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OMB Control No.: 3060–0589.

Title: Remittance Advice and

Continuation Sheet.

Form No.: FCC Form 159 and 159–C.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Individual or

households, business or other for-profit,

not-for-profit institutions, state, local or

tribal governments.

Number of Respondents: 635,738.

Estimated Time Per Response: .50

hours (30 minutes).

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 317,869 hours.

Total Annual Cost: N/A.

Needs and Uses: The FCC Forms 159

and 159–C are required for payment of

regulatory fees, and for use when paying

for multiple filings by a single payment

instrument, or when paying by credit

card. The forms require specific

information to track payment history,

and to facilitate the efficient and

expeditious processing of collections by

a lockbox bank. The forms were revised

to include the FCC Registration Number

(FRN) which is used for anyone who

requires services from the Commission.

These forms were approved by the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) under their emergency

processing provisions on March 3, 2000.

This notice is to obtain comment prior

to obtaining the full three-year OMB

approval.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0728.

Title: Supplemental Information

Requesting FCC Registration Number for

Debt Collection.

Form No.: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Individual or

households, business or other for-profit,

not-for-profit institutions, state, local or

tribal governments.

Number of Respondents: 1,532,064.

Estimated Time Per Response: .017

hours (1 minute).

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 26,045 hours.

Total Annual Cost: N/A.

Needs and Uses: The FCC Registration

Number (FRN) is used by the FCC for

the purpose of collecting and reporting

on any delinquent amounts arising out

of such person’s relationship with the

Federal Communications Commission

(FCC). It is also used by any person

doing business with the Commission

that does not require a regulatory fee.

This collection was approved by the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) under their emergency

processing provisions on March 3, 2000.

This notice is to obtain comment prior

to obtaining the full three-year OMB

approval.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0917.

Title: CORES Registration Form.

Form No.: FCC Form 160.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Individual or

households, business or other for-profit,

not-for-profit institutions, state, local or

tribal governments.

Number of Respondents: 500,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: .166

hours (10 minutes).

Frequency of Response: One time

reporting requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 83,000 hours.

Total Annual Cost: N/A.

Needs and Uses: This form is used for

a standard data repository for entity

name, address, Tax Identification

Number (TIN), telephone number, email, fax, contact representative, and

contact representative information. The

Commission Registration System

(CORES) will assign each entity doing

business with the Commission a FCC

Registration Number (FRN). The

purpose of the FRN is for collecting and

reporting on any delinquent amounts

arising out of such person’s relationship

with the FCC. This form was approved

by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) under their emergency

processing provisions on March 3, 2000.

This notice is to obtain comment prior

to obtaining the full three-year OMB

approval.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0918.

Title: CORES Update/Change Form.

Form No.: FCC Form 161.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Individual or

households, business or other for-profit,

not-for-profit institutions, state, local or

tribal governments.

Number of Respondents: 250,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: .166

hours (10 minutes).

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 41,500 hours.

Total Annual Cost: N/A.

Needs and Uses: This form will be

used to update/change entity name,

address, telephone number, e-mail, fax,

contact representative, and contact

representative information that is in the

CORES system. The Commission

Registration System (CORES) will assign

each entity doing business with the

Commission a FCC Registration Number

(FRN). The purpose of the FRN is for

collecting and reporting on any

delinquent amounts arising out of such

person’s relationship with the FCC. This

form was approved by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) under

their emergency processing provisions

on March 3, 2000. This notice is to

obtain comment prior to obtaining the

full three-year OMB approval.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0919.

Title: CORES Certification Form.

Form No.: FCC Form 162.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Individual or

households, business or other for-profit,

not-for-profit institutions, state, local or

tribal governments.

Number of Respondents: 50,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: .084

hours (5 minutes).

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 4,200 hours.

Total Annual Cost: N/A.

Needs and Uses: This form will be

used during the transition period of the

FCC Registration Number (FRN) to

allow all Bureaus and Offices of the FCC

to update all FCC forms requiring a

block for FRN. The FRN will be used to

collect and report any delinquent

amounts arising out of such person’s

relationship with the Commission. This

form was approved by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) under

their emergency processing provisions

on March 3, 2000. This notice is to

obtain comment prior to obtaining the

full three-year OMB approval.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–9704 Filed 4–18–00; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission,

Comments Requested

April 11, 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

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Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that

does not display a valid control number.

Comments are requested cncerning: (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 June 19, 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

Commissions, 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 Control Number: 3060–0868.

Title: Construction of Grand-Fathered

Multilateration Location Monitoring

Service (LMS) Sites.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 10.

Estimated Time Per Response: 10

hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Total Annual Burden: 10 hours.

Total Annual Cost: 1,075.

Needs and Uses: This collection will

allow the Commission to determine

which LMS licensees are operating in

compliance with our rules. Prior to the

December 15, 1998, multilateration LMS

auction, the Commission must

determine the current status of certain

grand-fathered licenses. For due

diligence and valuation purposes, the

Commission needs to know whether

these licensees have constructed and

put their facilities into operation as

required by our rules.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0441.

Title: 90.621(b)(4) Selection and

assignment of frequency.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions, and

State, Local or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 33.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1.5

hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Total Annual Burden: 25.

Total Annual Cost: 9,234.

Needs and Uses: Rule requires SMR

applicants who wish to locate stations

closer than required mileage separation

from existing co-channel station to file

additional information and in some

instances, a waiver.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0461

Title: 90.173 Policies governing the

assignment of frequencies.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit and State, Local or Tribal

Government

Number of Respondents: 200.

Estimated Time Per Response: 4.5

hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Total Annual Burden: 900 hours.

Total Annual Cost: N/A.

Needs and Uses: Information needed

to determine that licensee is in violation

of rules so identifier can be given

licensing preference for channels

recovered.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0691.

Title: Amendment of Parts 2 and 90 of

the Commission’s Rules to Provide for

the Use of 200 Channels Outside of the

Designated Filing Areas in the 896–901

MHz Bands Allotted to the Specialized

Mobile Radio Pool, 2nd Order on

Reconsideration & 7th Report and Order

for the 900 MHz Specialized Mobile

Radio Service.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit (P), and Individuals or

households.

Number of Respondents: 1,020.

Estimated Time Per Response: 7

hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Total Annual Burden: 1,139.

Total Annual Cost: 284,251.

Needs and Uses: This collection will

be used to ensure that applicants

comply with Commission Rules.

Respondents will be individuals or

entities who will be acquiring licenses

for use of spectrum in wireless

communications.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0865.

Title: Wireless Telecommunications

Bureau Universal Licensing System

Record-keeping and Third Party

Disclosure Requirements.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit (P), Individuals or households,

Not-for-profit institutions, and State,

Local or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 62,790.

Estimated Time Per Response: 393

hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Total Annual Burden: 77,164.

Total Annual Cost: N/A.

Needs and Uses: ULS establishes

streamlined set of rules that minimize

filing requirements, eliminates

redundant, or unnecessary submission

requirements; and assures ongoing

collection of reliable licensing and

ownership data. The record keeping and

third party disclosure requirements

contained in this collection are a result

of the elimination of a number of filing

requirements. The ULS forms contain a

number of certifications, however,

applicants must maintain records to

document compliance with the

requirements for which they provide

certifications. In some instances third

party co-ordinations are required.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0280.

Title: 90.633(f) & (g) Conventional

systems loading requirements (wide

area systems).

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit (P), Not-for-profit institutions, and

State, Local or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 15.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Total Annual Burden: 10.

Total Annual Cost: 2,964.

Needs and Uses: Rule provides for the

authorization of wide area or ribbon

systems upon an appropriate showing of

need. The information is used to

determine if such systems should be

authorized.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0702.

Title: Amendment of Part 20 and 24

of the Commission’s Rules—Broadband

PCS Competitive Bidding and the

Commercial Mobile Radio Service

Spectrum Cap, Amendment of the

Commission’s Cellular PCS CrossOwnership Rule, Notice of Proposed

Rule Making.

Form Number: FCC Forms 175 and

600.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, individuals or households, notfor-profit institutions, and state, local or

tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 6,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 13

hours.

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Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 77,817.

Total Annual Cost: 17,087,948.00.

Needs and Uses: Applicants are

required to file certain information so

that the Commission can determine

whether the applicants are legally,

technically, and financially qualified to

be licensed and to determine whether

applicants claiming designated entity

status are entitled to certain benefits.

Affected parties include any member of

the public who wishes to become a

broadband PCS licensee.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0697.

Title: Revision of part 22 and part 90

of the Commission’s Rules to Facilitate

Future Development of Paging Systems

(Second Report and Order and Further

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Memorandum Opinion and Order on

Reconsideration and Third Report and

Order.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, individuals or households, notfor-profit institutions, state, local, or

tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 600.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirement and

recordkeeping requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 600 hours.

Total Annual Cost: N/A.

Needs and Uses: The information will

be used by the Commission to facilitate

the successful coexistence of incumbent

and geographic area paging licensees; to

lessen the administrative burden on

licensees and to simplify the paging

licensing database; to determine the

partitioned service areas and the

geographic area licensee’s remaining

service area of parties to a partitioning

agreement; to determine whether a

geographic area licensee and parties to

partitioning and disaggregation

agreements have met the applicable

coverage requirements for their

respective service areas; to determine

whether an applicant is eligible to

receive bidding credits as a small

business; to determine the real parties in

interest of any joint bidding agreements;

and to determine the appropriate unjust

enrichment compensation to be remitted

to the government.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0066.

Title: Application for Renewal of

Instructional Television Fixed Station

and/or Response Station(s) and Low

Power Relay Station(s) License.

Form Number: FCC 330–R.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Not for-profit

institutions, state, local or tribal

government.

Number of Respondents: 75.

Estimated Time per Response: 3

hours.

Total Annual Burden: 225 hours.

Total Annual Costs: $0.

Needs and Uses: FCC 330–R is used

by licensees of Instructional Television

Fixed (ITFS), Response, and Low Power

Relay Stations to file for renewal of their

licenses. The data are used by FCC staff

to ensure that ITFS licensees continue

to meet basic Commission policies and

rules, as well as statutory requirements

to remain a licensee.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–9705 Filed 4–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–U

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission

April 12, 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(s), 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 May 19, 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 Judy

Boley, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 1–C804, 445 12th

Street, SW, DC 20554 or via the Internet

to jboley@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collection(s), contact Judy

Boley at 202–418–0214 or via the

Internet at jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control No.: 3060–0837.

Title: Application for DTV Broadcast

Station License.

Form No.: FCC Form 302–DTV.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

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

Number of Respondents: 100.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1.5

hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 150 hours.

Total Annual Cost: $22,000.

Needs and Uses: The FCC Form 302–

DTV is used by licensees and permittees

of DTV broadcast stations to obtain a

new or modified station license, and/or

to notify the Commission of certain

changes in the licensed facilities. The

data is used by FCC staff to confirm that

the station has been built to terms

specified in the outstanding

construction permit and to ensure that

any changes made to the station will not

have any impact on other stations and

the public. Data is extracted from the

FCC Form 302–DTV for inclusion in the

license to operate the station.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–9702 Filed 4–18–00; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Notice of Agreement(s) Filed

The Commission hereby gives notice

of the filing of the following

agreement(s) under the Shipping Act of

1984. Interested parties can review or

obtain copies of agreements at the

Washington, DC offices of the

Commission, 800 North Capitol Street,

NW, Room 962. Interested parties may

submit comments on an agreement to

the Secretary, Federal Maritime

Commission, Washington, DC 20573,

within 10 days of the date this notice

appears in the Federal Register.