99-11790. Notice of Public Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission.

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 25338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11790]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collections Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission.

April 30, 1999.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commissions, 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, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act 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 (PRA) 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 comments should be submitted on or before July 12, 1999. 
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: Direct all comments to Les Smith, Federal Communications 
Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room 1-A804, Washington, DC 20554 or 
via the Internet to [e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collections contact Les Smith at [phone] or 
via the Internet at [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0848.
    Title: Deployment of Wireline Services Offering Advanced 
Telecommunications Capability, CC Docket No. 98-147, FCC 99-48, First 
Report and Order and FNPRM.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 1,400 respondents.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements; Third 
party disclosures.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 4.5 hours (avg.).
    Total Annual Burden: 6,300 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $0.
    Needs and Uses: The rules adopted in the 1st R&O require incumbent 
LECs to make new collocation arrangements, including cageless and 
shared collocation, available to competing carriers. The Order also 
adopts certain spectrum compatibility and management rules prohibiting 
a LEC from denying a carrier's request to deploy technology that is 
presumed acceptable for deployment. Among other things, whenever an 
incumbent LEC objects to collocation of equipment by a requesting 
telecommunications carrier for the purposes within the scope of section 
251(c)(6) of the Act, the incumbent LEC shall prove to the state 
commission that the equipment will not be actually used by the 
telecommunications carrier for the purpose of obtaining interconnection 
or access to unbundled network elements. An incumbent that denies 
collocation of a competitor's equipment, citing safety standards, must 
provide to the competitive LEC within 5 business days a list of all 
equipment that the incumbent LEC locates within the premises in 
question, together with an affidavit attesting that all of that 
equipment meets or exceeds the safety standard that the incumbent LEC 
contends the competitor's equipment fails to meet. Upon request, an 
incumbent LEC must submit to the requesting carrier within ten days of 
the submission of the request a report indicating the incumbent LEC's 
available collocation space in a particular LEC premises. All of the 
collections will be used by the Commission and by competitive carriers 
to facilitate the deployment of advanced data services and to implement 
section 706 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0704.
    Title: Policy and Rules Concerning the Interstate, Interexchange 
Marketplace: Implementation of Section 254(g) of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended, CC Docket No. 96-61.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 519 respondents.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 146.2 hours per response (avg.).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements; Third 
party disclosure.
    Total Annual Burden: 75,895 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $0.
    Needs and Uses: In CC Docket No. 96-61, the Commission reinstates 
the public disclosure requirement and also requires that nondominant 
interexchange carriers that have Internet websites past this 
information on-line in a timely and easily accessible manner. The 
information collection requirements must be disclosed to the public to 
ensure that consumers have access to the information they need to 
select a telecommunications carrier and to bring to the Commission 
attention possible violations of the Communications Act without a 
specific public disclosure requirement.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-11790 Filed 5-10-99; 8:45 am]
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