[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37403-37404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12556]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for 
Review to the Office of Management and Budget

June 16, 2005.
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(s), as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) 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 July 29, 2005. If you anticipate that you will 
be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within the 
period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contact 
listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments to Leslie 
F. Smith, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-A804, 445 12th 
Street, SW., DC 20554 or via the Internet to [email protected], and/
or to Kristy L. LaLonde, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Room 
10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-3087 or via the Internet at 
[email protected]. If you would like to obtain or view a 
copy of this new information collection, you may do so by visiting the 
FCC PRA Web page at: http://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection(s), contact Leslie F. Smith at (202) 418-
0217 or via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has requested approval of 
these information collections under the emergency processing provisions 
of the PRA by July 1, 2005.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Federal Communications Commission Proposes Collection of 
Location Information, Provision of Notice and Reporting on 
Interconnected voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) E911 Compliance.
    Type of Review: Emergency.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Governments; and Individuals or 
households.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.09 hours-16 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping; on occasion, annual,

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and one-time reporting requirements; third party disclosure.
    Total Annual Burden: 435,894 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $43,162,335.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: On June 3, 2005, the Commission released a First 
Report and Order in WC Docket. No. 04-36 and a Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking in WC Docket No. 05-196, FCC 05-116 (Order) in which the 
Commission established rules requiring providers of interconnected 
VoIP--meaning VoIP service that allows a user generally to receive 
calls originating from and to terminate calls to the public switched 
telephone network (PSTN)--to provide enhanced 911 (E911) capabilities 
to their customers as a standard feature of service. See IP-Enabled 
Services, WC Docket No. 04-36, E911 Requirements for IP-Enabled Service 
Providers, WC Docket No. 05-196, FCC 05-116 (rel. June 3, 2005). The 
Order requires collection of information in six instances:
    A. Location Registration. The Order requires providers of 
interconnected VoIP services to obtain location information from their 
customers for use in the routing of 911 calls and the provision of 
location information to emergency answering points.
    B. Provision of Automatic Location Information (ALI). In order to 
meet the obligations set forth in the Order, interconnected VoIP 
service providers will place the location information for their 
customers into, or make that information available through, specialized 
databases maintained by local exchange carriers (and, in at least one 
case, a state government) across the country.
    C. Customer Notification. In order to ensure that consumers of 
interconnected VoIP services are aware of their interconnected VoIP 
service's actual E911 capabilities, the Order requires that all 
providers of interconnected VoIP service specifically advise every 
subscriber, both new and existing, prominently and in plain language, 
the circumstances under which E911 service may not be available through 
the interconnected VoIP service or may be in some way limited by 
comparison to traditional E911 service.
    D. Record of Customer Notification. The Order requires VoIP 
providers to obtain and keep a record of affirmative acknowledgement by 
every subscriber, both new and existing, of having received and 
understood this advisory.
    E. User Notification. In addition, in order to ensure to the extent 
possible that the advisory is available to all potential users of an 
interconnected VoIP service, interconnected VoIP service providers must 
distribute to all subscribers, both new and existing, warning stickers 
or other appropriate labels warning subscribers if E911 service may be 
limited or not available and instructing the subscriber to place them 
on and/or near the customer premises equipment used in conjunction with 
the interconnected VoIP service.
    F. Compliance Letter. The Order requires all interconnected VoIP 
providers to submit a letter to the Commission detailing their 
compliance with the rules set forth in the Order no later than 120 days 
after the effective date of the Order. This letter will enable the 
Commission to ensure that interconnected VoIP providers have achieved 
E911 compliance by the established deadline.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-12556 Filed 6-28-05; 8:45 am]
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