96-6478. Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 19, 1996)]
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[Page 11210]
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[FR Doc No: 96-6478]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

March 12, 1996.
    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, Pub. L. 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.: 3060-0536.
    Expiration Date: 05/31/96.
    Title: Rules and Requirements for Telecommunications Relay Services 
(TRS) Interstate Cost Recovery.
    Form No.: FCC Form 431.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 46,330 total annual hours; 9.266 hours per 
respondent; 5000 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Pub. 
L. No. 101-336, Section 401, 104 Stat. 327, 366-69 requires the Federal 
Communications Commission (Commission) to ensure that 
telecommunications relay services are available to persons with hearing 
and speech disabilities in the United States. Among other things, the 
Commission is required by 47 U.S.C. Section 225(d)(3) to enact and 
oversee a shared-funding mechanism (TRS Fund) for recovering the costs 
of providing interstate TRS. The Commission's rules require all 
carriers providing interstate telecommunications services to contribute 
to the TRS Fund on an annual basis. Contributions are the product of 
the carrier's gross interstate revenues for the previous year and a 
contribution factor determined annually by the Commission. The 
collected contributions are used to compensate TRS providers for the 
costs of providing interstate TRS service. FCC Form 431 is the form 
which carriers use to calculate and file their annual TRS Fund 
contributions. FCC Form 431 is being updated for the 1996-1997 
reporting year. A Public Notice will be issued when the form is 
available for public use.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0395.
    Expiration Date: 05/31/96.
    Form No.: FCC Report 43-02, 43-05, 43-07.
    Title: Automated Reporting and Management Information Systems 
(ARMIS)--Sections 43.21 and 43.22.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 151,868; 943.27 hours per respondent 
(avg.); 102 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: 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.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0513.
    Expiration Date: 05/31/96.
    Form No.: FCC Report 43-03.
    Title: ARMIS Joint Cost Report.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 30,000 total annual hours; 200 hours per 
respondent; 150 respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Description: 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.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0511.
    Expiration Date: 05/31/96.
    Form No.: FCC Report 43-04.
    Title: ARMIS Access Report.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 172,500; 1,150 hours per respondent; 150 
respondents.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping cost Burden: $0.
    Description: 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.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-6478 Filed 3-18-96; 8:45 am]
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