[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 191 (Friday, October 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59778-59779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25081]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

RIN 3084-AA98


Telemarketing Sales Rule Fees

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (the ``Commission'' or ``FTC'') 
is giving notice that there will be no fee increase for entities 
accessing

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the National Do Not Call Registry (the ``Registry'') for fiscal year 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of this document should be sent to this 
address: National Do Not Call Registry Program, Federal Trade 
Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Mail Stop CC-9232, Washington, 
DC 20580. Copies of this document are also available on the Internet at 
the Commission's Web site: https://www.ftc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas Mastrocinque, (202) 326-3188, 
Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 600 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Mail Stop CC-9232, Washington, DC 20580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act 
of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-188, 122 Stat. 635) (``Act''), mandates a specific 
fee structure to use in determining the fees for accessing the 
Registry. According to the Act, for each year beginning after fiscal 
year 2009, the dollar amounts charged shall be increased by an amount 
equal to the amounts specified in the Act, whichever fee is applicable, 
multiplied by the percentage (if any) by which the average of the 
monthly consumer price index (for all urban consumers published by the 
Department of Labor) (``CPI'') for the most recently ended 12-month 
period ending on June 30 exceeds the CPI for the 12-month period ending 
June 30, 2008. The Act also states that any increase shall be rounded 
to the nearest dollar and that there shall be no increase in the dollar 
amount if the CPI change is less than 1 percent. We measure this change 
in CPI from the time of the previous fee increase.
    Last year, for fiscal year 2015, we calculated an increase in the 
CPI of 1.56 percent, and adjusted the fees accordingly (79 FR 51477 
(August 29, 2014)). The average value of the CPI for the 12-month 
period ending June 2014 was 234.966; the average for the 12 months 
ending June 2015 was 236.677. This is an increase of 0.73 percent, less 
than the one percent threshold to trigger an increase.
    As this falls below the statute's 1 percent required change in the 
CPI, there shall be no fee access increase. Therefore, the fees will 
remain at the current level of $60 per area code, with a maximum fee of 
$16,482. The access fee for each area code during the second six months 
of an entity's annual subscription period remains at $30. Users will 
still be able to access the first five area codes free of charge, and 
organizations that are not required to comply with the Registry will 
still be able to access it if they choose to while remaining exempt 
from fees.

    By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-25081 Filed 10-1-15; 8:45 am]
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