[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 240 (Thursday, December 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 74185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30038]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection Approved by Office of Management and 
Budget

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 
information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). An agency may not conduct or sponsor a 
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number, and no person is required to respond to a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid control number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing 
Director, Federal Communications Commission, at (202) 418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0999.
    OMB Approval Date: November 20, 2012.
    OMB Expiration Date: November 30, 2015.
    Title: Hearing Aid Compatibility Status Report and Section 20.19, 
Hearing Aid-Compatible Mobile Handsets (Hearing Aid Compatibility Act).
    Form No.: FCC Form 655.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit entities.
    Total Number of Respondents and Responses: 925 respondents; 925 
responses.
    Total Annual Burden: 12,063 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Estimated Time per Response: 13.041081.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting 
requirements; Third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 157, 160, 201, 202, 208, 214, 301, 303, 308, 
309(j), 310 and 610 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Nature and Extend of Confidentiality: Information requested in the 
reports may include confidential information. However, covered entities 
are allowed to request that such materials submitted to the Commission 
be withheld from public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 
Commission's rules.
    Privacy Act: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: On April 9, 2012, the Commission adopted final 
rules in a Third Report and Order, DA12-550, which adopts the 2011 
revision of the hearing aid compatibility technical standard (ANSI 
Standard) as an applicable technical standard alongside the 2007 
version that is already in the Commission's rules.
    Under the 2011 ANSI Standard, the Commission tailored its existing 
disclosure requirements to address new situations that may arise. 
Specifically, the Commission adopted a requirement to inform users 
about any operations in handsets that a manufacturer may have tested 
under the 2011 version of the ANSI Standard and found not to meet 
hearing aid compatibility criteria for those operations. The Commission 
also adopted a requirement to make disclosure about any handsets that 
have not been tested for the inductive coupling capability of Voice 
over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) transmissions.
    The Commission is now modifying the FCC Form 655 to collect 
information that is relevant to the newly effective provisions of the 
rule and to clarify and streamline existing fields. See the 60 day 
notice published in the Federal Register on July 30, 2012 (77 FR 44614) 
for the specific changes made to the form.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-30038 Filed 12-12-12; 8:45 am]
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