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PRA that does not display a valid Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before May 29, 2018.
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 contact listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole
Ongele at (202) 418–2991.
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
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.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0819.
Title: Lifeline and Link Up Reform
and Modernization,
Telecommunications Carriers Eligible
for Universal Service Support, Connect
America Fund.
Form Numbers: FCC Form 555, FCC
Form 481, FCC Form 497, FCC Form
5629, FCC Form 5630, FCC Form 5631.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or
households and business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 17,547,843 respondents;
20,317,788 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .0167
hours–253 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual,
biennial, monthly, daily and on
occasion reporting requirements,
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recordkeeping requirement and third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority is contained in Sections 1,
4(i), 5, 201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 254,
303(r), and 403 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, and section
706 of the Communications Act of 1996,
as amended; 47 U.S.C. §§ 151, 154(i),
155, 201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 254, 303(r),
403, and 1302.
Total Annual Burden: 10,972,641
hours.
Total Annual Cost: $937,500.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.
The Commission completed a Privacy
Impact Assessment (PIA) for some of the
information collection requirements
contained in this collection. The PIA
was published in the Federal Register at
82 FR 38686 on August 15, 2017. The
PIA may be reviewed at: https://
www.fcc.gov/omd/privacyact/Privacy_
Impact_Assessment.html.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Some of the requirements contained in
this information collection affect
individuals or households, and thus,
there are impacts under the Privacy Act.
The FCC’s system of records notice
(SORN) associated with this collection
is FCC/WCB–1, ‘‘Lifeline Program.’’
The Commission will use the
information contained in FCC/WCB–1
to cover the personally identifiable
information (PII) that is required as part
of the Lifeline Program (‘‘Lifeline’’).
As required by the Privacy Act of
1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the
Commission published FCC/WCB–1
‘‘Lifeline Program’’ in the Federal
Register on August 15, 2017 (82 FR
38686).
Also, respondents may request
materials or information submitted to
the Commission or to the Universal
Service Administrative Company
(USAC or Administrator) be withheld
from public inspection under 47 CFR
0.459 of the FCC’s rules. We note that
USAC must preserve the confidentiality
of all data obtained from respondents;
must not use the data except for
purposes of administering the universal
service programs; and must not disclose
data in company-specific form unless
directed to do so by the Commission.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this information collection
after this 60-day comment period to
obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) of
revisions to this information collection.
On November 16, 2017, the
Commission adopted the Bridging the
Digital Divide for Low-Income
Consumers, WC Docket Nos, 17–287,
11–42, 09–197, Fourth Report and
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Order, Order on Reconsideration,
Memorandum Opinion and Order,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and
Notice of Inquiry, FCC 17–155 (2017)
(Lifeline Fourth Report and Order),
which limited enhanced Tribal Lifeline
support to facilities-based carriers on
Tribal lands to more efficiently utilize
Universal Service funds. This revision
implements the requirement that ETCs
provide written notice to their
customers who are currently receiving
enhanced support who will no longer be
eligible for enhanced Tribal support. In
addition, the Commission seeks to
update the number of respondents for
most of the existing information
collection requirements, thus increasing
the total burden hours for some
requirements and decreasing the total
burden hours for other requirements.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0463]
Information Collections Being
Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal
Communications 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
SUMMARY:
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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 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 May 29, 2018. 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.
Direct all PRA comments to
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email: PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0463.
Title: Telecommunications Relay
Services and Speech-to-Speech Services
for Individuals with Hearing and
Speech Disabilities, CG Docket No. 03–
123, FCC 03–112, FCC 07–110, FCC 07–
186.
Form Number: N/A. Type of Review:
Revision of a currently approved
collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit; Individuals or household; State,
Local and Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 5,072 respondents; 7,299
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5
hours (30 minutes) to 50 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annually,
monthly, on occasion, and one-time
reporting requirements; Recordkeeping
and Third-Party Disclosure
requirements.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefit. The statutory
authority for the information collection
requirements is found at section 225 of
the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 225.
The law was enacted on July 26, 1990,
as Title IV of the ADA, Public Law 101–
336, 104 Stat. 327, 366–69.
Total Annual Burden: 10,822 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $10,800.
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–1, ‘‘Informal
Complaints, Inquiries, and Requests for
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Dispute Assistance.’’ As required by the
Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the
Commission also published a SORN,
FCC/CGB–1 ‘‘Informal Complaints,
Inquiries, and Requests for Dispute
Assistance,’’ in the Federal Register on
August 15, 2014 (79 FR 48152) which
became effective on September 24, 2014.
Privacy Impact Assessment: The FCC
completed a Privacy Impact Assessment
(PIA) on June 28, 2007. It may be
reviewed at https://www.fcc.gov/omd/
privacyact/Privacy-ImpactAssessment.html. The Commission is in
the process of updating the PIA to
incorporate various revisions to it as a
result of revisions to the SORN.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is
submitting this modified information
collection to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) to transfer burden
hours and costs associated with
regulations under section 225 of the
Communications Act (Act), which is
currently approved under OMB control
number 3060–1249, to this information
collection. The Commission intends to
discontinue information collection
3060–1249 once this information
collection is approved.
On December 21, 2001, the
Commission released the 2001 TRS Cost
Recovery Order, document FCC 01–371,
published at 67 FR 4203, January 29,
2002, in which the Commission:
(a) Directed the Interstate
Telecommunications Relay Services
(TRS) Fund (TRS Fund) administrator to
continue to use the average cost per
minute compensation methodology for
the traditional TRS compensation rate;
(b) required TRS providers to submit
certain projected TRS-related cost and
demand data to the TRS Fund
administrator to be used to calculate the
rate; and
(c) directed the TRS Fund
administrator to expand its form for
providers to itemize their actual and
projected costs and demand data, to
include specific sections to capture
speech-to-speech (STS) and video relay
service (VRS) costs and minutes of use.
In 2003, the Commission released the
2003 Second Improved TRS Order,
published at 68 FR 50973, August 25,
2003, which among other things
required that TRS providers offer certain
local exchange carrier (LEC)-based
improved services and features where
technologically feasible, including a
speed dialing requirement which may
entail voluntary recordkeeping for TRS
providers to maintain a list of telephone
numbers. See also 47 CFR
64.604(a)(3)(vi)(B).
In 2007, the Commission released the
Section 225/255 VoIP Report and Order,
published at 72 FR 43546, August 6,
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2007, extending the disability access
requirements that apply to
telecommunications service providers
and equipment manufacturers under 47
U.S.C. 225, 255 to interconnected voice
over internet protocol (VoIP) service
providers and equipment
manufacturers. As a result, under rules
implementing section 225 of the Act,
interconnected VoIP service providers
are required to publicize information
about telecommunications relay services
(TRS) and 711 abbreviated dialing
access to TRS. See also 47 CFR
64.604(c)(3).
In 2007, the Commission also released
the 2007 Cost Recovery Report and
Order and Declaratory Ruling,
published at 73 FR 3197, January 17,
2008, in which the Commission:
(a) Adopted a new cost recovery
methodology for interstate traditional
TRS and interstate STS based on the
Multi-state Average Rate Structure
(MARS) plan, under which interstate
TRS compensation rates are determined
by weighted average of the states’
intrastate compensation rates, and
which includes for STS additional
compensation approved by the
Commission for STS outreach;
(b) requires STS providers to file a
report annually with the TRS Fund
administrator and the Commission on
their specific outreach efforts directly
attributable to the additional
compensation approved by the
Commission for STS outreach.
(c) adopted a new cost recovery
methodology for interstate captioned
telephone service (CTS), as well as
internet Protocol captioned telephone
service (IP CTS), based on the MARS
plan;
(d) adopted a cost recovery
methodology for internet Protocol (IP)
Relay based on price caps;
(e) adopted a cost recovery
methodology for VRS that adopted
tiered rates based on call volume;
(f) clarified the nature and extent that
certain categories of costs are
compensable from the Fund; and
(g) addressed certain issues
concerning the management and
oversight of the Fund, including
prohibiting financial incentives offered
to consumers to make relay calls.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0463]
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
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 of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Communications 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
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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 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 May 29, 2018.
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 Cathy Williams, FCC, via email:
[email protected] and to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0463.
Title: Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech
Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, CG
Docket No. 03-123, FCC 03-112, FCC 07-110, FCC 07-186.
Form Number: N/A. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved
collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Individuals or
household; State, Local and Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 5,072 respondents; 7,299
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours (30 minutes) to 50 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annually, monthly, on occasion, and one-time
reporting requirements; Recordkeeping and Third-Party Disclosure
requirements.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefit. The
statutory authority for the information collection requirements is
found at section 225 of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 225. The law
was enacted on July 26, 1990, as Title IV of the ADA, Public Law 101-
336, 104 Stat. 327, 366-69.
Total Annual Burden: 10,822 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $10,800.
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-1, ``Informal Complaints,
Inquiries, and Requests for Dispute Assistance.'' As required by the
Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Commission also published a SORN, FCC/
CGB-1 ``Informal Complaints, Inquiries, and Requests for Dispute
Assistance,'' in the Federal Register on August 15, 2014 (79 FR 48152)
which became effective on September 24, 2014.
Privacy Impact Assessment: The FCC completed a Privacy Impact
Assessment (PIA) on June 28, 2007. It may be reviewed at https://www.fcc.gov/omd/privacyact/Privacy-Impact-Assessment.html. The
Commission is in the process of updating the PIA to incorporate various
revisions to it as a result of revisions to the SORN.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is submitting this modified
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to
transfer burden hours and costs associated with regulations under
section 225 of the Communications Act (Act), which is currently
approved under OMB control number 3060-1249, to this information
collection. The Commission intends to discontinue information
collection 3060-1249 once this information collection is approved.
On December 21, 2001, the Commission released the 2001 TRS Cost
Recovery Order, document FCC 01-371, published at 67 FR 4203, January
29, 2002, in which the Commission:
(a) Directed the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS)
Fund (TRS Fund) administrator to continue to use the average cost per
minute compensation methodology for the traditional TRS compensation
rate;
(b) required TRS providers to submit certain projected TRS-related
cost and demand data to the TRS Fund administrator to be used to
calculate the rate; and
(c) directed the TRS Fund administrator to expand its form for
providers to itemize their actual and projected costs and demand data,
to include specific sections to capture speech-to-speech (STS) and
video relay service (VRS) costs and minutes of use.
In 2003, the Commission released the 2003 Second Improved TRS
Order, published at 68 FR 50973, August 25, 2003, which among other
things required that TRS providers offer certain local exchange carrier
(LEC)-based improved services and features where technologically
feasible, including a speed dialing requirement which may entail
voluntary recordkeeping for TRS providers to maintain a list of
telephone numbers. See also 47 CFR 64.604(a)(3)(vi)(B).
In 2007, the Commission released the Section 225/255 VoIP Report
and Order, published at 72 FR 43546, August 6, 2007, extending the
disability access requirements that apply to telecommunications service
providers and equipment manufacturers under 47 U.S.C. 225, 255 to
interconnected voice over internet protocol (VoIP) service providers
and equipment manufacturers. As a result, under rules implementing
section 225 of the Act, interconnected VoIP service providers are
required to publicize information about telecommunications relay
services (TRS) and 711 abbreviated dialing access to TRS. See also 47
CFR 64.604(c)(3).
In 2007, the Commission also released the 2007 Cost Recovery Report
and Order and Declaratory Ruling, published at 73 FR 3197, January 17,
2008, in which the Commission:
(a) Adopted a new cost recovery methodology for interstate
traditional TRS and interstate STS based on the Multi-state Average
Rate Structure (MARS) plan, under which interstate TRS compensation
rates are determined by weighted average of the states' intrastate
compensation rates, and which includes for STS additional compensation
approved by the Commission for STS outreach;
(b) requires STS providers to file a report annually with the TRS
Fund administrator and the Commission on their specific outreach
efforts directly attributable to the additional compensation approved
by the Commission for STS outreach.
(c) adopted a new cost recovery methodology for interstate
captioned telephone service (CTS), as well as internet Protocol
captioned telephone service (IP CTS), based on the MARS plan;
(d) adopted a cost recovery methodology for internet Protocol (IP)
Relay based on price caps;
(e) adopted a cost recovery methodology for VRS that adopted tiered
rates based on call volume;
(f) clarified the nature and extent that certain categories of
costs are compensable from the Fund; and
(g) addressed certain issues concerning the management and
oversight of the Fund, including prohibiting financial incentives
offered to consumers to make relay calls.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
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