Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 125 / Thursday, June 28, 2001 / Notices 34445

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission

June 13, 2001.

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 July 30, 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 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.: 3060–0626.

Title: Regulatory Treatment of Mobile

Services.

Form No.: N/A.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 100

respondents; 540 responses.

Estimated Time Per Response: .50

hours to 2 hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

and annual reporting requirement, and

recordkeeping requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 5,825 hours.

Total Annual Cost: N/A.

Needs and Uses: The Commission

released a Report and Order (63 FR

68904) which consolidated, revised, and

streamlined the Commission’s rules

governing license application

procedures for radio services licensed

by the Wireless Telecommunications

Bureau (WTB). This Report and Order

also adopted new consolidated

application forms which enable all

wireless licensees and applicants to file

applications electronically using the

Universal Licensing System (ULS). (The

individual application forms have

separate OMB approval.) The actions in

this proceeding eliminated a large

number of unnecessary rules and

duplicative forms. The information

requested provides the Commission

with technical, operational and

licensing data for private mobile radio

service licensees that have been

reclassified as commercial mobile radio

service providers. This information is

necessary to ensure that licensees

comply with the Commission’s

technical, operational and licensing

rules.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–16240 Filed 6–27–01; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Public Information Collections

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

June 19, 2001.

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.: 3060–0986.

Expiration Date: 12/31/2001.

Title: Federal State Joint Board on

Universal Service Plan for Reforming

the Rural Universal Support

Mechanism, CC Docket No. 96–45.

Form No.: N/A.

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

Government.

Estimated Annual Burden: 7099

respondents; .81 hours per response

(avg.); 5770 total annual burden hours

(for all collections approved under this

control number).

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: On occasion;

Quarterly; Annually; One-time

Requirement; Third Party Disclosure.

Description: In the Fourteenth Report

and Order, Twenty-Second Order on

Reconsideration in CC Docket No. 96–45

and Report and Order in CC Docket No.

00–256, released May 23, 201 (FCC 01–

157), consistent with the

recommendation of the Federal-State

Joint Board on Universal Service (Joint

Board), the Commission adopts rules for

determining high-cost universal service

support for rural telephone companies

for the next five years based upon the

proposals made by the Rural Task Force.

The Commission also addresses certain

proposals made by the MultiAssociation Group (MAG) for reforming

universal services rules applicable to

rural carriers. As part of its proposal to

reform the federal universal service

support mechanism for rural carriers,

the Rural Task Force proposed that rural

carriers be permitted to depart from

study area averaging and instead

disaggregate and target per-line highcost universal service support,

including high-cost loop support, LTS,

and LSS, into geographic areas below

the study area level. The Rural Task

Force concluded that the disaggregation

and targeting of support is necessary to

eliminate the economic distortions that

may result from the delivery of support

on a uniform per-line basis under the

current mechanism. At the same time,

however, the Rural Task Force stated

that rural carriers need flexibility in the

manner in which support is

disaggregated and targeted in light of the

widely varying characteristics and

operating environments of rural carriers.

Recognizing that a disaggregation and

targeting system must meet the unique

regulatory and competitive

environments in each state, the Rural

Task Force recommended a

disaggregation system consisting of

three paths. a. Election of Disaggregation

Plan and Change in Path: Carriers are

required to elect one of three paths

within 270 days of the effective date of

the Order implementing rural high-cost