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contact the person identified in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
the preamble for more information).
III. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under the CAA, the Administrator is
required to approve a 111(d)/129 plan
submission that complies with the
provisions of the CAA and applicable
Federal regulations. In reviewing
111(d)/129 plan submissions, EPA’s role
is to approve state choices, provided
they meet the criteria and objectives of
the CAA and EPA’s implementing
regulations. Accordingly, this action
merely approves state law as meeting
federal requirements and, although the
plan is federally enforceable, this action
does not impose additional
requirements beyond those imposed by
state law. For that reason, this action:
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to review by the Office of
Management and Budget under
Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,
January 21, 2011);
• does not impose an information
collection burden under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
• is certified as not having a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
• does not contain any unfunded
mandate or significantly or uniquely
affect small governments, as described
in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
• does not have federalism
implications as specified in Executive
Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
1999);
• is not an economically significant
regulatory action based on health or
safety risks subject to Executive Order
13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
• is not a significant regulatory action
subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR
28355, May 22, 2001).
In addition, this rule is not subject to
requirements of Section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C.
272 note) because application of those
requirements would be inconsistent
with the CAA. It also does not provide
EPA with the discretionary authority to
address, as appropriate,
disproportionate human health or
environmental effects, using practicable
and legally permissible methods, under
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629,
February 16, 1994). And it does not
have Tribal implications as specified by
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Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249,
November 9, 2000), because EPA is not
approving the submitted rule to apply in
Indian country located in the state, and
because the submitted rule will not
impose substantial direct costs on Tribal
governments or preempt Tribal law.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 62
Administrative practice and
procedure, Air pollution control,
Aluminum, Fertilizers, Fluoride,
Incorporation by Reference,
Intergovernmental relations,
Manufacturing, Phosphate, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur
oxides, Waste treatment and disposal.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7411.
Dated: December 10, 2019.
Mary S. Walker,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, the Environmental Protection
Agency amends 40 CFR part 62 as
follows:
PART 62—APPROVAL AND
PROMULGATION OF STATE PLANS
FOR DESIGNATED FACILITIES AND
POLLUTANTS
1. The authority citation for part 62
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
2. In subpart RR, remove the
undesignated center heading ‘‘Air
Emissions From Commercial and
Industrial Solid Waste Incineration
(CISWI) Units—Section 111(d)/129
Plan’’.
■ 3. Revise § 62.10630 to read as
follows:
■
Identification of sources.
(a) Approval of State Plan for
Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste
Incineration Units. Effective February
10, 2020, EPA approved Tennessee’s
State Plan for Commercial and Solid
Waste Incineration Units, which is
codified at Tennessee Operating Permit
number 072397, as issued on May 10,
2017. The plan applies to each existing
commercial and industrial solid waste
incineration unit and air curtain
incineration unit in the State of
Tennessee that commenced
construction on or before June 4, 2010,
or commenced modification or
construction after June 4, 2010, but no
later than August 7, 2013, as such
incineration units are defined in 40 CFR
60.2875 and 40 CFR part 60.
(b) Incorporation by reference. (1) The
material incorporated by reference in
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this section was approved by the
Director of the Federal Register Office in
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1
CFR part 51. Copies of the material may
be inspected or obtained from the EPA
Docket Center—Public Reading Room,
EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20004 or U.S. EPA, Region 4, Air
Analysis and Support Branch, 61
Forsyth Street, Atlanta, GA 30303. The
telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is (202) 566–1744.
Copies may be inspected at the National
Archives and Records Administration
(NARA). For information on the
availability of this material at NARA,
email fedreg.legal@nara.gov or go to:
www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/
ibr-locations.html.
(2) State of Tennessee, Air Pollution
Control Board, Department of
Environment and Conservation.
(i) Permit Number 072397, Issued to
Eastman Chemical Company, Tennessee
Operation (MSOP–02), Date Issued May
10, 2017.
(ii) [Reserved]
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47 CFR Part 64
Subpart RR—[Amended]
§ 62.10630
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[CG Docket No. 03–123; FCC 19–90; FRS
16384]
TRS Modernization
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
In this document, The Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission) takes action to update the
Commission’s definition of
telecommunications relay service (TRS)
in accordance with the Twenty-First
Century Communications and Video
Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA).
DATES: Effective Date: This rule is
effective February 10, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Scott, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, at (202)
418–1264, or email Michael.Scott@
fcc.gov.
SUMMARY:
This is a
summary of the Commission’s Report
and Order, document FCC 19–90,
adopted on September 18, 2019,
released on September 20, 2019, in CG
Docket No. 03–123. The Commission
previously sought comment on this
issue in the Further Notice of Proposed
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Rulemaking (TRS Definition FNPRM),
published at 79 FR 62875, October 21,
2014. A Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking contained in document FCC
19–90 is published elsewhere in this
issue of the Federal Register. The full
text of document FCC 19–90 will be
available for public inspection and
copying via the Commission’s
Electronic Comment Filing System
(ECFS), and during regular business
hours at the FCC Reference Information
Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW,
Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554.
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) or (202) 418–0432
(TTY).
Congressional Review Act
The Commission sent a copy of
document FCC 19–90 to Congress and
the Government Accountability Office
pursuant to the Congressional Review
Act, 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).
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Final Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
Analysis
Document FCC 19–90 does not
contain any new or modified
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
1. Statutory Definition of TRS. The
original version of 47 U.S.C. 225,
enacted in 1990, defined TRS as
telephone transmission services that
provide the ability for an individual
who has a hearing impairment or speech
impairment to engage in communication
by wire or radio with a hearing
individual in a manner that is
functionally equivalent to the ability of
an individual who does not have a
hearing impairment or speech
impairment to communicate using voice
communication services by wire or
radio. This definition was incorporated
into the Commission’s rules.
2. In 2010, Congress amended the
statutory definition of TRS to remove
the specification that one of the parties
to a TRS call must be a hearing person.
As amended, TRS means telephone
transmission services that provide the
ability for an individual who is deaf,
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hard of hearing, deaf-blind, or who has
a speech disability to engage in
communication by wire or radio with
one or more individuals, in a manner
that is functionally equivalent to the
ability of a hearing individual who does
not have a speech disability to
communicate using voice
communication services by wire or
radio.
3. The Commission amends the
definition of TRS contained in the
Commission’s rules to conform to the
current statutory definition, as amended
by the CVAA. The amended rule does
not authorize compensation for every
call between two individuals with
hearing or speech disabilities. In most
cases, people using the same form of
TRS can understand each other without
additional help from a relay service. For
example, a call between two registered
video relay service (VRS) users, in
which both parties use video to sign to
each other, would not require any help
from a communications assistant (CA)
and would not be eligible for
compensation from the TRS Fund. The
same applies to calls between two TTY
users or between two users of IP Relay.
An exception to this same-relay-service
rule applies, however, when more than
one person on a call uses captioned
telephone service (CTS), internet
Protocol captioned telephone service (IP
CTS), or speech-to-speech service (STS).
This is because calls between or among
CTS, IP CTS, or STS users may still
require captioning or re-voicing using
more than one relay leg to ensure that
one party’s speech can be understood by
the other party. Specifically, for calls
between or among CTS and IP CTS
users, each party requires captioning by
a CA or automated speech recognition
(ASR) system in order to understand
what the other party says to that user.
Similarly, for calls between or among
STS users, each party must have their
speech re-voiced in order for the other
party to understand what the first party
says.
Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
4. As required by the Regulatory
Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended, the
Commission incorporated an Initial
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA)
into the TRS Definition FNPRM. The
Commission sought written public
comment on the proposals in the TRS
Definition FNPRM, including comment
on the IRFA. No comments were
received in response to the IRFA.
Need for, and Objectives of, the Rules
5. The Report and Order updates the
Commission’s definition of TRS to align
the definition with changes made by the
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CVAA to the 47 U.S.C. 225(a)(3)
definition.
Summary of Significant Issues Raised by
Public Comments in Response to the
IRFA
6. No comments were filed in
response to the IRFA.
Response to Comments by the Chief
Counsel for Advocacy of the Small
Business Administration
7. The Chief Counsel for Advocacy of
the Small Business Administration did
not file any comments in response to the
proposed rules in this proceeding.
Small Entities Impacted
8. The rules adopted in the Report
and Order will affect obligations of TRS
providers. These services can be
included within the broad economic
category of All Other
Telecommunications.
Description of Projected Reporting,
Recordkeeping, and Other Compliance
Requirements
9. The revised definition for TRS does
not create direct reporting,
recordkeeping or other compliance
requirements on TRS providers.
Steps Taken To Minimize Significant
Impact on Small Entities, and
Significant Alternatives Considered
10. Conforming the Commission’s
definition of TRS to align the definition
with the changes made by the CVAA to
the statutory section 225(a)(3) definition
will have no impact on TRS providers,
because the amendment to the
Commission’s rules will not change the
current practice of allowing
compensation for TRS calls that fit
within the statutory definition.
Ordering Clauses
11. Pursuant to sections 1, 2, and 225
of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, and 225,
document FCC 19–90 is adopted and
part 64 of title 47 is amended.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 64
Individuals with disabilities,
Telecommunications,
Telecommunications relay services.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
Final Rules
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission amends 47 CFR part 64 as
follows:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
PART 64—MISCELLANEOUS RULES
RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS
1. The authority citation for part 64
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 201, 202, 217,
218, 220, 222, 225, 226, 227, 228, 251(a),
251(e), 254(k), 262, 403(b)(2)(B), (c), 616, 620,
and 1401–1473, unless otherwise noted.
2. Amend § 64.601 by revising
paragraph (a)(39) to read as follows:
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§ 64.601 Definitions and provisions of
general applicability.
(a) * * *
(39) Telecommunications relay
services (TRS). Telephone transmission
services that provide the ability for an
individual who is deaf, hard of hearing,
deaf-blind, or who has a speech
disability to engage in communication
by wire or radio with one or more
individuals, in a manner that is
functionally equivalent to the ability of
a hearing individual who does not have
a speech disability to communicate
using voice communication services by
wire or radio.
*
*
*
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GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Part 552
General Services Administration
Acquisition Regulation (GSAR);
Submission and Distribution of Federal
Supply Schedule (FSS) Price Lists
Office of Acquisition Policy,
General Services Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Direct final rule with request for
comments.
AGENCY:
This direct final rule amends
the General Services Administration
Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to
update GSAR clauses applicable to the
submission and distribution of Federal
Supply Schedule (FSS) Price Lists.
DATES: Effective Date: This final rule is
effective on March 9, 2020 without
further notice unless adverse comments
are received by February 10, 2020. If
GSA receives adverse comments, we
will publish a timely withdrawal in the
Federal Register informing the public
that the rule will not take effect.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments in
response to GSAR Case 2016–G502 by
any one of the following methods:
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I. Background
GSA is amending the General Services
Administration Acquisition Regulation
(GSAR) at part 552, Solicitation
Provisions and Contract Clauses, to
update and bring current practices for
submitting and distributing FSS Price
Lists. Specifically, GSA is amending
clauses 552.238–77, Submission and
Distribution of Authorized Federal
Supply Schedule (FSS) Price Lists, and
552.23–82, Modifications (Federal
Supply Schedules).
Currently, regulations reference
submission of paper copies of the
Authorized FSS Price List for approval
by the contracting officer, and
distribution of paper copies to a
designated mailing list. This is no
longer in line with current practices.
Under this rule, the contractor will
submit its FSS price list on a commonuse electronic medium as prescribed by
GSA. Eligible ordering activities will
utilize GSA’s online shopping and
ordering system to review a contractors’
price lists.
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Updating regulations applicable to the
submission and distribution of FSS
price lists as described under the rule
has many benefits, which include:
The elimination of duplicative
requirements related to the submission
of paper price lists;
The elimination of requirements to
distribute paper price lists to a customer
mailing list; and
Streamlined requirements for price
lists that are consistent with current
practices and can accommodate the
continued modernization of the FSS
Program.
II. Authority for This Rulemaking
Title 41 United States Code (U.S.C.)
152(3) authorizes GSA to establish
procedures for the FSS Program. GSA’s
FSS procedures are deemed to meet the
Competition in Contracting Act (CICA)
requirement of full and open
competition as long as participation has
been open to all responsible sources;
and orders and contracts under those
procedures result in the lowest overall
cost alternative to meet the needs of the
Federal Government.
This is also consistent with the
Federal Acquisition System and its
principle to minimize administrative
operating costs (Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR) 1.102(b)(2)). The
Federal Acquisition System is designed
to deliver the best value product or
service to the customer in terms of cost,
quality, and timeliness.
By eliminating duplication and
streamlining the requirements for price
lists, GSA is making it easier to do
business with the Government.
III. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and
13563 direct agencies to assess all costs
and benefits of available regulatory
alternatives and, if regulation is
necessary, to select regulatory
approaches that maximize net benefits
(including potential economic,
environmental, public health and safety
effects, distributive impacts, and
equity). E.O. 13563 emphasizes the
importance of quantifying both costs
and benefits, of reducing costs, of
harmonizing rules, and of promoting
flexibility. This is not a significant
regulatory action and, therefore, was not
subject to review under section 6(b) of
Executive Order 12866, Regulatory
Planning and Review, dated September
30, 1993. This rule is not a major rule
under 5 U.S.C. 804.
IV. Executive Order 13771
This final rule is not subject to E.O.
13771, because this rule is not a
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 64
[CG Docket No. 03-123; FCC 19-90; FRS 16384]
TRS Modernization
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: In this document, The Federal Communications Commission (FCC
or Commission) takes action to update the Commission's definition of
telecommunications relay service (TRS) in accordance with the Twenty-
First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010
(CVAA).
DATES: Effective Date: This rule is effective February 10, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Scott, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, at (202) 418-1264, or email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Report
and Order, document FCC 19-90, adopted on September 18, 2019, released
on September 20, 2019, in CG Docket No. 03-123. The Commission
previously sought comment on this issue in the Further Notice of
Proposed
[[Page 1126]]
Rulemaking (TRS Definition FNPRM), published at 79 FR 62875, October
21, 2014. A Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking contained in document
FCC 19-90 is published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.
The full text of document FCC 19-90 will be available for public
inspection and copying via the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing
System (ECFS), and during regular business hours at the FCC Reference
Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW, Room CY-A257,
Washington, DC 20554. To request materials in accessible formats for
people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic files, audio
format), send an email to [email protected], or call the Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice) or (202) 418-0432
(TTY).
Congressional Review Act
The Commission sent a copy of document FCC 19-90 to Congress and
the Government Accountability Office pursuant to the Congressional
Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).
Final Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis
Document FCC 19-90 does not contain any new or modified 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
1. Statutory Definition of TRS. The original version of 47 U.S.C.
225, enacted in 1990, defined TRS as telephone transmission services
that provide the ability for an individual who has a hearing impairment
or speech impairment to engage in communication by wire or radio with a
hearing individual in a manner that is functionally equivalent to the
ability of an individual who does not have a hearing impairment or
speech impairment to communicate using voice communication services by
wire or radio. This definition was incorporated into the Commission's
rules.
2. In 2010, Congress amended the statutory definition of TRS to
remove the specification that one of the parties to a TRS call must be
a hearing person. As amended, TRS means telephone transmission services
that provide the ability for an individual who is deaf, hard of
hearing, deaf-blind, or who has a speech disability to engage in
communication by wire or radio with one or more individuals, in a
manner that is functionally equivalent to the ability of a hearing
individual who does not have a speech disability to communicate using
voice communication services by wire or radio.
3. The Commission amends the definition of TRS contained in the
Commission's rules to conform to the current statutory definition, as
amended by the CVAA. The amended rule does not authorize compensation
for every call between two individuals with hearing or speech
disabilities. In most cases, people using the same form of TRS can
understand each other without additional help from a relay service. For
example, a call between two registered video relay service (VRS) users,
in which both parties use video to sign to each other, would not
require any help from a communications assistant (CA) and would not be
eligible for compensation from the TRS Fund. The same applies to calls
between two TTY users or between two users of IP Relay. An exception to
this same-relay-service rule applies, however, when more than one
person on a call uses captioned telephone service (CTS), internet
Protocol captioned telephone service (IP CTS), or speech-to-speech
service (STS). This is because calls between or among CTS, IP CTS, or
STS users may still require captioning or re-voicing using more than
one relay leg to ensure that one party's speech can be understood by
the other party. Specifically, for calls between or among CTS and IP
CTS users, each party requires captioning by a CA or automated speech
recognition (ASR) system in order to understand what the other party
says to that user. Similarly, for calls between or among STS users,
each party must have their speech re-voiced in order for the other
party to understand what the first party says.
Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
4. As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as
amended, the Commission incorporated an Initial Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis (IRFA) into the TRS Definition FNPRM. The Commission sought
written public comment on the proposals in the TRS Definition FNPRM,
including comment on the IRFA. No comments were received in response to
the IRFA.
Need for, and Objectives of, the Rules
5. The Report and Order updates the Commission's definition of TRS
to align the definition with changes made by the CVAA to the 47 U.S.C.
225(a)(3) definition.
Summary of Significant Issues Raised by Public Comments in Response to
the IRFA
6. No comments were filed in response to the IRFA.
Response to Comments by the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small
Business Administration
7. The Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration did not file any comments in response to the proposed
rules in this proceeding.
Small Entities Impacted
8. The rules adopted in the Report and Order will affect
obligations of TRS providers. These services can be included within the
broad economic category of All Other Telecommunications.
Description of Projected Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Other Compliance
Requirements
9. The revised definition for TRS does not create direct reporting,
recordkeeping or other compliance requirements on TRS providers.
Steps Taken To Minimize Significant Impact on Small Entities, and
Significant Alternatives Considered
10. Conforming the Commission's definition of TRS to align the
definition with the changes made by the CVAA to the statutory section
225(a)(3) definition will have no impact on TRS providers, because the
amendment to the Commission's rules will not change the current
practice of allowing compensation for TRS calls that fit within the
statutory definition.
Ordering Clauses
11. Pursuant to sections 1, 2, and 225 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, and 225, document FCC 19-90 is
adopted and part 64 of title 47 is amended.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 64
Individuals with disabilities, Telecommunications,
Telecommunications relay services.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
Final Rules
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 64 as follows:
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1. The authority citation for part 64 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 201, 202, 217, 218, 220, 222, 225,
226, 227, 228, 251(a), 251(e), 254(k), 262, 403(b)(2)(B), (c), 616,
620, and 1401-1473, unless otherwise noted.
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2. Amend Sec. 64.601 by revising paragraph (a)(39) to read as follows:
Sec. 64.601 Definitions and provisions of general applicability.
(a) * * *
(39) Telecommunications relay services (TRS). Telephone
transmission services that provide the ability for an individual who is
deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, or who has a speech disability to
engage in communication by wire or radio with one or more individuals,
in a manner that is functionally equivalent to the ability of a hearing
individual who does not have a speech disability to communicate using
voice communication services by wire or radio.
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[FR Doc. 2019-28445 Filed 1-8-20; 8:45 am]
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