Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget, 39427-39429 [2017-17443]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 159 (Friday, August 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39427-39429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17443]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



[OMB 3060-1201 and 3060-xxxx]




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, the 

Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the 

general



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public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 

on the following information collection. 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 Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of 

information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management 

and Budget (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 September 18, 

2017. 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, OMB, via 

email Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and to Cathy Williams, FCC, via 

email PRA@fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. Include in the 

comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY 

INFORMATION 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: 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 Communications Commission 

(FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following 

information collection. 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.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-1201.

    Title: Video Relay Services, CG Docket Nos. 10-51 & 03-123.

    Form Number: N/A.

    Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.

    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Individuals or 

households; Not-for-profit institutions.

    Number of Respondents and Responses: 135,350 respondents; 2,395,180 

responses.

    Estimated Time per Response: 3 minutes (.05 hours) to 300 hours.

    Frequency of Response: Annual, monthly, on-going, one-time, and 

quarterly reporting requirements; Recordkeeping requirement, Third 

party disclosure requirement.

    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 

statutory authority for this information collection is section 225 of 

the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 225. The law was enacted on July 26, 

1990, as Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 

Public Law 101-336, 104 Stat. 327, 366-69.

    Total Annual Burden: 473,809 hours.

    Total Annual Cost: $41,000.

    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 updated 

system of records notice (SORN), FCC/CGB-4, ``Internet-based 

Telecommunications Relay Service-User Registration Database (ITRS-

URD).'' As required by the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Commission 

also published a SORN, FCC/CGB-4 ``Internet-based Telecommunications 

Relay Service-User Registration Database (ITRS-URD),'' in the Federal 

Register on February 9, 2015 (80 FR 6963) which became effective on 

March 23, 2015.

    Privacy Impact Assessment: This information collection affects 

individuals or households. As required by the Office of Management and 

Budget Memorandum M-03-22 (September 26, 2003), the FCC is in the 

process of completing the Privacy Impact Assessment.

    Needs and Uses: On June 10, 2013, the Commission released Structure 

and Practices of the Video Relay Service Program et al., FCC 13-82, 

published at 78 FR 40582, July 5, 2013 (2013 VRS Reform Order), 

adopting further measures to improve the structure, efficiency, and 

quality of the video relay service (VRS) program, reducing the noted 

inefficiencies in the program, as well as reducing the risk of waste, 

fraud, and abuse, and ensuring that the program makes full use of 

advances in commercially-available technology. In this Order, the 

Commission (1) required reporting of unauthorized and unnecessary use 

of VRS; (2) required provider certification of annual compliance plans; 

(3) established a central telecommunications relay services (TRS) user 

registration database (TRS-URD) which incorporates a centralized 

eligibility verification requirement to ensure accurate registration 

and verification of users, as well as per-call validation, to achieve 

more effective prevention of waste, fraud, and abuse; (4) established 

procedures to prevent unauthorized changes of a user's default TRS 

provider; and (5) established procedures to protect TRS users' customer 

proprietary network information (CPNI) from disclosure.

    On March 23, 2017, the Commission released Structure and Practices 

of the Video Relay Services Program et al., FCC 17-26, published at 82 

FR 17754, April 13, 2017, (2017 VRS Improvements Order), which among 

other things, (1) allows VRS providers to assign TRS Numbering 

Directory 10-digit telephone numbers to hearing individuals for the 

limited purpose of making point-to-point video calls, and (2) gives VRS 

providers the option to participate in an at-home call handling pilot 

program, subject to certain limitations, as well as recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-xxxx.



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    Title: Sections 1.9020(n), 1.9030(m), 1.9035(o), Community 

notification requirement for certain contraband interdiction systems; 

Section 20.18(r), Contraband Interdiction System (CIS) requirement; 

Section 20.23(a), Good faith negotiations.

    Form No.: N/A.

    Type of Review: New collection.

    Respondents: Businesses or other for profit entities and state, 

local or Tribal Governments.

    Number of Respondents and Responses: 26 respondents and 28 

responses.

    Estimated Time per Response: 8-16 hours.

    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.

    Obligation To Respond: There is no obligation to respond; response 

required to obtain benefits. The statutory authority for this 

collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 154(j), 301, 

302a, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, and 332.

    Total Annual Burden: 325 hours.

    Annual Cost Burden: No cost.

    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).

    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 

confidentiality with this collection of information.

    Needs and Uses: On March 24, 2017, the Federal Communications 

Commission released a Report and Order, Promoting Technological 

Solutions to Combat Contraband Wireless Devices in Correctional 

Facilities, GN Docket No. 13-111, FCC 17-25 (Report and Order), in 

which the Commission took important steps to help law enforcement 

combat the serious threats posed by the illegal use of contraband 

wireless devices by inmates. Across the country, inmates have used 

contraband devices to order hits, run drug operations, operate phone 

scams, and otherwise engage in criminal activity that endangers prison 

employees, other inmates, and innocent members of the public. In the 

Report and Order, the Commission streamlined the process of deploying 

contraband wireless device interdiction systems--systems that use radio 

communications signals requiring Commission authorization--in 

correctional facilities. The action will reduce the cost of deploying 

solutions and ensure that they can be deployed more quickly and 

efficiently. In particular, the Commission waived certain filing 

requirements and provided for immediate approval of the spectrum lease 

applications needed to operate these systems.

    The effectiveness of Contraband Interdiction System (CIS) 

deployment requires all carriers in the relevant area of the 

correctional facility to execute a spectrum lease with the CIS 

provider. Even if the major Commercial Mobile Radio Services (CMRS) 

licensees negotiate expeditiously and in good faith, if one CMRS 

licensee in the area fails to engage in lease negotiations in a 

reasonable time frame or at all, the CIS solution will not be 

effective. The lack of cooperation of even a single wireless provider 

in a geographic area of a correctional facility can result in 

deployment of a system with insufficient spectral coverage, subject to 

abuse by inmates in possession of contraband wireless devices operating 

on frequencies not covered by a spectrum lease agreement. While some 

carriers have been cooperative, it is imperative that all CMRS 

licensees be required to engage in lease negotiations in good faith and 

in a timely fashion. Therefore, the Commission adopted a rule requiring 

that CMRS licensees negotiate in good faith with entities seeking to 

deploy a CIS in a correctional facility. If, after a 45 day period, 

there is no agreement, CIS providers seeking Special Temporary 

Authority (STA) to operate in the absence of CMRS licensee consent may 

file a request for STA with the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 

(WTB), with a copy served at the same time on the CMRS licensee, 

accompanied by evidence demonstrating its good faith, and the 

unreasonableness of the CMRS licensee's actions, in negotiating an 

agreement. The CMRS licensee may then file a response with WTB, with a 

copy served on the CIS provider at that time, within 10 days of the 

filing of the STA request.

    The supplementary information provided along with the STA 

application by the CIS provider will be used by WTB to determine 

whether the CIS provider has negotiated in good faith, yet the CMRS 

licensee has not negotiated in good faith. The CMRS licensee may use 

the evidence accompanying the STA application to craft a response. WTB 

will analyze the evidence from the CIS providers and the CMRS 

licensee's response to determine whether to issue STA to the entity 

seeking to deploy the CIS.

    The Commission explored whether it should impose a requirement that 

the community in the vicinity of a correctional facility where a CIS is 

installed be notified of the installation. The Commission explained 

that a goal of the proceeding is to expedite the deployment of 

technological solutions to combat the use of contraband wireless 

devices, not to impose unnecessary barriers to CIS deployment. 

Consistent with that goal, the Commission found that a flexible and 

community-tailored notification requirement for certain CISs outweighed 

the minimal burden of notification and furthered the public interest. 

After careful consideration of the record, the Commission imposed a 

rule that, 10 days prior to deploying a CIS that prevents 

communications to or from mobile devices, a lessee must notify the 

community in which the correctional facility is located, and the 

Commission amended its spectrum leasing rules to reflect this 

requirement. The Commission agreed with commenters that support 

notification of the surrounding community due to the potential for 

accidental call blocking and the public safety issues involved. The 

information provided in the notification will put the houses and 

businesses in the surrounding community on notice that a CIS will be 

deployed in the vicinity that has the potential for accidental call 

blocking.

    Acknowledging the importance of ensuring the availability of 

emergency 911 calls from correctional facilities, and the fact that 

delivering emergency calls to public safety answering points (PSAPs) 

facilitates public safety services and generally serves the public 

interest, the Commission amended its rules to require that CIS 

providers regulated as private mobile radio service (PMRS) must route 

all 911 calls to the local PSAP. That said, the Commission also 

acknowledged the important role state and local public safety officials 

play in the administration of the 911 system. Accordingly, although the 

CIS provider is required to pass through emergency 911 calls, the PSAPs 

can inform the CIS provider that they do not want to receive calls from 

a given correctional facility. By allowing the PSAPs to decline the 

emergency 911 calls, the Commission recognized the reported increased 

volume of PSAP harassment through repeated inmate fraudulent 911 calls. 

The information provided by the PSAP or emergency authority will result 

in the CIS provider not passing through E911 calls from a particular 

correctional facility.



Federal Communications Commission.

Marlene H. Dortch,

Secretary, Office of the Secretary.

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