[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 88 (Thursday, May 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26256-26257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10978]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-1053]


Information Collection Approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB)

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for a revision of a 
currently approved public information collection pursuant to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). An agency may 
not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number, and no person is required to 
respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid control number. Comments concerning the accuracy of the burden 
estimates and any suggestions for reducing the burden should be 
directed to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Williams, Office of the Managing 
Director, at (202) 418-2918, or email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1053.
    OMB Approval Date: March 31, 2015.
    OMB Expiration Date: March 31, 2018.
    Title: Two-Line Captioned Telephone Order, IP Captioned Telephone 
Service Declaratory Ruling; and Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone 
Service Reform Order, CG Docket Nos. 13-24 and 03-123.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents and Responses: 148,006 respondents; 
556,010 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 hours (15 minutes) to 8 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual, every five years, on-going, and one-
time reporting requirement; Recordkeeping requirement; Third party 
disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for the information collection requirements is 
found at sec. 225 [47 U.S.C. 225] Telecommunications Services for 
Hearing-Impaired Individuals; The Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990, (ADA), Public Law 101-336, 104 Stat. 327, 366-69, was enacted on 
July 26, 1990.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 399,072 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $1,680,000.
    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 by 
the FCC from individuals.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: On August 1, 2003, the Commission released 
Telecommunication Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for 
Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, CC Docket No. 98-67, 
Declaratory Ruling, 68 FR 55898, September 28, 2003, clarifying 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 from the 
Interstate TRS Fund (Fund) in accordance with section 225 of the 
Communications Act. The Commission also clarified that certain TRS 
mandatory minimum standards do not apply to one-line captioned 
telephone VCO service and waived 47 CFR 64.604(a)(1) and (a)(3) 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.
    On July 19, 2005, the Commission released Telecommunication Relay 
Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and 
Speech Disabilities, CC Docket No. 98-67 and CG Docket No. 03-123, 
Order, 70 FR 54294, September 14, 2005, clarifying that two-line 
captioned telephone VCO service, like one-line captioned telephone VCO 
service, is a type of TRS eligible for compensation from the Fund.
    On January 11, 2007, the Commission released Telecommunications 
Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with 
Hearing and Speech Disabilities, CG Docket No. 03-123, Declaratory 
Ruling, 72 FR 6960, February 14, 2007, granting a request for 
clarification that Internet Protocol (IP) captioned telephone relay 
service (IP CTS) is a type of TRS eligible for compensation from the 
Fund. The Commission also waived certain TRS mandatory minimum 
standards that do not apply to IP CTS, contingent on the filing of 
annual reports.
    On August 26, 2013, the Commission issued Misuse of Internet 
Protocol (IP) Captioned Telephone Service; Telecommunications Relay 
Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and 
Speech Disabilities, CG Docket Nos. 13-24 and 03-123, Report and Order, 
78 FR 53684, August 30, 2013, to regulate practices relating to the 
marketing of IP CTS, impose certain requirements for the provision of 
this service, and mandate registration and certification of IP CTS 
users.
    On June 20, 2014, the D.C. Circuit vacated the rule prohibiting 
compensation to providers for minutes of use generated by equipment 
consumers received from providers for free or for less than $75 ($75 
equipment charge rule) and the rule requiring providers to maintain 
captions off as the default setting for IP CTS equipment. Sorenson 
Communications, Inc. and CaptionCall, LLC v. FCC, 755 F.3d 702

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(D.C. Cir. 2014) (D.C. Circuit IP CTS Order).
    On August 22, 2014, the Commission issued Telecommunications Relay 
Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and 
Speech Disabilities; Waivers of iTRS Mandatory Minimum Standards, CG 
Docket No. 03-123, Report and Order, 79 FR 62875, October 21, 2014 
(iTRS Waiver Order), to make permanent waivers of certain TRS mandatory 
minimum standards and eliminate waivers of other TRS mandatory minimum 
standards for IP CTS and CTS. The Commission also eliminated the 
requirement that IP CTS and CTS providers file annual reports regarding 
the TRS mandatory minimum standards.
    This notice pertains to OMB approval of revisions to the 
information collection requirements as a result of the iTRS Waiver 
Order eliminating the requirement that IP CTS and CTS providers file 
annual reports regarding the TRS mandatory minimum standards and as a 
result of the D.C. Circuit IP CTS Order vacating the $75 equipment 
charge rule and the rule requiring providers to maintain captions off 
as the default setting for IP CTS equipment.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2015-10978 Filed 5-6-15; 8:45 am]
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