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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 87 / Friday, May 4, 2018 / Notices
Dated: April 30, 2018.
Kelly Knight,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office
of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 2018–09463 Filed 5–3–18; 8:45 am]
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Information Collection Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
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 (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Communications Commission
(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 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
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 Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before June 4, 2018.
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 Title as
shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below.
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For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Commission ICRs
currently under review appears, look for
the Title of this ICR and then click on
the ICR Reference Number. A copy of
the Commission’s submission to OMB
will be displayed.
OMB Control No.: 3060–0999.
Title: Hearing Aid Compatibility
Status Report and Section 20.19,
Hearing Aid-Compatible Mobile
Handsets (Hearing Aid Compatibility
Act).
Form Number: FCC Form 655.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents: 934
respondents; 934 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 13
hours per response (average).
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and annual reporting requirements and
third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. Sections 151,
154(i), 157, 160, 201, 202, 208, 214, 301,
303, 308, 309(j), 310 and 610 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 12,140 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No costs.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Information requested in the reports
may include confidential information.
However, covered entities are allowed
to request that such materials submitted
to the Commission be withheld from
public inspection.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this information collection
as a revision to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) after
this 60-day comment period to obtain
the full three-year clearance for the
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collection. The revision is necessary to
implement the final rules promulgated
in the 2015 Fourth Report and Order,
FCC 15–155 (Fourth Report and Order),
which expanded the scope of the rules
due to a shift from Commercial Mobile
Radio Services (CMRS) to digital mobile
service. We estimate that there will be
a small increase in the number of
respondents/responses, total annual
burden hours, and total annual cost
from the previously approved estimates.
The collection is necessary to
implement certain disclosure
requirements that are part of the
Commission’s wireless hearing aid
compatibility rule. In a Report and
Order in WT Docket No. 01–309, FCC
03–168, adopted and released in
September 2003, implementing a
mandate under the Hearing Aid
Compatibility Act of 1988, the
Commission required digital wireless
phone manufacturers and service
providers to make certain digital
wireless phones capable of effective use
with hearing aids, label certain phones
they sold with information about their
compatibility with hearing aids, and
report to the Commission (at first every
six months, then on an annual basis) on
the numbers and types of hearing aidcompatible phones they were producing
or offering to the public. These reporting
requirements were subsequently
amended on several occasions, and the
existing, OMB-approved collection
under this OMB control number
includes these modifications.
On November 19, 2015, the
Commission adopted final rules in a
Fourth Report and Order, FCC 15–155
(Fourth Report and Order), that, among
other changes, expanded the scope of
the Commission’s hearing aid
compatibility provisions to cover
handsets used with any digital
terrestrial mobile service that enables
two-way real-time voice
communications among members of the
public or a substantial portion of the
public, including through the use of preinstalled software applications. Prior to
2018, the hearing aid compatibility
provisions were limited only to
handsets used with two-way switched
voice or data services classified as
Commercial Mobile Radio Service, and
only to the extent they were provided
over networks meeting certain
architectural requirements that enable
frequency reuse and seamless handoff.
As a result of the Fourth Report and
Order, beginning January 1, 2018, all
device manufacturers and Tier I carriers
that offer handsets falling under the
expanded scope of covered handsets are
required to comply with the
Commission’s hearing aid compatibility
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provisions, including annual reporting
requirements on FCC Form 655. For
other service providers that are not Tier
I carriers, the expanded scope of the
Commission’s hearing aid compatibility
provisions applies beginning April 1,
2018.
Following release of the Fourth
Report and Order, the Commission is
required to amend the FCC Form 655 to
reflect the newly expanded scope of
handsets covered by the hearing aid
compatibility provisions, as well as to
capture information regarding existing
disclosure requirements clarified by the
Commission in the Fourth Report and
Order. As a consequence of the Fourth
Report and Order, FCC Form 655 filing
and other requirements will apply to
those newly-covered handsets offered
by device manufacturers and service
providers that have already been
reporting annually on their compliance
with the Commission’s hearing aid
compatibility provisions, as well to any
device manufacturers and service
providers that were previously exempt
because they did not offer any covered
handsets or services prior to 2018.
As a result, the Commission is
requesting a revision of this collection
in order to implement the final rules
promulgated in the Fourth Report and
Order, which expanded the scope of the
rules due to a shift from Commercial
Mobile Radio Services (CMRS) to digital
mobile service. We estimate that the
expanded scope will increase the
potential number of respondents subject
to this collection and correspondingly
increase the responses and burden
hours. The minor language changes to
the instructions to FCC Form 655 and to
the form itself clarifying this expanded
scope will help the Commission
compile data and monitor compliance
with the current version of the hearing
aid compatibility rules while making
more complete and accessible
information available to consumers.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
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Information Collection Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
Federal Communications
Commission.
AGENCY:
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Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
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
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 June 4, 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 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 Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@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 Nicole
Ongele at (202) 418–2991. 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)
SUMMARY:
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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: 3060–0636.
Title: Sections 2.906, 2.909, 2.1071,
2.1075, 2.1077 and 15.37, Equipment
Authorizations—Declaration of
Conformity.
Form No.: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 6,000 respondents; 12,000
responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 9.5
hours (average).
Frequency of Response: One-time
reporting requirement, recordkeeping
requirement and third party disclosure
requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 301,
302, 303(e), 303(r), 304 and 307.
Total Annual Burden: 114,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $24,000,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0999]
Information Collection 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 (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 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 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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before June 4,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via
email [email protected]; and to Cathy Williams, FCC, via
email [email protected] and to [email protected]. Include in the
comments the Title as shown in the Supplementary Information section
below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Commission ICRs currently
under review appears, look for the Title of this ICR and then click on
the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the Commission's submission to OMB
will be displayed.
OMB Control No.: 3060-0999.
Title: Hearing Aid Compatibility Status Report and Section 20.19,
Hearing Aid-Compatible Mobile Handsets (Hearing Aid Compatibility Act).
Form Number: FCC Form 655.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 934 respondents; 934 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 13 hours per response (average).
Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting
requirements and third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. Sections 151, 154(i), 157, 160, 201, 202, 208, 214, 301, 303,
308, 309(j), 310 and 610 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 12,140 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No costs.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Information requested in the
reports may include confidential information. However, covered entities
are allowed to request that such materials submitted to the Commission
be withheld from public inspection.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection as a revision to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
after this 60-day comment period to obtain the full three-year
clearance for the collection. The revision is necessary to implement
the final rules promulgated in the 2015 Fourth Report and Order, FCC
15-155 (Fourth Report and Order), which expanded the scope of the rules
due to a shift from Commercial Mobile Radio Services (CMRS) to digital
mobile service. We estimate that there will be a small increase in the
number of respondents/responses, total annual burden hours, and total
annual cost from the previously approved estimates.
The collection is necessary to implement certain disclosure
requirements that are part of the Commission's wireless hearing aid
compatibility rule. In a Report and Order in WT Docket No. 01-309, FCC
03-168, adopted and released in September 2003, implementing a mandate
under the Hearing Aid Compatibility Act of 1988, the Commission
required digital wireless phone manufacturers and service providers to
make certain digital wireless phones capable of effective use with
hearing aids, label certain phones they sold with information about
their compatibility with hearing aids, and report to the Commission (at
first every six months, then on an annual basis) on the numbers and
types of hearing aid-compatible phones they were producing or offering
to the public. These reporting requirements were subsequently amended
on several occasions, and the existing, OMB-approved collection under
this OMB control number includes these modifications.
On November 19, 2015, the Commission adopted final rules in a
Fourth Report and Order, FCC 15-155 (Fourth Report and Order), that,
among other changes, expanded the scope of the Commission's hearing aid
compatibility provisions to cover handsets used with any digital
terrestrial mobile service that enables two-way real-time voice
communications among members of the public or a substantial portion of
the public, including through the use of pre-installed software
applications. Prior to 2018, the hearing aid compatibility provisions
were limited only to handsets used with two-way switched voice or data
services classified as Commercial Mobile Radio Service, and only to the
extent they were provided over networks meeting certain architectural
requirements that enable frequency reuse and seamless handoff. As a
result of the Fourth Report and Order, beginning January 1, 2018, all
device manufacturers and Tier I carriers that offer handsets falling
under the expanded scope of covered handsets are required to comply
with the Commission's hearing aid compatibility
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provisions, including annual reporting requirements on FCC Form 655.
For other service providers that are not Tier I carriers, the expanded
scope of the Commission's hearing aid compatibility provisions applies
beginning April 1, 2018.
Following release of the Fourth Report and Order, the Commission is
required to amend the FCC Form 655 to reflect the newly expanded scope
of handsets covered by the hearing aid compatibility provisions, as
well as to capture information regarding existing disclosure
requirements clarified by the Commission in the Fourth Report and
Order. As a consequence of the Fourth Report and Order, FCC Form 655
filing and other requirements will apply to those newly-covered
handsets offered by device manufacturers and service providers that
have already been reporting annually on their compliance with the
Commission's hearing aid compatibility provisions, as well to any
device manufacturers and service providers that were previously exempt
because they did not offer any covered handsets or services prior to
2018.
As a result, the Commission is requesting a revision of this
collection in order to implement the final rules promulgated in the
Fourth Report and Order, which expanded the scope of the rules due to a
shift from Commercial Mobile Radio Services (CMRS) to digital mobile
service. We estimate that the expanded scope will increase the
potential number of respondents subject to this collection and
correspondingly increase the responses and burden hours. The minor
language changes to the instructions to FCC Form 655 and to the form
itself clarifying this expanded scope will help the Commission compile
data and monitor compliance with the current version of the hearing aid
compatibility rules while making more complete and accessible
information available to consumers.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
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