97-19236. Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 1997)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

July 17, 1997.
    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.: 3060-0782.
    Expiration Date: 01/31/98.
    Title: Petition for Limited Modification of LATA Boundaries to 
Provide Expanded Local Calling Service (ELCS) at Various Locations.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 20 respondents; 8 hours per response 
(avg.) x 5 responses annually; 800 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Description: Section 271 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, prohibits a BOC from providing ``interLATA services 
originating in any of its in-region States'' until the BOC takes 
certain steps to open its own market to competition and the Commission 
approves the BOC's application to provide such service. Section 3(25) 
of the Act, however, provides that a BOC may modify LATA boundaries if 
such modifications are approved by the Commission. Permitting LATA 
modifications to provide flat-rate non-optional local calling service 
will allow communities to have local calling service without having to 
wait for BOCs to open their markets and without creating a potential 
for competitive abuses. In CC Docket No. 96-159, Petitions for Limited 
Modification of LATA Boundaries to Provide Expanded Local Calling 
Service (ELCS) at Various Locations. Memorandum Opinion and Order, 
adopted July 3, 1997, the Commission has provided voluntary guidelines 
for filing expanded local calling service requests. These guidelines 
will allow the Commission to conduct smooth and continuous processing 
of these requests. The guidelines ask that each ELCS request include 
the following information: (1) type of proposed service; (2) direction 
of proposed service; (3) telephone exchanges involved; (4) names of 
affected carriers; (5) state commission approval; (6) number of access 
lines or customers; (7) usage data; (8) poll results if any; (9) 
community of interest statement; (10) a map showing exchanges and LATA 
boundary involved; and (11) any other pertinent information. The 
collection of information will enable the Commission to determine if 
there is a public need for expanded local calling service in each area 
subject to the request. Your response is voluntary.
    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.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-19236 Filed 7-21-97; 8:45 am]
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