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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
40 CFR Part 52
47 CFR Part 51
[EPA–R02–OAR–2020–0432; FRL–10121–
02–R2]
[WC Docket No. 18–155; FCC 23–31; FR
ID 187323]
Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans; New
Jersey; Regional Haze State
Implementation Plan for the Second
Implementation Period
Updating the Intercarrier
Compensation Regime To Eliminate
Access Arbitrage
Correction
In Rule document 2023–25239,
appearing on pages 78650–78655, in the
issue of Thursday, November 16, 2023,
make the following corrections:
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Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of
effective and compliance dates.
AGENCY:
In this document, the Federal
Communications Commission
(Commission) announces that the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) has
approved, for a period of three years, the
information collection associated with
rules for notifications related to access
stimulation adopted in the Second
Report and Order, FCC 23–31 (April 21,
2023) (Access Arbitrage Second Report
and Order), which was summarized in
a document published on June 1, 2023.
This document is consistent with the
Access Arbitrage Second Report and
Order and its summary.
DATES: The additions of 47 CFR
51.914(d) and (g) (instruction 3),
published at 88 FR 35743, on June 1,
2023, and delayed indefinitely, are
effective January 2, 2024. This rule is
effective January 2, 2024. Compliance
with this rule and the additions of
§ 51.914(d) and (g) is required by
February 16, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Bahr, Attorney Advisor, Pricing
Policy Division, Wireline Competition
Bureau, at (202) 418–0573, or
Susan.Bahr@fcc.gov. For additional
information concerning the Paperwork
Reduction Act information collection
requirements, contact Nicole Ongele at
(202) 418–2991, or Nicole.Ongele@
fcc.gov.
SUMMARY:
The
Commission submitted information
collection requirements for review and
approval by OMB, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, on August 30, 2023, and the
information collections were approved
by OMB on November 7, 2023. The
information collection requirements are
found in the Commission’s Updating
the Intercarrier Compensation Regime to
Eliminate Access Arbitrage, WC Docket
No. 18–155, Second Report and Order,
FCC 23–31 (April 21, 2023), which was
summarized in 88 FR 35743, on June 1,
2023. The OMB Control Number is
3060–0298. The Commission publishes
this document as an announcement of
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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the effective and compliance dates of
the rules published on June 1, 2023. If
you have any comments on the burden
estimates listed below, or how the
Commission can improve the
collections and reduce any burdens
caused thereby, please contact Nicole
Ongele, Federal Communications
Commission, 45 L Street NE,
Washington, DC 20554, regarding OMB
Control Number 3060–0298. Please
include the applicable OMB Control
Number in your correspondence. The
Commission will also accept your
comments via email at PRA@fcc.gov.
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).
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507),
the Commission is notifying the public
that it received OMB approval on
November 7, 2023, for the information
collection requirements contained in 47
CFR 51.914(d) and (g), published at 88
FR 35743, on June 1, 2023. Those
sections have been delayed indefinitely,
but are now added to 47 CFR 51.914 and
will be effective January 2, 2024. In
addition, the text in the delayed
§ 51.914(d) which states ‘‘[the effective
date of this paragraph (d)—which will
be 30 days after the Commission
publishes the notification of OMB
approval in the Federal Register]’’ is
replaced with January 2, 2024.
This document also revises
§ 51.914(e) and (f) to add a reference to
§ 51.914(d). The references to
§ 51.914(d) in § 51.914(e) and (f) in the
Access Arbitrage Second Report and
Order were not added to CFR pending
the receipt of OMB approval for
§ 51.914(d). These revisions to
§ 51.914(e) and (f) are effective on
January 2, 2024.
Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency
may not conduct or sponsor a collection
of information unless it displays a
current, valid OMB Control Number.
No person shall be subject to any
penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act that does not
display a current, valid OMB Control
Number. The OMB Control Number is
3060–0298.
The foregoing notification is required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104–13, October 1,
1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
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The total annual reporting burdens
and costs for the respondents are as
follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0298.
OMB Approval Date: November 7,
2023.
OMB Expiration Date: November 30,
2026.
Title: Part 61, Tariffs (Other than the
Tariff Review Plan).
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 3,834 respondents; 4,659
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1
hour–50 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
annual, biennial and one-time reporting
requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in sections 151–155, 201–
205, 208, 251–271, 403, 502 and 503 of
the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended (the Act), 47 U.S.C. 151–155,
201–205, 208, 251–271, 403, 502 and
503.
Total Annual Burden: 171,378 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $604,000.
Needs and Uses: On April 21, 2023,
the Commission released the Access
Arbitrage Second Report and Order, WC
Docket No. 18–155, FCC 23–31, 88 FR
35743, which added rules applicable to
internet Protocol Enabled Service (IPES)
Providers engaged in Access
Stimulation. In the Access Arbitrage
Second Report and Order, the
Commission adopted rules requiring
that access-stimulating IPES Providers
provide notice of their status to the
Commission by filing a record of their
access-stimulating status in the
Commission’s Access Arbitrage docket,
and to provide notice to any affected
Interexchange Carriers (IXCs) and
Intermediate Access Providers of the
same, within 45 days of the effective
date of that requirement after approval
of that information collection by OMB
(or for an entity that later engages in
access stimulation, 45 days from the
date it commences access stimulation).
If, after the effective date of this
requirement, an access-stimulating IPES
Provider is no longer engaged in Access
Stimulation, the IPES Provider must file
notice of that change in status with the
Commission and with any affected IXCs
and Intermediate Access Providers.
The revisions to this collection reflect
the notice and reporting requirements
adopted by the Commission in the
Access Arbitrage Second Report and
Order. The information provided by
IPES Providers pursuant to rules
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adopted in the Access Arbitrage Second
Report and Order informs interested
parties of an entity’s engagement in
Access Stimulation.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 51
Communications; Communications
common carriers, Telecommunications;
Telephones.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
Final Rules
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission amends 47 CFR part 51 as
follows:
PART 51—INTERCONNECTION
1. The authority citation for part 51
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151–55, 201–05, 207–
09, 218, 225–27, 251–52, 271, 332 unless
otherwise noted.
2. Amend § 51.914 by revising
paragraphs (d) through (f) to read as
follows:
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§ 51.914 Additional provisions applicable
to Access Stimulation traffic.
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(d) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this part, if an internet
Protocol Enabled Service (IPES)
Provider, as defined in § 61.3(eee) of
this chapter, is engaged in Access
Stimulation, as defined in § 61.3(bbb) of
this chapter, it shall, within 45 days of
commencing Access Stimulation, or
within 45 days after January 2, 2024,
whichever is later, notify in writing the
Commission, all Intermediate Access
Providers that it subtends, and
Interexchange Carriers with which it
does business of the following:
(1) That it is an IPES Provider engaged
in Access Stimulation; and
(2) That it shall designate the
Intermediate Access Provider(s), if any,
that will provide the terminating
switched access tandem switching or
terminating switched access tandem
transport services directly, or indirectly
through a local exchange carrier, to the
IPES Provider engaged in Access
Stimulation; and
(3) Whether the IPES Provider will
pay for those services as of that date.
(e) In the event that an Intermediate
Access Provider receives notice under
paragraph (b) or (d) of this section that
it has been designated to provide
terminating switched access tandem
switching or terminating switched
access tandem transport services to a
local exchange carrier engaged in
Access Stimulation, as defined in
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§ 61.3(bbb) of this chapter, or to an IPES
Provider engaged in Access Stimulation,
directly, or indirectly through a local
exchange carrier, and that local
exchange carrier engaged in Access
Stimulation shall pay or the IPES
Provider engaged in Access Stimulation
may pay for such terminating access
service from such Intermediate Access
Provider, the Intermediate Access
Provider shall not bill Interexchange
Carriers for interstate or intrastate
terminating switched access tandem
switching or terminating switched
access tandem transport service for
traffic bound for such local exchange
carrier or IPES Provider but, instead,
shall bill such local exchange carrier or
may bill such IPES Provider for such
services.
(f) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a)
through (d) of this section, any local
exchange carrier that is not itself
engaged in Access Stimulation, as that
term is defined in § 61.3(bbb) of this
chapter, but serves as an Intermediate
Access Provider with respect to traffic
bound for a local exchange carrier
engaged in Access Stimulation or bound
for an IPES Provider engaged in Access
Stimulation, shall not itself be deemed
a local exchange carrier engaged in
Access Stimulation or be affected by
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section.
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[WC Docket No. 17–310; FCC No. 23–6; FR
ID 188068]
Promoting Telehealth in Rural America
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of
effective date.
AGENCY:
In this document, the Federal
Communications Commission
(Commission) announces that the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) has
approved, for a period of three years, a
revision to an information collection
associated with the rules for the Rural
Health Care (RHC) Program contained in
the Commission’s Order, FCC 23–6.
This document is consistent with the
Order on Reconsideration, Second
Report and Order, and Order, which
stated that the Commission would
publish a document in the Federal
Register announcing the effective date
SUMMARY:
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 51
[WC Docket No. 18-155; FCC 23-31; FR ID 187323]
Updating the Intercarrier Compensation Regime To Eliminate Access
Arbitrage
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective and compliance dates.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection
associated with rules for notifications related to access stimulation
adopted in the Second Report and Order, FCC 23-31 (April 21, 2023)
(Access Arbitrage Second Report and Order), which was summarized in a
document published on June 1, 2023. This document is consistent with
the Access Arbitrage Second Report and Order and its summary.
DATES: The additions of 47 CFR 51.914(d) and (g) (instruction 3),
published at 88 FR 35743, on June 1, 2023, and delayed indefinitely,
are effective January 2, 2024. This rule is effective January 2, 2024.
Compliance with this rule and the additions of Sec. 51.914(d) and (g)
is required by February 16, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Bahr, Attorney Advisor, Pricing
Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-0573, or
[email protected]. For additional information concerning the Paperwork
Reduction Act information collection requirements, contact Nicole
Ongele at (202) 418-2991, or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission submitted information
collection requirements for review and approval by OMB, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, on August 30, 2023, and the
information collections were approved by OMB on November 7, 2023. The
information collection requirements are found in the Commission's
Updating the Intercarrier Compensation Regime to Eliminate Access
Arbitrage, WC Docket No. 18-155, Second Report and Order, FCC 23-31
(April 21, 2023), which was summarized in 88 FR 35743, on June 1, 2023.
The OMB Control Number is 3060-0298. The Commission publishes this
document as an announcement of the effective and compliance dates of
the rules published on June 1, 2023. If you have any comments on the
burden estimates listed below, or how the Commission can improve the
collections and reduce any burdens caused thereby, please contact
Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE,
Washington, DC 20554, regarding OMB Control Number 3060-0298. Please
include the applicable OMB Control Number in your correspondence. The
Commission will also accept your comments via email at [email protected].
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).
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), the Commission is notifying the public that it received OMB
approval on November 7, 2023, for the information collection
requirements contained in 47 CFR 51.914(d) and (g), published at 88 FR
35743, on June 1, 2023. Those sections have been delayed indefinitely,
but are now added to 47 CFR 51.914 and will be effective January 2,
2024. In addition, the text in the delayed Sec. 51.914(d) which states
``[the effective date of this paragraph (d)--which will be 30 days
after the Commission publishes the notification of OMB approval in the
Federal Register]'' is replaced with January 2, 2024.
This document also revises Sec. 51.914(e) and (f) to add a
reference to Sec. 51.914(d). The references to Sec. 51.914(d) in
Sec. 51.914(e) and (f) in the Access Arbitrage Second Report and Order
were not added to CFR pending the receipt of OMB approval for Sec.
51.914(d). These revisions to Sec. 51.914(e) and (f) are effective on
January 2, 2024.
Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it displays a current, valid OMB
Control Number.
No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply
with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act
that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB
Control Number is 3060-0298.
The foregoing notification is required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
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The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents
are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0298.
OMB Approval Date: November 7, 2023.
OMB Expiration Date: November 30, 2026.
Title: Part 61, Tariffs (Other than the Tariff Review Plan).
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 3,834 respondents; 4,659
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour-50 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual, biennial and one-time
reporting requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in
sections 151-155, 201-205, 208, 251-271, 403, 502 and 503 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), 47 U.S.C. 151-155,
201-205, 208, 251-271, 403, 502 and 503.
Total Annual Burden: 171,378 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $604,000.
Needs and Uses: On April 21, 2023, the Commission released the
Access Arbitrage Second Report and Order, WC Docket No. 18-155, FCC 23-
31, 88 FR 35743, which added rules applicable to internet Protocol
Enabled Service (IPES) Providers engaged in Access Stimulation. In the
Access Arbitrage Second Report and Order, the Commission adopted rules
requiring that access-stimulating IPES Providers provide notice of
their status to the Commission by filing a record of their access-
stimulating status in the Commission's Access Arbitrage docket, and to
provide notice to any affected Interexchange Carriers (IXCs) and
Intermediate Access Providers of the same, within 45 days of the
effective date of that requirement after approval of that information
collection by OMB (or for an entity that later engages in access
stimulation, 45 days from the date it commences access stimulation).
If, after the effective date of this requirement, an access-stimulating
IPES Provider is no longer engaged in Access Stimulation, the IPES
Provider must file notice of that change in status with the Commission
and with any affected IXCs and Intermediate Access Providers.
The revisions to this collection reflect the notice and reporting
requirements adopted by the Commission in the Access Arbitrage Second
Report and Order. The information provided by IPES Providers pursuant
to rules adopted in the Access Arbitrage Second Report and Order
informs interested parties of an entity's engagement in Access
Stimulation.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 51
Communications; Communications common carriers, Telecommunications;
Telephones.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
Final Rules
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 51 as follows:
PART 51--INTERCONNECTION
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1. The authority citation for part 51 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151-55, 201-05, 207-09, 218, 225-27, 251-
52, 271, 332 unless otherwise noted.
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2. Amend Sec. 51.914 by revising paragraphs (d) through (f) to read as
follows:
Sec. 51.914 Additional provisions applicable to Access Stimulation
traffic.
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(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, if an
internet Protocol Enabled Service (IPES) Provider, as defined in Sec.
61.3(eee) of this chapter, is engaged in Access Stimulation, as defined
in Sec. 61.3(bbb) of this chapter, it shall, within 45 days of
commencing Access Stimulation, or within 45 days after January 2, 2024,
whichever is later, notify in writing the Commission, all Intermediate
Access Providers that it subtends, and Interexchange Carriers with
which it does business of the following:
(1) That it is an IPES Provider engaged in Access Stimulation; and
(2) That it shall designate the Intermediate Access Provider(s), if
any, that will provide the terminating switched access tandem switching
or terminating switched access tandem transport services directly, or
indirectly through a local exchange carrier, to the IPES Provider
engaged in Access Stimulation; and
(3) Whether the IPES Provider will pay for those services as of
that date.
(e) In the event that an Intermediate Access Provider receives
notice under paragraph (b) or (d) of this section that it has been
designated to provide terminating switched access tandem switching or
terminating switched access tandem transport services to a local
exchange carrier engaged in Access Stimulation, as defined in Sec.
61.3(bbb) of this chapter, or to an IPES Provider engaged in Access
Stimulation, directly, or indirectly through a local exchange carrier,
and that local exchange carrier engaged in Access Stimulation shall pay
or the IPES Provider engaged in Access Stimulation may pay for such
terminating access service from such Intermediate Access Provider, the
Intermediate Access Provider shall not bill Interexchange Carriers for
interstate or intrastate terminating switched access tandem switching
or terminating switched access tandem transport service for traffic
bound for such local exchange carrier or IPES Provider but, instead,
shall bill such local exchange carrier or may bill such IPES Provider
for such services.
(f) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, any
local exchange carrier that is not itself engaged in Access
Stimulation, as that term is defined in Sec. 61.3(bbb) of this
chapter, but serves as an Intermediate Access Provider with respect to
traffic bound for a local exchange carrier engaged in Access
Stimulation or bound for an IPES Provider engaged in Access
Stimulation, shall not itself be deemed a local exchange carrier
engaged in Access Stimulation or be affected by paragraphs (a) and (b)
of this section.
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