[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 52 (Friday, March 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10762-10763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6202]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collections being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission; Comments Requested

March 8, 1996.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following proposed 
and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments are requested 
concerning (a) whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Commission, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commissions burden estimates; (c) ways 
to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
collected and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on the respondents, including the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before May 14, 1996. 
If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it 
difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, 
you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESS: Direct all comments to Dorothy Conway, Federal Communications, 
Room 234, 1919 M St., NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via internet to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collections contact Dorothy Conway at 202-418-0217 
or via internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval Number: 3060-0564.
    Title: 47 CFR 76.924 Cost accounting and cost allocation 
requirements.
    Type of Review: Revision to an existing collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 13,500.
    Total Annual Burden: 72,000 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Cost accounting and cost allocation requirements 
standardize the methodology in which cable operators report financial 
data. The Commission's system of cable rate regulation imposes a price 
cap on cable service rates with certain categories of costs defined as 
external to the cap. The cost accounting and cost allocation 
requirements are necessary in order to assure that costs that are 
intended to receive external treatment are in fact accorded such 
treatment. Cost accounting and cost allocation requirements are used by 
cable operators wishing to justify rates higher than their capped 
levels via a cost-of-service filing; and the requirements are necessary 
to permit accurate identification of such costs that will justify rates 
above the cap. On December 15, 1995, the Commission adopted a Second 
Report and Order, First Report

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on Reconsideration, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 95-
502, MM Docket 93-215 and CS Docket 94-28, in which requirements for 
cable operators for allocating to service cost categories, as set forth 
in 76.924(e), were modified and adopted on a permanent basis. 76.924(e) 
now permits cable operators to allocate service costs to three service 
cost categories, instead of up to seven service cost categories. The 
third service cost category will simply serve as an ``all other'' 
service costs category that captures what operators previously had to 
allocate to multiple categories.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-6202 Filed 3-14-96; 8:45 am]
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