Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval, Comments Requested, 70324 [E7-23940]

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 11, 2007)]
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[Page 70324]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to OMB for 
Review and Approval, Comments Requested

December 4, 2007.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on the following information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act 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. No person shall be subject to any penalty for 
failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before January 10, 2008. 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 contacts 
listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, via Internet at Nicholas--A.--Fraser@omb.eop.gov 
or via fax at (202) 395-5167 and to Cathy Williams, Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC or via Internet at Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
    To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) 
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the web page https://www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the web page called ``Currently 
Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the 
``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4) 
select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies 
presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button 
to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC 
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the title of this ICR (or 
its OMB control number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR 
Reference Number to view detailed information about this ICR.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Sections 225 and 255, Interconnected Voice over Internet 
Protocol Services (VoIP).
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    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: 1-20 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual and on-occasion reporting 
requirements; Recordkeeping requirement; Third party disclosure 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Total Annual Burden: 149,576 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $5,711,000.
    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 and 
Inquiries.''
    Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes. The Privacy Impact Assessment was 
completed on June 28, 2007. It may be reviewed at: https://www.fcc.gov/
omd/privacyact/Privacy_Impact_Assessment.html.
    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) of the Commission's rules. 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.
 [FR Doc. E7-23940 Filed 12-10-07; 8:45 am]
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