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that make them more resilient or more
capable to respond to future disasters?
If so, how?
b. In which of the following areas
should FEMA focus the incentives of a
deductible approach in order to achieve
those improvements in disaster
management and resilience and why?
i. Increased fiscal capacity to address
disasters at the Recipient level.
ii. Better planning by Recipients for
the financial costs of disaster.
iii. Reduced long-term impact of
disasters.
iv. Reduced risk of loss from disaster.
v. Decreased future disaster costs.
vi. Better levels of cooperation among
neighboring jurisdictions.
vii. Increased State emergency
management staffing and funding.
viii. Other.
c. What specific actions should FEMA
seek to incentivize and why? Potential
actions include:
i. Acceptance of greater financial
responsibility for disaster costs by nonFederal entities.
ii. Increased non-Federal investment
in emergency management programs
generally.
iii. Increased investment in mitigation
strategies at Recipient levels.
iv. Establishment of Recipient disaster
relief funds or ‘‘rainy day’’ funds.
1. Increased spending from such
funds where they already exist.
v. Establishment of Recipient
individual assistance programs.
1. Increased spending from such
funds where they already exist.
vi. Increased level of Recipient
financial relief provided for incidents
that do not receive a Presidential
declaration pursuant to the Stafford Act.
vii. Other.
d. How could a deductible incentivize
the actions necessary to achieve
improvements in the selected areas and
how should FEMA design the
deductible to provide that incentive?
e. Are there alternatives to a
deductible that could serve as a better
incentive to the selected improvements
and actions?
i. If so, what are those alternatives?
ii. Why would those alternatives be
more effective than a deductible?
5. Implementation Considerations:
How could FEMA design deductible
implementation so as to maximize
effectiveness of the deductible as an
incentive, but also ensure Recipients
have sufficient opportunity to adjust to
it?
a. What specific actions might
Recipients take if a deductible were
introduced to FEMA’s Public Assistance
Program? What specific types of actions
should we seek to incentivize through
the establishment of a deductible?
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b. How would Recipients meet the
deductible?
i. Would Recipients seek to pass the
costs of the deductible on to
Subrecipients? How?
ii. Would the passing on of costs to
Subrecipients be appropriate? Why or
why not?
iii. Should FEMA seek to prevent
Recipients from passing the costs on to
Subrecipients? Why?
iv. If so, what methods could FEMA
use to prevent the transfer of
responsibility for costs from Recipients
to Subrecipients?
c. Should the deductible be applied
on an annual basis or per disaster?
i. If annual, how should FEMA define
the year? Why?
ii. If per disaster, should there be a
cap on the number of deductibles, or
total deductible amount, that a
Recipient should be responsible for in a
given year? Why? In what way can
FEMA be sensitive to problems caused
by recurrent disasters through a
deductible policy?
iii. If appropriate, how should FEMA
set the cumulative annual deductible
cap for repetitive disasters?
d. Should FEMA ever consider
waiving all or part of the deductible?
Why?
i. If so, under what circumstances
should FEMA consider waiving all or
part of the deductible?
ii. If so, how should FEMA determine
what portion of the deductible should
be waived?
iii. How frequently should FEMA
consider waiving all or a portion of the
deductible? Why?
e. If FEMA introduced a deductible
concept to the Public Assistance
Program, what steps would Recipients
take to adjust?
i. How long would it take Recipients,
working with relevant stakeholders, to
appropriately adjust to the introduction
of a deductible?
ii. Should FEMA consider a phased
implementation approach through
which the deductible would be applied
over time? Why?
iii. If so, over how much time should
the deductible concept be phased in and
in what way? Why?
6. Estimating Impacts:
Implementation of a deductible as a
prerequisite for receiving Public
Assistance would have an economic
impact on future Recipients of disaster
assistance.
a. Do Recipients currently maintain a
disaster relief or ‘‘rainy day’’ fund?
b. If not, how much would it cost to
establish and administer a disaster relief
or ‘‘rainy day’’ fund?
c. If a Recipient could satisfy its
deductible through provision of its own
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individual assistance program, would
Recipients establish or expand existing
individual assistance programs?
d. What are the costs of establishing
and running various individual
assistance programs?
e. If a Recipient could satisfy its
deductible through an increase in
planning, preparedness, or mitigation
programs, would Recipients increase the
level of such activities or programs?
f. If a Recipient could satisfy its
deductible through adoption of
enhanced building codes, would
Recipients or Recipient communities
adopt such codes?
g. What are the costs associated with
adoption of such building codes?
h. What are the costs associated with
the specific actions Recipients might
take if a deductible were introduced to
FEMA’s disaster relief programs?
i. What, if any, disproportionate
impacts might be borne by small
nonprofit entities or small government
jurisdictions (populations less than
50,000)?
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.
Dated: January 13, 2016.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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[CG Docket No. 03–123; DA 15–1453]
Request for Comment on Petition for
Rulemaking Filed by IDT Telecom, Inc.,
Regarding Interstate
Telecommunications Relay Service
Fund Contribution
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
In this document, the
Commission seeks comment on a
Petition for Rulemaking (Petition) filed
by IDT Telecom, Inc. (IDT) requesting
that the Commission issue a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to review
and revise its rules and policies on the
contribution methodology for the
Interstate Telecommunications Relay
Service (TRS) Fund to include intrastate
revenue within the TRS Fund
contribution base. Additionally IDT
requests that the Commission remove
the rule provision requiring that video
relay service (VRS) costs be recovered
SUMMARY:
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from only interstate and international
revenue.
DATES: Comments are due February 4,
2016 and reply comments are due
February 16, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by CG Docket No. 03–123 by
any of the following methods:
• Electronic Filers: Comments may be
filed electronically using the Internet by
accessing the Commission’s Electronic
Comment Filing System (ECFS), through
the Commission’s Web site https://
apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/. Filers should follow
the instructions provided on the Web
site for submitting comments. For ECFS
filers, in completing the transmittal
screen, filers should include their full
name, U.S. Postal service mailing
address, and CG Docket No. 03–123.
• Paper filers: Parties who choose to
file by paper must file an original and
one copy of each filing. If more than one
docket or rulemaking number appears in
the caption of this proceeding, filers
must submit one additional copy for
each additional docket or rulemaking
number. Filings can be sent by hand or
messenger delivery, by commercial
overnight courier, or by first-class or
overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All
filings must be addressed to the
Commission’s Secretary, Office of the
Secretary, Federal Communications
Commission.
For detailed instructions for
submitting comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process,
see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gregory Hlibok, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Disability
Rights Office, (202) 559–5158, email:
Gregory.Hlibok@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to 47 CFR 1.415, 1.419, interested
parties may file comments and reply
comments on or before the dates
indicated on the first page of this
document.
• Comments may be filed using the
Commission’s Electronic Comment
Filing System (ECFS). See Electronic
Filing of Documents in Rulemaking
Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 (1998).
• All hand-delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings for the
Commission’s Secretary must be
delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445
12th Street SW., Room TW–A325,
Washington, DC 20554. All hand
deliveries must be held together with
rubber bands or fasteners. Any
envelopes must be disposed of before
entering the building.
• Commercial Mail sent by overnight
mail (other than U.S. Postal Service
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Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be
sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive,
Capitol Heights, MD 20743.
• U.S. Postal Service first-class,
Express, and Priority mail should be
addressed to 445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
This is a summary of the
Commission’s document DA 15–1453,
released on December 18, 2015 in CG
Docket No. 03–123. The full text of
document DA 15–1453, the Petition,
and any subsequently filed documents
in this matter will be available for
public inspection and copying via
ECFS, and during regular business
hours at the FCC Reference Information
Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW.,
Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554.
Document DA 15–1453 can also be
downloaded in Word or Portable
Document Format (PDF) at: https://
www.fcc.gov/general/disability-rightsoffice-headlines. To request materials in
accessible formats for people with
disabilities (Braille, large print,
electronic files, audio format), send an
email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the
Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202)
418–0432 (TTY).
Initial Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 Analysis
Document DA 15–1453 does not
contain proposed information collection
requirements subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–
13. In addition, therefore, it does not
contain any proposed information
collection burden ‘‘for small business
concerns with fewer than 25
employees,’’ pursuant to the Small
Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002,
Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4).
Synopsis
On November 25, 2015, IDT filed a
petition for rulemaking asking the
Commission to issue an NPRM to
review and revise its rules and policies
concerning the contribution
methodology for the TRS Fund. IDT
asks the commission to implement a
contribution methodology that includes
intrastate revenue within the TRS Fund
contribution base. Additionally, IDT
requests that the Commission remove
the rule provision that requires VRS
costs to be recovered from only
interstate and international revenue.
IDT asserts that this would greatly
increase and strengthen the base of the
TRS Fund.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Gregory Hlibok,
Chief, Disability Rights Office, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau.
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47 CFR Part 69
[WC Docket No. 05–25 and RM–10593; DA
15–1473]
Wireline Competition Bureau Extends
Comment and Reply Comment
Deadlines in Business Data Services
(Special Access) Rulemaking
Proceeding
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Wireline Competition
Bureau grants in part a request seeking
an extension to the comment and reply
comment deadlines in the business data
services (special access proceeding,
Special Access FNPRM.
DATES: Comments may be filed on or
before January 22, 2016, and reply
comments may be filed by February 19,
2016.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications
Commission, 445 12th Street,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph Price, Wireline Competition
Bureau, Pricing Policy Division, 202–
418–1540 or at Joseph.Price@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Commission’s order WC
Docket 05–25, RM–10593, DA 15–1473,
released December 21, 2015. This
document does not contain information
collection(s) subject to the Paperwork
Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104–93.
In addition, therefore, it does not
contain any new or modified
‘‘information collection burdens[s] for
small business concerns with fewer than
25 employees,’’ pursuant to the Small
Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002.
The full text of this document may be
downloaded at the following Internet
address: https://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_
Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db1221/
DA-15-1473A1.pdf. To request
alternative formats for persons with
disabilities (e.g., accessible format
documents, sign language, interpreters,
CARTS, etc.), send an email to fcc504@
fcc.gov or call the Commission’s
Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Bureau at (202) 418–0530 or (202) 418–
0432 (TTY).
SUMMARY:
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 64
[CG Docket No. 03-123; DA 15-1453]
Request for Comment on Petition for Rulemaking Filed by IDT
Telecom, Inc., Regarding Interstate Telecommunications Relay Service
Fund Contribution
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission seeks comment on a Petition
for Rulemaking (Petition) filed by IDT Telecom, Inc. (IDT) requesting
that the Commission issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to
review and revise its rules and policies on the contribution
methodology for the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS)
Fund to include intrastate revenue within the TRS Fund contribution
base. Additionally IDT requests that the Commission remove the rule
provision requiring that video relay service (VRS) costs be recovered
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from only interstate and international revenue.
DATES: Comments are due February 4, 2016 and reply comments are due
February 16, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by CG Docket No. 03-123
by any of the following methods:
Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically
using the Internet by accessing the Commission's Electronic Comment
Filing System (ECFS), through the Commission's Web site https://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/. Filers should follow the instructions provided on
the Web site for submitting comments. For ECFS filers, in completing
the transmittal screen, filers should include their full name, U.S.
Postal service mailing address, and CG Docket No. 03-123.
Paper filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must
file an original and one copy of each filing. If more than one docket
or rulemaking number appears in the caption of this proceeding, filers
must submit one additional copy for each additional docket or
rulemaking number. Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery,
by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S.
Postal Service mail. All filings must be addressed to the Commission's
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
For detailed instructions for submitting comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Hlibok, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Disability Rights Office, (202) 559-5158,
email: Gregory.Hlibok@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 47 CFR 1.415, 1.419, interested
parties may file comments and reply comments on or before the dates
indicated on the first page of this document.
Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic
Comment Filing System (ECFS). See Electronic Filing of Documents in
Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 (1998).
All hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings
for the Commission's Secretary must be delivered to FCC Headquarters at
445 12th Street SW., Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. All hand
deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any
envelopes must be disposed of before entering the building.
Commercial Mail sent by overnight mail (other than U.S.
Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300
East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743.
U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority
mail should be addressed to 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554.
This is a summary of the Commission's document DA 15-1453, released
on December 18, 2015 in CG Docket No. 03-123. The full text of document
DA 15-1453, the Petition, and any subsequently filed documents in this
matter will be available for public inspection and copying via ECFS,
and during regular business hours at the FCC Reference Information
Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC
20554. Document DA 15-1453 can also be downloaded in Word or Portable
Document Format (PDF) at: https://www.fcc.gov/general/disability-rights-office-headlines. To request materials in accessible formats for
people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio
format), send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432
(TTY).
Initial Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis
Document DA 15-1453 does not contain proposed information
collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104-13. In addition, therefore, it does not contain any
proposed information collection burden ``for small business concerns
with fewer than 25 employees,'' pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4).
Synopsis
On November 25, 2015, IDT filed a petition for rulemaking asking
the Commission to issue an NPRM to review and revise its rules and
policies concerning the contribution methodology for the TRS Fund. IDT
asks the commission to implement a contribution methodology that
includes intrastate revenue within the TRS Fund contribution base.
Additionally, IDT requests that the Commission remove the rule
provision that requires VRS costs to be recovered from only interstate
and international revenue. IDT asserts that this would greatly increase
and strengthen the base of the TRS Fund.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gregory Hlibok,
Chief, Disability Rights Office, Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Bureau.
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