[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 39 (Friday, February 27, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 10618-10619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03433]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 12
[PS Docket Nos. 13-75 and 11-60; FCC 13-158]
Improving 9-1-1 Reliability; Reliability and Continuity of
Communications Networks, Including Broadband Technologies
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Correcting amendment.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) published a
document in the Federal Register at 79 FR 3123, January 17, 2014
announcing the effective dates of rules requiring 911 communications
providers to take reasonable measures to provide reliable service, as
evidenced by an annual certification. That document erroneously stated
the date of an initial reliability certification for covered 911
service providers. This document corrects the date of the initial
certification.
DATES: This correcting amendment is effective February 27, 2015. An
initial certification will be due October 15, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric P. Schmidt, Attorney Advisor,
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418-1214 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The document published by the Commission in
the Federal Register at 79 FR 3123, January 17, 2014, correctly noted
that 47 CFR 12.4(c) and (d)(1), which pertain to annual and initial
certifications, contain information collection requirements that had
not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and
would not take effect until such approval was announced in the Federal
Register. However, the document erroneously stated that an initial
certification pursuant to 47 CFR 12.4(d)(1) would be due ``[o]ne year
after February 18, 2014,'' rather than one year after OMB approval of
the associated information collection. In the Federal Register at 79 FR
61785, October 15, 2014, the Commission announced that OMB has approved
the information collection for a period of three years and issued
Control Number 3060-1202. Accordingly, 47 CFR 12.4(d)(1) became
effective October 15, 2014, and an initial certification will be due
October 15, 2015.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 12
Certification, Telecommunications.
Accordingly, 47 CFR part 12 is corrected by making the following
correcting amendments:
PART 12--RESILIENCY, REDUNDANCY AND RELIABILITY OF COMMUNICATIONS
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1. The authority citation for part 12 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 4(o), 5(c), 218, 219, 301,
303(g), 303(j), 303(r), 332, 403, 621(b)(3), and 621(d) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151,
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154(i), 154(j), 154(o), 155(c), 218, 219, 301, 303(g), 303(j),
303(r), 332, 403, 621(b)(3), and 621(d), unless otherwise noted
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2. Amend Sec. 12.4 by revising the first sentence in paragraph (d)(1)
to read as follows:
Sec. 12.4 Reliability of covered 911 service providers
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(d) * * *
(1) Initial reliability certification. One year after October 15,
2014, a certifying official of every covered 911 service provider shall
certify to the Commission that it has made substantial progress toward
meeting the standards of the annual reliability certification described
in paragraph (c) of this section. * * *
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-03433 Filed 2-26-15; 8:45 am]
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