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FCC/CGB–1, ‘‘Informal Complaints and
Inquiries.’’ 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. A system of records
for the do-not-call registry was created
by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
under the Privacy Act. The FTC
originally published a notice in the
Federal Register describing the system.
See 68 FR 37494, June 24, 2003. The
FTC updated its system of records for
the do-not-call registry in 2009. See 74
FR 17863, April 17, 2009.
Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes.
Needs and Uses: The reporting
requirements included under this OMB
Control Number 3060–0519 enable the
Commission to gather information
regarding violations of section 227 of
the Communications Act, the Do-NotCall Implementation Act (Do-Not-Call
Act), and the Commission’s
implementing rules. If the information
collection was not conducted, the
Commission would be unable to track
and enforce violations of section 227 of
the Communications Act, the Do-NotCall Act, or the Commission’s
implementing rules. The Commission’s
implementing rules provide consumers
with several options for avoiding most
unwanted telephone solicitations.
The national do-not-call registry
supplements the company-specific donot-call rules for those consumers who
wish to continue requesting that
particular companies not call them. Any
company that is asked by a consumer,
including an existing customer, not to
call again must honor that request for
five (5) years. A provision of the
Commission’s rules, however, allows
consumers to give specific companies
permission to call them through an
express written agreement. Nonprofit
organizations, companies with whom
consumers have an established business
relationship, and calls to persons with
whom the telemarketer has a personal
relationship are exempt from the ‘‘donot-call’’ registry requirements.
On September 21, 2004, the
Commission released the Safe Harbor
Order, published at 69 FR 60311,
October 8, 2004, establishing a limited
safe harbor in which persons will not be
liable for placing autodialed and
prerecorded message calls to numbers
ported from a wireline service within
the previous 15 days. The Commission
also amended its existing National DoNot-Call Registry safe harbor to require
telemarketers to scrub their lists against
the Registry every 31 days.
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On December 4, 2007, the
Commission released the DNC NPRM,
published at 72 FR 71099, December 14,
2007, seeking comment on its tentative
conclusion that registrations with the
Registry should be honored indefinitely,
unless a number is disconnected or
reassigned or the consumer cancels his
registration.
On June 17, 2008, in accordance with
the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of
2007, the Commission revised its rules
to minimize the inconvenience to
consumers of having to re-register their
preferences not to receive telemarketing
calls and to further the underlying goal
of the National Do-Not-Call Registry to
protect consumer privacy rights. The
Commission released a Report and
Order in CG Docket No. 02–278, FCC
08–147, published at 73 FR 40183, July
14, 2008, amending the Commission’s
rules under the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act (TCPA) to require sellers
and/or telemarketers to honor
registrations with the National Do-NotCall Registry so that registrations will
not automatically expire based on the
current five-year registration period.
Specifically, the Commission modified
§ 64.1200(c)(2) of its rules to require
sellers and/or telemarketers to honor
numbers registered on the Registry
indefinitely or until the number is
removed by the database administrator
or the registration is cancelled by the
consumer.
On February 15, 2012, the
Commission released a Report and
Order in CG Docket No. 02–278, FCC
12–21, originally published at 77 FR
34233, June 11, 2012, and later
corrected at 77 FR 66935, November 8,
2012, revising its rules to: (1) Require
prior express written consent for all
autodialed or prerecorded telemarketing
calls to wireless numbers and for all
prerecorded telemarketing calls to
residential lines; (2) eliminate the
established business relationship
exception to the consent requirement for
prerecorded telemarketing calls to
residential lines; (3) require
telemarketers to include an automated,
interactive opt-out mechanism in all
prerecorded telemarketing calls, to
allow consumers more easily to opt out
of future robocalls during a robocall
itself; and (4) require telemarketers to
comply with the 3% limit on abandoned
calls during each calling campaign, in
order to discourage intrusive calling
campaigns.
Finally, the Commission also
exempted from the Telephone
Consumer Protection Act requirements
prerecorded calls to residential lines
made by health care-related entities
governed by the Health Insurance
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission Under Delegated
Authority
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 (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 FCC 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 28, 2021.
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.
SUMMARY:
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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:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0952.
Title: Proposed Demographic
Information and Notifications, Second
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(FNPRM), CC Docket No. 98–147 and
Fifth NPRM (NPRM), CC Docket No. 96–
98.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 750 respondents; 1,500
responses.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirements and third party
disclosure requirement.
Estimated Time per Response: 2
hours.
Total Annual Burden: 3,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151–154, 201,
202, 251–254, 256 and 271 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission is not requesting
respondents to submit confidential
information to the FCC. If the applicants
wish to submit information which they
believe is confidential, they may request
confidential treatment of such
information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
asked whether physical collocation in
remote terminals presents technical or
security concerns, and if so, whether
these concerns warrant modification of
its collocation rules. The Commission
asked whether incumbent LECs should
be required to provide requesting
carriers with demographic and other
information regarding particular remote
terminals similar to the information
available regarding incumbent LEC
central offices. Requesting carriers use
demographic and other information
obtained from incumbent LECs to
determine whether they wish to
collocate at particular remote terminals.
This proposed information collection in
the Second Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, FCC 98–147, will be used
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by the Commission, state commissions,
and competitive carriers to facilitate the
deployment of advanced services and
other telecommunications services in
implementation of section 251(c)(6) of
the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended. The number of respondents,
annual responses, and annual burden
hours have not changed.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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Information Collections Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
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, 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.
Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC
seeks specific comment on how it can
further reduce the information
collection burden for small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
DATES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted on or before June 1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function. Your comment must be
submitted into www.reginfo.gov per the
above instructions for it to be
considered. In addition to submitting in
www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of
your comment on the proposed
information collection to Cathy
Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
Include in the comments the OMB
control number as shown in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or copies of the
SUMMARY:
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information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918. To view a
copy of this information collection
request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go
to the web page https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the
section of the web page called
‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on
the downward-pointing arrow in the
‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the
‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4)
select ‘‘Federal Communications
Commission’’ from the list of agencies
presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box,
(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the
right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6)
when the list of FCC ICRs currently
under review appears, look for the Title
of this ICR and then click on the ICR
Reference Number. A copy of the FCC
submission to OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
As part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork burdens, as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the FCC
invited the general public and other
Federal Agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
Comments are requested concerning: (a)
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;
(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) 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. Pursuant to the
Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of
2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific
comment on how it might ‘‘further
reduce the information collection
burden for small business concerns with
fewer than 25 employees.’’
OMB Control Number: 3060–XXXX.
Title: FCC Authorization for Radio
Service Authorization; Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau; Public
Safety and Homeland Security Bureau,
FCC Form 601–2.0.
Form Number: FCC Form 601–2.0.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0952; FRS 23261]
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the
general 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 FCC 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 28,
2021. 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.
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ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email
[email protected] and to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0952.
Title: Proposed Demographic Information and Notifications, Second
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), CC Docket No. 98-147 and
Fifth NPRM (NPRM), CC Docket No. 96- 98.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 750 respondents; 1,500
responses.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements and third
party disclosure requirement.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
Total Annual Burden: 3,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 151-154, 201, 202, 251-254, 256 and 271 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the FCC.
If the applicants wish to submit information which they believe is
confidential, they may request confidential treatment of such
information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission asked whether physical collocation
in remote terminals presents technical or security concerns, and if so,
whether these concerns warrant modification of its collocation rules.
The Commission asked whether incumbent LECs should be required to
provide requesting carriers with demographic and other information
regarding particular remote terminals similar to the information
available regarding incumbent LEC central offices. Requesting carriers
use demographic and other information obtained from incumbent LECs to
determine whether they wish to collocate at particular remote
terminals. This proposed information collection in the Second Further
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 98-147, will be used by the
Commission, state commissions, and competitive carriers to facilitate
the deployment of advanced services and other telecommunications
services in implementation of section 251(c)(6) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended. The number of respondents, annual responses,
and annual burden hours have not changed.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-08956 Filed 4-28-21; 8:45 am]
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