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Fox, Assistant Administrator for Mitigation, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration—FEMA Resilience, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency. [FR Doc. 2021–00609 Filed 1–12–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110–12–P FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 46 CFR Part 506 [Docket No. 21–01] RIN 3072–AC85 Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties Federal Maritime Commission. Final rule. AGENCY: ACTION: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:05 Jan 12, 2021 Jkt 253001 The Federal Maritime Commission (Commission) is publishing this final rule to adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced by the Commission, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act). The 2015 Act requires that agencies adjust and publish their civil penalties by January 15 each year. DATES: This rule is effective January 15, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel E. Dickon, Secretary; Phone: (202) 523–5725; Email: secretary@ fmc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This rule adjusts the civil monetary penalties assessable by the Commission in accordance with the 2015 Act, which became effective on November 2, 2015. Public Law 114–74, section 701. The 2015 Act further amended the Federal SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (FCPIAA), Public Law 101–410, 104 Stat. 890 (codified as amended at 28 U.S.C. 2461 note), in order to improve the effectiveness of civil monetary penalties and to maintain their deterrent effect. The 2015 Act requires agencies to adjust civil monetary penalties under their jurisdiction by January 15 each year, based on changes in the consumer price index (CPI–U) for the month of October in the previous calendar year. On December 23, 2020, the Office of Management and Budget published guidance stating that the CPI–U multiplier for October 2020 is 1.01182.1 In order to complete the adjustment for 1 Office of Management and Budget, M–21–10, Implementation of Penalty Inflation Adjustments for 2021, Pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, at 1 (Dec. 23, 2020) (M–21–10). E:\FR\FM\13JAR1.SGM 13JAR1 2561 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 8 / Wednesday, January 13, 2021 / Rules and Regulations January 2021, the Commission must multiply the most recent civil penalty amounts in 46 CFR part 506 by the multiplier, 1.01182. Rulemaking Analyses and Notices Notice and Effective Date Adjustments under the FCPIAA, as amended by the 2015 Act, are not subject to the procedural rulemaking requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), including the requirements for prior notice, an opportunity for comment, and a delay between the issuance of a final rule and its effective date.2 As noted above, the 2015 Act requires that the Commission adjust its civil monetary penalties no later than January 15 of each year. Congressional Review Act The rule is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined by the Congressional Review Act, codified at 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq. The rule will not result in: (1) An annual effect on the economy of $100,000,000 or more; (2) a major increase in costs or prices; or (3) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or the ability of United States-based companies to compete with foreignbased companies. 5 U.S.C. 804(2). Regulatory Flexibility Act The Regulatory Flexibility Act (codified as amended at 5 U.S.C. 601– 612) provides that whenever an agency promulgates a final rule after being required to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking under the APA (5 U.S.C. 553), the agency must prepare and make available a final regulatory flexibility analysis describing the impact of the rule on small entities or the head of the agency must certify that the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 5 U.S.C. 604–605. As indicated above, this final rule is not subject to the APA’s notice and comment requirements, and the Commission is not required to either conduct a regulatory flexibility analysis or certify that the final rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Paperwork Reduction Act The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3521) requires an agency to seek and receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) before collecting information from the public. 44 U.S.C. 3507. The agency must submit collections of information in rules to OMB in conjunction with the publication of the notice of proposed rulemaking. 5 CFR 1320.11. This final rule does not contain any collection of information, as defined by 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c). Regulation Identifier Number The Commission assigns a regulation identifier number (RIN) to each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda). The Regulatory Information Service Center publishes the Unified Agenda in April and October of each year. The public may use the RIN contained in the heading at the beginning of this document to find this action in the Unified Agenda, available at https:// www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ eAgendaMain. List of Subjects in 46 CFR Part 506 Administrative practice and procedure, Claims, Penalties. For the reasons stated in the preamble, 46 CFR part 506 is amended as follows: PART 506—CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY INFLATION ADJUSTMENT 1. The authority citation for part 506 continues to read as follows: ■ Authority: 28 U.S.C. 2461. 2. Amend § 506.4 by revising paragraph (d) to read as follows: ■ § 506.4 Cost of living adjustments of civil monetary penalties. * * * * * (d) Inflation adjustment. Maximum civil monetary penalties within the jurisdiction of the Federal Maritime Commission are adjusted for inflation as follows: TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (d) Maximum penalty as of January 15, 2020 United States Code citation Civil monetary penalty description 46 U.S.C. 42304 ............................. 46 U.S.C. 41107(a) ........................ 46 U.S.C. 44103, 44104 ................. Adverse impact on U.S. carriers by foreign shipping practices ............. Knowing and Willful violation/Shipping Act of 1984, or Commission regulation or order. Violation of Shipping Act of 1984, Commission regulation or order, not knowing and willful. Operating in foreign commerce after tariff suspension .......................... Failure to provide required reports, etc./Merchant Marine Act of 1920 Adverse shipping conditions/Merchant Marine Act of 1920 ................... Operating after tariff or service contract suspension/Merchant Marine Act of 1920. Failure to establish financial responsibility for non-performance of transportation. Failure to establish financial responsibility for death or injury ............... 31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(1) ...................... 31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(2) ...................... Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act/making false claim ......................... Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act/giving false statement ................... 46 U.S.C. 41107(a) ........................ 46 46 46 46 U.S.C. U.S.C. U.S.C. U.S.C. 41108(b) ........................ 42104 ............................. 42106 ............................. 42108 ............................. 46 U.S.C. 44102, 44104 ................. 2 FCPIAA section 4(b)(2); M–21–10 at 3. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:05 Jan 12, 2021 Jkt 253001 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\13JAR1.SGM 13JAR1 Maximum penalty as of January 15, 2021 $2,140,973 61,098 $2,166,279 61,820 12,219 12,363 122,197 9,639 1,927,676 96,384 123,641 9,753 1,950,461 97,523 24,346 812 24,346 812 11,665 11,665 24,634 822 24,634 822 11,803 11,803 2562 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 8 / Wednesday, January 13, 2021 / Rules and Regulations By the Commission. Rachel Dickon, Secretary. the Government Accountability Office pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A). [FR Doc. 2021–00323 Filed 1–12–21; 8:45 am] Final Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis The Report and Order does not contain any new or modified information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. It, therefore, does not contain any new or modified 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). BILLING CODE 6730–02–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Part 64 [CG Docket No. 20–93; FCC 20–171; FRS 17291] Protecting Consumers From One-Ring Scams Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final rule. AGENCY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) implements section 12 of the TRACED Act in order to enable voice service providers to block calls from numbers associated with a type of illegal robocall known as a one-ring scam. The Commission also, pursuant to the TRACED Act, expands collaborative law enforcement and consumer education activities to stop one-ring scams and other fraudulent and abusive robocalling practices. The measures adopted by the Commission empower voice service providers to stop these illegal robocalls and will give consumers substantial additional protection from these scams. DATES: Effective February 12, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mika Savir of the Consumer Policy Division, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, at mika.savir@fcc.gov or (202) 418–0384. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission’s Report and Order, FCC 20–171, CG Docket No. 20–93, adopted on November 24, 2020, and released on November 30, 2020. The full text of this document is available online at https://docs.fcc.gov/ public/attachments/FCC-20171A1.docx. To request this document in accessible formats for people with disabilities (e.g., Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format) or to request reasonable accommodations (e.g., accessible format documents, sign language interpreters, CART), send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 (TTY). SUMMARY: Congressional Review Act The Commission sent a copy of document FCC 20–171 to Congress and VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:05 Jan 12, 2021 Jkt 253001 Synopsis 1. In the Report and Order, the Commission implements section 12 of the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement Act (TRACED Act), Public Law 116–105, 12, December 30, 2019, 133 Stat. 3286 (codified at 47 U.S.C. 227 note). Section 12 of the TRACED Act directs the Commission to consider taking additional steps to protect called parties from a type of illegal call known as the one-ring scam. In the Report and Order, the Commission adopts the proposal in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), published at 85 FR 30672, May 20, 2020, with some minor modifications. The Commission adds a new paragraph (k)(2)(iv) to 47 CFR 64.2400 to allow voice service providers to block all calls from a telephone number that the provider identifies, based on reasonable analytics, as highly likely to be associated with a one-ring scam. The Commission also adopts a definition of one-ring scam in paragraph (f)(8) that is consistent with the definition set forth in the proposed rule: The term one-ring scam means a scam in which a caller makes a call and allows the call to ring the called party for a short duration, in order to prompt the called party to return the call, thereby subjecting the called party to charges. 2. Based on the record, the Commission concludes that these rule changes will help protect consumers from the scam and, consistent with section 12(b)(4) of the TRACED Act, will incentivize voice service providers to stop calls made to perpetrate one-ring scams from being received by called parties. This rule amendment is also consistent with the congressional directive in the same section of the statute regarding the addition of identified one-ring scam type numbers to the Commission’s existing list of permissible categories for carrier- PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 initiated blocking. In addition, pursuant to section 12(b)(5) of the TRACED Act, this rule takes into account and relies, in part, on the work of entities that provide call-blocking services to address one-ring scams. 3. One-ring scam calls serve no beneficial purpose, and thus no reasonable consumer would want to receive them. Accordingly, the Commission does not require terminating providers to give their customers an opportunity to opt out of the blocking of such calls. The Commission encourages voice service providers to implement call-blocking measures that will help eliminate or reduce the number of one-ring scam calls that reach consumers. 4. The Commission also extends to one-ring scam blocking the safe harbor for inadvertent blocking of wanted robocalls using reasonable analytics. This safe harbor gives voice service providers assurance that blocking of one-ring scam calls based on reasonable analytics will not result in liability if they inadvertently block wanted calls, and it thus strengthens their ability and incentive to protect consumers from such scams. For this reason, the Commission is adding a reference to reasonable analytics—a term that was not included in the rule text proposed in the NPRM—to paragraph (k)(2)(iv) of the final rule. 5. While voice service providers already have authority to block illegal one-ring scam calls, the rule adopted herein will remove any doubt that voice service providers may lawfully use reasonable analytics to identify and block calls that appear to be one-ring scam calls, even if such identification proves to be erroneous in any particular instance; that they may do so without fear of liability for inadvertently blocking wanted calls; and that they may do so on a network-wide basis. The Commission believes this will strongly encourage voice service providers to take a more aggressive approach to blocking one-ring scam calls and thus will further protect consumers from such scams. 6. Some commenters recommended that the Commission focus on combatting one-ring scam calls that fraudulently induce consumers to place calls to premium-rate numbers under a foreign government’s national numbering plan, subject to analytics that suggest reasonable cause to treat such inbound calls as scam calls. The Commission agrees that voice service providers could block such inbound calls if they satisfy the applicable criteria in the rules. E:\FR\FM\13JAR1.SGM 13JAR1

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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

46 CFR Part 506

[Docket No. 21-01]
RIN 3072-AC85


Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties

AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Maritime Commission (Commission) is publishing 
this final rule to adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties 
assessed or enforced by the Commission, pursuant to the Federal Civil 
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act). 
The 2015 Act requires that agencies adjust and publish their civil 
penalties by January 15 each year.

DATES: This rule is effective January 15, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel E. Dickon, Secretary; Phone: 
(202) 523-5725; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This rule adjusts the civil monetary 
penalties assessable by the Commission in accordance with the 2015 Act, 
which became effective on November 2, 2015. Public Law 114-74, section 
701. The 2015 Act further amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 
Adjustment Act of 1990 (FCPIAA), Public Law 101-410, 104 Stat. 890 
(codified as amended at 28 U.S.C. 2461 note), in order to improve the 
effectiveness of civil monetary penalties and to maintain their 
deterrent effect.
    The 2015 Act requires agencies to adjust civil monetary penalties 
under their jurisdiction by January 15 each year, based on changes in 
the consumer price index (CPI-U) for the month of October in the 
previous calendar year. On December 23, 2020, the Office of Management 
and Budget published guidance stating that the CPI-U multiplier for 
October 2020 is 1.01182.\1\ In order to complete the adjustment for

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January 2021, the Commission must multiply the most recent civil 
penalty amounts in 46 CFR part 506 by the multiplier, 1.01182.
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    \1\ Office of Management and Budget, M-21-10, Implementation of 
Penalty Inflation Adjustments for 2021, Pursuant to the Federal 
Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, 
at 1 (Dec. 23, 2020) (M-21-10).
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Rulemaking Analyses and Notices

Notice and Effective Date

    Adjustments under the FCPIAA, as amended by the 2015 Act, are not 
subject to the procedural rulemaking requirements of the Administrative 
Procedure Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), including the requirements for 
prior notice, an opportunity for comment, and a delay between the 
issuance of a final rule and its effective date.\2\ As noted above, the 
2015 Act requires that the Commission adjust its civil monetary 
penalties no later than January 15 of each year.
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    \2\ FCPIAA section 4(b)(2); M-21-10 at 3.
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Congressional Review Act

    The rule is not a ``major rule'' as defined by the Congressional 
Review Act, codified at 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq. The rule will not result 
in: (1) An annual effect on the economy of $100,000,000 or more; (2) a 
major increase in costs or prices; or (3) significant adverse effects 
on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or 
the ability of United States-based companies to compete with foreign-
based companies. 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (codified as amended at 5 U.S.C. 
601-612) provides that whenever an agency promulgates a final rule 
after being required to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking under 
the APA (5 U.S.C. 553), the agency must prepare and make available a 
final regulatory flexibility analysis describing the impact of the rule 
on small entities or the head of the agency must certify that the rule 
will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of 
small entities. 5 U.S.C. 604-605. As indicated above, this final rule 
is not subject to the APA's notice and comment requirements, and the 
Commission is not required to either conduct a regulatory flexibility 
analysis or certify that the final rule would not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521) requires 
an agency to seek and receive approval from the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) before collecting information from the public. 44 
U.S.C. 3507. The agency must submit collections of information in rules 
to OMB in conjunction with the publication of the notice of proposed 
rulemaking. 5 CFR 1320.11. This final rule does not contain any 
collection of information, as defined by 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 
1320.3(c).

Regulation Identifier Number

    The Commission assigns a regulation identifier number (RIN) to each 
regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory 
and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda). The Regulatory Information 
Service Center publishes the Unified Agenda in April and October of 
each year. The public may use the RIN contained in the heading at the 
beginning of this document to find this action in the Unified Agenda, 
available at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain.

List of Subjects in 46 CFR Part 506

    Administrative practice and procedure, Claims, Penalties.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, 46 CFR part 506 is amended 
as follows:

PART 506--CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY INFLATION ADJUSTMENT

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1. The authority citation for part 506 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  28 U.S.C. 2461.


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2. Amend Sec.  506.4 by revising paragraph (d) to read as follows:


Sec.  506.4   Cost of living adjustments of civil monetary penalties.

* * * * *
    (d) Inflation adjustment. Maximum civil monetary penalties within 
the jurisdiction of the Federal Maritime Commission are adjusted for 
inflation as follows:

                                            Table 1 to Paragraph (d)
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                                                                                Maximum penalty  Maximum penalty
        United States Code citation         Civil monetary penalty description   as of January    as of January
                                                                                    15, 2020         15, 2021
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46 U.S.C. 42304...........................  Adverse impact on U.S. carriers by       $2,140,973       $2,166,279
                                             foreign shipping practices.
46 U.S.C. 41107(a)........................  Knowing and Willful violation/               61,098           61,820
                                             Shipping Act of 1984, or
                                             Commission regulation or order.
46 U.S.C. 41107(a)........................  Violation of Shipping Act of 1984,           12,219           12,363
                                             Commission regulation or order,
                                             not knowing and willful.
46 U.S.C. 41108(b)........................  Operating in foreign commerce               122,197          123,641
                                             after tariff suspension.
46 U.S.C. 42104...........................  Failure to provide required                   9,639            9,753
                                             reports, etc./Merchant Marine Act
                                             of 1920.
46 U.S.C. 42106...........................  Adverse shipping conditions/              1,927,676        1,950,461
                                             Merchant Marine Act of 1920.
46 U.S.C. 42108...........................  Operating after tariff or service            96,384           97,523
                                             contract suspension/Merchant
                                             Marine Act of 1920.
46 U.S.C. 44102, 44104....................  Failure to establish financial               24,346           24,634
                                             responsibility for non-                        812              822
                                             performance of transportation.
46 U.S.C. 44103, 44104....................  Failure to establish financial               24,346           24,634
                                             responsibility for death or                    812              822
                                             injury.
31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(1)......................  Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act/            11,665           11,803
                                             making false claim.
31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(2)......................  Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act/            11,665           11,803
                                             giving false statement.
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    By the Commission.
Rachel Dickon,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-00323 Filed 1-12-21; 8:45 am]
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