[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 122 (Monday, June 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32958-32959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15487]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Public Information Collection Requirements Being Reviewed By The
Federal Communications Commission For Extension Under Delegated
Authority 5 CFR 1320.9
June 15, 1995.
The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing the following
information collection requirements for possible 3-year extension under
delegated authority 5 CFR 1320.9, authority delegated to the Commission
by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on October 6, 1994. These
collections were all previously approved by OMB and are unchanged.
Public comments are invited on any of these collections for a period
ending July 26, 1995. Persons wishing to comment on these information
collections should contact Dorothy Conway, Federal Communications
Commission, 1919 M Street NW., Room 242-B, Washington, DC 20554. You
may also send comments via Internet to DConway@fcc.gov. Upon approval
FCC will forward supporting material and copies of these collections to
OMB.
Copies of these submissions may be purchased from the Commission's
copy contractor, International Transcription Service, Inc., 2100 M
Street, NW., Suite 140, Washington, DC 20037, (202) 857-3800. For
further information on these submissions contact Dorothy Conway,
Federal Communications Commission, (202) 418-0217.
OMB Number: 3060-0391.
Title: Monitoring Program for Impact of Federal-State Joint Board
Decisions.
Form No.: N/A.
Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Annual Burden: 708 responses; 1.9 hours burden per
response; 1,376 hours total annual burden.
Needs and Uses: The Monitoring Program is necessary for the
Commission, the Joint Board, Congress, and the general public to access
the impact of the Joint Board Decisions. Failure to implement the
program would make it impossible to determine the impact of these
decisions and to assure that they do not produce unanticipated results
contrary to the public interest.
OMB Number: 3060-0515.
Title: Section 43.21(d) Miscellaneous Common Carrier and Record
Carrier Annual Letter Filing Requirements.
Form No.: N/A.
Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Annual Burden: 28 responses; 1,4 hours burden per
response; 38 hours total annual burden.
Needs and Uses: Pursuant to Section 43.21(d) each miscellaneous
common carrier with operating revenues over $100 million must file a
letter showing its operating revenues for that year and the value of
its total communications plant at the end of that year. Record carriers
with operating revenues over [[Page 32959]] $75 million for a calendar
year must file a letter showing selected income statement and balance
sheet items for that year. The letter must contain information
pertaining to the carriers revenues, expenses, net income, assets,
liabilities and owners' equity. The information is used by FCC staff to
regulate and monitor the telephone industry and by the public to
analyze the industry.
OMB Number: 3060-0166.
Title: Part 42 Preservation of Records of Communications Common
Carriers.
Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Annual Burden: 68 responses; 2 hours burden per response;
136 hours total annual burden.
Needs and Uses: Part 42 of the Commission's Rules prescribes
guidelines to ensure that carriers maintain the records needed by the
FCC for its regulatory obligations. Section 42.4 requires carriers to
maintain at is operating company headquarters a master index of the
records identifying the records retained. Carriers must explain, by
adding a certified statement to the index, the premature loss or
destruction of records pursuant to Section 42.4. Section 42.6 requires
the retention of telephone toll records for 18 months providing the
following billing information about telephone toll calls: the name,
address, and telephone number of the caller, telephone number called,
date, time and length of the call. Pursuant to Section 42.7 carriers
are allowed to establish their own retention periods, expect for the
case of telephone toll records and records relevant to complaint
proceedings.
OMB Number: 3060-0504.
Title: Section 90.658 Loading data required for base station
licensees of trunked specialized mobile radio systems to acquire
additional channels.
Form No.: N/A.
Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-Profit
Institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,909 responses; 30 minutes burden per
response; 955 hours total annual burden.
Needs and Uses: Section 90.658 requires licensees of trunked
Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) Systems to submit information regarding
the number of mobile units served by each base station when applying
for additional channels to expand an existing system, or to renew a
trunked SMR System licensed in a waiting list area before June 1, 1993.
The Commission licensing personnel use the information to ensure that
licensees of trunked SMR Systems that apply for additional spectrum or
renew certain licenses have satisfied the FCC loading requirements.
OMB Number: 3060-0024.
Title: Section 76.12 Special Temporary Authority.
Form No.: N/A.
Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for- profit
Frequency of Response: On occasion
Estimated Annual Burden: 1 response; 3 hours burden per response; 3
hours total annual burden.
Needs and Uses: Section 76.12 states that a system community unit
shall be authorized to commence operation only after filing a
registration statement with the Commission. Section 76.12 states that
in circumstances requiring the temporary use of community units for
operations not authorized by the Commission's rules, a cable television
system may request temporary authorization to operate. The Commission
may grant temporary authority upon finding that the public interest
would be served. The data is used by Commission staff to ensure that a
grant of special temporary authority will not cause interference with
other stations.
OMB Number: 3060-0022.
Title: Application for Permit of an Alien Amateur Radio License to
Operate in the United States.
Form No.: 610A.
Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or households.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Annual Burden: 4,000 responses; 5 minutes burden per
response; 336 hours total annual burden.
Needs and Uses: FCC610A must be filed with the Commission by aliens
who hold an Amateur Operator and Station License issued by his/her
government and who wish to apply for a permit to operate an Amateur
Radio in the United States.
OMB Number: 3060-0228.
Title: Section 80.59 Compulsory ship stations.
Form No.: N/A.
Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Annual Burden: 200 responses; 2 hours burden per
response; 400 hours total annual burden.
Needs and Uses: The requirements in Section 80.59 permit the
Commission to waive the required annual inspection of certain
oceangoing ships for up to 30 days beyond the expiration of the date of
a vessel's radio safety certificate
OMB Number: 3060-0265.
Title: Section 80.868 Card of Instruction.
Form No.: N/A.
Action: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Annual Burden: 3,000 responses; 6 minutes burden per
response; 300 hours total annual burden.
Needs and Uses: Section 80.868 is necessary to insure that
radiotelephone distress procedures are readily available to the radio
operator on board certain vessels (300-600 gross tons). This
information is used by the radio operator during an emergency
situation, and is designed to assist the radio operator to utilize
proper distress procedures.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-15487 Filed 6-23-95; 8:45 am]
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