Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget, 24403-24404 [2025-10470]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24403-24404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10470]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-1306; FR ID 297448]


Information Collection 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.''

DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be submitted on or before July 10, 2025.

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 [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 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: 3060-1306.
    Title: Do Not Originate Requirements Voice Service Providers Report 
and Order.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, and state, 
local, or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 6,493 respondents; 77,916 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for these collections are contained in sections 
4(i), 4(j), 201, 202, 217, 227, 227b, 251(e), 303(r), and 403 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), 201, 
202, 217, 227, 227b, 251(e), 303(r), and 403.
    Total Annual Burden: 155,832 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Needs and Uses: This notice and request for comments seeks to 
revise an existing information collection as it pertains to the 
Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls Sixth 
Report and Order and Call Authentication Trust Anchor Fifth Report and 
Order (``Gateway Provider Report and Order''), FCC 22-37. These 
revisions stem from the Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate 
Unlawful Robocalls Eighth Report and Order (``Call Blocking Eighth 
Report and Order''), FCC 25-15. Unwanted and illegal robocalls have 
long been the Commission's top source of consumer complaints and one of 
the Commission's top consumer protection priorities. Foreign-originated 
robocalls represent a significant portion of illegal robocalls, and 
gateway providers serve as a critical choke-point for reducing the 
number of illegal robocalls received by American consumers. In the 
Gateway Provider Report and Order, the Commission took steps to prevent 
these foreign-originated illegal robocalls from reaching consumers and 
to help track these calls back to the source.
    Call Blocking Eighth Report and Order, FCC 25-15, paras. 9-14, 47 
CFR 64.1200(o).
    A voice service provider must block any calls purporting to 
originate from a number on a reasonable do-not-originate

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list. A list so limited in scope that it leaves out obvious numbers 
that could be included with little effort may be deemed unreasonable. 
The do-not-originate list may include only:
    (i) Numbers for which the subscriber to which the number is 
assigned has requested that calls purporting to originate from that 
number be blocked because the number is used for inbound calls only;
    (ii) North American Numbering Plan numbers that are not valid;
    (iii) Valid North American Numbering Plan Numbers that are not 
allocated to a provider by the North American Numbering Plan 
Administrator; and
    (iv) Valid North American Numbering Plan numbers that are allocated 
to a provider by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator, but 
are unused, so long as the provider blocking the calls is the allocatee 
of the number and confirms that the number is unused or has obtained 
verification from the allocatee that the number is unused at the time 
of blocking.
    The modified information collection for which OMB approval is 
sought comes from the revisions in the Eighth Call Blocking Report and 
Order (Call Blocking Eighth Report and Order at paras. 9-14) to the 
requirement originally adopted in the Gateway Provider Report and Order 
(Gateway Provider Order. at paras. 87-91). The categories of numbers 
that may be included on the reasonable DNO list are the same categories 
of numbers for which the Commission first authorized blocking in 2017 
(Gateway Provider Order. at paras. 87-88; Call Blocking Eighth Report 
and Order at paras. 9-14), and did not change in the Eighth Call 
Blocking Report and Order. There is no valid reason for a caller to 
originate a call from these numbers calls purporting to originate from 
these numbers are highly likely to be illegal.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-10470 Filed 6-9-25; 8:45 am]
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