98-10930. Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 20407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10930]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

April 20, 1998.
    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 
information collection 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.: 3060-0828.
    Expiration Date: 10/31/98.
    Title: State Forward-Looking Cost Studies for Federal Universal 
Service Support (Public Notice).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 47 respondents; 19 hour per response 
(avg.); 893 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Description: The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act) directed 
the Commission to initiate a rulemaking to reform our system of 
universal service so that universal service is preserved and advanced 
as markets move toward competition. On May 8, 1997, the Commission 
released the Report and Order on Universal Service (Universal Service 
Order) in CC Docket 96-45 that established new federal universal 
service support mechanisms consistent with the universal service 
provisions of Section 254. In the Universal Service Order, the 
Commission stated that it would use cost studies filed by state 
commissions to determine non-rural carriers' forward-looking cost of 
providing universal service if those studies met the criteria specified 
in the Universal Service Order. The Commission also stated that it 
would work together with the states and the Joint Board to develop a 
uniform cost study review plan that would standardize the format for 
presentation of cost studies in order to facilitate review by 
interested parties and the Commission. The Public Notice on State 
Forward-Looking Cost Studies presents this format. The Public Notice 
sets forth the information needed to evaluate whether a state's cost 
study complies with the criteria set forth in the Universal Service 
Order. To enable the Commission to make its determination in a timely 
fashion, we also set forth the manner in which this information should 
be presented. The format is to be used by all states submitting cost 
studies and should simplify and standardize the submission and review 
of state cost studies for the Commission, the states, and other 
interested parties. Obligation to respond: Voluntary. Public reporting 
burden for the collections 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, 
D.C. 20554.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-10930 Filed 4-23-98; 8:45 am]
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