Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, 64460-64461 [2016-22523]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64460-64461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22523]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-1167]


Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) 
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this 
opportunity to comment on the following information collections. 
Comments are requested concerning: 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; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 
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; and ways to further reduce the 
information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer 
than 25 employees. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. No 
person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a 
collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a 
valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before November 
21, 2016. 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 PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email 
PRA@fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1167.

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    Title: Accessible Telecommunications and Advanced Communications 
Services and Equipment.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households; Businesses or other for-
profit entities; Not-for-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,541 respondents; 54,064 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .50 hours (30 minutes) to 35 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual, one time, and on occasion reporting 
requirements; recordkeeping requirement; third-party disclosure 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in sections 1-4, 255, 303(r), 403, 
503, 716, 717, and 718 of the Communications Act, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 
151-154, 255, 303(r), 403, 503, 617, 618, and 619.
    Total Annual Burden: 155,419 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $17,510.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Confidentiality is an issue 
to the extent that individuals and households provide personally 
identifiable information, which is covered under the FCC's system of 
records notice (SORN), FCC/CGB-1, ``Informal Complaints, Inquiries and 
Requests for Dispute Assistance'', which became effective on September 
24, 2014. In addition, upon the service of an informal or formal 
complaint, a service provider or equipment manufacturer must produce to 
the Commission, upon request, records covered by 47 CFR 14.31 of the 
Commission's rules and may assert a statutory request for 
confidentiality for these records. All other information submitted to 
the Commission pursuant to Subpart D of Part 14 of the Commission's 
rules or to any other request by the Commission may be submitted 
pursuant to a request for confidentiality in accordance with 47 CFR 
0.459 of the Commission's rules.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: The FCC completed a Privacy Impact 
Assessment (PIA) on June 28, 2007. The PIA may be reviewed at https://www.fcc.gov/omd/privacyact/Privacy_Impact_Assessment.html. The FCC is 
in the process of updating the PIA to incorporate various revisions 
made to the SORN.
    Needs and Uses: On October 7, 2011, in document FCC 11-151, the FCC 
released a Report and Order adopting final rules to implement sections 
716 and 717 of the Communications Act of 1934 (the Act), as amended, 
which were added to the Act by the Twenty-First Century Communications 
and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA). See Pub. L. 111-260, 104. 
Section 716 of the Act requires providers of advanced communications 
services and manufacturers of equipment used for advanced 
communications services to make their services and equipment accessible 
to individuals with disabilities, unless doing so is not achievable. 47 
U.S.C. 617. Section 717 of the Act establishes new recordkeeping 
requirements and enforcement procedures for service providers and 
equipment manufacturers that are subject to sections 255, 716, and 718 
of the Act. 47 U.S.C. 618. Section 255 of the Act requires 
telecommunications and interconnected VoIP services and equipment to be 
accessible, if readily achievable. 47 U.S.C. 255. Section 718 of the 
Act requires Web browsers included on mobile phones to be accessible to 
and usable by individuals who are blind or have a visual impairment, 
unless doing so is not achievable. 47 U.S.C. 619. On April 29, 2013, in 
document FCC 13-57, the FCC released a Second Report and Order adopting 
final rules to implement section 718 of the Act. On March 12, 2015, in 
document FCC 15-24, the FCC released a Report and Order on Remand, 
Declaratory Ruling, and Order reclassifying broadband Internet access 
service (BIAS) as a telecommunications service that is subject to the 
Commission's regulatory authority under Title II of the Act and 
applying section 255 of the Act and the Commission's implementing rules 
to providers of BIAS and manufacturers of equipment used for BIAS.
    Among other things, the FCC established procedures in document FCC 
11-151 to facilitate the filing of formal and informal complaints 
alleging violations of sections 255, 716, or 718 of the Act. Those 
procedures include a nondiscretionary pre-filing notice procedure to 
facilitate dispute resolution. As a prerequisite to filing an informal 
complaint, complainants must first request dispute assistance from the 
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau's Disability Rights Office.
    The filing of a request for dispute assistance is used to initiate 
a 30-day period which must precede the filing of an informal complaint. 
The burdens associated with filing requests for dispute assistance and 
informal complaints are contained in the collection found in OMB 
control number 3060-0874. Therefore, the Commission extracted those 
burdens from the collection found in OMB control number 3060-1167. In 
addition, the Commission has revised its estimate of the number of 
requests for dispute assistance and the number of informal complaints 
that it expects to receive and the burdens associated with the 
processing and handling of those requests and complaints.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-22523 Filed 9-19-16; 8:45 am]
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