[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17456-17457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6812]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

April 1, 2005.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 
information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a 
person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless 
it displays a currently valid control number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Jackson, Federal Communications 
Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington DC, 20554, (202) 418-2247 
or via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0833.
    OMB Approval date: 3/25/2005.
    Expiration Date: 3/31/2008.
    Title: Implementation of Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act 
of 1996; Complaint Filings/Designation of Agents.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 11,827 responses; 0.5-5 hours average per 
response.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection includes rules 
governing the filing of complaints as part of the implementation of 
section 255 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which seeks to 
ensure that telecommunications equipment and services are available to 
all Americans, including those individuals with disabilities. In 
particular, telecommunications service providers and equipment 
manufacturers are asked for a one-time designation of an agent who will 
receive and promptly handle voluntary consumer complaints of 
accessibility concerns. As with any complaint procedure, a certain 
number of regulatory and information burdens are necessary to ensure 
compliance with FCC rules.

    OMB Control No.: 3060-1043.
    OMB Approval date: 3/11/2005.
    Expiration Date: 3/31/2008.
    Title: Telecommunication Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech 
Services for Individual with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, (Report 
and Order, Order on Reconsideration), FCC 04-137.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 7 responses; 70 total annual burden hours; 
10 hours average per response.
    Needs and Uses: On June 30, 2004, the Commission released the 
Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, (Report and Order) In the 
Matter of Telecommunication Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech 
Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, CC 
Docket No. 98-67 and CC Docket No. 90-571, FCC 04-137. In the Report 
and Order, the Commission grants Video Relay Service (VRS) waiver 
requests of the following Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) 
mandatory minimum requirements: (1) 47 CFR 64.604(a)(3) types of calls 
that must be handled; (2) 47 CFR 64.604(a)(3)(iv) pay-per-call 
services; (3) 47 CFR 64.604(a)(4) emergency call handling; (4) 47 CFR

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64.604(b)(2) speed of answer; and (5) 47 CFR 64.604(b)(3) equal access 
to interexchange carriers. These waivers are granted provided that VRS 
providers submit an annual report to the Commission, in a narrative 
form, detailing: (1) The provider's plan or general approach to meet 
the waived standards; (2) any additional costs that would be required 
to meet the standards; (3) the development of any new technology that 
may affect the particular waivers; (4) the progress made by the 
provider to meet the standards; (5) the specific steps taken to resolve 
any technical problems that prohibit the provider from meeting the 
standards; and (6) any other factors relevant to whether the waivers 
should continue in effect. Further, as requested by the parties and for 
administrative convenience, VRS providers may combine the reporting 
requirement established in the Report and Order with existing VRS/IP 
Relay reporting requirements, which are scheduled to be submitted 
annually on April 16th of each year pursuant to the IP Relay Order on 
Reconsideration and Second Improved TRS Order & NPRM. In the Order on 
Reconsideration, the Commission affirms, except as otherwise 
specifically provided therein, the cost recovery methodology for VRS 
established in the June 30, 2003, Bureau TRS Order. The Commission 
adjusts the VRS compensation rate to a per-minute compensation rate of 
$8.854.
    On June 30, 2004, the Commission also released a Further Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking, In the Matter of Telecommunication Relay Services 
and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech 
Disabilities, CG Docket No. 03-123, FCC 04-137, that addressed a number 
of outstanding issues with respect to VRS and IP Relay, none of which 
have any implications under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-6812 Filed 4-5-05; 8:45 am]
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