[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 250 (Thursday, December 30, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 78339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28505]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 64

[CG Docket No. 02-278; FCC 04-204]


Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer 
Protection Act of 1991

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 collections contained in the Commission's amended 
telemarketing rule at 47 CFR 64.1200(c)(2)(i)(D). FCC announces the 
effective date for Sec.  64.1200(c)(2)(i)(D).

DATES: 47 CFR 64.1200(c)(2)(i)(D), published at 69 FR 60311, October 8, 
2004, is effective January 1, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erica H. McMahon at 202-418-2512, 
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 3, 2003, the Commission released a 
Report and Order, In the Matter of Rules and Regulations Implementing 
the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, published at 68 FR 
44144, July 25, 2003. On September 29, 2003, OMB approved for three 
years the information collections contained in the Commission's 
telemarketing rules at section 64.1200. On September 21, 2004, the 
Commission released an Order, In the Matter of Rules and Regulations 
Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, published 
at 69 FR 60311, October 8, 2004, in which the Commission revised one of 
its telemarketing rules, 47 CFR 64.1200(c)(2)(i)(D), to require 
telemarketers to access the national registry every 31 days, rather 
than every 3 months in order to qualify for the safe harbor 
protections. The Commission publishes this notice of the effective date 
of the information collection requirement contained in 47 CFR 
64.1200(c)(2)(i)(D). The information collection requirement was 
approved by OMB on December 21, 2004. OMB Control No. 3060-0519. If you 
have any comments on the 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, 3060-0519, in your correspondence. We will also accept your 
comments regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act aspects of the 
collections via the Internet, if you send them to [email protected] 
or call (202) 418-0217.

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 for 
three years from OMB on December 21, 2004 for the collection(s) of 
information contained in the Commission's amended telemarketing rule at 
47 CFR 64.1200(c)(2)(i)(D). Due to the modification to 47 CFR 
64.1200(c)(2)(i)(D), the revised annual reporting burden for this 
collection(s) of information, including the time for gathering and 
maintaining the collection of information, is estimated to be: 144,497 
responses, a total annual hour burden of 1,851,600 hours, and 
$4,361,000 in total annual costs. 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 OMB Control Number is 3060-0519.
    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. 04-28505 Filed 12-29-04; 8:45 am]
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