[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 207 (Monday, October 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55643-55644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28359]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

October 21, 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, Public Law 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.: 3060-0496.
    Expiration Date: 10/31/2000.
    Title: ARMIS Operating Data Report.
    Form No.: FCC Report 43-08.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 50 respondents; 160 hours per response 
(avg.); 8000 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Description: ARMIS was implemented to facilitate the timely and 
efficient analysis of revenue requirements and rate of return 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. FCC Report 43-08, ARMIS Operating Data Report, is a 
report which consists of statistical schedules previously contained in 
FCC Form M which are needed by the Commission to monitor network 
growth, usage, and reliability. Section 220 of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended, 47 USC 220, allows the Commission, at its 
discretion, to prescribe the forms of any and all accounts, records, 
and memoranda to be kept by carriers subject to this Act, including the 
accounts, records, and memoranda of the movement of traffic, as well as 
of the receipts and expenditures of moneys. Section 219(b) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 USC 219(b), authorizes the 
Commission by general or special orders to require any carriers subject 
to this Act to file annual reports concerning any matters with respect 
to which the Commission is authorized or required by law to act. 
Section 43.21 of the Commission's rules details that requirement. 
Obligation to respond: mandatory.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0763.
    Expiration Date: 10/31/2000.
    Title: ARMIS Customer Satisfaction Report.
    Form No.: FCC Report 43-06.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 8 respondents; 900 hours per response 
(avg.); 7200 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Description: ARMIS was implemented to facilitate the timely and 
efficient analysis of revenue requirements and rate of return 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. FCC Report 43-06, the Customer Satisfaction Report, 
formerly the Semi-Annual Service Quality Report, reflects the results 
of customer satisfaction surveys conducted by individual carriers from 
residential and business customers. Section 220 of the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 220, allows the Commission, at its 
discretion, to prescribe the forms of any and all accounts, records, 
and memoranda to be kept by carriers subject to this Act, including the 
accounts, records, and memoranda of the movement of traffic, as well as 
of the receipts and expenditures of moneys. Section 219(b) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 219(b), authorizes 
the Commission by general or special orders to require any carriers 
subject to this Act to file annual reports concerning any matters with 
respect to which the Commission is authorized or required by law to 
act. Section 43.21 of the Commission's rules details that requirement. 
Obligation to respond: mandatory.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0298.
    Expiration Date: 10/31/2000.
    Title: Tariffs (Other Than Tariff Review Plan)--Part 61.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2000 respondents; 4797 hours per response 
(avg.); 682,555 total annual burden hours for all collections.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$2,878,200.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Description: Sections 201, 202, 203, 204 and 205 of the 
Communications Act

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of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. Sections 201, 202, 203, 204 and 205, 
require that common carriers establish just and reasonable charges, 
practices and regulations for the services they provide. The schedules 
containing these charges, practices and regulations must be filed with 
the Commission which is required to determine whether such schedules 
are just, reasonable and not unduly discriminatory. Part 61 of the 
Commission's Rules establishes the procedures for filing tariffs which 
contain the charges, practices and regulations of the common carriers, 
supporting economic data and other related documents. The supporting 
data must also conform to other parts of the Rules such as Parts 36 and 
69. Part 61 prescribes the framework for the initial establishment of 
and subsequent revisions to tariffs. Tariffs that do not conform to 
Part 61 requirements may be rejected. In addition to tariffs filed with 
the Commission, carriers may be required to post their schedules or 
rates and regulations. See 47 CFR 61.72. The information collected 
through a carrier's tariff is used by the Commission to determine 
whether the services offered are just and reasonable as the Act 
requires. The tariffs and any supporting documentation are examined in 
order to determine if the services are offered in a just and reasonable 
manner. Obligation to respond: Mandatory.
    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 Performance Evaluation and Records Management, 
Washington, D.C. 20554.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-28359 Filed 10-24-97; 8:45 am]
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