97-20516. Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20516]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

July 29, 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, 
Pub. L. 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.: 3060-0775.
    Expiration Date: 07/31/2000.
    Title: Separate Affiliate Requirement for Independent Local 
Exchange Carrier (LEC) Provision of International Interexchange 
Services--47 CFR Sections 64.1901-64.1903.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 10 respondents; 6056 hours per response 
(avg.); 60,560 total annual burden hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$1,003,000.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Description: In the Second Report and Order and Third Report and 
Order issued in CC Docket No. 96-149 and CC Docket No. 96-61 (released 
4/18/97), the Commission imposes a recordkeeping requirement on 
independent local exchange carriers (LECs). Independent LECs wishing to 
offer international, interexchange services must comply with the 
separate affiliate requirements of the Competitive Carrier Fifth Report 
and Order in order to do so. One of these requirements is that the 
independent LEC's international, interexchange affiliate must maintain 
books of account separate from such LECs' local exchange and other 
activities. This regulation does not require that the affiliate 
maintain books of account that comply with the Commission's Part 32 
rules; rather, it refers to the fact that as a separate legal entity, 
the international, interexchange affiliate must maintain its own books 
of account in the ordinary course of its business. This recordkeeping 
requirement is used by the Commission to ensure that independent LECs 
providing international, interexchange services through a separate 
affiliate are in compliance with the Communications Act, as amended, 
and with Commission policies and regulations. Compliance is mandatory.
    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. 97-20516 Filed 8-4-97; 8:45 am]
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