[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 8331-8332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4086]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 64

[CC Docket No. 98-67, FCC 03-112; DA 04-347]


Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 
for Individuals With Hearing and Speech Disabilities

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved for three years the 
information collection requirements contained in the Telecommunications 
Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with 
Hearing and Speech Disabilities, Second Report and Order, Order on 
Reconsideration (Second Report and Order). Also, this document includes 
the effective date of 47 CFR 64.604 (a)(3)(v), (vi) and (viii) that 
were adopted or modified in the Second Report and Order, will become 
effective February 24, 2004.

DATES: 47 CFR 64.604 (a)(3) and (c)(2) published at 68 FR 50973, August 
25, 2003 are effective February 24, 2004.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Jackson or Cheryl King, Consumer 
& Governmental Affairs Bureau, Disability Rights Office at (202) 418-
2517 (voice), (202) 418-7898 (TTY).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Public 
Notice, DA 04-347, released February 11, 2004 announcing OMB approval 
for three years the information collection requirements contained in 
Second Report and Order. The information collections were approved by 
OMB on January 27, 2004. OMB Control Number 3060-1047. The Commission 
publishes this notice of the effective date of the rules. If you have 
any comments on these burden estimates, or how we can improve the 
collection(s) and reduce the burden(s) they cause you, please write to 
Les Smith, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-A804, 445 12th 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. Please include the OMB Control 
Number 3060-1047, in your correspondence. We will also accept your 
comments regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act aspects of the 
collection via the Internet, if you send them to [email protected] 
or call (202) 418-0217. The Second Report and Order also adopted or 
modified regulations that do not require OMB approval, and states that 
such regulations become effective 6 months from the date of publication 
of the Second Report and Order, in the Federal Register. See Second 
Report and Order at paragraph 27, released June 17, 2003. A summary of 
the Second Report and Order was published in the Federal Register at 68 
FR 50973, August 25, 2003. However, 47 CFR 64.604 (a) (3), (v), (vi) 
and (viii) that do not require OMB approval, published at 68 FR 50973, 
August 25, 2003, will become effective February 24, 2004. A copy of the 
TRS rules, as amended, will appear after that date on the Commission's 
website at: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/4regs.html.
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 
send an e-mail to [email protected] or call the Consumer & Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0531 (voice), (202) 418-7365 (TTY). This 
Public Notice can also be downloaded in Text and ASCII formats at: 
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro.

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received approval from 
OMB on January 27, 2004, for the collection(s) of information contained 
in the Commission's new voluntary and mandatory reporting requirements 
in 47 CFR 64.604 (a) (3) and (c) (2). The OMB Control Number is 3060-
1047. The annual reporting burden for the collection(s) of information, 
including the time for gathering and maintaining the collection of 
information, is estimated to be: 352 respondents, and average of 5.311 
hours per response per annum, for a total hour burden of 1,366 hours, 
and no annual cost. Under 5 CFR 1320, an agency may not conduct or 
sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current 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.
    The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-4086 Filed 2-23-04; 8:45 am]
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