[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 8, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27059-27060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10999]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3502-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on the following information collection(s). Comments are requested 
concerning: 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; the 
accuracy of the Commission's burden estimates; ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 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; and ways to further reduce the 
information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer 
than 25 employees. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently 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.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before June 7, 2012. 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 FCC 
contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at 202-395-5167 or via Internet at 
[email protected] mailto : [email protected] and to Judith B. Herman, Federal Communications 
Commission, via the Internet at [email protected]. To submit your 
PRA comments by email send them to: [email protected] mailto: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing 
Director, FCC, at 202-418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0936.
    Title: Section 95.1215, Medical Device Radiocommunications Service 
(MedRadio), Disclosure Policies; and Section 95.1217, Labeling 
Requirements.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 100 respondents; 100 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour for each manufacturer (20 
manufacturers).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 151 and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 100 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) during this 30 
day comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance 
from them.
    The Commission now seeks OMB approval for a revision. The 
Commission adopted and released a Report and Order, FCC 11-176, 
Amendment of Parts 2 and 95 of the

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Commission's rules to provide additional spectrum for the Medical 
Device Radiocommunication Service which requires manufacturers of 
MedRadio programmer/control transmitters shall include the following 
statement on the device in a conspicuous location, or if it is not 
feasible to place the statement on the device, in the instruction 
manual:

    This device may not interfere with stations operating in the 
400.150-406.000 MHz band in Meteorological Satellite and Earth 
Exploration Satellite Services and must accept any interference 
received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

    The Commission adopted and released the following language in its 
Report and Order, FCC 11-176, which will be included in its regulations 
in part 95:
    Manufacturers of MedRadio transmitters operating in the 413-419 
MHz, 426-432 MHz, 438-444 MHz, and 451-457 MHz bands must include with 
each transmitting device the following statement:

    This transmitter is authorized by rule under the MedRadio 
Service (47 CFR Part 95). This transmitter must not cause harmful 
interference to stations authorized to operate on a primary basis in 
the 413-419 MHz, 426-432 MHz, 438-444 MHz and 451-457 MHz bands, and 
must accept interference that may be caused by such stations, 
including interference that may cause undesired operation. This 
transmitter shall be used only in accordance with the FCC Rules 
governing the MedRadio Service. Analog and digital voice 
communications are prohibited. Although this transmitter has been 
approved by the Federal Communications Commission, there is no 
guarantee that it will not receive interference or that any 
particular transmission from this transmitter will be free from 
interference.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-1085.
    Title: Section 9.5, Interconnected Voice Over Internet Protocol 
(VoIP) E911 Compliance.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 12 respondents; 14,612,166 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 0.04012548 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 151, 154(i)-(j), 251(e) and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 586,320 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $80,235,305.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Applicants may seek 
confidential treatment of their filings pursuant to 47 CFR 0.459 of the 
Commission's rules. With respect to Location Registration, Provision of 
ALI, Customer Notification, Record of Customer Location and User 
Notification requirements, the Commission currently does not have rules 
governing the treatment of such information by interconnected VoIP 
providers.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) during this 30 
day comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance 
from them.
    Prior burden estimates were based upon interpolations of public 
data collected by the Commission pursuant to its statutory obligations 
to assess collections upon carriers for such programs as the universal 
service fund and telephone relay service, other government agency 
reports, and trade association information. These estimates included 
assumptions about the extent and pace of carrier convergence from 
circuit switched facilities to broadband pipes that use Transfer 
Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) technology to carry voice, 
video and internet services combined. The estimates also included 
subscriber churn and subscribership growth assumptions by both 
interconnected and non-interconnected VoIP service providers. The 
estimates were never tested by actual numbers of interconnected and 
non-interconnected VoIP subscribers because none existed from any 
source.
    For the purpose of this renewal, the Appendix A from 2009 provided 
the base data and a two percent growth factor was added and annualized 
over a period of this three year extension request (2012-2015). The 
growth factor was developed on the basis of publically-available data 
from several sources.
    The Commission requires providers of interconnected Voice Over 
Internet Protocol (VoIP) services to obtain information regarding their 
end users' location as a condition of providing service. Interconnected 
VoIP providers must provide that information to entities that maintain 
databases used to ensure that the caller's location and a call back 
number are provided to requesting public safety answering points 
(PSAPs) when a 911 call is placed. The Commission also requires 
interconnected VoIP providers to ensure that end users understand any 
limitations of their service and obtain from the end user evidence of 
such understanding.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
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