[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 107 (Friday, June 4, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 30026-30027] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-14169] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission May 26, 1999. SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, 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 information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control number. 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 Commission's burden estimate; (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 August 6, 1999. 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. ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Judy Boley, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C804, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554 or via the Internet to [email protected]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies of the information collection(s), contact Judy Boley at 202-418-0214 or via the Internet at [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control No.: 3060-0515. Title: Section 43.21(c), Miscellaneous Common Carrier Annual Letter Filing Requirement. Form No.: N/A. Type of Review: Reinstatement without change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired. Respondents: Business or other for-profit. Number of Respondents: 32. Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour. Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement. Total Annual Burden: 32 hours. Total Annual Cost: N/A. Needs and Uses: Pursuant to 47 CFR 43.21(c), each miscellaneous common carrier with operating revenues in excess of the indexed threshold as defined in 47 CFR 32.9000 must file a letter showing its operating revenues for that year and the value of its total communications plant at the end of that year. The letter must contain information pertaining to the carrier's revenues, expenses, net income, assets, liabilities and owners' equity. These letters must be filed by no later than April of the following year. Those miscellaneous common carriers with annual operating revenues that equal or surpass the indexed revenue threshold for the first time may file the letter up to one month after publication of the adjusted revenue threshold in the Federal Register, but in no event shall such carriers be required to file the letter prior to April 1. The information is used by FCC staff members to regulate and monitor the telephone industry and by the public to analyze the industry. The information on revenue and total plant is compiled and published in the Commission's annual common carrier statistical publication and long distance market share report. OMB Control No.: 3060-0636. Title: Amendment of Parts 2 and 15, Equipment Authorization, Declaration of Compliance. Form No.: N/A. Type of Review: Reinstatement without change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired. Respondents: Business or other for-profit. Number of Respondents: 4,000. Estimated Time Per Response: 19 hours. Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement. Total Annual Burden: 76,000 hours. Total Annual Cost: N/A. Needs and Uses: Data collection will be used to investigate complaints of harmful interference to radio communications and to verify manufacturer's or supplier's compliance with the rules. The information collected is essential to controlling potential interference to radio communications. OMB Control No.: 3060-0655. Title: Requests for Waiver of Regulatory Fees Predicated on Allegations of Financial Hardship (MD Docket No. 94-19). Form No.: N/A. Type of Review: Reinstatement without change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired. Respondents: Individuals or households, businesses or other-for- profit. Number of Respondents: 40. Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour. Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, recordkeeping requirement. Total Annual Burden: 40 hours. Total Annual Cost: N/A. Needs and Uses: The FCC implemented provisions contained in section 6003(a) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, Pub. L. 103- 66 and 103-121, which adds section 9 to the Communications Act. Section 9 authorizes the FCC to assess and collect annual regulatory fees to recover costs incurred in carrying out its enforcement, policy and rulemaking activities and its user information services. Licensees and permittees may request a waiver of those fees. A number of requests for waiver are based on grounds of financial hardship but lack sufficient documentation to support a finding that a waiver should be granted. As a result, the FCC in ruling on Petitions for Reconsideration in the FY 1994 fee proceeding, the FCC set forth the types of documentation it will rely on to determine if waivers should be granted because of financial hardship, in order to give guidance to parties requesting waivers. Where parties have filed insufficient information with their FY 194 waiver requests, the FCC will afford them an opportunity to perfect their waiver requests by making the showing. The information will be used by FCC staff to determine if a party is entitled to a waiver of its obligation to pay the annual regulatory fee. It will be filed annually, but only by those parties who request waivers of their obligations to pay the fee because of financial hardship. [[Page 30027]] Federal Communications Commission. Magalie Roman Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. 99-14169 Filed 6-3-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P