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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 234, 1919 M St.,

NW, Washington, DC 20554 or via

internet to lesmith@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collection, contact Les

Smith at 202–418–0214 or via internet

at lesmith@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0560.

Title: Section 76.911, Petition for

reconsideration of certification.

Form No.: N/A.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business and other forprofit entities; State, local and tribal

governments.

Number of Respondents: 45 [(20

petitions × 2 parties) + 5 competing

operators].

Estimated Time Per Response: 2–10

hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirement; third party

disclosure.

Cost to Respondents: $410 (postage

and stationery costs).

Total Annual Burden: 410 hours.

Needs and Uses: Section 76.911 states

that a cable operator, or other interested

party, may challenge a franchising

authority’s certification by filing a

petition for reconsideration. The

petition may allege either that the cable

operator is not subject to rate regulation

because effective competition exists, or

that the franchising authority does not

meet the Commission’s certification

standards. The burden associated with

the petition process was not previously

accounted for in this collection;

therefore, this collection has been

revised. Section 76.911(b)(2) also states

that if evidence establishing effective

competition is not otherwise available,

then cable operators may request from a

competitor information regarding the

competitor’s reach and number of

subscribers. A competitor must respond

to such request within 15 days and such

responses may be limited to numerical

totals. Commission staff use information

derived from petitions for

reconsideration of certification to

resolve disputes concerning the

presence or absence of effective

competition in franchise areas and to

determine whether there are grounds for

denying franchising authority

certifications to regulate rates.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–14096 Filed 5–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–10–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Public Information Collections

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

May 18, 1998.

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.: 3060–0717.

Expiration Date: 05/31/2001.

Title: Billed Party Preference for

InterLATA 0+ Calls, CC Docket No. 92–

77 (47 CFR Sections 64.703(a), 64.709,

64.710).

Form No.: N/A.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.

Estimated Annual Burden: 1500

respondents; 446.10 hours per response

(avg.); 699,157 total annual burden

hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $198,000.

Frequency of Response: On occasion,

annually, third party disclosure.

Description: 1. Section 64.709, OSP

Informational Tariff Filing Requirement:

In the Second Report and Order and

Order on Reconsideration issued in CC

Docket No. 92–77 (released January 29,

1998), the Commission codifies the OSP

informational tariff filings at 47 CFR

64.709. OSPs currently are required by

statute, i.e., 47 U.S.C. § 226(h)(1)to file

informational tariffs with the

Commission. The new rules governing

the filing of such tariffs codify existing

FCC requirements. The Commission

also amended the rules to increase the

usefulness of informational tariffs by

requiring that such tariffs include

specific rates expressed in dollars and

cents as well as applicable per-call

aggregator surcharges or other per-call

fees, if any, that are collected from

consumers. (Number of respondents:

300; annual burden per respondent: 50

hours; total annual burden: 16,500

hours). 2. Section 64.703(a)(4),

Disclosures: In the Second Report and

Order and Order on Reconsideration,

the Commission amends its rules,

effective generally July 1, 1998, to

require operator services providers

(OSPs) to disclose orally to away-fromhome callers, at no cost to such callers,

how they may obtain all applicable

charges for a call placed through an

OSP, without the caller having to hang

up to dial a separate number. The

Commission’s decision is intended to

make it easier for callers using operator

services at pay phones, hotels and other

call aggregator locations to obtain

immediately the total cost to them of

making a call using the carrier selected

by the pay phone or premises owner

before the call is made. Subsection

64.703(a)(4) is added, which requires

each OSP to disclose, audibly and

distinctly to the consumer, at no charge

and before connecting any interstate

call, how to obtain rate quotations,

including any applicable surcharges, if

the call is to be placed through the

carrier selected by the payphone or

premises owner. (No. of respondents:

630; annual burden per respondent: 6–

8 secs per call; total annual burden:

13,711 hours). 3. Section 64.710,

Operator services for prison inmate

phones. New Section 64.710 requires

providers of interstate operator services

to inmates at correctional institutions to

identify themselves, audibly and

distinctly, to the party to be billed for

the call and also disclose immediately

thereafter to that party how he or she,

without having to hang up to dial a

separate number, may obtain the

charges for the call, before the carrier

may connect, and bill for, a call. (No. of

respondents; 570; annual burden per

respondent: 4 hours; total annual hour

burden: 2280 hours). 4. Section

64.703(a)(1)-(3), Consumer Information,

Branding by OSPs. Section 64.703(a)(1)-

(3), requires that operator service

providers disclose to consumers their

identity, and upon request by the

consumer, the rates for the call,

collection methods for the charges, and

complaint procedures. 47 U.S.C. Section

226 required adoption of this rule.

Providers of operator services are

required to identify itself, audibly and

distinctly, to both the calling party and

the called party, rather than just one

party. This requirement was a response

to a widespread failure of operator

service providers to disclose

information necessary for informed

consumer choice in the marketplace.

This requirement is currently approved
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by OMB under OMB control number

3060–0666 and is not being modified by

the Second Report and Order and Order

on Reconsideration in CC Docket No.

92–77. It is being consolidated with and

is now approved under OMB control

number 3060–0717 as suggested by

OMB. (No. of respondents: 630; annual

burden per respondent: 2 secs per call;

total annual burden: 666,666).

The new information disclosure rules

will make it easier for callers using

operator services provided at call

aggregator phones, and prison-inmate

phones, to obtain immediately the cost

of the call, prior to the call being

connected. This should eliminate the

surprise that many consumers

encounter upon subsequently receiving

the bill or bills containing what they

believe to be excessive charges or

surcharges for such calls. Further,

requiring that carriers divulge this

information without the consumer

having to dial a separate telephone

number more readily enables consumers

to obtain valuable information necessary

in making the decision whether to have

that carrier carry the call at the

identified rates. OSPs are required

under Section 226(h)(1) of the

Communications Act to file

informational tariffs with the

Commission and to update these tariffs

regularly. The tariffs are filed to protect

consumers from unfair and deceptive

practices relating to their use of operator

services to place interstate telephone

calls; and to ensure that consumers have

the opportunity to make informed

choices in making such calls. Obligation

to comply: mandatory.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0817.

Expiration Date: 05/31/2001.

Title: Computer III Further Remand

Proceedings: BOC Provision of

Enhanced Services (ONA

Requirements), CC Docket No. 95–20.

Form No.: N/A.

Respondents: Businesses or other for

profit entities.

Estimated Annual Burden: 5

respondents; 2 hours per response

(avg.); 20 total annual burden hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: On occasion;

semi-annually.

Description: In the Further Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking issued in CC

Docket Nos. 95–20 and 98–10, the

Commission seeks to eliminate

outdated, unnecessary regulations,

while continuing to protect against

potential anticompetitive behavior by

the Bell operating companies (BOCs) in

the provision of information services. In

fulfillment of this goal, the Commission

proposed and OMB approved the

following collection of information from

BOCs: Open Network Architecture

(ONA) Reporting Requirements: The

Commission sought comment on

whether we should modify current ONA

reporting requirements by reducing the

frequency of semi-annual reporting to

annual, whether the current quarterly

installation and maintenance reports

and accompanying annual affidavits are

necessary or effective for the

nondiscrimination obligations of

Computer III, whether the separate

subsidiary network information

disclosure rules should continue to

apply to BOCs with Computer II

subsidiaries, whether the ‘‘all-carrier

rule’’ should continue to apply to all

carriers, other than incumbent LECs,

owning basic transmission facilities, or

whether the Commission should

eliminate current ONA reporting

requirements on the BOCs and GTE. In

the FNPRM, the Commission tentatively

concludes that the BOCs should be

permitted to make one consolidated

filing (or posting ) for all generic

information they currently submit in

their semi-annual ONA reports. If

adopted, the proposed collections

would be used to ensure that BOCs and

GTE comply with the Computer III,

ONA requirements as modified by the

FNPRM, and with the Communications

Act, as amended, and with Commission

policies and regulations. 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.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–14093 Filed 5–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–F

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission.

* * * * *

FEDERAL REGISTER NUMBER: 98–13018.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED DATE & TIME:

Thursday, May 21 1998, 10:00 a.m.,

meeting open to the public.

The Following Item Was Added to the

Agenda: Electronic Filing for

Presidential Committees.

* * * * *

DATE & TIME: Tuesday, June 2, 1998 at

10:00 a.m.

PLACE: 999 E Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C.

STATUS: This Meeting Will Be Closed to

the Public.

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: Compliance

matters pursuant to 2 U.S.C. § 437g.

Audits conducted pursuant to 2

U.S.C. § 437g, § 438(b), and Title 26,

U.S.C.

Matters concerning participation in

civil actions or proceedings or

arbitration.

Internal personnel rules and

procedures or matters affecting a

particular employee.

* * * * *

DATE & TIME: Thursday, June 4, 1998 at

10:00 a.m.

PLACE: 999 E Street, N.W. Washington,

D.C. (ninth floor).

STATUS: This meeting Will Be Open to

the Public.

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: Correction and

Approval of Minutes. Administrative

Matters.

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION:

Mr. Ron Harris, Press Officer,

Telephone: (202) 694–1220.

Marjorie W. Emmons,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–14223 Filed 5–26–98; 10:37 am]

BILLING CODE 6715–01–M

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Ocean Freight Forwarder License;

Applications

Notice is hereby given that the

following applicants have filed with the

Federal Maritime Commission

applications for licenses as ocean freight

forwarders pursuant to section 19 of the

Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. app.

1718 and 46 CFR part 510).

Persons knowing of any reason why

any of the following applicants should

not receive a license are requested to

contact the Office of Freight Forwarders,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20573.

Cargo U.K., Inc., 4790 Aviation

Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30349, Officers:

Roger H. Botting, President

Southeast Logistics, 122 Agape Street,

Williamson, GA 30292, Pat Owen,

Sole Proprietor

Ocean’s Freight, Inc., 2664 West 70th

Place, Hialeah, FL 33016, Officer: Luis

Miguel Boscan, President