[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 72 (Monday, April 15, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15124-15125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07395]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 64

[WC Docket No. 13-39, FCC 18-120]


Rural Call Completion

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 rules requiring intermediate 
providers to register with the Commission before offering to transmit 
covered voice communications that were adopted in the Commission's 
Rural Call Completion, Third Report and Order (Order). This document is 
consistent with the Order, which stated that the Commission would 
publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective 
date of those rules.

DATES: The addition of 47 CFR 64.2115, published at 83 FR 47296, 
September 19, 2018, is effective May 15, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zachary Ross, Competition Policy 
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-1033, or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on January 28, 
2019, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information 
collection relating to the rural call completion registry requirements 
for intermediate providers contained in the Commission's Order, FCC 18-
120, published at 83 FR 47296, September 19, 2018. The OMB Control 
Number is 3060-1259. The Commission publishes this document as an 
announcement of the effective date of the rules. 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 Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications Commission, Room 
1-A620, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. Please include the 
OMB Control Number, 3060-1259, in your correspondence. The Commission 
will also accept your comments via email at [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 final OMB 
approval on January 28, 2019, for the information collection 
requirements contained in the modifications to the Commission's rules 
in 47 CFR part 64. 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 3060-1259.
    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: 3060-1259.
    OMB Approval Date: January 28, 2019.
    OMB Expiration Date: January 31, 2022.
    Title: Rural Call Completion, WC Docket No. 13-39.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 168 respondents; 168 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: Third-party disclosure; one-time reporting 
requirement; on occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this collection is contained in sections 1, 
4(i), 201(b), 202(a), 217, and 262 of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 201(b), 202(a), 217, and 262.
    Total Annual Burden: 168 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not 
requesting that the respondents submit confidential information to the 
FCC. Respondents may, however, request confidential treatment for 
information they believe to be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 
Commission's rules.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability 
Act of 2017 (RCC Act), Public Law 115-129, requires the Commission to 
establish a registry for intermediate providers and requires 
intermediate providers to register with the Commission before offering 
to transmit covered voice communications. The information collected 
through this information collection will be used to implement 
Congress's direction to the Commission to establish an intermediate 
provider registry.


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Federal Communications Commission.

Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-07395 Filed 4-12-19; 8:45 am]
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