[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 22, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 72124-72125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30119]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 64

[CG Docket No. 03-123; WC Docket No. 05-196; WC Docket No. 10-191; FCC 
11-123]


Internet-Based Telecommunications Relay Service Numbering

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 a period of three years, 
the information collection associated with the Commission's Internet-
Based Telecommunications Relay Service Numbering, Report and Order 
(Report and Order). The information collection requirements were 
approved on September 27, 2011 by OMB.

DATES: 47 CFR 64.611(e)(2), 64.611(e)(3), 64.611(g)(1)(v), 64.611 
(g)(1)(vi), and 64.613(a)(3), are effective November 22, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Hendrickson, Competition 
Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-7295, or 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on September 
27, 2011, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information 
collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 64.611(e)(2), 64.611(e)(3), 
64.611(g)(1)(v), 64.611 (g)(1)(vi), and 64.613(a)(3). The Commission 
publishes this notice as an announcement of the effective date of the 
rules. See Internet-Based Telecommunications Relay Service Numbering, 
CG Docket No. 03-123; WC Docket No. 05-196; WC Docket No. 10-191; FCC 
11-123, published at 76 FR 59511, September 27, 2011. If you have any 
comments on the burden estimates listed below, or how the Commission 
can improve the collections and reduce any burdens caused thereby, 
please contact Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 
1-C823, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. Please include the 
OMB Control Number, 3060-1089, in your correspondence. The Commission 
will also accept your comments via the Internet if you send them to 
[email protected].
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 
send an email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received OMB approval on 
September 27, 2011, for the information collection requirements 
contained in the Commission's rules at 47 CFR 64.611(e)(2), 
64.611(e)(3), 64.611(g)(1)(v), 64.611(g)(1)(vi), and 64.613(a)(3).
    Under 5 CFR part 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 
that does not display a current valid OMB Control Number. The OMB 
Control Number is 3060-1089.
    The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
    The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents 
are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1089.
    OMB Approval Date: September 27, 2011.
    OMB Expiration Date: December 31, 2013.
    Title: Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech 
Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities; E911 
Requirements for IP-Enabled Service Providers; Internet-Based 
Telecommunications Relay Service Numbering, CG Docket No. 03-123, WC 
Docket No. 05-196, and WC Docket No. 10-191; FCC 11-123.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Individuals or households; State, local or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 15 respondents; 5,763,199 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.25-1.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly and one time 
reporting requirements, recordkeeping and third party disclosure 
requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for the collection is contained in Sections 1, 2, 
4(i), 4(j), 225, 251, and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 154(j), 225, 251, 303(r).
    Total Annual Burden: 279,891 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $4,269,135.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: An assurance of 
confidentiality is not offered because this information collection does 
not require the collection of personally identifiable information (PII) 
from individuals by the Commission.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: This information collection affects 
individuals or households, and thus there are impacts under the Privacy 
Act. However, a third party, the individual or household's VRS or IP 
Relay provider, collects the information that is related to individuals 
or households; and the Commission has no direct involvement in this 
collection. As such, the Commission is not required to complete a 
privacy impact assessment. Further, VRS and IP Relay providers 
generally have written privacy policies governing the treatment of 
information collected from their users, and the Commission expects that 
much of the information collected here would fall under those policies.
    Needs and Uses: On August 4, 2011 the Commission released Report 
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Order FCC 11-123, published at 76 FR 59551, September 27, 2011, 
adopting final rules--containing information collection requirements--
designed to improve assignment of telephone numbers associated with 
Internet-based Telecommunications Relay Service (iTRS). Specifically, 
the final rules, described below are designed to promote the use of 
geographically appropriate local numbers, while ensuring that the deaf 
and hard-of-hearing community has access to toll free telephone numbers 
that is equivalent to access enjoyed by the hearing community.
    Below are the new and revised information collection requirements 
contained in the Report and Order:

A. Provision of Routing Information

    In addition to provisioning their registered users' routing 
information to the TRS Numbering Directory and maintaining such 
information in the database, the VRS and IP relay providers must: (1) 
Remove from the Internet-based TRS Numbering Directory any toll free 
number that has not been transferred to a subscription with a toll free 
service provider and for which the user is the subscriber of record, 
and (2) ensure that the toll free number of a user that is associated 
with a geographically appropriate NANP number will be associated with 
the same Uniform Resource Identifier URI as that geographically 
appropriate NANP telephone number.

B. User Notification

    In addition to the information that the Commission previously 
instructed VRS and IP Relay providers to include in the consumer 
advisories, VRS and IP Relay providers must also include certain 
additional information in their consumer advisories under the Report 
and Order. Specifically, the consumer advisories must explain: (1) The 
process by which a VRS or IP Relay user may acquire a toll free number 
from a toll free service provider, or transfer control of a toll free 
number from a VRS or IP Relay provider to the user; and (2) the process 
by which persons holding a toll free number may have that number linked 
to their ten-digit telephone number in the TRS Numbering Directory.

C. Transferring Toll Free Numbers

    VRS and IP Relay providers that have already assigned or provided a 
toll free number to a VRS or IP Relay user must, at the VRS or IP Relay 
user's request, facilitate the transfer of the toll free number to a 
toll free subscription with a toll free service provider that is under 
the direct control of the user.

Federal Communications Commission.

Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
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