[Federal Register: October 9, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 197)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to OMB for
Review and Approval, Comments Requested
October 3, 2008.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 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 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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before November
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, 20554, or via Internet at Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov and/or
PRA@fcc.gov. Include in the comments the OMB control number of the
collection as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection(s), contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918, or via Internet at Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov, and/or PRA@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 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:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0501.
Title: Section 73.1942, Candidates Rates; Section 76.206, Candidate
Rates; Section 76.1611, Political Cable Rates and Classes of Time.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 19,717 respondents; 422,170
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours to 20 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; On occasion
reporting requirement; Semi-annual requirement; Third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Sections 154(i) and 315 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 984,293 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: Section 315 of the Communications Act directs
broadcast stations and cable operators to charge political candidates
the ``lowest unit charge of the station'' for the same class and amount
of time for the same period, during the 45 days preceding a primary or
runoff election and the 60 days preceding a general or special
election. 47 CFR 73.1942 requires broadcast licensees and 47 CFR 76.206
requires cable television systems to disclose any station practices
offered to commercial advertisers that enhance the value of advertising
spots and different classes of time (immediately preemptible,
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preemptible with notice, fixed, fire sale, and make good). These rule
sections also require licensees and cable TV systems to calculate the
lowest unit charge. Broadcast stations and cable systems are also
required to review their advertising records throughout the election
period to determine whether compliance with these rule sections require
that candidates receive rebates or credits. 47 CFR 76.1611 requires
systems to disclose to candidates information about rates, terms,
conditions and all value-enhancing discount privileges offered to
commercial advertisers.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1089.
Title: Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech
Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities; E911
Requirements for IP-Enabled Service Providers, CG Docket No. 03-123 and
WC Docket No. 05-196, FCC 08-151.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Individuals or
households; Not-for-profit institutions; State, local or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 11 respondents; 1,680,044
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 3 minutes (.05 hours) to 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: One-time, quarterly and on occasion
reporting requirements; Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 98,616 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $4,224,346.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority is contained in sections 1, 2, 4(i), (4)(j), 225,
251, and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47
U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 154(j), 225, 251, 303(r).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: An assurance of
confidentiality is not offered because the Commission has no direct
involvement in the collection of personally identifiable information
(PII) from individuals and/or households.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: On November 30, 2005, the Commission released
Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for
Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities; Access to Emergency
Services, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (VRS/IP Relay 911 NPRM), CG
Docket No. 03-123, FCC 05-196, published at 71 FR 5221 (February 1,
2006), which addressed the issue of access to emergency services for
Internet-based forms of Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS), namely
Video Relay Service (VRS) and Internet Protocol (IP) Relay. The
Commission sought to adopt means to ensure that such calls promptly
reach the appropriate emergency service provider.
On May 8, 2006, the Commission released Telecommunications Relay
Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and
Speech Disabilities; Misuse of IP Relay Service and Video Relay
Service, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (IP Relay/VRS Misuse
FNPRM), CG Docket No. 03-123, FCC 06-58, published at 71 FR 31131 (June
1, 2006), which sought further comment on whether IP Relay and VRS
providers should be required to implement user registration systems and
what information users should provide, as a means of curbing
illegitimate IP Relay and VRS calls.
On May 9, 2006, the Commission released Telecommunications Relay
Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and
Speech Disabilities, Declaratory Ruling and Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (Interoperability Declaratory Ruling and FNPRM), CG Docket
No. 03-123, FCC 06-57, published at 71 FR 30818 and 71 FR 30848 (May
31, 2006). In the Interoperability Declaratory Ruling and FNPRM, the
Commission sought comment on the feasibility of establishing a single,
open, and global database of proxy numbers for VRS users that would be
available to all service providers, so that a hearing person can call a
VRS user through any VRS provider, and without having first to
ascertain the VRS user's current IP address.
On June 24, 2008, the Commission released Telecommunications Relay
Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and
Speech Disabilities; E911 Requirements for IP-Enabled Service
Providers, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(Report and Order), CG Docket No. 03-123 and WC Docket No. 05-196, FCC
08-151, addressing the issues raised in these notices. The Report and
Order provides VRS and IP Relay users with a reliable and consistent
means by which others (including emergency personnel) can identify or
reach them by, among other things, integrating VRS and IP Relay users
into the ten-digit, NANP numbering system.
First, to complete a telephone call to an Internet-based TRS user,
a provider must have some method of logically associating the telephone
number dialed by the caller to the Internet-based TRS user's device.
That method, known as the TRS Numbering Directory, is a central
database that maps each user's telephone number to routing information
needed to find that user's device on the Internet. The Report and Order
requires VRS and IP Relay providers to collect and maintain the routing
information from their registered users and to provision that
information to the TRS Numbering Directory so that this mapping can
occur.
Second, because there is no reliable means for VRS and IP Relay
providers, unlike wireline carriers, to automatically know the physical
location of their users, the Report and Order requires VRS and IP Relay
providers to collect and maintain the Registered Location of their
registered users. And to ensure that authorities can retrieve a user's
Registered Location (along with the provider's name and CA's
identification number for callback purposes), the Report and Order
requires VRS and IP Relay providers to provision that information into,
or make that information available through, ALI databases across the
country.
Third, to ensure that VRS and IP Relay users are aware of their
providers' numbering and E911 service obligations and to inform those
users of their providers' E911 capabilities, the Report and Order
requires each VRS and IP Relay provider to post an advisory on its Web
site, and in any promotional materials directed to consumers,
addressing numbering and E911 services for VRS or IP Relay. Providers
also must obtain and keep a record of affirmative acknowledgement from
each of their registered users of having received and understood the
user notification.
The new or modified information collection requirements are
contained in 47 CFR 64.605(a) and (b), and 47 CFR 64.611(a), (b), (c)
and (f), and subject to the PRA must be approved by the Office of
Management and Budget before becoming effective.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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