Common carrier services: Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation— Customer proprietary network information and other customer information; local competition provisions and directory assistance,

[Federal Register: September 27, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 186)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 51949-51950]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 51 and 64

[CC Docket No. 96-115; 96-98; 99-273; FCC 99-227]

Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary Network Information and Other Customer Information; Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Provision of Directory Listing Information Under the Telecommunications Act of 1934

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This document seeks comment on issues arising out of developments in, and the convergence of, directory publishing and directory assistance. The intended effect is to further Congress' goal of preventing unfair local exchange carrier (LEC) practices and encouraging the development of competition in directory assistance.

DATES: Comments are due on or before October 13, 1999. Reply comments are due on or before October 28, 1999. Written comments by the public on the proposed information collections are due on or before October 13, 1999. Written comments must be submitted by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on the proposed information collections on or before November 26, 1999.

ADDRESSES: 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20554. In addition to filing comments with the Secretary, a copy of any comments on the information collections contained herein should be submitted to Judy Boley, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C804, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554, or via the Internet to jboley@fcc.gov, and to Virginia Huth, OMB Desk Officer, 10236 NEOB, 725--17th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20503 or via the Internet to huth__v@al.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Cooke, Senior Attorney, Common Carrier Bureau, Network Services Division, (202) 418-2351 or via the Internet at gcooke@fcc.gov. Further information may also be obtained by calling the Common Carrier Bureau's TTY number: 202-418-0484. For additional information concerning the information collections contained in this Notice contact Judy Boley at (202) 418-0214, or via the Internet at jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This summarizes the Commission's Notice adopted August 23, 1999, and released September 9, 1999. The Notice addresses issues arising out of developments in, and the convergence of directory publishing and directory assistance. The full text of this Notice is available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC Reference Center, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room CY-A257, Washington, D.C. The complete text also may be obtained through the World Wide Web, at http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common Carrier/Orders/ fcc99227.wp, or may be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, International Transcription Service, Inc., (202) 857-3800, 1231 20th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.

Synopsis

In the Notice, the Commission addresses issues arising out of developments in, and the convergence of directory publishing and directory assistance. In particular, the Commission invites comment on issues relating to the development of Internet directories, including whether section 222(e) entitles directory publishers to obtain subscriber list information for use in those directories. The Commission also invites comment on whether and how it may extend nondiscriminatory access to listing information to directory assistance providers that are neither telephone exchange service providers or telephone toll service providers. Finally, the Commission invites comment on issues relating to the development of national directory assistance, including whether all LECs providing that service must provide nondiscriminatory access to nonlocal listings pursuant to section 251(b)(3).

Paperwork Reduction Act

The Notice contains either a proposed or modified information collection. As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, the Commission invites the general public and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to take this opportunity to comment on the information collections contained in this Notice, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Public and agency comments are due on or before October 13, 1999; OMB comments are due November 26, 1999. Comments should address: (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 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.

OMB Approval Number: 3060-0741

Title: Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996--CC Docket No. 96-98.

Form No.: N/A.

Type of Review: Revised collection.

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No. of Estimated time Proposed information collections

respondents per respondent Total annual (approx.)

(hrs.) burden (hrs.)

Subscriber List Information for Internet Directories............

2000

\1\ 8

16,000 Provision of access to nonlocal listings........................

20

\1\ 36

720 Listing Information to non-telephone exchange or toll service

250

\1\ 36

9,000 directory assistance providers.................................

\1\ Hours per year.

Total Annual Burden: 25,720 hours

Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.

Estimated costs per respondent: $0.

Needs and Uses: The new information collections proposed in this Notice will be used to ensure that affected telecommunications carriers fulfill their obligations under the Communications Act, as amended.

Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act, see 5 U.S.C. 603, the Commission has prepared an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) of the possible impact on small entities of the proposals suggested in this document. The IRFA is set forth in the Appendix. Written public comments are requested with respect to the IRFA. These comments must be filedin accordance with the same filing deadlines for comments on the rest of the Notice, but they must have a separate and distinct heading, designating the comments as responses to the IRFA. The Office of Public Affairs, Reference Operations Division, will send a copy of this NPRM , including the IRFA, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

Federal Communications Commission. Magalie Roman Salas, Secretary.

[FR Doc. 99-25014Filed9-24-99; 8:45 am]

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