94-19082. Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management and Budget

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 
information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1980, Pub. L. 96-511. For further information contact Shoko B. Hair, 
Federal Communications Commission, [phone].

OMB Control No.: 3060-0168

    Title: Reports of Proposed Changes in Depreciation Rates--Section 
43.43
    Expiration Date: 10/31/96
    Estimated Annual Burden: 120,000 total hours; 10,000 hours per 
response.
    Description: Section 220(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. Section 220(b), requires the Commission to prescribe 
depreciation charges for the subject carriers. Section 219 of the Act 
requires annual and other reports from the carriers. Section 43.43 of 
the Commission's Rules establishes the reporting requirements for 
depreciation prescription purposes. Communication common carriers with 
annual operating revenues of $100 million or more that the Commission 
has found to be dominant must file information specified in Section 
43.43 before making my change in the depreciation rates applicable to 
their operating plant. The Commission uses the information to establish 
proper depreciation rates to be charged by the carriers, pursuant to 
Section 220(b) of the Act. The information serves as the basis for 
depreciation analyses made by the Description Rates Branch in 
establishing the aforementioned rates. Without this information, the 
validity of the carriers' depreciation policies could not be 
ascertained. In the Report and Order in CC Docket No. 92-296 (released 
10/20/93) (Depreciation Simplification Order), the Commission 
streamlined its depreciation prescription process for local exchange 
carriers (LECs) regulated under its price cap regulatory scheme by 
adopting a modified basic factor range approach. In the Second Report 
and Order issued in CC Docket No. 92-296, the Commission adopted the 
initial set of accounts and ranges for the price cap LECs and 
terminated phase one of the implementation process. Ranges will be set 
for the remaining accounts later this year.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0463

    Title: Telecommunications Services for Individuals with Hearing and 
Speech Disabilities, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 
CC Docket No. 90-571.
    Expiration Date: 06/30/97
    Estimated Annual Burden: 8,110 total hours; 112.64 hours per 
response
    Description: Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990 (ADA), Public law 101-336, 104 Stat. 327, 366-69, added Section 
225 of the Communications Act of 1934, amended Section 711 and made 
confronting amendments to Sections 2(b) and 221(b). 47 C.F.R. Part 64, 
Subpart F implements certain provisions of the ADA. It contains the 
operational, technical and functional standards required of all 
telecommunications relay services (TRS) providers and also the 
procedures for state certification and for filing complaints involving 
TRS. Information submitted in response to the state certification 
program will be used to determine whether the program is certifiable 
under federal requirements. Information submitted by complainants will 
be used to determine the merits of the complaints, and to attempt 
resolution.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-19082 Filed 8-4-94; 8:45 am]
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