[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54979-54980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21987]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[CG Docket Nos. 10-51 and 03-123, WC Docket Nos. 05-196 and 10-191; DA 
14-1249]


Request for Comment on Petition Filed by Sprint Corporation 
Regarding Access to the Internet Based Telecommunications Relay Service 
Numbering Directory

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) seeks comment on a Sprint Corporation (Sprint) petition 
(Sprint Petition) requesting a limited waiver of the Commission's rule 
regarding access to the Internet based telecommunications relay service 
(TRS) numbering directory in order to allow Sprint, as the provider of 
Federal Relay services, to load telephone numbers for its federal video 
relay service (VRS), including ``front door'' toll-free telephone 
numbers and ten-digit numbers, into the TRS Numbering Directory.

DATES: Comments are due September 30, 2014 and reply comments are due 
October 10, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by CG Docket Nos. 10-51 
and 03-123, WC Docket Nos. 05-196 and 10-191, by any of the following 
methods:
     Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically 
using the Internet by accessing the Commission's Electronic Comment 
Filing System (ECFS), through the Commission's Web site http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. Filers should follow the instructions 
provided on the Web site for submitting comments. For ECFS filers, in 
completing the transmittal screen, filers should include their full 
name, U.S. Postal service mailing address, and CG Docket Nos. 10-51 and 
03-123, WC Docket Nos. 05-196 and 10-191.
     Paper filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must 
file an original and one copy of each filing. If more than one docket 
or rulemaking number appears in the caption of this proceeding, filers 
must submit one additional copy for each additional docket or 
rulemaking number. Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, 
by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. 
Postal Service mail. All filings must be addressed to the Commission's 
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
     All hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings 
for the Commission's Secretary must be delivered to FCC Headquarters at 
445 12th Street SW., Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. All hand 
deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any 
envelopes must be disposed of before entering the building.
     Commercial Mail sent by overnight mail (other than U.S. 
Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 
East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743.
     U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority 
mail should be addressed to 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554.
    For detailed instructions for submitting comments and additional 
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Hlibok, Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Disability Rights Office, (202) 559-5158, 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Public 
Notice, document DA 14-1249, released on August 27 2014. The full text 
of document DA 14-1249, the Sprint Petition, and any subsequently filed 
documents in this matter will be available for public inspection and 
copying via ECFS, and during regular business hours at the FCC 
Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-
A257, Washington, DC 20554. It also may be purchased from the 
Commission's duplicating contractor at its Web site, www.bcpiweb.com or 
call 1-800-378-3160. A copy of the submission may

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also be found by searching on ECFS (insert CG Docket Nos. 10-51 & 03-
123, and WC Docket Nos. 05-196 & 10-191 in the Proceeding block). 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

    1. On January 16, 2014, Sprint filed a petition requesting a 
limited waiver of the Commission rule, 47 CFR 64.613(a)(4), that 
restricts access to the TRS Numbering Directory by the TRS Numbering 
Administrator and Internet-based TRS providers. Specifically, Sprint 
requests a waiver of this rule to allow Sprint, as a provider of 
Federal Relay services, to load telephone numbers for its federal VRS, 
including ``front door'' toll-free numbers and ten-digit numbers, into 
the iTRS Numbering Directory. Sprint asserts that because these numbers 
are not currently in the TRS Numbering Directory, federal employees who 
are deaf or hard-of-hearing and have been assigned a Federal VRS number 
are unable to make point-to point video calls to other deaf or hard-of-
hearing federal employees. Sprint further asserts that permitting these 
``front door'' telephone numbers and ten-digit numbers into the 
database will allow deaf and hard-of-hearing federal employees to make 
point-to-point video calls, increase the ability of deaf and hard-of-
hearing Americans to reach federal employees and reduce the number of 
calls that must be supported by the Interstate TRS Fund. This Notice 
seeks public comment on Sprint's petition.

Federal Communications Commission.
Karen Peltz Strauss,
Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau.
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