[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3894-3896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1860]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for Review
January 17, 1997.
The Federal Communications Commission has submitted the following
information collections to OMB for review. For further information
contact Dorothy Conway, Federal Communications Commission, (202) 418-
0217.
In Revision of ARMIS Quarterly Report (FCC Report 43-01), ARMIS
USOA Report (FCC Report 43-02), ARMIS Joint Cost Report (FCC Report 43-
03), ARMIS Access Report (FCC Report 43-04), ARMIS Quarterly Service
Quality Report (FCC Report 43-05), ARMIS Semi-Annual Service Quality
Report (FCC Report 43-06), ARMIS Infrastructure Report (FCC Report 43-
07), and ARMIS Operating Data Report (FCC Report 43-08) for Tier 1
Telephone Companies (released December 17, 1996), CC Docket No. 96-193,
the Common Carrier Bureau implements the Commission's Order in Order
and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Reform of Filing Requirements and
Carrier Classification (Reporting Requirements (Order) released
September 12, 1996. Rules requiring the filing of automated Reporting
Management Information System (ARMIS) reports more frequently than
annually were superseded by Section 402(b)(2)(B) of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996. The Commission, therefore, amended its
rules with the issuance of the Reporting
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Requirements Order. Carriers are now required to file all ARMIS reports
on an annual basis. This Order revises the form and content of these
reports to facilitate annual filings. In this Order, we adopt revisions
to all ARMIS reports which require carriers with annual operating
revenues for the preceding year equal to or above the indexed revenue
threshold to file ARMIS reports for 1996, due on or before April 1,
1997. We also clarify definitions and row descriptions on several ARMIS
reports. These clarifications are implemented to provide consistency
between reports and improved understanding of existing requirements. In
addition, this Order compiles previously adopted ARMIS report
requirements for the convenience of report filers. While many of these
requirements were adopted pursuant to previous Commission orders,
others were developed through correspondence with the industry in an
effort to clarify existing procedures. The full text of the Commission
Order and detailed instructions for the completion of the reports,
which incorporate the changes made in the Order, are available for
public inspection in the Commission's Public Reference Room at 2000 L
Street, N.W., Suite 812, Washington, D.C. 20554 and from the
International Transcription Service, Inc. (ITS) at 2100 M Street, N.W.,
Suite 140, Washington, D.C. 20037.
The Order contains new and/or modified information collections. The
Order has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The
Commission has updated its November 1996 paperwork submissions made for
the collections identified below (which are currently under OMB review)
to OMB to reflect the new and/or modified collections in the Order. OMB
is asked to approve the changes adopted in the Order in addition to any
requirements in the original submissions.
The Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, invites the general public and the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to comment on the following information
collections contained in the Order as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law No. 104-13. Written comments by the
public on the proposed and/or modified information collections are due
30 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. OMB
notification of action is due on February 24, 1997. Comments should
address: (a) Whether the proposed or modified information collection 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 estimates; (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.
Federal Communications Commission
OMB Control Number: 3060-0395.
Title: Automated Reporting and Management Information Systems
(ARMIS)--Sections 43.21 and 43.22.
Form No.: FCC Reports 43-02, 43-05, 43-07.
Type of Review: Revised collection.
Number of Respondents: Businesses or other for profit.
Estimated Time Per Response: 943.27.
Total Annual Burden: 151,868.
Estimated Costs Per Respondent: $0.
Needs and Uses: ARMIS is needed to administer our accounting,
jurisdictional separations, access charges and joint cost rules and
rules to analyze revenue requirements and rates of return, service
quality and infrastructure development. It collects financial and
operating data from all Tier 1, Class A local exchange carriers with
annual revenues over $100 million and carriers who elect incentive
regulation. The information contained in the reports provides the
necessary detail to enable this Commission to fulfill its regulatory
responsibilities.
Summary of Changes
a. FCC Report 43-02
The USOA Report provides the annual operating results of the
carriers' activities for every account in the USOA. In the Order the
Commission amended row descriptions and definitions to add clarity and
provide consistency among reports. In Table I-1, Income Statement
Accounts, Row 5280, Nonregulated, is no longer included in Row 5200,
Miscellaneous, to be consistent with Part 32. Row descriptions and
definitions of Row 510, Basic Local Service Revenue, and Row 520, Local
Network Service Revenue were also revised. Description of Row 730 was
also clarified as well as the definition of Row 860, Total Compensation
for the Year. Various row descriptions in Table I-6, Special Charges,
and Table I-7, Donations or Payments for Services Rendered by Persons
other Than Employees were clarified to specify dollar amounts above
which items must be reported.
b. FCC Report 43-05
The Service Quality Report provides service quality information in
the areas of interexchange access service installation and repair
intervals, local service installation and repair intervals, trunk
blockage and total switch downtime for price cap companies. All tables
have been revised to facilitate reporting on an annual basis. The
report has also been revised to clarify the filing instructions.
c. FCC Report 43-07
The Infrastructure Report provides switch deployment and
capabilities data. Various rows of Table 1, Switching Equipment were
revised to correct minor typographical errors. For clarification
purposes, Table IV, Additions and Book Costs, Row 0540 has been
renamed, ``Total TPIS Gross Additions (000).''
OMB Control Number: 3060-0511.
Title: ARMIS Access Report.
Form No.: FCC Report 43-04.
Type of Review: Revised collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 150 respondents.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1,150 hours.
Total Annual Burden: 172,500 hours.
Estimated Costs Per Respondent: $0.
Needs and Uses: The Access Report is needed to administer our
accounting, jurisdictional separations and access charge rules, and to
analyze revenue requirements and rates of return and to collect
financial and operating data from all Tier 1 local exchange carriers.
Summary of Changes
Row titles have been expanded to provide more meaningful
descriptions in FCC Report 43-04. Various row definitions have been
clarified to provide consistency among reports. The General
Instructions are expanded to include symbols to be used to
differentiate whole dollars, dollars reported in thousands, percentages
and other units (e.g., minutes, miles, conversational minutes, working
loops, etc.). Other revisions were made pursuant to previous Orders and
letters from the Chief of the Accounting and Audits Division. Rounding
conventions are included to reflect prior clarifications made in a
letter from the Common Carrier Bureau to a representative of USTA on
July 10, 1992. The N/As were removed from Column (r) for Rows 3070 and
3071. The descriptions of Row 2250, FCC Investment Adjustment, and Row
7350, FCC Expense Adjustment, are clarified
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to state that these rows will not include any TPUC or AFUDC,
respectively, as a Part 65 adjustment.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0513.
Title: ARMIS Joint Cost Report.
Form No.: FCC Report 43-03.
Type of Review: Revised collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for Profit.
Number of Respondents: 150 respondents.
Estimated Time Per Response: 200 hours per response.
Total Annual Burden: 30,000 Hours.
Estimated Costs Per Respondent: $0.
Needs and Uses: The Joint Cost Report is needed to administer our
joint cost rules (Part 64) and to analyze data in order to prevent
cross-subsidization of nonregulated operations by the regulated
operations of Tier 1 carriers.
Summary of Changes
Various rows descriptions and definitions were clarified to provide
consistency among reports. Row 5280, Nonregulated, is no longer
included in Row 5200, Miscellaneous, to be consistent with Part 32. Row
descriptions and definitions of Row 510, Basic Local Service Revenue,
and Row 520, Local Network Service Revenue were clarified to be
consistent with the same change made in Report 43-02. A new row
entitled ``Total Operating Expenses'' has been added. The definitions
of Rows 7200, 7300, 7600 and 750 were revised to clarify the
instructions for their calculation. Rows 8042, Rate of Return, and Row
8045, Rate of Return Including FCC Refund are revised pursuant to the
LEC Price Cap Order. Row 8021, Approximate Net Taxable Income has been
revised to clarify its calculation. Row 9010, Total Billable Access
Lines, has been revised to be consistent with FCC Report 43-01, Table
II, Row 2140.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-1860 Filed 1-24-97; 8:45 am]
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