[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9335-9336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3174]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

January 30, 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.: 3060-0971.
    Expiration Date: 07/31/2001.
    Title: Numbering Resource Optimization, Second Report and Order, 
Order on Reconsideration in CC Docket No. 96-98 and CC Docket 99-200, 
and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 99-
200.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 50,500 respondents; .035 hours per 
response (avg.); 14,000 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; Third party disclosure.
    Description: In the Second Report and Order issued in CC Dockets 
96-98 and 99-200, released December 29, 2000, the Commission continues 
to implement numbering resource optimization measures, using its 
authority under section 251(e) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996. In this proceeding, the 
Commission has adopted two new requirements. Carriers that report 
forecast and utilization data semi-annually to the North American 
Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) or the Pooling Administrator must 
duplicate such data for state commissions upon request. Carriers will 
be denied numbering resources if they fail to comply with such state 
commissions' requests. In addition, to request a ``for cause'' audit of 
a carrier, the NANPA, the Pooling Administrator or a state commission 
must draft a request to the auditor stating the reason for the request, 
such as misleading or inaccurate data, and attach supporting 
documentation. The information will be used by the FCC, state 
commissions, the NANPA and/or the Pooling Administrator to verify the 
validity and accuracy of such data and to assist state commission in 
carrying out their numbering responsibilities, such as area code 
relief. Obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0782.
    Expiration Date: 01/31/2004.
    Title: Petitions for Limited Modification of LATA Boundaries to 
Provide Expanded Local Calling Service (ELCS) at Various Locations.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 100 respondents; 8 hours per response 
(avg.).; 800 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Description: In a Memorandum Opinion and Order issued in CC Docket 
No. 96-159, released July 27, 1997, the Commission provided voluntary 
guidelines for filing expanded local calling service (ELCS) requests. 
The guidelines ask that each ELCS request include the following 
information: (1) Type of proposed service; (2) direction of proposed 
service; (3) telephone exchanges involved; (4) names of affected 
carriers; (5) state commission approval; (6) number of access lines or 
customers; (7) usage data; (8) poll results if any; (9) community of 
interest statement; (10) a map showing exchanges and LATA boundary 
involved; and (11) any other pertinent information. The requested 
information is used by the Commission to determine whether the need for 
the proposed ELCS routes outweighs the risk of potential anti-
competitive effects, and thus whether requests for limited 
modifications of LATA boundaries should be granted. Obligation to 
respond: Voluntary.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0786.
    Expiration Date: 01/31/2004.
    Title: Petitions for LATA Association Changes by Independent 
Telephone Companies.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 20 respondents; 6 hours per response 
(avg.).; 120 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Description: In a Memorandum Opinion and Order issued in CC Docket 
No. 96-158, released August 6, 1997, the Commission pursuant to the 
provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended requests that 
independent telephone companies (ITCs) and Bell Operating Companies 
(BOCs) provide certain information to the Commission regarding ITC 
requests for changes in local access and transport area association and 
modification of LATA boundaries to permit the change in association. 
The Commission provided voluntary guidelines to assist ITCs in filing 
petitions for changes in LATA association and connected modification of 
LATA boundaries. The guidelines ask that each LATA association change 
request include the following information: (1) Type of request; (2) 
exchange information; (3) number of access lines or customers; (4) 
public interest statement; (5) a map showing exchanges and LATA 
boundaries involved; (6) a list of extended local calling service 
routes between the independent exchange and the LATA with which it is 
currently associated; and (7) a BOC supplement requesting a 
modification of the LATA boundary. The requested information is used by 
the Commission to determine whether the need for the proposed changes 
in LATA association outweighs the risk of potential anti-competitive 
effects, and thus whether requests for changes in LATA association and 
connected modifications of LATA boundaries should be granted. 
Obligation to respond: Voluntary.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-0895.
    Expiration Date: 01/31/2004.
    Title: Numbering Resource Optimization, CC Docket No. 99-200.
    Form No.: FCC Form 502.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2780 respondents; 1-44.4 hours per 
response; 181,890 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$7,858,650.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; Semi-annually; One time; 
Recordkeeping; Third party disclosure.
    Description: Under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by 
the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Commission was given exclusive 
jurisdiction over those portions of the North American Numbering Plan 
that pertain to the United States. Pursuant to that authority the 
Commission conducted a rulemaking that among other things addressed 
regular reporting on numbering use by United States carriers. In its 
Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-200, released March 31, 2000,

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the Commission found that mandatory data collection is necessary to 
efficiently monitor and manage numbering use. Requirements adopted in 
the Report and Order include the following: (a) Utilization/Forecast 
Report--All carriers that receive numbering resources from the NANPA or 
that receive numbering resources from a Pooling Administrator in 
thousands-blocks must report forecast and utilization data semi-
annually to the NANPA. Carriers that receive intermediate numbers must 
report forecast and utilization data semiannually to the NANPA. 
Carriers whose forecast and utilization data have not changed from the 
previous reporting period may simply re-file the prior submission and 
indicate that there has been no change since the last reporting, i.e., 
report ``no change.'' All carriers are required to file their data 
electronically via FCC Form 502. (No. of respondents: 2700; hours per 
response: 44.4 hours; total annual burden: 119,880 hours). (b) 
Application for Initial Numbering Resources--Applications for initial 
numbering resources must include documentation proof that (1) the 
applicant is authorized to provide service in the area for which the 
numbering resources are requested and (2) the applicant is or will be 
capable of providing service within 60 days of the numbering resources 
activation date. Specifically, carriers must provide, as part of the 
applications for initial numbering resources, evidence (e.g., state 
commission order or state certification to operate as a carrier) 
demonstrating that they are licensed and/or certified to provide 
service in the area in which they seek numbering resources. Carriers 
requesting initial numbering resources must also provide to the NANPA 
appropriate evidence (e.g., contracts for unbundled network elements, 
network information showing that equipment has been purchased and that 
it is operational or will be operational, business plans, or 
interconnection agreements) that its facilities are in place or will be 
in place to provide service within 60 days of the numbering resources 
activation date. These requirements apply to carriers requesting an 
initial NXX code and those requesting an initial thousands-block. See 
47 CFR 52.15(g). (No. respondents: 2730; hours per response: 2; total 
annual burden: 5460 hours). c. Application for Growth Numbering 
Resources--Applications for growth numbering resources must include a 
Months-To-Exhaust (MTE) worksheet. To ensure that carriers obtain 
numbering resources when and where they are needed to provide service, 
carriers are required to provide evidence that, given their current 
utilization and recent historical growth, they need additional 
numbering resources. Non-pooling carriers must satisfy a minimum 
utilization threshold before obtaining additional numbering resources. 
See 47 CFR 52.15(g). (No. of respondents: 1700; hours per response: 2 
hours; total annual burden: 3400 hours). d. Recordkeeping Requirement--
To facilitate auditing by the NANPA and by state commissions in the 
future, carriers are required to maintain detailed internal records of 
their number usage in categories more granular than the five for which 
they are required to report. Carriers are required to maintain internal 
records of their numbering resources for the following subcategories: 
soft dialtone numbers; ported-out numbers; dealer number pools; test 
numbers; employee/official numbers; Local Routing Numbers; Temporary 
Local Directory Numbers; and wireless E911 emergency services routing 
digits/key numbers. Carriers are required to maintain these data for a 
period of not less than 5 years. See also, Report and Order, para. 62. 
(No. of respondents: 2730; hours per response: 1 hour; total annual 
burden: 2730 hours). e. Notifications by State Commissions--State 
commissions may reduce the reporting frequency for NPAs in their states 
to annual. State commissions must notify the Common Carrier Bureau and 
the NANPA prior to exercising this delegated authority. See 47 CFR 
52.15(g). (No. of respondents: 50; hours per response: 1 hour; total 
annual burden: 50 hours). f. Demonstration to State Commission--
Carriers that open a clean thousands-block prior to utilizing in its 
entirety a previously-opened thousands-block should be prepared to 
demonstrate to the state commission: (1) a genuine request from a 
customer detailing the specific need for telephone numbers; (2) the 
inability on the part of the carrier to meet the specific customer 
request for telephone numbers from the supply of numbers within the 
carrier's currently activated thousands-block. See 47 CFR 52.15(j). 
(No. of respondents: 850; hours per response: 1 hour; total annual 
burden: 850 hours). g. Petitions for Additional Delegation of Numbering 
Authority--States requesting pooling authority from the FCC must 
include a showing of specific criteria in their petitions. Each 
petition must demonstrate that: (1) That an NPA in its state is in 
jeopardy, (2) the NPA in question has a remaining life span of at least 
a year, and (3) that NPA is in one of the largest 100 MSAs, or 
alternatively, the majority of wireline carriers in the NPA are LNP-
capable. See also Report and Order, para. 170. (No. of respondents: 50; 
hours per response: 20 hours; total annual burden: 1000 hours). h. Cost 
Support Data--Carriers are requested to submit cost support data so 
that the Commission can determine the cost associated with thousands-
block number pooling. Carriers should include an analysis of the 
differences between the shared industry costs associated with 
thousands-block number pooling and the shared industry costs, if any, 
associated with the current practices that result in more frequent area 
code changes. Carriers should provide cost studies that assign costs 
according to the following three categories: shared industry costs; 
carrier-specific costs directly related to thousands/block pooling; and 
carrier-specific costs not directly related to thousands-block number 
pooling. See Report and Order, paras. 215-226. (No. of respondents: 
1213; hours per response: 40 hours; total annual burden: 48,520 hours). 
The data collected will be used by the FCC, state regulatory 
commissions, and the North American Numbering Plan administrator 
(NANPA) to monitor numbering resource utilization by all carriers using 
the resource and to project the dates of area code and North American 
Numbering Plan exhaust. Obligation to respond: Mandatory.
    Public reporting burden for the collection 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, DC 20554.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
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