[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 32661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-11233]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management 
and Budget

June 4, 2007.
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.: 3060-1053.
    OMB Approval Date: 05/21/2007.
    Expiration Date: 05/31/2010.
    Title: 47 CFR 64.604--In the Matter of Telecommunications Relay 
Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and 
Speech Disabilities, IP Captioned Telephone Service, Declaratory 
Ruling, CG Docket No. 03-123.
    Form No.: None.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 12 responses; 8 hours per response; 96 
total annually hourly burden.
    Needs and Uses: On August 1, 2003, the Commission released the 
Declaratory Ruling, In the Matter of Telecommunication Relay Services 
and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech 
Disabilities, CC 98-67, FCC 03-190. In the Declaratory Ruling, the 
Commission clarified that one-line captioned telephone voice carry over 
(VCO) service is a type of telecommunications relay service (TRS) and 
that eligible providers of such services are eligible to recover their 
costs in accordance with section 225 of the Communications Act. The 
Commission also clarified that certain TRS mandatory minimum standards 
does not apply to one-line captioned VCO service, and waived 47 CFR 
64.604(a)(1) and (a)(3) of the Commission's rules for all current and 
future captioned telephone VCO service providers, for the same period 
of time beginning August 1, 2003. The waivers were contingent on the 
filing of annual reports, for a period of three years, with the 
Commission. Sections 64.604(a)(1) and (a)(3) of the Commission's rules, 
which contained information collection requirements under the PRA 
became effective on March 26, 2004.
    On July 19, 2005, the Commission released an Order, In the Matter 
of Telecommunication Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for 
Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, CC 98-67 and CG 
Docket No. 03-123, FCC 05-141, that clarified two-line captioned 
telephone VCO service, like one-line captioned telephone VCO service, 
is a form of TRS eligible for compensation from the Interstate TRS 
Fund. Also, the Commission clarified that certain TRS mandatory minimum 
standards do not apply to two-line captioned VCO service, and waived 47 
CFR 64.604(a)(1) and (a)(3) of the Commission's rules, for providers 
that offer two-line captioned VCO service. This clarification increased 
the number of providers that will be providing one-line and two-line 
captioned VCO services.
    On January 11, 2007, the Commission released a Declaratory Ruling, 
In the Matter of Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech 
Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, CG 
Docket No. 03-123, FCC 06-182, granting a request for clarification 
that Internet Protocol (IP) captioned telephone relay service (IP CTS) 
is a form of TRS eligible for compensation from the Interstate TRS Fund 
when offered in compliance with the applicable TRS mandatory minimum 
standards.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-11233 Filed 6-12-07; 8:45 am]
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