local exchange 
carriers (LECs) to file any tariffs, contracts, or other arrangements 
showing the conditions under which they make infrastructure and 
functions available to qualifying carriers. Another provision requires 
incumbent LECs to provide information on the deployment of new services 
and equipment to parties to Section 259 agreements.
    Public reporting burden for the collections 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 the Records Management Branch, Washington, DC. 
20554.

Federal Communications Commission
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-2617 Filed 2-3-97; 8:45 am]
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