82 FR 57448 - Information Collection Being Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Emergency Review and Approval

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 232 (December 5, 2017)

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Communications 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 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.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 5, 2017)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-XXXX]


Information Collection Being Submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for Emergency Review and Approval

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 of 1995 (PRA), the 
Federal Communications 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 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 January 4, 
2018. 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].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about 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: The Commission is requesting emergency OMB 
processing of the information collection requirements contained in this 
notice and has requested OMB approval by January 10, 2018.
    As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and 
as required by the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, the FCC 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.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech 
Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, CG 
Docket No. 03-123, Financial Data, Complaints, and Other Compliance 
Information.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Individuals or 
household.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 72 respondents; 3,614 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes (0.5 hours) to 50 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annually, monthly, on occasion, and one-time 
reporting requirements; Recordkeeping and Third-Party Disclosure 
requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefit. The 
statutory authority for the information collection requirements is 
found at section 225 of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 225. The law 
was enacted on July 26, 1990, as Title IV of the ADA, Public Law 101-
336, 104 Stat. 327, 366-69.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,537 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $9,000.
    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-1, ``Informal Complaints, 
Inquiries, and Requests for Dispute Assistance.'' As required by the 
Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Commission also published a SORN, FCC/
CGB-1 ``Informal Complaints, Inquiries, and Requests for Dispute 
Assistance,'' in the Federal Register on August 15, 2014 (79 FR 48152) 
which became effective on September 24, 2014.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: The FCC completed a Privacy Impact 
Assessment (PIA) on June 28, 2007. It may be reviewed at http://www.fcc.gov/omd/privacyact/Privacy-Impact-Assessment.html. The 
Commission is in the process of updating the PIA to incorporate various 
revisions to it as a result of revisions to the SORN.
    Needs and Uses: On December 21, 2001, the Commission released the 
2001 TRS Cost Recovery Order, document FCC 01-371, in which the 
Commission:
    (a) Directed the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) 
Fund (TRS Fund) administrator to continue to use the average cost per 
minute compensation methodology for the traditional TRS compensation 
rate;
    (b) required TRS providers to submit certain projected TRS-related 
cost and demand data to the TRS Fund Administrator to be used to 
calculate the rate; and
    (c) directed the TRS Fund administrator to expand its form for 
providers to itemize their actual and projected costs and demand data, 
to include specific sections to capture speech-to-speech (STS) and 
video relay service (VRS) costs and minutes of use.
    On November 19, 2007, the Commission released the 2007 Cost 
Recovery Order, document FCC 07-486, in which the Commission:
    (a) Adopted a new cost recovery methodology for interstate 
traditional TRS and interstate STS based on the Multi-state Average 
Rate Structure (MARS) plan, under which interstate

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TRS compensation rates are determined by weighted average of the 
states' intrastate compensation rates, and which includes for STS 
additional compensation approved by the Commission for STS outreach;
    (b) adopted a new cost recovery methodology for interstate 
captioned telephone service (CTS), as well as Internet Protocol 
captioned telephone service (IP CTS), based on the MARS plan;
    (c) adopted a cost recovery methodology for Internet Protocol (IP) 
Relay based on price caps;
    (d) adopted a cost recovery methodology for VRS that adopted tiered 
rates based on call volume;
    (e) clarified the nature and extent that certain categories of 
costs are compensable from the Fund; and
    (f) addressed certain issues concerning the management and 
oversight of the Fund, including prohibiting financial incentives 
offered to consumers to make relay calls and the role of the Interstate 
TRS Fund Advisory Council.
    47 CFR 64.604(c)(5)(iii)(D), mandatory minimum standards adopted in 
the 2007 Cost Recovery Order, requires that TRS providers submit to the 
TRS Fund administrator information reasonably requested by the 
administrator, including the following for intrastate traditional TRS, 
STS, and CTS:
    (a) The per-minute compensation rate(s);
    (b) whether the rate applies to session minutes or conversation 
minutes;
    (c) the number of intrastate session minutes; and
    (d) the number of intrastate conversation minutes.
    47 CFR 64.604(a)(7) requires that in order for VRS providers to be 
compensated from the TRS Fund for U.S. residents making VRS calls from 
international points to the U.S., the providers must pre-register the 
users before they leave the country for the purpose of making VRS calls 
from international points for up to a maximum period of 4 weeks.
    47 CFR 64.604(c)(1) requires each state and interstate TRS provider 
to maintain a log of consumer complaints and annually file a summary of 
the complaint log with the Commission.
    47 CFR 64.604(c)(2) requires each state and interstate TRS provider 
to submit contact information to the Commission.
    47 CFR 64.604(c)(5)(iii)(D)(3) requires providers to submit speed 
of answer data.
    47 CFR 64.604(c)(5)(iii)(G) requires each new TRS provider to 
submit to the TRS Fund administrator a notification of its intent to 
participate in the TRS Fund 30 days prior to submitting its first 
report of TRS interstate minutes of use.
    47 CFR 64.604(c)(6) provides procedures for consumers to file 
informal complaints alleging violations of the TRS rules, for TRS 
providers to respond to these complaints, and for the Commission to 
refer complaints concerning intrastate TRS to the states.
    47 CFR 64.604(c)(7) requires that contracts between state TRS 
administrators and the TRS vendor provide for the transfer of TRS 
customer profile data from the outgoing TRS vendor to the incoming TRS 
vendor.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-26158 Filed 12-4-17; 8:45 am]
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