82_FR_39586 82 FR 39427 - Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget

82 FR 39427 - Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 159 (August 18, 2017)

Page Range39427-39429
FR Document2017-17443

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. 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 Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (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.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-1201 and 3060-xxxx]


Information Collections 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, the 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the 
general

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public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on the following information collection. 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 Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management 
and Budget (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 September 18, 
2017. 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 listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via 
email Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and to Cathy Williams, FCC, via 
email PRA@fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. Include in the 
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION 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: 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 Communications Commission 
(FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following 
information collection. 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.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1201.
    Title: Video Relay Services, CG Docket Nos. 10-51 & 03-123.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Individuals or 
households; Not-for-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 135,350 respondents; 2,395,180 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3 minutes (.05 hours) to 300 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual, monthly, on-going, one-time, and 
quarterly reporting requirements; Recordkeeping requirement, Third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is section 225 of 
the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 225. The law was enacted on July 26, 
1990, as Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 
Public Law 101-336, 104 Stat. 327, 366-69.
    Total Annual Burden: 473,809 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $41,000.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Confidentiality is an issue 
to the extent that individuals and households provide personally 
identifiable information, which is covered under the FCC's updated 
system of records notice (SORN), FCC/CGB-4, ``Internet-based 
Telecommunications Relay Service-User Registration Database (ITRS-
URD).'' As required by the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Commission 
also published a SORN, FCC/CGB-4 ``Internet-based Telecommunications 
Relay Service-User Registration Database (ITRS-URD),'' in the Federal 
Register on February 9, 2015 (80 FR 6963) which became effective on 
March 23, 2015.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: This information collection affects 
individuals or households. As required by the Office of Management and 
Budget Memorandum M-03-22 (September 26, 2003), the FCC is in the 
process of completing the Privacy Impact Assessment.
    Needs and Uses: On June 10, 2013, the Commission released Structure 
and Practices of the Video Relay Service Program et al., FCC 13-82, 
published at 78 FR 40582, July 5, 2013 (2013 VRS Reform Order), 
adopting further measures to improve the structure, efficiency, and 
quality of the video relay service (VRS) program, reducing the noted 
inefficiencies in the program, as well as reducing the risk of waste, 
fraud, and abuse, and ensuring that the program makes full use of 
advances in commercially-available technology. In this Order, the 
Commission (1) required reporting of unauthorized and unnecessary use 
of VRS; (2) required provider certification of annual compliance plans; 
(3) established a central telecommunications relay services (TRS) user 
registration database (TRS-URD) which incorporates a centralized 
eligibility verification requirement to ensure accurate registration 
and verification of users, as well as per-call validation, to achieve 
more effective prevention of waste, fraud, and abuse; (4) established 
procedures to prevent unauthorized changes of a user's default TRS 
provider; and (5) established procedures to protect TRS users' customer 
proprietary network information (CPNI) from disclosure.
    On March 23, 2017, the Commission released Structure and Practices 
of the Video Relay Services Program et al., FCC 17-26, published at 82 
FR 17754, April 13, 2017, (2017 VRS Improvements Order), which among 
other things, (1) allows VRS providers to assign TRS Numbering 
Directory 10-digit telephone numbers to hearing individuals for the 
limited purpose of making point-to-point video calls, and (2) gives VRS 
providers the option to participate in an at-home call handling pilot 
program, subject to certain limitations, as well as recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-xxxx.

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    Title: Sections 1.9020(n), 1.9030(m), 1.9035(o), Community 
notification requirement for certain contraband interdiction systems; 
Section 20.18(r), Contraband Interdiction System (CIS) requirement; 
Section 20.23(a), Good faith negotiations.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for profit entities and state, 
local or Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 26 respondents and 28 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 8-16 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation To Respond: There is no obligation to respond; response 
required to obtain benefits. The statutory authority for this 
collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 154(j), 301, 
302a, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, and 332.
    Total Annual Burden: 325 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: No cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: On March 24, 2017, the Federal Communications 
Commission released a Report and Order, Promoting Technological 
Solutions to Combat Contraband Wireless Devices in Correctional 
Facilities, GN Docket No. 13-111, FCC 17-25 (Report and Order), in 
which the Commission took important steps to help law enforcement 
combat the serious threats posed by the illegal use of contraband 
wireless devices by inmates. Across the country, inmates have used 
contraband devices to order hits, run drug operations, operate phone 
scams, and otherwise engage in criminal activity that endangers prison 
employees, other inmates, and innocent members of the public. In the 
Report and Order, the Commission streamlined the process of deploying 
contraband wireless device interdiction systems--systems that use radio 
communications signals requiring Commission authorization--in 
correctional facilities. The action will reduce the cost of deploying 
solutions and ensure that they can be deployed more quickly and 
efficiently. In particular, the Commission waived certain filing 
requirements and provided for immediate approval of the spectrum lease 
applications needed to operate these systems.
    The effectiveness of Contraband Interdiction System (CIS) 
deployment requires all carriers in the relevant area of the 
correctional facility to execute a spectrum lease with the CIS 
provider. Even if the major Commercial Mobile Radio Services (CMRS) 
licensees negotiate expeditiously and in good faith, if one CMRS 
licensee in the area fails to engage in lease negotiations in a 
reasonable time frame or at all, the CIS solution will not be 
effective. The lack of cooperation of even a single wireless provider 
in a geographic area of a correctional facility can result in 
deployment of a system with insufficient spectral coverage, subject to 
abuse by inmates in possession of contraband wireless devices operating 
on frequencies not covered by a spectrum lease agreement. While some 
carriers have been cooperative, it is imperative that all CMRS 
licensees be required to engage in lease negotiations in good faith and 
in a timely fashion. Therefore, the Commission adopted a rule requiring 
that CMRS licensees negotiate in good faith with entities seeking to 
deploy a CIS in a correctional facility. If, after a 45 day period, 
there is no agreement, CIS providers seeking Special Temporary 
Authority (STA) to operate in the absence of CMRS licensee consent may 
file a request for STA with the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 
(WTB), with a copy served at the same time on the CMRS licensee, 
accompanied by evidence demonstrating its good faith, and the 
unreasonableness of the CMRS licensee's actions, in negotiating an 
agreement. The CMRS licensee may then file a response with WTB, with a 
copy served on the CIS provider at that time, within 10 days of the 
filing of the STA request.
    The supplementary information provided along with the STA 
application by the CIS provider will be used by WTB to determine 
whether the CIS provider has negotiated in good faith, yet the CMRS 
licensee has not negotiated in good faith. The CMRS licensee may use 
the evidence accompanying the STA application to craft a response. WTB 
will analyze the evidence from the CIS providers and the CMRS 
licensee's response to determine whether to issue STA to the entity 
seeking to deploy the CIS.
    The Commission explored whether it should impose a requirement that 
the community in the vicinity of a correctional facility where a CIS is 
installed be notified of the installation. The Commission explained 
that a goal of the proceeding is to expedite the deployment of 
technological solutions to combat the use of contraband wireless 
devices, not to impose unnecessary barriers to CIS deployment. 
Consistent with that goal, the Commission found that a flexible and 
community-tailored notification requirement for certain CISs outweighed 
the minimal burden of notification and furthered the public interest. 
After careful consideration of the record, the Commission imposed a 
rule that, 10 days prior to deploying a CIS that prevents 
communications to or from mobile devices, a lessee must notify the 
community in which the correctional facility is located, and the 
Commission amended its spectrum leasing rules to reflect this 
requirement. The Commission agreed with commenters that support 
notification of the surrounding community due to the potential for 
accidental call blocking and the public safety issues involved. The 
information provided in the notification will put the houses and 
businesses in the surrounding community on notice that a CIS will be 
deployed in the vicinity that has the potential for accidental call 
blocking.
    Acknowledging the importance of ensuring the availability of 
emergency 911 calls from correctional facilities, and the fact that 
delivering emergency calls to public safety answering points (PSAPs) 
facilitates public safety services and generally serves the public 
interest, the Commission amended its rules to require that CIS 
providers regulated as private mobile radio service (PMRS) must route 
all 911 calls to the local PSAP. That said, the Commission also 
acknowledged the important role state and local public safety officials 
play in the administration of the 911 system. Accordingly, although the 
CIS provider is required to pass through emergency 911 calls, the PSAPs 
can inform the CIS provider that they do not want to receive calls from 
a given correctional facility. By allowing the PSAPs to decline the 
emergency 911 calls, the Commission recognized the reported increased 
volume of PSAP harassment through repeated inmate fraudulent 911 calls. 
The information provided by the PSAP or emergency authority will result 
in the CIS provider not passing through E911 calls from a particular 
correctional facility.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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                                                  license (such as mailing address                           The Commission therefore seeks                     revised or eliminated certain licensing
                                                  change), request a Special Temporary                    approval for a revision to its currently              rules and modernized outdated
                                                  Authority or Developmental License.                     approved information collection on FCC                technical rules applicable to the Cellular
                                                  Respondents are encouraged to submit                    Form 601 to revise FCC Form 601                       Service. Specifically, in addition to rule
                                                  FCC Form 601 electronically and are                     accordingly.                                          revisions that do not affect this
                                                  required to do so when submitting FCC                      OMB Control Number: 3060–0508.                     information collection, in the Cellular
                                                  Form 601 to apply for an authorization                     Title: Parts 1 and 22 Reporting and                Second R&O, the Commission revised
                                                  for which the applicant was the winning                 Recordkeeping Requirements.                           the Cellular radiated power rules, giving
                                                  bidder in a spectrum auction. The data                     Form Number: Not applicable.                       licensees the option to comply with
                                                  collected on FCC Form 601 includes the                     Type of Review: Revision of a                      effective radiated power limits based on
                                                  FCC Registration Number (FRN), which                    currently approved collection.                        power spectral density (PSD), and
                                                  serves as a ‘‘common link’’ for all filings                Respondents: Business or other for-                giving licensees the additional option to
                                                  an entity has with the FCC. The Debt                    profit entities, Individuals or                       operate at PSD limits above a specified
                                                  Collection Improvement Act of 1996                      households, and State, Local or Tribal                threshold (Higher PSD Limits) so long as
                                                  requires entities filing with the                       Governments.                                          certain conditions are met. One of these
                                                  Commission use an FRN.                                     Number of Respondents and                          conditions, set forth in a new provision
                                                                                                          Responses: 15,465 respondents; 16,183                 of the Cellular rules, is a requirement for
                                                     On November 7, 2014, the Federal
                                                                                                          responses.                                            written advance notification to public
                                                  Communications Commission
                                                                                                             Estimated Time per Response: 0.017                 safety entities within a specified radius
                                                  (‘‘Commission’’) released a Report and
                                                                                                          hours–10 hours.                                       of the cell sites to be deployed at the
                                                  Order and Further Notice of Proposed                       Frequency of Response:
                                                  Rulemaking (FCC 14–181) in WT Docket                                                                          Higher PSD Limits. This third-party
                                                                                                          Recordkeeping requirement; On                         disclosure requirement is an important
                                                  No. 12–40 to reform its rules governing                 occasion, quarterly, and semi-annual
                                                  the 800 MHz Cellular Radiotelephone                                                                           component of the Commission’s
                                                                                                          reporting requirements.                               approach to protecting public safety
                                                  (Cellular) Service. Subsequently, on                       Obligation To Respond: Required to
                                                  March 24, 2017, the Commission                                                                                entities from increased potential for
                                                                                                          obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
                                                  released a Second Report and Order                                                                            unacceptable interference to their
                                                                                                          authority for this collection is contained
                                                  (FCC 17–27) in that same proceeding,                                                                          communications. Also in the Cellular
                                                                                                          in 47 U.S.C. 154, 222, 303, 309 and 332.
                                                  revising certain technical and licensing                                                                      Second R&O and of relevance to this
                                                                                                             Total Annual Burden: 4,406 hours.
                                                  rules applicable to the Cellular Service                   Annual Cost Burden: $19,138,350.                   information collection, the Commission
                                                  (Cellular Second R&O). In addition to                      Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.                eliminated the requirement for filings
                                                  rule revisions that do not affect this                     Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:              for certain changes to cell sites in a
                                                  information collection, in the Cellular                 There is no need for confidentiality with             Cellular system. In the WRS R&O, the
                                                  Second R&O, the Commission adopted                      this collection of information. The                   Commission deleted the Part 22 Cellular
                                                  revised radiated power rules, giving                    information to be collected will be made              comparative hearing/license renewal
                                                  Cellular licensees the option to comply                 available for public inspection.                      rules, resulting in discontinued
                                                  with effective radiated power limits                    Applicants may request materials or                   information collections for the following
                                                  based on power spectral density (PSD),                  information submitted to the                          rule sections: 22.935, 22.936, 22.939,
                                                  and it made conforming changes to                       Commission be given confidential                      and 22.940.
                                                  related technical provisions to                         treatment under 47 CFR 0.459 of the                      The Commission is now seeking
                                                  accommodate PSD. The Commission                         Commission’s rules.                                   approval from the Office of Management
                                                  retained, as an option, the existing                       Needs and Uses: Part 22 contains the               and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for a revision of
                                                  radiated power limits (non-PSD) and                     technical and legal requirements for                  this information collection.
                                                  related technical requirements for                      radio stations operating in the Public                Federal Communications Commission.
                                                  Cellular licensees that either cannot or                Mobile Services. The information                      Marlene H. Dortch,
                                                  choose not to use a PSD model. The                      collected is used to determine on a case-             Secretary. Office of the Secretary.
                                                  Commission also revised the definition                  by-case basis, whether or not to grant                [FR Doc. 2017–17444 Filed 8–17–17; 8:45 am]
                                                  and filing requirements for permanent                   licenses authorizing construction and                 BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
                                                  discontinuance of operations, consistent                operation of wireless
                                                  with transitioning the Cellular Service                 telecommunications facilities to
                                                  from a site-based regime to one that is                 common carriers. Further, this                        FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
                                                  geographic-based.                                       information is used to develop statistics             COMMISSION
                                                     The Commission now seeks approval                    about the demand for various wireless
                                                  for revisions to its currently approved                 licenses and/or the licensing process                 [OMB 3060–1201 and 3060–xxxx]
                                                  collection of information under OMB                     itself, and occasionally for rule
                                                                                                                                                                Information Collections Being
                                                  Control Number 3060–0798 to permit                      enforcement purposes.
                                                                                                                                                                Submitted for Review and Approval to
                                                  the collection of PSD-related technical                    This revised information collection
                                                                                                                                                                the Office of Management and Budget
                                                  information (in lieu of certain non-PSD                 reflects changes in rules applicable to
                                                  technical information) for Cellular                     Part 22 800 MHz Cellular                              AGENCY: Federal Communications
                                                  Service licensees that opt to use a PSD                 Radiotelephone (‘‘Cellular’’) Service                 Commission.
                                                  model for their systems, pursuant to the                licensees and applicants, as adopted by               ACTION: Notice and request for
                                                  Cellular Second R&O. We are revising                    the Commission in a Second Report and
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                                                                                                                                                                comments.
                                                  Schedule F of Form 601 accordingly to                   Order in WT Docket No. 12–40 and a
                                                  allow licensees to request modifications                companion Report and Order in WT                      SUMMARY:  As part of its continuing effort
                                                  to their licenses based on PSD                          Docket No. 10–112 concerning the                      to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
                                                  operations. We do not anticipate that                   Wireless Radio Services (WRS), which                  required by the Paperwork Reduction
                                                  this revision will have any impact on                   include the Cellular Service among                    Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
                                                  the burden to complete the form/                        others (WRS R&O) (FCC 17–27). The                     Communications Commission (FCC or
                                                  Schedule F.                                             Cellular Second R&O and WRS R&O                       the Commission) invites the general


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                                                  public and other Federal agencies to                    copy of the FCC submission to OMB                     Registration Database (ITRS–URD).’’ As
                                                  take this opportunity to comment on the                 will be displayed.                                    required by the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C.
                                                  following information collection.                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of                 552a, the Commission also published a
                                                  Comments are requested concerning:                      its continuing effort to reduce                       SORN, FCC/CGB–4 ‘‘Internet-based
                                                  Whether the proposed collection of                      paperwork burdens, and as required by                 Telecommunications Relay Service-User
                                                  information is necessary for the proper                 the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of                  Registration Database (ITRS–URD),’’ in
                                                  performance of the functions of the                     1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Federal               the Federal Register on February 9,
                                                  Commission, including whether the                       Communications Commission (FCC or                     2015 (80 FR 6963) which became
                                                  information shall have practical utility;               the Commission) invites the general                   effective on March 23, 2015.
                                                  the accuracy of the Commission’s                        public and other Federal agencies to                     Privacy Impact Assessment: This
                                                  burden estimate; ways to enhance the                    take this opportunity to comment on the               information collection affects
                                                  quality, utility, and clarity of the                    following information collection.                     individuals or households. As required
                                                  information collected; ways to minimize                 Comments are requested concerning:                    by the Office of Management and
                                                  the burden of the collection of                         Whether the proposed collection of                    Budget Memorandum M–03–22
                                                  information on the respondents,                         information is necessary for the proper               (September 26, 2003), the FCC is in the
                                                  including the use of automated                          performance of the functions of the                   process of completing the Privacy
                                                  collection techniques or other forms of                 Commission, including whether the                     Impact Assessment.
                                                  information technology; and ways to                     information shall have practical utility;                Needs and Uses: On June 10, 2013,
                                                  further reduce the information                          the accuracy of the Commission’s                      the Commission released Structure and
                                                  collection burden on small business                     burden estimate; ways to enhance the                  Practices of the Video Relay Service
                                                  concerns with fewer than 25 employees.                  quality, utility, and clarity of the                  Program et al., FCC 13–82, published at
                                                     The Commission may not conduct or                    information collected; ways to minimize               78 FR 40582, July 5, 2013 (2013 VRS
                                                  sponsor a collection of information                     the burden of the collection of                       Reform Order), adopting further
                                                  unless it displays a currently valid                    information on the respondents,                       measures to improve the structure,
                                                  Office of Management and Budget                         including the use of automated                        efficiency, and quality of the video relay
                                                  (OMB) control number. No person shall                   collection techniques or other forms of               service (VRS) program, reducing the
                                                  be subject to any penalty for failing to                information technology; and ways to                   noted inefficiencies in the program, as
                                                  comply with a collection of information                 further reduce the information                        well as reducing the risk of waste, fraud,
                                                  subject to the PRA that does not display                collection burden on small business                   and abuse, and ensuring that the
                                                  a valid OMB control number.                             concerns with fewer than 25 employees.                program makes full use of advances in
                                                  DATES: Written comments should be                          OMB Control Number: 3060–1201.                     commercially-available technology. In
                                                  submitted on or before September 18,                       Title: Video Relay Services, CG                    this Order, the Commission (1) required
                                                  2017. If you anticipate that you will be                Docket Nos. 10–51 & 03–123.                           reporting of unauthorized and
                                                  submitting comments, but find it                           Form Number: N/A.                                  unnecessary use of VRS; (2) required
                                                  difficult to do so within the period of                    Type of Review: Revision of currently              provider certification of annual
                                                  time allowed by this notice, you should                 approved collection.                                  compliance plans; (3) established a
                                                  advise the contacts listed below as soon                   Respondents: Business or other for-                central telecommunications relay
                                                  as possible.                                            profit entities; Individuals or                       services (TRS) user registration database
                                                  ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to                   households; Not-for-profit institutions.              (TRS–URD) which incorporates a
                                                  Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email                         Number of Respondents and                          centralized eligibility verification
                                                  Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and                     Responses: 135,350 respondents;                       requirement to ensure accurate
                                                  to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@                  2,395,180 responses.                                  registration and verification of users, as
                                                  fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.                     Estimated Time per Response: 3                     well as per-call validation, to achieve
                                                  Include in the comments the OMB                         minutes (.05 hours) to 300 hours.                     more effective prevention of waste,
                                                  control number as shown in the                             Frequency of Response: Annual,                     fraud, and abuse; (4) established
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.                        monthly, on-going, one-time, and                      procedures to prevent unauthorized
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For                    quarterly reporting requirements;                     changes of a user’s default TRS
                                                  additional information or copies of the                 Recordkeeping requirement, Third party                provider; and (5) established procedures
                                                  information collection, contact Cathy                   disclosure requirement.                               to protect TRS users’ customer
                                                  Williams at (202) 418–2918. To view a                      Obligation To Respond: Required to                 proprietary network information (CPNI)
                                                  copy of this information collection                     obtain or retain benefits. The statutory              from disclosure.
                                                  request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go                  authority for this information collection                On March 23, 2017, the Commission
                                                  to the Web page http://www.reginfo.gov/                 is section 225 of the Communications                  released Structure and Practices of the
                                                  public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the                     Act, 47 U.S.C. 225. The law was enacted               Video Relay Services Program et al.,
                                                  section of the Web page called                          on July 26, 1990, as Title IV of the                  FCC 17–26, published at 82 FR 17754,
                                                  ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on                Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990               April 13, 2017, (2017 VRS
                                                  the downward-pointing arrow in the                      (ADA), Public Law 101–336, 104 Stat.                  Improvements Order), which among
                                                  ‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the                         327, 366–69.                                          other things, (1) allows VRS providers to
                                                  ‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4)                    Total Annual Burden: 473,809 hours.                assign TRS Numbering Directory 10-
                                                  select ‘‘Federal Communications                            Total Annual Cost: $41,000.                        digit telephone numbers to hearing
                                                  Commission’’ from the list of agencies                     Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:              individuals for the limited purpose of
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                                                  presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box,                 Confidentiality is an issue to the extent             making point-to-point video calls, and
                                                  (5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the                  that individuals and households                       (2) gives VRS providers the option to
                                                  right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6)                 provide personally identifiable                       participate in an at-home call handling
                                                  when the list of FCC ICRs currently                     information, which is covered under the               pilot program, subject to certain
                                                  under review appears, look for the OMB                  FCC’s updated system of records notice                limitations, as well as recordkeeping
                                                  control number of this ICR and then                     (SORN), FCC/CGB–4, ‘‘Internet-based                   and reporting requirements.
                                                  click on the ICR Reference Number. A                    Telecommunications Relay Service-User                    OMB Control Number: 3060–xxxx.


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                                                                                Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 159 / Friday, August 18, 2017 / Notices                                                 39429

                                                     Title: Sections 1.9020(n), 1.9030(m),                of the correctional facility to execute a             Commission found that a flexible and
                                                  1.9035(o), Community notification                       spectrum lease with the CIS provider.                 community-tailored notification
                                                  requirement for certain contraband                      Even if the major Commercial Mobile                   requirement for certain CISs outweighed
                                                  interdiction systems; Section 20.18(r),                 Radio Services (CMRS) licensees                       the minimal burden of notification and
                                                  Contraband Interdiction System (CIS)                    negotiate expeditiously and in good                   furthered the public interest. After
                                                  requirement; Section 20.23(a), Good                     faith, if one CMRS licensee in the area               careful consideration of the record, the
                                                  faith negotiations.                                     fails to engage in lease negotiations in              Commission imposed a rule that, 10
                                                     Form No.: N/A.                                       a reasonable time frame or at all, the CIS            days prior to deploying a CIS that
                                                     Type of Review: New collection.                      solution will not be effective. The lack              prevents communications to or from
                                                     Respondents: Businesses or other for                 of cooperation of even a single wireless
                                                  profit entities and state, local or Tribal                                                                    mobile devices, a lessee must notify the
                                                                                                          provider in a geographic area of a
                                                  Governments.                                                                                                  community in which the correctional
                                                                                                          correctional facility can result in
                                                     Number of Respondents and                            deployment of a system with                           facility is located, and the Commission
                                                  Responses: 26 respondents and 28                        insufficient spectral coverage, subject to            amended its spectrum leasing rules to
                                                  responses.                                              abuse by inmates in possession of                     reflect this requirement. The
                                                     Estimated Time per Response: 8–16                    contraband wireless devices operating                 Commission agreed with commenters
                                                  hours.                                                  on frequencies not covered by a                       that support notification of the
                                                     Frequency of Response: On occasion                   spectrum lease agreement. While some                  surrounding community due to the
                                                  reporting requirement.                                  carriers have been cooperative, it is                 potential for accidental call blocking
                                                     Obligation To Respond: There is no                   imperative that all CMRS licensees be                 and the public safety issues involved.
                                                  obligation to respond; response required                required to engage in lease negotiations              The information provided in the
                                                  to obtain benefits. The statutory                       in good faith and in a timely fashion.                notification will put the houses and
                                                  authority for this collection is contained              Therefore, the Commission adopted a                   businesses in the surrounding
                                                  in 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 154(j), 301,             rule requiring that CMRS licensees                    community on notice that a CIS will be
                                                  302a, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, and 332.                 negotiate in good faith with entities                 deployed in the vicinity that has the
                                                     Total Annual Burden: 325 hours.                      seeking to deploy a CIS in a correctional             potential for accidental call blocking.
                                                     Annual Cost Burden: No cost.                         facility. If, after a 45 day period, there
                                                     Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No                    is no agreement, CIS providers seeking                   Acknowledging the importance of
                                                  impact(s).                                              Special Temporary Authority (STA) to                  ensuring the availability of emergency
                                                     Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:                operate in the absence of CMRS licensee               911 calls from correctional facilities,
                                                  There is no need for confidentiality with               consent may file a request for STA with               and the fact that delivering emergency
                                                  this collection of information.                         the Wireless Telecommunications                       calls to public safety answering points
                                                     Needs and Uses: On March 24, 2017,                   Bureau (WTB), with a copy served at the               (PSAPs) facilitates public safety services
                                                  the Federal Communications                              same time on the CMRS licensee,                       and generally serves the public interest,
                                                  Commission released a Report and                        accompanied by evidence                               the Commission amended its rules to
                                                  Order, Promoting Technological                          demonstrating its good faith, and the                 require that CIS providers regulated as
                                                  Solutions to Combat Contraband                          unreasonableness of the CMRS                          private mobile radio service (PMRS)
                                                  Wireless Devices in Correctional                        licensee’s actions, in negotiating an                 must route all 911 calls to the local
                                                  Facilities, GN Docket No. 13–111, FCC                   agreement. The CMRS licensee may                      PSAP. That said, the Commission also
                                                  17–25 (Report and Order), in which the                  then file a response with WTB, with a                 acknowledged the important role state
                                                  Commission took important steps to                      copy served on the CIS provider at that
                                                  help law enforcement combat the                                                                               and local public safety officials play in
                                                                                                          time, within 10 days of the filing of the             the administration of the 911 system.
                                                  serious threats posed by the illegal use                STA request.
                                                  of contraband wireless devices by                                                                             Accordingly, although the CIS provider
                                                                                                             The supplementary information                      is required to pass through emergency
                                                  inmates. Across the country, inmates                    provided along with the STA
                                                  have used contraband devices to order                                                                         911 calls, the PSAPs can inform the CIS
                                                                                                          application by the CIS provider will be
                                                  hits, run drug operations, operate phone                                                                      provider that they do not want to
                                                                                                          used by WTB to determine whether the
                                                  scams, and otherwise engage in criminal                 CIS provider has negotiated in good                   receive calls from a given correctional
                                                  activity that endangers prison                          faith, yet the CMRS licensee has not                  facility. By allowing the PSAPs to
                                                  employees, other inmates, and innocent                  negotiated in good faith. The CMRS                    decline the emergency 911 calls, the
                                                  members of the public. In the Report                    licensee may use the evidence                         Commission recognized the reported
                                                  and Order, the Commission streamlined                   accompanying the STA application to                   increased volume of PSAP harassment
                                                  the process of deploying contraband                     craft a response. WTB will analyze the                through repeated inmate fraudulent 911
                                                  wireless device interdiction systems—                   evidence from the CIS providers and the               calls. The information provided by the
                                                  systems that use radio communications                   CMRS licensee’s response to determine                 PSAP or emergency authority will result
                                                  signals requiring Commission                            whether to issue STA to the entity                    in the CIS provider not passing through
                                                  authorization—in correctional facilities.               seeking to deploy the CIS.                            E911 calls from a particular correctional
                                                  The action will reduce the cost of                         The Commission explored whether it                 facility.
                                                  deploying solutions and ensure that                     should impose a requirement that the
                                                                                                                                                                Federal Communications Commission.
                                                  they can be deployed more quickly and                   community in the vicinity of a
                                                  efficiently. In particular, the                         correctional facility where a CIS is                  Marlene H. Dortch,
                                                  Commission waived certain filing                        installed be notified of the installation.            Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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                                                  requirements and provided for                           The Commission explained that a goal                  [FR Doc. 2017–17443 Filed 8–17–17; 8:45 am]
                                                  immediate approval of the spectrum                      of the proceeding is to expedite the                  BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
                                                  lease applications needed to operate                    deployment of technological solutions
                                                  these systems.                                          to combat the use of contraband
                                                     The effectiveness of Contraband                      wireless devices, not to impose
                                                  Interdiction System (CIS) deployment                    unnecessary barriers to CIS deployment.
                                                  requires all carriers in the relevant area              Consistent with that goal, the


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for comments.
DatesWritten comments should be submitted on or before September 18, 2017. 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 listed below as soon as possible.
ContactFor 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.
FR Citation82 FR 39427 

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