95-21906. Public Information Collection Approved by Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46119-46120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21906]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collection Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

August 28, 1995.
    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. You are 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, [phone].

Federal Communications Commission

OMB Control No.: 3060-0169.
    Expiration Date: 08/31/98.
    Title: Sections 43.51 and 43.53 - Reports and Records of 
Communications Common Carriers and Certain Affiliates.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 6,029 total annual hours; 16.12 hours per 
response; 71 respondents.
    Description: Sections 211 and 215 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. Sections 211 and 215 require that the FCC 
examine transactions of any common carriers relating to the activities 
of that carrier which may affect the charges and/or services rendered 
under the Act. The reports required by Sections 43.51 and 43.53 are the 
means by which the FCC gathers information concerning the activities of 
carriers which it examines. The information is used by the FCC to 
determine whether the activities reported have affected or are likely 
to affect adversely the carrier's service to the public or whether 
these activities result in undue or unreasonable increases in changes.

OMB Control No.: 3060-0643.
    Expiration Date: 08/31/98.
    Title: Amendment of Parts 65 and 69 of the Commission's Rules to 
Reform the Interstate Rate of Return Represcription and Enforcement 
Processes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 50,000 total annual hours; 5000 hours per 
response; 10 respondents.
    Description: Section 151, 154, 201-205, 218-220 and 403 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, provide the Commission with 
authority to prescribe an interstate rate of return. The prescribed 
rate of return must reflect a proper balance of regulatory goals by 
allowing a carrier ``to maintain its credit and to attract capital'' 
and by ensuring that ratepayers are charged reasonable rates for 
interstate access services. Part 65 of the Commission's rules set forth 
the procedures and methodologies for prescribing and enforcing the rate 
of return certain local exchange carriers (LECs) may earn on interstate 
access service. In the Report and Order issued in CC Docket No. 92-133, 
the Commission reformed its rules. Specifically, the Order replaces the 
existing rule, which initiates represcription proceedings biennially, 
with a semiautomatic trigger activated by changes in capital costs; 
modifies the paper hearing rules set out in Part 65; streamlines the 
methodologies used to 

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estimate the cost of capital; and removes the automatic refund rule.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-21906 Filed 9-1-95; 8:45 am]
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