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Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling
Services
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of
OMB approval.
AGENCY:
In this document, the
Commission announces that the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) has
approved, for a period of three years, the
annual reporting and certification
requirement, consumer disclosure
requirement, and one-time data
collection associated with the
Commission’s Inmate Calling Services
Order (Order), FCC 15–136, published
on December 18, 2015.
DATES: The one-time data collection was
approved by OMB under OMB Control
No. 3060–1221 on January 9, 2017. The
annual reporting and certification
requirements and the consumer
disclosure requirements in 47 CFR
64.6060 and 64.6110, published at 80
FR 79135, December 18, 2015 were
approved by OMB under OMB Control
No. 3060–1222 on January 9, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gil
Strobel, Pricing Policy Division,
Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202)
418–1520, or email: gil.strobel@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document announces that, on January 9,
2017, OMB approved the annual
reporting and certification requirement
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and consumer disclosure requirement,
relating to the rules contained in the
Commission’s Order. The OMB Control
Number for the annual reporting,
certification, and consumer disclosure
requirements is 3060–1222. This
document further announces that, on
January 9, 2017, OMB approved the onetime data collection associated with the
Order. The OMB Control Number for the
one-time data collection is 3060–1221.
The Commission publishes this
document as an announcement of the
OMB approval of the forms associated
with the annual reporting and
certification requirements and with the
one-time data collection, as well as
OMB’s approval of the consumer
disclosure requirements. If you have any
comments on the burden estimates
listed below, or how the Commission
can improve the collections and reduce
any burdens caused thereby, please
contact Nicole Ongele, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 1–
A620, 445 12th Street SW., Washington,
DC 20554. Please include the relevant
OMB Control Number, 3060–1222 or
3060–1221, in your correspondence.
The Commission will also accept your
comments via email at PRA@fcc.gov.
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).
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507),
the FCC is notifying the public that it
received the final OMB approval on
January 9, 2017, for the annual
reporting, certification, and consumer
disclosure requirements and one-time
data collection contained in the
modifications to the Commission’s rules
in 47 CFR part 64 and in the
Commission’s Order. Under 5 CFR part
1320, an agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a current, valid OMB
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 that does not
display a current, valid OMB Control
Number.The OMB Control Numbers are
3060–1222 and 3060–1221.
The foregoing notice is required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995,
and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
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The total annual reporting burdens
and costs for the respondents are as
follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060–1222.
OMB Approval Date: January 9, 2017.
OMB Expiration Date: January 31,
2020.
Title: Inmate Calling Services Data
Collection; Annual Reporting,
Certification, and Consumer Disclosure
Requirements.
Form Number(s): FCC Form 2301(a)
and FCC Form 2301(b).
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 15 respondents; 15
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 5
hours–60 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual
reporting and certification requirements;
third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
Statutory authority for this information
collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 1,
4(i), 4(j), 201, 218, 220, 225, and 303(r)
of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i)–(j), 201,
218, 220, 225 and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 1,200 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission anticipates providing
confidential treatment for proprietary
information submitted by providers of
inmate calling services (ICS). Parties
that comply with the terms of a
protective order for the proceeding will
have an opportunity to comment on the
data.
Needs and Uses: Section 201 of the
Communications Act of 1934 Act (Act),
as amended, 47 U.S.C. 201, requires that
ICS providers’ rates and practices be just
and reasonable. The Commission’s
Second Report and Order and Third
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(Second Report and Order), WC Docket
No., FCC 15–136, requires that ICS
providers file annual reports with the
Commission, including certifications
that the reported data are complete and
accurate. The annual reporting and
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certification rules require ICS providers
to file, among other things: Data
regarding their ICS rates and minutes of
use by facility and size of facility;
current ancillary service charge amounts
and the instances of use of each; and the
monthly amount of any site commission
payments. The Commission also
requires an officer of each ICS provider
annually to certify the accuracy of the
data submitted and the provider’s
compliance with the Second Report and
Order. The consumer disclosure rule
requires ICS providers to inform
customers of their rates and charges.
The data will assist the Commission in,
among other things, ensuring
compliance with the Second Report and
Order and monitoring the effectiveness
of the ICS reforms adopted therein. The
data will be used to enable the
Commission to assess the costs related
to ICS and ensure that ICS rates and
ancillary service charges related to ICS
rates remain just and reasonable as
required by section 201 of the Act.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1221.
OMB Approval Date: January 9, 2017.
OMB Expiration Date: January 31,
2020.
Title: Inmate Calling Services Data
Collection, One-Time Data Collection.
Form Number: FCC Form 2300.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 15 respondents; 15
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 100
hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
Statutory authority for this information
collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 1,
4(i), 4(j), 201, 218, 220, and 303(r) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i)–(j), 201,
218, 220 and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 1,500 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission anticipates providing
confidential treatment for proprietary
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information submitted by inmate calling
service (ICS) providers. Parties that
comply with the terms of a protective
order for the proceeding will have an
opportunity to comment on the data.
Needs and Uses: Section 201 of the
Communications Act of 1934 Act (Act),
as amended, 47 U.S.C. 201, requires that
ICS providers’ interstate rates and
practices be just and reasonable. The
Commission’s Second Report and Order
and Third Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (FNPRM) requires that all
ICS providers comply with a one-time
mandatory data collection. ICS
providers must submit data on the costs
of providing—and the demand for—
interstate, international, and intrastate
ICS. The data collection requires ICS
providers to submit data on ICS calls,
various ICS costs, company and contract
information, information about facilities
served, ICS revenues, ancillary fees, and
mandatory taxes and fees. ICS providers
are also required to apportion direct
costs for each cost category and to
explain how joint and common costs are
apportioned among the facilities they
serve and the services they provide. The
data will be used to enable the
Commission to assess the costs related
to ICS and ensure that ICS rates and fees
related to ICS rates remain just and
reasonable as required by section 201 of
the Act. Responses to the collection are
due March 1, 2017.
The Commission’s Wireline Bureau
staff will develop a standardized
template for the submission of data and
provide instructions to simplify
compliance with and reduce the
burdens of the data collection. The
template also includes filing
instructions and text fields for
respondents to use to explain portions
of their filings, as needed. See FCC
Form 2300. Providers are encouraged to
file their data electronically via the
Commission’s Electronic Comment
Filing System (ECFS).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 64
[WC Docket No. 12-375, FCC 15-136]
Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of OMB approval.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years,
the annual reporting and certification requirement, consumer disclosure
requirement, and one-time data collection associated with the
Commission's Inmate Calling Services Order (Order), FCC 15-136,
published on December 18, 2015.
DATES: The one-time data collection was approved by OMB under OMB
Control No. 3060-1221 on January 9, 2017. The annual reporting and
certification requirements and the consumer disclosure requirements in
47 CFR 64.6060 and 64.6110, published at 80 FR 79135, December 18, 2015
were approved by OMB under OMB Control No. 3060-1222 on January 9,
2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gil Strobel, Pricing Policy Division,
Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-1520, or email:
gil.strobel@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on January 9,
2017, OMB approved the annual reporting and certification requirement
and consumer disclosure requirement, relating to the rules contained in
the Commission's Order. The OMB Control Number for the annual
reporting, certification, and consumer disclosure requirements is 3060-
1222. This document further announces that, on January 9, 2017, OMB
approved the one-time data collection associated with the Order. The
OMB Control Number for the one-time data collection is 3060-1221. The
Commission publishes this document as an announcement of the OMB
approval of the forms associated with the annual reporting and
certification requirements and with the one-time data collection, as
well as OMB's approval of the consumer disclosure requirements. If you
have any comments on the burden estimates listed below, or how the
Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens caused
thereby, please contact Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications
Commission, Room 1-A620, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554.
Please include the relevant OMB Control Number, 3060-1222 or 3060-1221,
in your correspondence. The Commission will also accept your comments
via email at PRA@fcc.gov.
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).
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received the final OMB
approval on January 9, 2017, for the annual reporting, certification,
and consumer disclosure requirements and one-time data collection
contained in the modifications to the Commission's rules in 47 CFR part
64 and in the Commission's Order. Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may
not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a
current, valid OMB 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
that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number.The OMB
Control Numbers are 3060-1222 and 3060-1221.
The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
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The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents
are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1222.
OMB Approval Date: January 9, 2017.
OMB Expiration Date: January 31, 2020.
Title: Inmate Calling Services Data Collection; Annual Reporting,
Certification, and Consumer Disclosure Requirements.
Form Number(s): FCC Form 2301(a) and FCC Form 2301(b).
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 15 respondents; 15 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 5 hours-60 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting and certification
requirements; third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 1, 4(i), 4(j), 201,
218, 220, 225, and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i)-(j), 201, 218, 220, 225 and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 1,200 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission anticipates
providing confidential treatment for proprietary information submitted
by providers of inmate calling services (ICS). Parties that comply with
the terms of a protective order for the proceeding will have an
opportunity to comment on the data.
Needs and Uses: Section 201 of the Communications Act of 1934 Act
(Act), as amended, 47 U.S.C. 201, requires that ICS providers' rates
and practices be just and reasonable. The Commission's Second Report
and Order and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Second
Report and Order), WC Docket No., FCC 15-136, requires that ICS
providers file annual reports with the Commission, including
certifications that the reported data are complete and accurate. The
annual reporting and certification rules require ICS providers to file,
among other things: Data regarding their ICS rates and minutes of use
by facility and size of facility; current ancillary service charge
amounts and the instances of use of each; and the monthly amount of any
site commission payments. The Commission also requires an officer of
each ICS provider annually to certify the accuracy of the data
submitted and the provider's compliance with the Second Report and
Order. The consumer disclosure rule requires ICS providers to inform
customers of their rates and charges. The data will assist the
Commission in, among other things, ensuring compliance with the Second
Report and Order and monitoring the effectiveness of the ICS reforms
adopted therein. The data will be used to enable the Commission to
assess the costs related to ICS and ensure that ICS rates and ancillary
service charges related to ICS rates remain just and reasonable as
required by section 201 of the Act.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1221.
OMB Approval Date: January 9, 2017.
OMB Expiration Date: January 31, 2020.
Title: Inmate Calling Services Data Collection, One-Time Data
Collection.
Form Number: FCC Form 2300.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 15 respondents; 15 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 100 hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 1, 4(i), 4(j), 201,
218, 220, and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47
U.S.C. 151, 154(i)-(j), 201, 218, 220 and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 1,500 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission anticipates
providing confidential treatment for proprietary information submitted
by inmate calling service (ICS) providers. Parties that comply with the
terms of a protective order for the proceeding will have an opportunity
to comment on the data.
Needs and Uses: Section 201 of the Communications Act of 1934 Act
(Act), as amended, 47 U.S.C. 201, requires that ICS providers'
interstate rates and practices be just and reasonable. The Commission's
Second Report and Order and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(FNPRM) requires that all ICS providers comply with a one-time
mandatory data collection. ICS providers must submit data on the costs
of providing--and the demand for--interstate, international, and
intrastate ICS. The data collection requires ICS providers to submit
data on ICS calls, various ICS costs, company and contract information,
information about facilities served, ICS revenues, ancillary fees, and
mandatory taxes and fees. ICS providers are also required to apportion
direct costs for each cost category and to explain how joint and common
costs are apportioned among the facilities they serve and the services
they provide. The data will be used to enable the Commission to assess
the costs related to ICS and ensure that ICS rates and fees related to
ICS rates remain just and reasonable as required by section 201 of the
Act. Responses to the collection are due March 1, 2017.
The Commission's Wireline Bureau staff will develop a standardized
template for the submission of data and provide instructions to
simplify compliance with and reduce the burdens of the data collection.
The template also includes filing instructions and text fields for
respondents to use to explain portions of their filings, as needed. See
FCC Form 2300. Providers are encouraged to file their data
electronically via the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System
(ECFS).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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