80 FR 41500 - Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 135 (July 15, 2015)

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s). 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 burden for 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid OMB control number.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 135 (Wednesday, July 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41500-41501]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17269]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0999]


Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on the following information collection(s). 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 burden for 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 
that does not display a valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before September 
14, 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 contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email 
[email protected] and to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0999.
    Title: Hearing Aid Compatibility Status Report and Section 20.19, 
Hearing Aid-Compatible Mobile Handsets (Hearing Aid Compatibility Act).
    Form Number: FCC Form 655.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 925 respondents; 925 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 13.041081 hours per response 
(average).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting 
requirements and 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. Sections 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.
    Total Annual Burden: 12,063 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No costs.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent 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.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection as an extension to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
after this 60-day comment period to obtain the full three year 
clearance for the collection. There is no change in number of 
respondents/responses, total annual burden hours, or total annual cost 
from the previously approved estimates. As part of the extension 
request, the Commission will submit certain non-substantive changes for 
approval, as described below.
    The collection is necessary to implement certain disclosure 
requirements that are part of the Commission's wireless hearing aid 
compatibility rule. In a Report and

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Order in WT Docket No. 01-309, FCC 03-168, adopted and released in 
September 2003, implementing a mandate under the Hearing Aid 
Compatibility Act of 1988, the Commission required digital wireless 
phone manufacturers and service providers to make certain digital 
wireless phones capable of effective use with hearing aids, label 
certain phones they sold with information about their compatibility 
with hearing aids, and report to the Commission (at first every six 
months, then on an annual basis) on the numbers and types of hearing 
aid-compatible phones they were producing or offering to the public. 
These reporting requirements were subsequently amended on several 
occasions, and the existing, OMB-approved collection under this OMB 
control number includes these modifications.
    As part of this extension request, the Commission is requesting 
approval of certain non-substantive changes to the form and 
instructions. Changes to the form include updating the edition form 
date for the electronic form to reflect the current date, and adding 
certain additional language drawn from the instructions to the question 
on device disclosures through Public Web sites. In the instructions, 
the Commission is updating the edition form date to reflect the current 
date, updating a Web site link that has become inactive, adding certain 
informational text to make the instructions easier to understand, and 
updating figures as necessary to reflect the non-substantive changes in 
the form.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-17269 Filed 7-14-15; 8:45 am]
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