Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management and Budget

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

January 22, 1997.

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

1995, Public Law 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.: 3060-0753.

Expiration Date: 01/31/2000.

Title: Policy and Rules Concerning the Interstate, Interexchange

Marketplace, CC Docket 96-61 (Integrated Rate Plans).

Form No.: N/A.

Estimated Annual Burden: 600 total annual hours; 100 hours per

respondent (avg.); 6 respondents.

Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Description: Section 254(g) of the 1934 Communications Act as

amended, and our rules extend rate integration to all U.S. territories

and possessions. The Commission requires certain carriers to submit no

later than February 1, 1997, preliminary plans to achieve rate

integration by August 1, 1997, and final plans no later than June 1,

1997. These plans will permit the Commission to review progress toward

achieving rate integration.

OMB Control No. 3060-0076.

Expiration Date: 12/31/99.

Title: Annual Employment Report for Common Carriers.

Form No.: FCC 395.

Estimated Annual Burden: 4000 total annual hours; 1 hour per

respondent; 4000 respondents.

Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Description: The Annual Employment Report is a data collection

device for enforcement and assessment of the Commission's EEO Rules.

All common carrier licensees or permittees with sixteen (16) or more

full-time employees are required to file this report and retain it for

a two-year period. The report identifies each carriers staff by gender,

race, color and/or national origin in each of nine major job

categories. Requirements for filing FCC 395 form is in accordance with

Sections 154(i), 303, and 307-310 of the Communications Act, as

amended. Sections 1.815, 22.307, 21.307, and 23.55 of FCC rules and

regulations require the information collection. The data is intended to

assess compliance with equal employment opportunity requirements. Data

is used by the FCC, Congress, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights,

EEOC, NTIA and public interest groups. The FCC 395 form is being

updated to include the new expiration date and to insert statements

required by the PRA of 1995. A Public Notice will be issued when the

1997 edition of the form is available for public use. Public reporting

burden for the collections 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 the Records Management Branch, Washington, D.C. 20554.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97-2003 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]

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