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these contribution factors and set the

projections of demand and

administrative expenses at amounts that

the Bureau determines will serve the

public interest. Once the proposed

contribution factors are deemed

approved by the Commission or are

modified and approved in a subsequent

Public Notice, USAC shall use the

approved contribution factors to

calculate and bill first quarter universal

service contributions. USAC will send

all contributors a quarterly bill for the

federal universal service support

mechanisms in December of 1997.

Contributors must submit their first

quarter universal service contribution to

USAC within thirty days of the date

listed on their quarterly bill. Payments

must be sent to the address specified on

the quarterly bill.

Federal Communications Commission.

Timothy A. Peterson,

Deputy Division Chief, Common Carrier

Bureau.

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Public Information Collections

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

November 20, 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.: 3060–0803.

Expiration Date: 05/31/98.

Title: Tariff Review Plan Revisions.

Form No.: N/A.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 16

respondents (estimated annual

responses: 71); 25 hours per response

(avg.); 1776 total annual burden hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: One-time

requirement.

Description: In the Tariff Review Plan

(TRP) Revision, the Commission

initiates the necessary revisions to the

TRPs under which incumbent price cap

local exchange carriers (LECs) should

make their access filing to take effect on

January 1, 1998. This filing is necessary

so that incumbent price cap LECs can

adjust their rates in response to the First

Report and Order (rel. May 16, 1997)

and the Second Order on

Reconsideration (rel. October 9, 1997) in

CC Docket No. 96–262. Sections 201,

202, 203, 204 and 205 of the

Communications Act 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 telecommunications services

provided. The tariff schedules

containing those charges, practices and

regulations must be filed with the FCC,

and the FCC is required to determine

whether such schedules are just,

reasonable, and not unduly

discriminatory. The Commission is

granted broad authority to require the

submission of data showing the value of

the property used to provide these

services. 47 U.S.C. Section 213.

Pursuant to its statutory mandate to

assure just, reasonable, and

nondiscriminatory charges for interstate

telephone service, the FCC has adopted

specific rules regarding the

determination of the range of rates

charged by local exchange carriers

(LECs) to interexchange carriers (IXCs)

transporting long distance calls. The

IXCs use local networks of LECs to

originate or terminate long distance

calls. 47 CFR Part 69. The TRP material

submitted by the Local Exchange Carrier

is used by the FCC to determine

whether its interstate access rates are

just and reasonable as required by the

Communications Act of 1934, as

amended. Obligation to respond:

mandatory. Contact Shoko Hair (202–

418–1379) for copies of the TRP

Revision displaying the OMB control

number and expiration date and

required PRA statements.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0804.

Expiration Date: 05/31/98.

Title: Universal Service—Health Care

Providers Universal Service Program.

Form No.: FCC Forms 465, 466, 467,

and 468.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 15,400

respondents; 2.5 hours per response

(avg.); 117,000 total annual burden

hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Description: The Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (1996 Act) directed the

Commission to initiate a rulemaking to

reform our system of universal service

by preserving and advancing universal

service markets toward competition,

and to benefit everyone. Congress

placed on the Commission the duty to

implement these principles in a manner

consistent with the pro-competition

purposes of the Act. To fulfill that

mandate, on March 8, 1996, the

Commission adopted a Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in CC

Docket No. 96–45 implementing the

Congressional directives set out in

section 254 of the Communications Act

of 1934, as amended by the 1996 Act.

On May 8, 1997, the Commission

adopted rules providing support for all

telecommunications services, limited

distance charges, and Internet access for

all eligible health care providers. In an

effort to implement these requirements

and obligations the Commission has

received OMB approval for the

following forms to administer the health

care providers universal service

program: FCC Form 465 ‘‘Description of

Services Requested and Certification.’’

All health care providers requesting

services eligible for universal service

support must file a ‘‘Description of

Services and Certification’’ form with

the Administrator.

Filing this form is the first step a

health care providers must take to

participate in the universal service

program. The Administrator will then

post a description of the services sought

on a website for all potential competing

service providers to see and respond to

as if they were requests for proposals

(RFPs). 47 CFR 54.603(b)(2), 47 CFR

54.615(c). FCC Form 466 ‘‘Services

Ordered and Certification.’’ All health

care providers ordering services that are

eligible for universal service support

must file a ‘‘Services Ordered and

Certification’’ form with the

Administrator. 47 CFR 54.603(b)(4).

Form 466, ‘‘Services Ordered and

Certification,’’ will be used to ensure

health care providers have selected the

most cost-effective method of providing

the requested services as set forth in 47

CFR 54.603(b)(4). FCC Form 466 is also

the means by which an applicant

informs the Administrator that it has

entered a contract with a

telecommunications service provider for

services that are supported under the

universal services support program. The

administrator must receive this form

before it can commit universal service

funds to support the services for which

the applicant has contracted. FCC Form

467 ‘‘Receipt of Service Confirmation.’’
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All health care providers that are

receiving supported

telecommunications service must file

this form with the Administrator. The

data in the report will be used to ensure

that health care providers are receiving

the services they have contracted for

with telecommunications service

providers so that universal service

support may be appropriate to the

telecommunications service provider

pursuant to 47 CFR 54.611. FCC Form

468 ‘‘Telecommunications Service

Providers Support.’’ All health care

providers ordering services eligible for

universal service support must file this

form. The data in the report will be used

to ensure that health care providers

have calculated the amount of universal

service support as set forth in 47 CFR

54.609(b). Telecommunications carriers

must complete Form 468 by indicating

the rural and urban rates for the services

they have provided and the amount of

the discount for which they must be

reimbursed, and return it to the health

care provider. The health care provider

must attach it to Form 466 and file both

forms with the administrator. These

forms are used to administer the health

care providers universal service

program. The information is used

primarily to determine eligibility.

Obligation to respond: required to

obtain or retain benefits. A Public

Notice will be issued when the forms

are available for public use.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0790.

Expiration Date: 11/31/2000.

Title: Availability of Inside Wiring

Information—Section 68.110(c).

Form No.: N/A.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 1200

respondents; 1 hours per response

(avg.); 1200 total annual burden hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $5000.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Description: Title II of the

Communications Act of 1934, as

amended, 47 U.S.C. Section 201 et al

provides the statutory authority for the

Commission to promulgate the rules and

regulations contained in Part 68 of the

FCC Rules, 47 CFR Part 68.

Requirements in Part 68 are necessary to

prevent the degradation of the telephone

network. In CC Docket No. 88–57, Order

on Reconsideration, Second Report and

Order and Second Further Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking (Order on

Reconsideration) (released 6/17/97), the

Commission amends Part 68 to require

telephone companies to provide

building owners with all available

information regarding carrier-installed

wiring on the customer’s side of the

demarcation point, including copies of

existing schematic diagrams and service

records, shall be provided by the

telephone company upon request of the

building owner or agent thereof. The

telephone company may charge the

building owner a reasonable fee for this

service, which shall not exceed the cost

involved in locating and copying the

documents. In the alternative, the

telephone company may make these

documents available for review and

copying by the building owner. In this

case, the telephone company may

charge a reasonable fee, which shall not

exceed the cost involved in making the

documents available, and may also

require the building owner to pay a

deposit to guarantee the documents’

return. The FCC is requiring the

disclosure of drawings and schematics

of existing carrier-installed wiring for

duplication by building owners or their

agents for a reasonable fee to be

determined by the carrier. Building

owners will be able to contract with a

installer of their choice for maintenance

and installation service, or elect to

contract with the telephone company to

modify existing wiring or assist with the

installation of additional inside wiring.

See 47 CFR 68.110. Obligation to

respond: Required to obtain or retain

benefits.

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.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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[DA 97–2430; CC Docket No. 90–571]

Notice of Telecommunications Relay

Services (TRS) Applications for State

Certification Accepted

Released: November 20, 1997.

Notice is hereby given that the state

listed below has applied to the

Commission for State

Telecommunications Relay Service

(TRS) Certification. Current state

certifications expire July 25, 1998.

Applications for certification, covering

the five year period of July 26, 1998 to

July 25, 2003, must demonstrate that the

state TRS program complies with the

Commission’s rules for the provision of

TRS, pursuant to Title IV of the

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),

47 U.S.C. § 225. These rules are codified

at 47 CFR §§ 64.601–605.

Copies of applications for certification

are available for public inspection at the

Commission’s Common Carrier Bureau,

Network Services Division, Room 235,

2000 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.,

Monday through Thursday, 8:30 AM to

3:00 PM (closed 12:30 to 1:30 PM) and

the FCC Reference Center, Room 239,

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

daily, from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM.

Interested persons may file comments

on or before December 12, 1997.

Comments should reference the relevant

state file number of the state application

that is being commented upon. One

original and five copies of all comments

must be sent to William F. Caton, Acting

Secretary, Federal Communications

Commission, 1919 M Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20554. Two copies

also should be sent to the Network

Services Division, Common Carrier

Bureau, 2000 M Street, N.W., Room 235,

Washington, D.C. 20554.

A number of state TRS programs

currently holding FCC certification have

failed to apply for recertification.

Applications received after October 1,

1997, for which no extension has been

requested before October 1, 1997, must

be accompanied by a petition explaining

the circumstances of the late-filing and

requesting acceptance of the late-filed

application.

File No: TRS–97–39.

Applicant: Public Utilities

Commission of Ohio, State of Ohio.

For further information, contact Al

McCloud, (202) 418–2499,

amccloud@fcc.gov, or Andy Firth, (202)

418–2224 (TTY), afirth@fcc.gov, at the

Network Services Division, Common

Carrier Bureau, Federal

Communications Commission.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

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Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice of information collection

to be submitted to OMB for review and