98-17279. Public Information Collection Approved by Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 125 (Tuesday, June 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 35588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17279]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collection Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

June 24, 1998.
    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received Office of 
management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following information 
collection pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public law 
104-03. 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 Judy 
Boley, Federal Communications Commission, [phone].

Federal Communications Commission.

OMB Control No.:  3060-0686.
    Expiration Date: 06/30/2001.
    Title: Streamlining the International Section 214 Authorization 
Process and Tariff Requirements.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,000 respondents; 3,531 annual responses; 
an average of 42 hours per response; 148,178.8 total annual burden 
hours for all requirements.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $106,500.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly; on occasion; semi-annually; 
annually.
    Description: The information collections pertaining to parts 1 and 
63 are necessary largely to determine the qualifications of applicants 
to provide common carrier international telecommunications services, or 
to construct and operate submarine cables, including applicants that 
are affiliated with foreign carriers, and to determine whether and 
under what conditions the authorizations are in the public interest, 
convenience, and necessity. The information collections contained in 
amendments to Sec. 63.10 of the Commission's rules are necessary for 
the Commission to maintain effective oversight of U.S. carriers that 
are affiliated with, or involved in certain co-marketing or similar 
arrangements with, foreign carriers that have market power. The 
information collected pursuant to part 61 of the rules is necessary for 
the Commission to ensure that rates, terms and conditions for 
international service are just and reasonable, as required by the 
Communications Act of 1934. The information collections under Section 
310(b)(4) of the Act are necessary to determine, under that section, 
whether a greater than 25 percent indirect foreign ownership interest 
in a U.S. common carrier ratio licensee would be inconsistent with the 
public interest. Obligation to respond: required. Public reporting 
burden for the collection 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.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-17279 Filed 6-29-98; 8:45 am]
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