Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget, 24724-24725 [2014-09936]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 84 (Thursday, May 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24724-24725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09936]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval 
to the Office of Management and Budget

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 Communication 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 comments should be submitted on or before June 2, 2014. 
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 below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via 
email to Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and to Cathy Williams, FCC, 
via email PRA@fcc.gov PRA@fcc.gov and to 
Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. Include in the comments the OMB control number 
as shown in the ``Supplementary Information'' section below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918.
    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 OMB 
control number of this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. 
A copy of the FCC submission to OMB will be displayed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0717.
    Title: Billed Party Preference for InterLATA 0+ Calls, CC Docket 
No. 92-77, 47 CFR Sections 64.703(a), 64.709, 64.710.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,418 respondents; 11,250,150 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 minute (.017 hours)-50 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual and on-occasion reporting 
requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is found at 47 
U.S.C. 226, Telephone Operator Services, Public Law 101-435, 104 Stat. 
986, codified at 47 CFR 64.703(a) Consumer Information, 64.709 
Informational Tariffs, and 64.710 Operator Services for Prison Inmate 
Phones.
    Total Annual Burden: 205,023 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: 126,750.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: An assurance of 
confidentiality is not offered because this information collection does 
not require the collection of personally identifiable information from 
individuals.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impacts(s).
    Needs and Uses: Pursuant to 47 CFR 64.703(a), Operator Service 
Providers (OSPs) are required to disclose, audibly and distinctly to 
the consumer, at no charge and before connecting any interstate call, 
how to obtain rate quotations, including any applicable surcharges. 47 
CFR 64.710 imposes similar requirements on OSPs to inmates at 
correctional institutions. 47 CFR 64.709 codifies the requirements for 
OSPs to file informational tariffs with the Commission. These rules 
help to ensure that consumers receive information necessary to 
determine what the charges associated with an OSP-assisted call will 
be, thereby enhancing informed consumer choice in the operator services 
marketplace.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-1182.
    Title: Section 64.604(c)(9), Emergency Interim Rule for 
Registration and Documentation of Disability for Eligibility to Use IP 
Captioned Telephone Service, CG Docket Nos. 13-24 and 03-123.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Individuals or 
households.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 12,004 respondents; 24,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes (.50 hours) to 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: On-going reporting requirement; One-time 
reporting requirement; Third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is Sec. 225 [47 
U.S.C. 225] Telecommunications Services for Hearing-Impaired and 
Speech-Impaired Individuals; The Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990 (ADA), Public Law 101-336, 104 Stat. 327, 366-69, enacted on July 
26, 1990.

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    Total Annual Burden: 18,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $600,000.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: An assurance of 
confidentiality is not offered because this information collection does 
not involve the collection of personally identifiable information by 
the government from individuals.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impacts(s).
    Needs and Uses: The Commission seeks to extend OMB approval of OMB 
Control Number 3060-1182 for a period of three years. The interim rules 
containing these collections, which were adopted in the IP CTS Interim 
Order, published at 78 FR 8032, February 5, 2013, will remain in effect 
until the corresponding final rules, adopted by the Commission in the 
IP CTS Reform Order, published at 78 FR 53684, August 30, 2013, take 
effect. On December 6, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the 
District of Columbia Circuit granted in part a motion by Sorenson 
Communications, Inc. (Sorenson) seeking a stay of certain of the final 
rules. See Sorenson Communications, Inc. and CaptionCall, LLC v. FCC, 
D.C. Cir., No. 13-1246, December 6, 2013, at 1-2 (Stay Order). 
Specifically, the Court stayed ``the rule adopted by the Commission 
prohibiting compensation to providers for minutes of use generated by 
equipment consumers received from providers for free or for less than 
$75.'' For the purpose of maintaining the status quo until the court 
issues a final ruling in court proceedings No. 13-1246 and consolidated 
No. 13-1122, the Commission therefore seeks to extend OMB approval of 
OMB Control Number 3060-1182 for a period of three years.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-09936 Filed 4-30-14; 8:45 am]
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