Single Network Future: Supplemental Coverage From Space; Space Innovation, 81013-81014 [2024-23074]

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 194 (Monday, October 7, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 81013-81014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23074]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 9

[GN Docket No. 23-65, IB Docket No. 22-271, FCC 24-28]


Single Network Future: Supplemental Coverage From Space; Space 
Innovation

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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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, a new information collection 
associated with certain rules adopted in the 2024 Single Network 
Future: Supplemental Coverage from Space; Space Innovation Report and 
Order (Report and Order). This document is consistent with the Report 
and Order, which stated the Commission would publish a document in the 
Federal Register announcing the effective date for these rules.

DATES: The additions of 47 CFR 9.10(t)(3) through (5) (amendatory 
instruction 8), published at 89 FR 34148 on April 30, 2024, are 
effective on October 7, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel Wehr, Public Safety and 
Homeland Security Bureau at 202-418-1138 or via email 
[email protected]. For additional information concerning the 
Paperwork Reduction Act information collection requirements, contact 
Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991 or via email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on September 
27, 2024, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information 
collection requirements contained in the Commission's Report and Order, 
FCC 24-28, published at 89 FR 34148 on April 30, 2024. The OMB Control 
Number is 3060-1331. The Commission publishes this document as an 
announcement of the effective date of the rules. If you have any 
comments on the burden estimates listed below, or how the Commission 
can improve the collections and reduce any burdens cause thereby, 
please contact Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications Commission, Room 
3.310, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. Please include OMB Control 
Number, 3060-1331, 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).

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the FCC is notifying the public it received OMB approval on 
September 27, 2024, for the information collection requirements 
contained in the Commission's rules at 47 CFR 9.10(t)(3) through (5).
    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 foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
    The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents 
are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1331.
    OMB Approval Date: September 27, 2024.
    OMB Expiration Date: September 30, 2027.
    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 the Report and Order, the Commission adopted 
rules to enable collaborations between satellite operators and 
terrestrial service providers to offer ubiquitous connectivity directly 
to consumer handsets using spectrum previously allocated only to 
terrestrial service. The Commission noted that this Supplemental 
Coverage from Space (SCS) framework will expand the reach of 
communications services, particularly emergency services, so that 
connectivity and assistance is available in more remote places. In 
recognition of the importance of 911 service to emergency response and 
disaster preparedness, the Commission also adopted interim 911 text and 
call routing requirements for terrestrial

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providers that use SCS arrangements to extend their coverage service 
areas, including certain information collection requirements. The 
Commission will use the data generated by these information collections 
to monitor CMRS provider compliance as well as analyze the growth and 
development of 911 system access for end-users.
    Annual Reporting Requirement. Under 47 CFR 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. In addition, 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 September 30 of that year. CMRS providers 
must submit these reports in the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing 
System.
    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.
    One-time Privacy Certification Requirement. Under 47 CFR 
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 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.
    Subscriber Notification Requirement. Under 47 CFR 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.

Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-23074 Filed 10-4-24; 8:45 am]
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