Agency information collection activities: Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
[Federal Register: September 15, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 178)]
[Notices]
[Page 49356]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr15se98-83]
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management and Budget
September 8, 1998.
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.: 3060-0411.
Expiration Date: 02/28/99.
Title: Procedures for Formal Complaints FiledAgainst Common Carriers.
Form No.: FCC Form 485.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, including small business; not-for-profit institutions; state, local or tribal government, individuals or households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 5645 respondents; 2.95 hours per response (avg.); 16,677 total annual burden hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $63,000.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, third party disclosure, recordkeeping.
Description: Sections 206 to 209 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended provide the statutory framework for our current rules for resolving formal complaints filedagainst common carriers. Section 208(a) authorizes complaints by any person ``complaining of anything done or omitted to be done by any common carrier'' subject to the provisions of the Act. Section 208(a) specifically states that ``it should be the duty of the Commission to investigate the matters complained of in such manner and by such means as it shall deem proper.'' In the Second Report and Order issued in CC Docket No. 96- 238, the Commission makes certain changes in the rules for formal complaints filedagainst common carriers to make them move more quickly. Information filedpursuant to 47 CFR 1.720 et seq. is provided either with or in response to a formal complaint to determine whether or not there has been a violation of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, or the Commission's Rules or Orders. Affected respondents are complainants and potential defendant common carriers. Obligations to respond: required to obtain or retain benefits. Following is a listing of new or modified collections contained in the Second Report and Order:
In hours
Title
No. of Est. time Total respondents per annual respondent burden
-
Requests for inclusion on
accelerated docket..................
300
0.5 150 b. Pleadings.........................
80
4
320 c. Automatic document production
requirements........................
80
20 1,600 d. Discovery.........................
80
20 1,600 e. Status conference.................
80
3
240 f. Proposed findings of fact and
conclusions of law..................
80
5
400 g. Minitrial submissions.............
80
3
240 h. Minitrial transcript..............
80
10
800 i. Applications for review of staff
decisions...........................
20
15
300
Total Annual Burden: 5650 (for new and/or modified collections only). Total annual burden for all collections approved under this control number: 16,677 hours.
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 Performance Evaluation and Records Management, Washington, D.C. 20554.
Federal Communications Commission. Magalie Roman Salas, Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-24666Filed9-14-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
