Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Extension Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested, 66644 [E8-26737]

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 218 (Monday, November 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 66644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26737]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

November 4, 2008.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC), 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 extension, 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 extension 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 9, 2009. 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: Submit your comments by e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. Include in 
the e-mail the OMB control number of the collection or, if there is no 
OMB control number, the Title shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section below. If you are unable to submit your comments by email 
contact the person listed below to make alternate arrangements.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection(s) or to obtain a copy of the collection send an 
e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov and include the collection's OMB control number 
as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below (or the title 
of the collection if there is no OMB control number), or call Jerry 
Cowden at 202-418-0447.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 3060-1085.
    Title: Collection of Location Information, Provision of Notice, and 
Recordkeeping on Interconnected Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) 
E911 Compliance (47 CFR Section 9.5).
    Form No.: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Extension of a previously approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 12 respondents; 12 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 50,197 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement and third party 
disclosure requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
    Total Annual Burden: 602,364 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $52,449,272.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting that respondents submit confidential information to the 
Commission.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is obligated by statute to promote 
``safety of life and property'' and to ``encourage and facilitate the 
prompt deployment throughout the United States of a seamless, 
ubiquitous, and reliable end-to-end infrastructure'' for public safety. 
Congress has established 911 as the national emergency number to enable 
all citizens to reach emergency services directly and efficiently, 
irrespective of whether a citizen uses wireline or wireless technology 
when calling for help by dialing 911. Efforts by federal, state and 
local government, along with the significant efforts of wireline and 
wireless service providers, have resulted in the nearly ubiquitous 
deployment of this life-saving service.
    The Order the Commission adopted on May 19, 2005, sets forth rules 
requiring providers of VoIP services that interconnect with the 
nation's existing public switched telephone network (interconnected 
VoIP services) to supply E911 capabilities to their customers. To 
ensure E911 functionality for customers of VoIP service providers the 
Commission requires the following information collections:
    A. Location Registration. Requires providers to interconnected VoIP 
services to obtain location information from their customers for use in 
the routing of 911 calls and the provision of location information to 
emergency answering points.
    B. Provision of Automatic Location Information (ALI). 
Interconnected VoIP service providers will place the location 
information for their customers into, or make that information 
available through, specialized databases maintained by local exchange 
carriers (and, in at least one case, a state government) across the 
country.
    C. Customer Notification. Requires that all providers of 
interconnected VoIP are aware of their interconnected VoIP service's 
actual E911 capabilities. That all providers of interconnected VoIP 
service specifically advise every subscriber, both new and existing, 
prominently and in plain language, the circumstances under which E911 
service may not be available through the interconnected VoIP service or 
may be in some way limited by comparison to traditional E911 service.
    D. Record of Customer Notification. Requires VoIP providers to 
obtain and keep a record of affirmative acknowledgement by every 
subscriber, both new and existing, of having received and understood 
this advisory.
    E. User Notification. In addition, in order to ensure to the extent 
possible that the advisory is available to all potential users of an 
interconnected VoIP service, interconnected VoIP service providers must 
distribute to all subscribers, both new and existing, warning stickers 
or other appropriate labels warning subscribers if E911 service may be 
limited or not available and instructing the subscriber to place them 
on or near the customer premises equipment used in conjunction with the 
interconnected VoIP service.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-26737 Filed 11-7-08; 8:45 am]
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