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permit (FCC Form 302) and on the first

anniversary of their commencement of

program tests. The notification in

Section 73.1620(a) alerts the

Commission that construction of a

station has been completed and that the

station is broadcasting program

material. The notification in Section

73.1620(f) alerts the UHF translator

station that the potential of interference

exists. The report in Section 73.1620(g)

stating deviations are necessary to

eliminate possible abuses of the FCC’s

processes and to ensure that

comparative promises relating to service

to the public are not inflated.

OMB Approval No.: 3060–0187.

Title: Section 73.3594—Local public

notice of designation for hearing.

Form No.: n/a.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 6.

Estimated Hours Per Response: 3

hours (These hours include the

contracting hour cost to the respondents

and the respondents hour burden).

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Cost to Respondents: $9,898.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 12

hours.

Needs and Uses: Section 73.3594

requires that applicants of any AM, FM

or TV broadcast station designated for

hearing must give notice of such

designation. Section 73.3594(a) requires

that this notice be given in a daily

newspaper of general circulation

published in the community in which

the station is or will be located. This

notice must be published twice a week

for two consecutive weeks. Section

73.3594(b) requires applicants for

modification, assignment, transfer or

renewal of an operating broadcast

station to give notice over the broadcast

station in addition to publishing the

notice in a daily newspaper. Section

73.3594(g) requires that applicant file a

statement with the FCC setting forth

information regarding the publication or

broadcast. This notice gives interested

parties an opportunity to respond.

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0308.

Title: Section 90.505—Developmental

operation, showing required.

Form No.: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of existing

collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, State,

Local or Tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 100.

Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hours

per response.

Total Annual Burden: 200 hours.

Total Annual Cost: No annual cost

burden on respondents from either

capital or start-up costs.

Needs and Uses: The information

collection requirement contained in

Section 90.505 is needed to gather data

on developmental programs for which a

developmental authorization is sought.

The information is used to evaluate the

desirability of issuing such an

authorization from spectrum use and

interference potential considerations. If

the information was not collected the

value of developmental programs would

be severely limited.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–30058 Filed 11–24–00; 8:45 am]

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Public Information Collections

Approved By Office of Management

and Budget

November 17, 2000.

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.: 3060–0511.

Expiration Date: 11/30/2003.

Title: ARMIS Access Report.

Form No.: FCC Report 43–04.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 150

respondents; 621 hours per response

(avg.).; 93,150 total annual burden

hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Description: 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 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 a general or special

orders to require any carrier subject to

this Act to file monthly reports

concerning any matters with respect to

which the Commission is authorized or

required by law to act. ARMIS was

implemented to facilitate the timely and

efficient analysis of revenue

requirements, rates of return and price

caps; 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. The ARMIS 43–04 Report

provides jurisdictional separations and

access charge data by Part 36 category

of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. The ARMIS 43–04 Report

monitors revenue requirements, joint

cost allocations, jurisdictional

separations and access charges. The

information contained in the ARMIS

43–04 Report provides the necessary

detail to enable the Commission to

fulfill its regulatory responsibilities.

Obligation to respond: Mandatory.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0512.

Expiration Date: 11/30/2003.

Title: ARMIS Annual Summary

Report.

Form No.: FCC Report 43–01.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 150

respondents; 135 hours per response

(avg.).; 20,250 total annual burden

hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Description: 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 a 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. ARMIS was

implemented to facilitate the timely and

efficient analysis of revenue

requirements, rates of return and price

caps; to provide an improved basis for

audits and other oversight functions;

and to enhance the Commission’s ability

to quantify the effects of alternative

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policy. The ARMIS 43–01 Report

contains financial and operating data

and is used to monitor the incumbent

local exchange carriers (ILECs) and to

perform routine analyses of costs and

revenues. ARMIS 43–01 Report

facilitates the annual collection of the

results of accounting, rate base, and cost

allocation requirements prescribed in

Parts 32, 36, 64, 65, and 69 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

The information contained in the

ARMIS 43–01 Report provides the

necessary detail to enable the

Commission to fulfill its regulatory

responsibilities. Obligation to respond:

Mandatory.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0513.

Expiration Date: ARMIS Joint Cost

Report.

Title: ARMIS Joint Cost Report.

Form No.: FCC Report 43–03.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 150

respondents; 83 hours per response

(avg.).; 12,450 total annual burden

hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Description: 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 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 a general or special

orders to require any carrier subject to

this Act to file monthly reports

concerning any matters for which the

Commission is authorized, or required

by law, to act. ARMIS was implemented

to facilitate the timely and efficient

analysis of revenue requirements, rates

of return and price caps; 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. The ARMIS

Joint Cost Report, FCC Report 43–03,

contains financial and operating data.

The ARMIS 43–03 Report details the

incumbent local exchange carriers

(ILECs) regulated and nonregulated cost

and revenue allocations by study area

pursuant to Part 64 of the Commission’s

Rules. The information contained in the

ARMIS 43–03 Report provides the

necessary detail to enable the

Commission to fulfill its regulatory

responsibilities. Obligation to respond:

Mandatory.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0804.

Expiration Date: 10/31/2003.

Title: Universal Service—Health Care

Providers Universal Service Program.

Form No.: FCC Forms 465, 466,

466–A, 467, and 468.

Respondents: Not for profit

institutions; Business or other for-profit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 5255

respondents; 1.85 hours per response

(avg.).; 9755 total annual burden hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: On occasion;

third party disclosure.

Description: The Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (1996 Act) directed the

Commission to initiate a rulemaking

reform to our system of universal

service so that universal service is

preserved and advanced as markets

move toward competition. On May 8,

1997, the Commission adopted rules

providing, among other things, that

rural health care providers receive

access to advanced telecommunications

services at rates that are reasonably

comparable to those available in urban

areas. All rural health care providers

planning to order eligible

telecommunications services at

discounted rates under the universal

service program must file the following

forms: FCC Form 465, Description of

Service Requested & Certification. Rural

health care providers ordering

discounted telecommunications services

under the universal service program

must submit FCC Form 465, Description

of Service Requested and Certification

to the Administrator. Rural health care

providers must certify their eligibility to

receive discounted telecommunications

services. 47 CFR 54.615(c). 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). (No. of respondents: 1200; hours

per response: 2.5 hours; total annual

burden: 3000 hours). b. FCC Form 466,

Funding Request and Certification.

Rural health care providers that have

ordered telecommunications under the

universal service discount program

must file FCC Form 466, Funding

Request and Certification Form, with

the Administrator. The data reported

will be used to ensure that health care

providers have selected the most costeffective method of providing the

requested services. 47 CFR 54.603(b)(4).

(No. of respondents: 1350; hours per

response: 2 hours; total annual burden:

2700 hours). c. FCC Form 466–A,

Internet Toll Charge Discount Request.

If a rural health care provider is only

seeking support for toll charges to

access the Internet, it must submit Form

466–A. (No. of respondents: 5; hours per

response: 1 hour; total annual burden: 5

hours). d. FCC Form 467, Connection

Certification. Rural health care

providers participating in the universal

service support mechanism must submit

Form 467 to inform the Administrator

that they have begun to receive, or have

stopped receiving, the

telecommunications services for which

universal service support has been

allocated. The data reported will be

used to ensure that universal service

support is distributed to

telecommunications carriers serving

eligible health care providers pursuant

to 47 CFR 54.611. (No. of respondents:

1350; hours per response: 1.5 hours;

total annual burden: 2025 hours). e. FCC

Form 468, Telecommunications Carrier

Form. Rural health care providers

ordering telecommunications services

under the universal service support

mechanism must submit FCC Form 468,

Telecommunications Carrier Form to

the Administrator. The data reported

will be used to ensure that the

telecommunications carrier receives the

appropriate amount of credit for

providing telecommunications services

to eligible health care providers. 47 CFR

54.605–611. (No. of respondents: 1350;

hours per response: 1.5 hours; total

annual burden: 2025 hours). Obligation

to respond: Required to obtain or retain

benefits.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0292.

Expiration Date: 11/30/2003.

Title: Part 69—Access Charges.

Form No.: N/A.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 5832

respondents; 4.74 hours per response

(avg.).; 27,702 total annual burden

hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: On occasion;

monthly; annually; biennially.

Description: Part 69 of the

Commission’s rules and regulations

establishes the rules for access charges

for interstate or foreign access provided

by telephone companies on or after

January 1, 1984. Part 69 essentially

consists of rules or the procedures for

the computation of access charges. (a)

Section 69.3 requires the biennial or

annual submission of access charge

tariffs. (b) Section 69.116(c) and

69.117(c) require local exchange carriers

to file information with NECA semiannually pertaining to the number of

lines in their study areas and the

interexchange carriers to which such

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lines are presubscribed. This

information will be used by NECA to

assess revenue requirements needed to

fund the Universal Service Fund and

Lifeline Assistance programs. (c)

Section 69.104(k)(1) requires that a state

or local telephone company wishing to

implement an end user common line

reduction or waiver for its subscribers

file information with the Commission

demonstrating that its state lifeline

assistance plan meets certain criteria.

This is a one-time filing requirement

which as effective until December

31,1997. (d) Section 69.104(l) requires

local telephone carriers to calculate for

NECA their projected revenue

requirements for the lifeline assistance

program until December 31, 1997. (e)

Section 69.605 requires carriers who are

participating in the pool to report access

revenues and cost data so that NECA

may compute monthly pool revenues

distributions. The information is used to

compute charges in tariffs for access

service (or origination and termination)

and to compute revenue pool

distributions. Neither process could be

implemented without the information.

Obligation to respond: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0952.

Expiration Date: 10/31/2003.

Title: Proposed Demographic

Information and Notifications, Second

FNPRM, CC Docket No. 98–147 and

Fifth NPRM, CC Docket No. 96–98.

Form No.: N/A.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 1400

respondents; 4 hours per response

(avg.).; 5600 total annual burden hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: On occasion;

Third Party Disclosure.

Description: In CC Docket No. 98–147,

the Commission solicited comment on

whether requesting carriers should

receive demographic and other

information from incumbent local

exchange carriers (ILECs) to determine

whether they wish to collocate at

particular remote terminations. In CC

Docket No. 98–96, comment was sought

on whether ILECs should provide

certain notifications to completing

carriers. If adopted, the proposed

requirements will implement section

706 of the Communications Act of 1934,

as amended, to promote deployment of

advanced services without significantly

degrading the performance of other

services. Obligation to respond:

Mandatory.

Public reporting burdens for the

collections of information are as noted

above. Send comments regarding the

burden estimates 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.

[FR Doc. 00–30059 Filed 11–24–00; 8:45 am]

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COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission,

Comments Requested

November 17, 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 January 26, 2001.

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, 445 12th Street, SW.,

Room 1–A804, 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 Approval Number: 3060–0364.

Title: Section 80.409(d) and (e) Ship

radiotelegraph logs, Ship

radiotelephone logs.

Form No.: N/A.

Type of Review: Revision of currently

approved collection.

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit, state, local or tribal government,

not-for-profit institutions.

Number of Respondents: 10,950.

Estimated Time Per Response: 30

hours per response.

Frequency of Response: N/A.

Total Annual Burden: 328,500 hours.

Total Annual Cost: $0.

Needs and Uses: The Notice of

Proposed Rule Making in WT 00–48,

FCC 00–105 proposes to change these

recordkeeping requirements. These

changes incorporate the new GMDSS

radio equipment and will reduce the

estimated time per response. The

recordkeeping requirement contained in

these rule sections is necessary to

document that compulsory radio

equipped vessels and high seas vessels

maintain listening watches and logs as

required by statutes and treaties

(including treaty requirements

contained in appendix 11 of the

International Radio Regulations, chapter

IV, Regulation 19 of the International

Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea,

the Bridge-to-Bridge Radio Telephone

Act, the Great Lakes Agreement, and the

Communications Act of 1934, as

amended.) A retention period of more

than one year is required where a log

involves communications relating to a

disaster, an investigation, or any claim

or complaint. If the information were

not collected, documentation

concerning station operations would not

be available and treaty requirements

would not be complied with.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–30060 Filed 11–24–00; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Sunshine Act Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of the

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5

U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that

at 10:17 a.m. on Tuesday, November 21,

2000, the Board of Directors of the

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation