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(k) Reclassification of LEC-Owned

Payphones. Pursuant to the mandate in

Section 276(b)(1)(B) to remove

payphone costs from the CCL charge

and all intrastate and interstate

payphone subsidies from basic

exchange and exchange access revenues,

47 U.S.C. § 276(b)(1)(B), incumbent

LECs must either reclassify their

payphone assets as nonregulated or

transfer them to a separate affiliated

engaged in nonregulated activities. Such

reclassification or transfer includes

establishing Part 64 cost pools, which

are groupings of costs that maximize the

extent to which cost causative allocation

factors can be used to divide costs

between regulated and nonregulated

activities, as well as revising their cost

allocation manuals. (No. of respondents:

400; hours per response: 100 hours; total

annual burden 40,000 hours).

(l) Reclassification of AT&T

Payphones. AT&T must either reclassify

its payphone assets as nonregulated or

transfer them to a separate affiliated

engaged in nonregulated activities. Such

reclassification or transfer includes

establishing Part 64 cost pools, which

are groupings of costs that maximize the

extent to which cost causative allocation

factors can be used to divide costs

between regulated and nonregulated

activities, as well as revising their cost

allocation manuals. (No. of respondents:

1; hours per response: 100 hours; total

annual burden: 100 hours).

(m) Payphone Provider’s Verification

of its Status to IXC Paying

Compensation. Pursuant to the mandate

in Section 276(b)(1)(A) that all

payphone providers be fairly

compensated for calls using their

payphones, the Order established a

definition of a payphone eligible for

compensation as a payphone that

appears on LEC-provided customerowned, coin-operated telephone

(‘‘COCOT’’) lists. If a payphone provider

does not appear on this list, it must

provide alternative verification

information to the IXC paying

compensation. Otherwise, the IXC

would be unable to verify that the

particular payphone provider was in

fact eligible for compensation. (No. of

respondents: 197; hours per response: 1

hour; total annual burden: 197 hours).

(n) Payphone Providers’ Posting of

Local Coin Call Rate on Each Payphone

Placard. Pursuant to the mandate in

Section 276(b)(1)(A) that the

Commission establishes a fair

compensation plan, the Commission

decided to let the market set the price

for individual calls originated by

payphones. In order to ensure that

callers have information about the price

of the calls they make, payphone

providers are required to post the local

coin call rate within the informational

placard on each payphone. (No. of

respondents: 197; hours per response:

20 hours; total annual burden: 3940

hours).

(o) LEC Provision of Emergency

Numbers to Carrier-Payors. Pursuant to

the mandate in Section 276(b)(1)(A) that

emergency calls shall not be subject to

per call compensation, 47 U.S.C.

Section 276 (b)(1)(A), the rules in the

Order on Reconsideration provide that

LECs shall supply to carrier-payors, on

demand, a list of emergency numbers so

that carrier-payors will know that they

do not have to compensate payphone

providers for those calls. (No. of

respondents: 400; hours per response: 1

hour; total annual burden: 400 hours).

All of the requirements would be used

to ensure that interexchange carriers,

payphone service providers (‘‘PSPs’’),

LECs, and the states, comply with their

obligations under the 1996 Act.

Obligation to respond: 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, DC 20554.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) being Submitted to OMB

for Review and Approval

October 30, 2000.

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, 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

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 December 8,

2000. 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 Les

Smith, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 1–A804, 445 12th

Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20554 or

via the Internet to lesmith@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Les

Smith at (202) 418–0217 or via the

Internet at lesmith@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB

Control Number: 3060–0935.

Title: Cable Industry Survey on

Channel Capacity and Retransmission

Consent.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.

Number of Respondents: 16.

Estimate Time Per Response: 12

hours.

Frequency of Response: One time

reporting requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 192 hours.

Total Annual Costs: $17,280.

Needs and Uses: The Commission

will use the data collected in this survey

to build a record and to determine how

to proceed on the mandatory carriage

issues in the pending rulemaking. The

data gleaned from the survey will be

incorporated in the next Report and

Order in CS Docket NO. 98–120.

Federal Communications Commission

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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