61822 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 206 / Wednesday, October 26, 2005 / Notices 

to be used to minimize interference, 

verify that the applicants are legally and 

technically qualified to hold licenses, 

and to determine compliance with 

Commission rules. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–21294 Filed 10–25–05; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Comments Requested 

October 18, 2005. 

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 (PRA) 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 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 Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before December 27, 

2005. 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: You may submit your 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

comments by email or U.S. postal mail. 

To submit your comments by email 

send them to: PRA@fcc.gov. To submit 

your comments by U.S. mail, mark it to 

the attention of Leslie F. Smith, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Room 1–A804, Washington, 

DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection(s) send an email 

to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Leslie F. 

Smith at 202–418–0217. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0584. 

Title: Administration of U.S. Certified 

Accounting Authorities in Maritime 

Mobile and Maritime Mobile-Satellite 

Radio Services, FCC Forms 44 and 45. 

Form Number: FCC 44 and 45. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents: 25 

respondents; 75 responses/annum. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1–3 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping; Occasion, semi-annual, 

and annual reporting requirements; 

Third party disclosure. 

Total Annual Burden: 225 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: The FCC has 

standards for accounting authorities in 

the maritime mobile and maritimesatellite radio services under 47 CFR 

Part 3. The Commission uses these 

standards to determine the eligibility of 

applicants for certification as a U.S. 

accounting authority, to ensure 

compliance with the maritime mobile 

and maritime-satellite radio services, 

and to identify accounting authorities to 

the International Telecommunications 

Union (ITU). Respondents are entities 

seeking certification or those already 

certified to be accounting authorities. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–21404 Filed 10–25–05; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION 

Public Information Collections 

Approved by Office of Management 

and Budget 

October 17, 2005. 

SUMMARY: 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: Paul 

J. Laurenzano, Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington DC, 20554, (202) 418–1359 

or via the Internet at plaurenz@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control No.: 3060–0169. 

OMB Approval date: August 24, 2005. 

Expiration Date: August 31, 2008. 

Title: Sections 43.51 and 43.53—

Reports and Records of 

Communications Common Carriers and 

Affiliates. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 374 

responses; 6,029 total annual burden 

hours; approximately 83–101 hours 

average per respondent. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

received an extension with no change 

for this information collection. Section 

43.51 requires any communication 

common carrier described in paragraph 

(b) of this section must file with the 

Commission, within thirty (30) days of 

execution, a copy of each contract, 

agreement, concession, license, 

authorization, operating agreement or 

other arrangement to which it is a party 

and any amendments. In addition to 

other reporting requirements, this rule 

section also requires an annual 

reporting requirement, third party 

disclosure requirement and 

recordkeeping requirements. Section 

43.53 requires each communication 

common carrier engaged directly in the 

transmission or reception of telegraph 

communications between the 

continental United States and any 

foreign country shall file a report with 

the Commission within thirty (30) days 

of the date of any arrangement 

concerning the division of the total 

telegraph charges on such 

communications other than transiting. 

OMB Control No.: 3060–0793. 

OMB Approval date: September 20, 

2005. 

Expiration Date: September 30, 2008. 

Title: Federal-State Joint Board on 

Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96–45, 

Procedures for Self Certifying as a Rural 

Carrier. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 10 

responses; 10 total annual burden hours; 

1 hour per respondent. 

Needs and Uses: In the Tenth Report 

and Order, the Commission adopted 

proposals that carriers servicing study 

areas with fewer than 100,000 access 

lines that already have certified their