Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget, 68438-68439 [2024-19119]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 165 (Monday, August 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68438-68439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19119]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-XXXX, OMB 3060-0741; FR ID 241305]


Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval 
to 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, 
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 
might ``further reduce the information collection burden for 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 and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be submitted on or before September 25, 
2024.

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 Nicole Ongele, FCC, 
via email to [email protected] and to [email protected]. 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) 
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: 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: Section 9.10(t), Interim 911 Requirements for Supplemental 
Coverage from Space.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New information collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 59 respondents; 59 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 49 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One-time and annual reporting requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
collection is contained in sections 1, 2, 4(i), 4(j), 4(o), 251(e), 
303(b), 303(g), 303(r), 316, and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 154(j), 154(o), 251(e), 303(b), 
303(g), 303(r), 316, 403, and section 4 of the Wireless Communications 
and Public Safety Act of 1999, Public Law 106-81, sections 101 and 201 
of the New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008, 
Public Law 110-283, and section 106 of the Twenty-First Century 
Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, Public Law 111-260, 
as amended 47 U.S.C. 615a, 615a-1, 615b, 615c.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,891 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Needs and Uses: In an effort to facilitate the process of 
terrestrial providers taking steps to ensure their subscribers' access 
to the 911 system in areas where they use SCS arrangements to expand 
coverage to their end-users and thus comply with the new Interim 911 
Requirements for Supplemental Coverage from Space as established in 
Section 9.10(t), the Commission adopted certain information collection 
requirements for those CMRS providers.
    Annual Reporting Requirement. Under Section 9.10(t)(3), each CMRS 
provider that utilizes SCS arrangements to expand its coverage areas 
for providing service to its end-user subscribers must maintain records 
of all SCS 911 voice calls and SCS 911 text messages received on its 
network and received at its emergency call center. By October 15 of 
each year, each CMRS provider that utilizes SCS arrangements to expand 
its coverage areas for providing service to its end-user subscribers 
must submit a report to the Commission regarding SCS 911 voice calls 
and 911 text messages, and its emergency call center data, current as 
of

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September 30 of that year. These reports must include, at a minimum: 
(i) The name and address of the CMRS provider, the address of that CMRS 
provider's emergency call center, and the contact information of the 
emergency call center; (ii) The aggregate number of SCS 911 voice calls 
and SCS 911 text messages received by the network of the CMRS provider 
that provides SCS service to its end-user subscribers during each month 
during the relevant reporting period; (iii) The aggregate number of SCS 
911 voice calls and SCS 911 text messages received by the emergency 
call center each month during the relevant reporting period; (iv) The 
aggregate number of SCS 911 voice calls and SCS 911 text messages 
received by the emergency call center each month during the relevant 
reporting period that required forwarding to a PSAP and how many did 
not require forwarding to a PSAP; (v) The aggregate number of SCS 911 
voice calls that were routed using location information that met the 
timeliness and accuracy thresholds defined in paragraphs (s)(3)(i)(A) 
and (B) of this section; (vi) The aggregate number of SCS 911 voice 
calls and SCS 911 text messages that were routed using location 
information that did not meet the timeliness and accuracy thresholds 
defined in paragraphs (s)(3)(i)(A) and (B) of this section; and (vii) 
an explanation of how the SCS deployment, including network 
architecture, systems, and procedures, will support routing SCS 911 
voice calls and SCS 911 text messages to the geographically appropriate 
PSAP with sufficient location information in compliance with paragraph 
(t)(2) of this section. The Commission would use the data generated by 
this annual information collection to monitor CMRS provider compliance 
as well as analyze the growth and development of 911 system access for 
end-users.
    One-time Privacy Certification Requirement. Under Section 
9.10(t)(4), CMRS providers that utilize SCS arrangements to expand 
their coverage areas for providing service to their end-user 
subscribers must certify on a one-time basis that neither they nor any 
third party they rely on to obtain location information or associated 
data used for compliance with paragraph (t)(2)(i) or (ii) will use such 
location information or associated data for any non-911 purpose, except 
with prior express consent or as otherwise permitted or required by 
law. The certification must state that the CMRS provider and any third 
parties it relies on to obtain location information or associated data 
used for compliance with paragraph (t)(2)(i) or (ii) have implemented 
measures sufficient to safeguard the privacy and security of such 
location information or associated data. CMRS providers that utilize 
SCS arrangements to expand their coverage areas for providing service 
to their end-user subscribers must submit this one-time certification 
in the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System on the due date of 
the first report made under paragraph (t)(3) of this section. The 
Commission would use the data generated by this annual information 
collection to monitor CMRS provider compliance as well as analyze the 
growth and development of 911 system access for end-users.
    One-time Subscriber Notification Requirement. Under Section 
9.10(t)(5), each CMRS provider that utilizes SCS arrangements to expand 
its coverage areas for providing service to its end-user subscribers 
shall specifically advise every subscriber, both new and existing, in 
writing prominently and in plain language, of the circumstances under 
which 911 service for all SCS 911 calls, or SCS 911 text messages may 
not be available via SCS or may be in some way limited by comparison to 
traditional enhanced 911 service.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0741.
    Title: Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing 
Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, GN Docket No. 17-84.
    Form Number(s): N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,688 respondents; 471,548 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-4.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements; 
recordkeeping 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. 222 and 251.
    Total Annual Burden: 473,068 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Needs and Uses: Section 251 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. 251, is designed to accelerate private sector 
development and deployment of telecommunications technologies and 
services by spurring competition. Section 222(e) is also designed to 
spur competition by prescribing requirements for the sharing of 
subscriber list information. These information collection requirements 
are designed to help implement certain provisions of sections 222(e) 
and 251, and to eliminate operational barriers to competition in the 
telecommunications services market. Specifically, these information 
collection requirements will be used to implement (1) local exchange 
carriers' (``LECs'') obligations to provide their competitors with 
dialing parity and non-discriminatory access to certain services and 
functionalities; (2) incumbent local exchange carriers' (ILECs) duty to 
make network information disclosures; and (3) numbering administration. 
In November 2017, the Commission adopted new rules concerning certain 
information collection requirements implemented under section 251(c)(5) 
of the Act, pertaining to network change disclosures. Most of the 
changes to those rules applied specifically to a certain subset of 
network change disclosures, namely notices of planned copper 
retirements. In addition, the changes removed a rule that prohibits 
incumbent LECs from engaging in useful advanced coordination with 
entities affected by network changes. In June 2018, the Commission 
revised its network change disclosure rules to (1) revise the types of 
network changes that trigger an incumbent LEC's public notice 
obligation, and (2) extend the force majeure provisions applicable to 
copper retirements to all types of network changes. The changes were 
aimed at removing unnecessary regulatory barriers to the deployment of 
high-speed broadband networks.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-19119 Filed 8-23-24; 8:45 am]
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