[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4567-4568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01472]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1053]
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to
the 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,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520), the Federal Communication Commission (FCC or Commission)
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning: 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; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected;
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; and ways to further reduce the
information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer
than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid 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 should be submitted on or before February 27,
2015. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find
it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice,
you should advise the contacts below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via
email [email protected]; and to Cathy Williams, FCC, via
email [email protected] and to [email protected]. Include in the
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section 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 http://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 OMB control number of
this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC
submission to OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1053.
Title: Two-Line Captioned Telephone Order, IP Captioned Telephone
Service Declaratory Ruling; and Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone
Service Reform Order, CG Docket Nos. 13-24 and 03-123.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 148,006 respondents; 556,010
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 hours (15 minutes) to 8 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual, every five years, on-going, and one-
time reporting requirement; Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for the information collection requirements is
found at Sec. 225 [47 U.S.C. 225] Telecommunications Services for
Hearing-Impaired Individuals; The Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990, (ADA), Public Law 101-336, 104 Stat. 327, 366-69, was enacted on
July 26, 1990.
Total Annual Burden: 399,072 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,680,000.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: An assurance of
confidentiality is not offered because this information collection does
not require the collection of personally identifiable information by
the FCC from individuals.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: On August 1, 2003, the Commission released
Telecommunication Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for
Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, CC Docket No. 98-67,
Declaratory Ruling, 68 FR 55898, September 28, 2003, clarifying that
one-line captioned telephone voice carry over (VCO) service is a type
of telecommunications relay service (TRS) and that eligible providers
of such services are eligible to recover their costs from the
Interstate TRS Fund (Fund) in accordance with section 225 of the
Communications Act. The Commission also clarified that certain TRS
mandatory minimum standards do not apply to one-line captioned
telephone VCO service and waived 47 CFR 64.604(a)(1) and (a)(3) for all
current and future captioned telephone VCO service providers, for the
same period of time beginning August 1, 2003. The waivers were
contingent on the filing of annual reports. On July 19, 2005, the
Commission released Telecommunication Relay Services and Speech-to-
Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities,
CC Docket No. 98-67 and CG Docket No. 03-123, Order, 70 FR 54294,
September 14, 2005, clarifying that two-line captioned telephone VCO
service, like one-line captioned telephone VCO service, is a type of
TRS eligible for compensation from the Fund.
On January 11, 2007, the Commission released Telecommunications
Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with
Hearing and Speech Disabilities, CG Docket No. 03-123, Declaratory
Ruling, 72 FR 6960, February 14, 2007, granting a request for
clarification that Internet Protocol (IP) captioned telephone relay
service (IP CTS) is a type of TRS eligible for compensation from the
Fund. The Commission also waived certain TRS mandatory minimum
standards that do not apply to IP CTS, contingent on the filing of
annual reports.
On August 26, 2013, the Commission issued Misuse of Internet
Protocol (IP) Captioned Telephone Service; Telecommunications Relay
Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and
Speech Disabilities, CG Docket Nos. 13-24 and 03-123, Report and Order,
78 FR 53684, August 30, 2013, to regulate practices relating to the
marketing of IP CTS, impose certain requirements for the provision of
this service, and mandate registration and certification of IP CTS
users. On June 20, 2014, the DC Circuit vacated the rule prohibiting
compensation to providers for minutes of use generated by equipment
consumers received from providers for
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free or for less than $75 ($75 equipment *69476 charge rule) and the
rule requiring providers to maintain captions--off as the default
setting for IP CTS equipment. Sorenson Communications, Inc. and
CaptionCall, LLC v. FCC, 755 F.3d 702 (D.C. Cir. 2014) (DC Circuit IP
CTS Order).
On August 22, 2014, the Commission issued Telecommunications Relay
Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and
Speech Disabilities; Waivers of iTRS Mandatory Minimum Standards, CG
Docket No. 03-123, Report and Order, 79 FR 62875, October 21, 2014
(iTRS Waiver Order), to make permanent waivers of certain TRS mandatory
minimum standards and eliminate waivers of other TRS mandatory minimum
standards for IP CTS and CTS. The Commission also eliminated the
requirement that IP CTS and CTS providers file annual reports regarding
the TRS mandatory minimum standards.
This notice and request for comments pertains to revisions to the
information collection requirements as a result of the iTRS Waiver
Order eliminating the requirement that IP CTS and CTS providers file
annual reports regarding the TRS mandatory minimum standards and as a
result of the DC Circuit IP CTS Order vacating the $75 equipment charge
rule and the rule requiring providers to maintain captions-off as the
default setting for IP CTS equipment.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Managing Director.
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