[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 88 (Thursday, May 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26256-26257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10978]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1053]
Information Collection Approved by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB)
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 a revision of a
currently approved public information collection 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. Comments concerning the accuracy of the burden
estimates and any suggestions for reducing the burden should be
directed to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Williams, Office of the Managing
Director, at (202) 418-2918, or email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1053.
OMB Approval Date: March 31, 2015.
OMB Expiration Date: March 31, 2018.
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.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Estimated 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.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 399,072 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $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 Act 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 D.C. Circuit vacated the rule prohibiting
compensation to providers for minutes of use generated by equipment
consumers received from providers for free or for less than $75 ($75
equipment 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
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(D.C. Cir. 2014) (D.C. 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 pertains to OMB approval of 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 D.C. 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.
[FR Doc. 2015-10978 Filed 5-6-15; 8:45 am]
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