FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION January 10, 1995. Public Information Collection Requirements Being Reviewed By The Federal Communications Commission For Extension Under Delegated Authority 5CFR 1320.9. The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing the following information collection requirements for possible 3-year extension under delegated authority 5 CFR 1320.9, authority delegated to the Commission by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on October 6, 1994. These collections were all previously approved by OMB and are unchanged. Public comments are invited on any of these collections for a period ending [thirty days from the date of publication in the Federal Register.] Persons wishing to comment on these information collections should contact Dorothy Conway, Federal Communications Commission, 1919 M Street N.W. Room 242-B, Washington, DC 20554. You may also send comments via Internet to DConway@fcc.gov. Upon approval FCC will forward supporting material and copies of these collections to OMB. Copies of these submissions may be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, International Transcription Service, Inc., 2100 M Street, N.W., Suite 140, Washington, DC 20037, (202) 857-3800. For further information on these submissions contact Dorothy Conway, Federal Communications Commission, (202) 418-0217. OMB Number: 3060-0224 Title: Section 90.151 Request for waiver Action: Extension of a currently approved collection Respondents: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government Frequency of Response:On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 60 responses; 2 hours burden per response; 120 hours total annual burden Needs and Uses: Section 90.151 requires applicants requesting a waiver of various radio spectrum rules submit information justifying the waiver need. The FCC personnel use this information to determine if an exception to the rules is warranted. OMB Number: 3060-0226 Title: Section 90.135(d)&(e) Modification of license Action: Extension of a currently approved collection Respondents: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit; State, Local or Tribal Government Frequency of Response:On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 1656 responses; 10 minutes burden per response; 276 hours total annual burden Needs and Uses: Section 90.135(d) & (e) requires licensees who change certain parameters (name, address, mobile units, etc) to inform the Commission by form letter. This notification is necessary to maintain accurate data utilized by the Commission, frequency coordinators and the public in corresponding with licensees regarding interference resolution and licensing matters. OMB Number: 3060-0253 Title: Part 68 - Connection of Telephone Equipment to the Telephone Network (Sections 68.106, 68.108 and 68.110) Action: Extension of a currently approved collection Respondents: Individuals or households; business or other for-profit; not-for-profit institutions; farms; Federal Government; State, Local or Tribal Government Frequency of Response:On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 57,540 responses; .057 hours burden per response; 3,280 hours total annual burden Needs and Uses: The requirements in Part 68 are necessary to prevent the degradation of the telephone network. The collections are designed to prevent harm to the telephone network when customer-provided equipment is connected to the telephone company lines and assures that customers will not overload the telephone lines with excessive equipment which would degrade service to the customer and others. Telephone companies and persons connecting certain equipment to the network are the affected public. OMB Number: 3060-0281 Title: Section 90.651 Supplemental reports required of licensees authorized under this subpart Action: Extension of a currently approved collection Respondents: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit; State, Local or Tribal Government Frequency of Response:On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 16,408 responses; 10 minutes burden per response; 2,735 hours total annual burden Needs and Uses: Section 90.651 requires licensees to report the actual number of mobil units served by each base station. The various subparagraphs of the rule apply to different categories of licensees and define exactly what information is required. The Commission licensing personnel use the information to maintain an accurate data base of frequency users which is used in spectrum planning, interference resolution and licensing activities. OMB Number: 3060-0284 Title: Section 94.25(f) & (g) & (i) Filing of applications Action: Extension of a currently approved collection Respondents: Businesses or other for- profit; not-for-profit institutions; State, Local and Tribal Government Frequency of Response:On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 25 responses; 30 minutes burden per response; 13 hours total annual burden Needs and Uses: Section 94.25 requires that applicants proposing new or modified microwave transmitting facilities in the vicinity of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Naval Radio Research Observatory, Table Mountain Radio Receiving Zone or the FCC monitoring stations, consult with those parties to avoid interference to these sites. The requirement is necessary to preserve interference-free reception at these sites. OMB Number: 3060-0291 Title: Section 90.477 Interconnected Systems Action: Extension of a currently approved collection Respondents: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit institutions; State, Local and Tribal Governments Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement Estimated Annual Burden: 1000 recordkeepers; 1 hours burden per recordkeeper; 1,000 hours total annual burden Needs and Uses: Section 90.477 allows private land mobile radio licensees to use common point telephone interconnection with telephone service costs distributed on a non-profit cost sharing basis. Records of such arrangements must be placed in the licensees station records and made available to participants in the sharing arrangement and the Commission upon request. The information is used by the participating licensees to effect the required cost sharing. OMB Number: 3060-0300 Title: Section 94.107 Posting of Station Authorization and Transmitter Identification Cards, Plates or Signs Action: Extension of a currently approved collection Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit Frequency of Response:Recordkeeping Requirement Estimated Annual Burden: 12,140 recordkeepers; 5 seconds per recordkeeper; 17 hours total annual burden Needs and Uses: Section 94.107 requires licensees to keep the original of each transmitter authorization posted or immediately available at the address at which the station records are maintained, and to post a copy at the transmitter location. This information is used by field personnel to determine if a transmitter is operating in conformance with its authorization. OMB Number: 3060-0308 Title: 90.505 Developmental operation showing required Action: Extension of a currently approved collection Respondents: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit institutions; State, Local and Tribal Government Frequency of Response:On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 100 responses; 2 hours burden per response; 200 hours total annual burden Needs and Uses: Section 90.505 requires licensees proposing development of new uses of the radio communication facilities submit information showing why such an authorization is necessary and its uses. Commission personnel use the information to evaluate the desirability of issuing such an authorization from spectrum use and interference potential considerations. OMB Number: 3060-0330 Title: Part 62 - Applications to Hold Interlocking Directorates Action: Extension of a currently approved collection Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit Frequency of Response: On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 10 responses; 2 hours burden response; 20 hours total annual burden Needs and Uses: Part 62 of the Commission Rules requires the Commission to monitor the effect of interlocking directorates on the telecommunications industry and ensure they will not have any anticompetitive impact. The affected public is any entity desiring to occupy such positions. OMB Number: 3060-0439 Title: Regulations Concerning Indecent Communications by Telephone Action: Extension of a currently approved collection Respondents: Individuals or households; business or other for-profit Frequency of Response: On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 10,200 responses; 10 minutes burden per response; 1,632 hours total annual burden Needs and Uses: Section 64.201 contains several information collections requirements including: (1) a requirement that certain common carriers block access to indecent messages unless the subscriber sees access from the common carrier in writing; (2) a requirement that adult message service providers notify their carriers of the nature of their programming; and (3) a requirement that a provider of adult message services request that their carriers identify it as such in bills to its subscribers. The information requirements are imposed on carriers, adult message service providers and those who solicit their services to ensure that minors are denied access to material deemed indecent. OMB Number: 3060-0450 Title: Detariffing the Installation and Maintenance of Inside Wiring Services; Reports on State Regulatory Activities (CC Docket No. 79-105) Action: Extension of a currently approved collection Respondents: Individuals or households; business or other for-profit Frequency of Response:On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 68 responses; 8 hours burden per response; 136 hours total annual burden Needs and Uses: Certain local exchange carriers are required to file copies of any state statute, rule, order, or other document that regulates, or proposes to regulate, the prices for inside wiring services. This information is used by the Commission to monitor the actions of state agencies to ensure that their actions do not impede federal policies. OMB Number: 3060-0454 Title: Regulation of International Accounting Rates (CC Docket No. 90-337) Action: Extension of a currently approved collection Respondents: Business or other for-profit Frequency of Response: On occasion Estimated Annual Burden: 120 responses; 2 hours burden per response; 240 hours total annual burden Needs and Uses: CC Docket No 90-337 implemented rules making it easier for U.S. carriers engaged in international telecommunications to negotiate lower accounting rates. Simple reductions in rates are made pursuant to a notification approach; other changes are subject to ISP waiver approach. Such carriers are required to file copies of operating agreements. The information is used for monitoring and enforcement purposes. Federal Communications Commission. William F. Caton, Acting Secretary. 6712-01-F