[Federal Register: December 11, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 237)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to OMB for
Review and Approval, Comments Requested
December 4, 2007.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid 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 control
number. Comments are requested concerning (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's
burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information collected; and (d) 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.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before January 10, 2008. 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, Office of
Management and Budget, via Internet at Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov
or via fax at (202) 395-5167 and to Cathy Williams, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC or via Internet at Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
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 title of this ICR (or
its OMB control number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR
Reference Number to view detailed information about this ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection(s), contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
Title: Sections 225 and 255, Interconnected Voice over Internet
Protocol Services (VoIP).
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 5,711.
Estimated Time per Response: 1-20 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual and on-occasion reporting
requirements; Recordkeeping requirement; Third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 149,576 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $5,711,000.
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 system of
records notice (SORN), FCC/CGB-1, ``Informal Complaints and
Inquiries.''
Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes. The Privacy Impact Assessment was
completed on June 28, 2007. It may be reviewed at: http://www.fcc.gov/omd/privacyact/Privacy_Impact_Assessment.html
.
Needs and Uses: On June 15, 2007, the Commission released a Report
and Order, In the Matters of IP-Enabled Services; Implementation of
sections 225 and 251(a)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
Enacted by the Telecommunications Act of 1996: Access to
Telecommunications Service, Telecommunications Equipment and Customer
Premises Equipment by Persons with Disabilities; Telecommunications
Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with
Hearing and Speech Disabilities; the Use of N11 Codes and Other
Abbreviated Dialing Arrangements, FCC 07-110. FCC 07-110 extends the
disability access requirements that currently apply to
telecommunications service providers and equipment manufacturers under
section 255 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), to
providers of ``interconnected voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
services,'' as defined by the Commission, and to manufacturers of
specially designed equipment used to provide those services. In
addition, the Commission extends to interconnected VoIP providers the
Telecommunications Relay Services requirements contained in its
regulations, pursuant to section 225(b)(1) of the Act. As applied to
interconnected VoIP providers and to manufacturers of specialized VoIP
equipment, several requirements adopted by FCC 07-110 contain new or
modified information collection requirements that have not been
approved by OMB, and on which the Commission must seek comment under
the PRA. For example, several rules that FCC 07-110 extends to
interconnected VoIP providers and/or equipment manufacturers contain
procedures governing a provider or manufacturer's obligation to respond
to an informal consumer complaint. Other rules detail VoIP providers'
and VoIP equipment manufacturers' duty to make available to the public
certain information concerning their respective services or products.
In particular, the following rules, as applied to interconnected VoIP
providers and to manufacturers of specialized VoIP equipment and
customer premises equipment, contain new or modified information
collection requirements: 47 CFR 6.11(a), 6.11(b), 6.18(b), 6.19,
64.604(a)(5), 64.604(c)(1)(i), 64.604(c)(1)(ii), 64.604(c)(2),
64.604(c)(3), 64.604(c)(5)(iii)(C), 64.604(c)(5)(iii)(E),
64.604(c)(5)(iii)(G), 64.604(c)(6)(v)(A)(3), 64.604(c)(6)(v)(G),
64.604(c)(7), and 64.606(b) of the Commission's rules. The Commission
will publish a separate document in the Federal Register announcing the
effective date of those rules upon OMB approval.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-23940 Filed 12-10-07; 8:45 am]
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