[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 174 (Monday, September 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47290-47292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19403]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1053]
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
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ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the following information collections. 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 estimate; 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 Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for
failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA
that does not display a valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written comments shall be submitted on or before November 8,
2019. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments but find
it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice,
you should advise the contacts below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email:
[email protected] and to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1053.
Title: Misuse of internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP
CTS); Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services
for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, CG Docket Nos.
13-24 and 03-123.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 372,010 respondents; 1,218,242
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.1 hours (6 minutes) to 40 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual, every five years, monthly, and
ongoing reporting requirements; Recordkeeping requirements; Third party
disclosure requirements.
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, enacted on July
26, 1990.
Total Annual Burden: 653,820 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $86,000.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Confidentiality is an issue
to the extent that individuals and households provide personally
identifiable information, which is covered under the FCC's updated
system of records notice (SORN), FCC/CGB-4, ``Internet-based
Telecommunications Relay Service-User Registration Database (ITRS-
URD).'' As required by the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Commission
also published a SORN, FCC/CGB-4 ``Internet-based Telecommunications
Relay Service-User Registration Database (ITRS-URD),'' in the Federal
Register on February 9, 2015 (80 FR 6963) which became effective on
March 23, 2015.
Privacy Impact Assessment: The FCC completed a Privacy Impact
Assessment (PIA) on June 28, 2007. It may be reviewed at https://www.fcc.gov/general/privacy-act-information#pia. The Commission is in
the process of updating the PIA to incorporate various revisions to it
as a result of revisions to the SORN.
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.
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.
On August 26, 2013, the Commission issued Misuse of Internet
Protocol 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 8, 2018, the Commission issued Misuse of Internet Protocol
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 and
Declaratory Ruling, 83 FR 30082, June 27, 2018 (2018 IP CTS
Modernization Order), to facilitate the Commission's efforts to reduce
waste, fraud, and abuse and improve its ability to efficiently manage
the IP CTS program through regulating practices related to the
marketing of IP CTS, generally prohibiting the provision of IP CTS to
consumers who do not genuinely need the service, permitting the
provision of IP CTS in emergency shelters, and approving the use of
automatic speech recognition to generate captions without the
assistance of a communications assistant.
On February 15, 2019, the Commission issued Misuse of Internet
Protocol 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, and
Order, 84 FR 8457, March 8, 2019 (2019 IP CTS Program Management
Order), requiring the submission of IP CTS user registration
information to the telecommunications relay service (TRS)
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User Registration Database (Database) so that the Database
administrator can verify IP CTS users to reduce the risk of waste,
fraud, and abuse in the IP CTS program.
This notice and request for comments pertains to the programmatic
changes in information collection burdens due to the 2018 IP CTS
Modernization Order and the 2019 IP CTS Program Management Order, the
extension of the currently approved information collection requirements
for one-line and two-line CTS and IP CTS rules, and the update to the
estimates of existing burdens that were included in the February 2018
PRA submission to OMB.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-19403 Filed 9-6-19; 8:45 am]
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