Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested, 43638 [E7-15083]

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 150 (Monday, August 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 43638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15083]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested

July 30, 2007.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 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 (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may 
not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid control number. Pursuant to the PRA, no person shall be 
subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of 
information 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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before October 5, 
2007. 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: You may submit all PRA comments by email or U.S. mail. To 
submit your comments by email, send them to PRA@fcc.gov and to 
Jasmeet--K.--Seehra@omb.eop.gov. To submit your comments by U.S. mail, 
mark them to the attention of Cathy Williams, Federal Communications 
Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554, 
and Jasmeet Seehra, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Desk Officer, 
Room 10236 NEOB, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection(s), send an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov or contact 
Cathy Williams at 202-418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Section 225 and 255 Interconnected voice over Internet 
Protocol Services (VoIP).
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 5,711.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10-20 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Occasional reporting requirements; 
recordkeeping; third party disclosure.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
    Total Annual Burden: 57,110-114,220 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $ 11,422,000.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: An assurance of 
confidentiality is not offered because this information collection does 
not require the collection of personal identifiable information (PII) 
from individuals.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No.
    Needs and Uses: On June 15, 2007, the Commission released a Report 
and Order, In the Matters of IP-Enabled Services; Implementation of 
sections 225 and 251(a)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
Enacted by the Telecommunications Act of 1996: Access to 
Telecommunications Service, Telecommunications Equipment and Customer 
Premises Equipment by Persons with Disabilities; Telecommunications 
Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with 
Hearing and Speech Disabilities; the Use of N11 Codes and Other 
Abbreviated Dialing Arrangements, FCC 07-110. FCC 07-110 extends the 
disability access requirements that currently apply to 
telecommunications service providers and equipment manufacturers under 
section 255 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), to 
providers of ``interconnected voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) 
services,'' as defined by the Commission, and to manufacturers of 
specially designed equipment used to provide those services. In 
addition, the Commission extends to interconnected VoIP providers the 
Telecommunications Relay Services requirements contained in its 
regulations, pursuant to section 225(b)(1) of the Act. As applied to 
interconnected VoIP providers and to manufacturers of specialized VoIP 
equipment, several requirements adopted by FCC 07-110 contain new or 
modified information collection requirements that have not been 
approved by OMB, and on which the Commission must seek comment under 
the PRA. For example, several rules that FCC 07-110 extends to 
interconnected VoIP providers and/or equipment manufacturers contain 
procedures governing a provider or manufacturer's obligation to respond 
to an informal consumer complaint. Other rules detail VoIP providers' 
and VoIP equipment manufacturers' duty to make available to the public 
certain information concerning their respective services or products. 
In particular, the following rules, as applied to interconnected VoIP 
providers and to manufacturers of specialized VoIP equipment and 
customer premises equipment, contain new or modified information 
collection requirements: 47 CFR 6.11(a), 6.11(b), 6.18(b), 6.19, 
64.604(a)(5), 64.604(c)(1)(i), 64.604(c)(1)(ii), 64.604(c)(2), 
64.604(c)(3), 64.604(c)(5)(iii)(C), 64.604(c)(5)(iii)(E), 
64.604(c)(5)(iii)(G), 64.604(c)(6)(v)(A)(3), 64.604(c)(6)(v)(G), 
64.604(c)(7), and 64.606(b). The Commission will publish a separate 
document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of those 
rules upon OMB approval.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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