[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 144 (Monday, July 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45216-45217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16205]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-XXXX; FRS 16944]


Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

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

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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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before September 
25, 2020. 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 contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email 
[email protected] and to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele, (202) 418-2991.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: E911 Compliance for Fixed Telephony and Multi-line Telephone 
Systems.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New information collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,275,636 respondents; 
38,048,948 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.016 hours (one minute).
    Frequency of Response: One-time, on occasion, third party 
disclosure requirement, and recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151-154, 152(a), 
155(c), 157, 160, 201, 202, 208, 210, 214, 218, 219, 222, 225, 251(e), 
255, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, 332, 403, 405, 605, 
610, 615, 615 note, 615a, 615b, 615c, 615a-1, 616, 620, 621, 623, 623 
note, 721, and 1471.
    Total Annual Burden: 634,610 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $1,911,540.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission is obligated by statute to promote 
``safety of life and property'' and to ``encourage and facilitate the 
prompt deployment throughout the United States of a seamless, 
ubiquitous, and reliable end-to-end infrastructure'' for public safety. 
Congress has established 911 as the national emergency number to enable 
all citizens to reach emergency services directly and efficiently, 
irrespective of whether a citizen uses wireline or wireless technology 
when calling for help by dialing 911. Efforts by federal, state and 
local government, along with the significant efforts of wireline and 
wireless service providers, have resulted in the nearly ubiquitous 
deployment of this life-saving service.
    Section 506 of RAY BAUM'S Act requires the Commission to ``consider 
adopting rules to ensure that the dispatchable location is conveyed 
with a 9-1-1 call, regardless of the technological platform used and 
including with calls from multi-line telephone system.'' RAY BAUM'S Act 
also states that, ``[i]n conducting the proceeding . . . the Commission 
may consider information and conclusions from other Commission 
proceedings regarding the accuracy of the dispatchable location for a 
9-1-1 call . . . .'' RAY BAUM'S Act defines a ``9-1-1 call'' as a voice 
call that is placed, or a message that is sent by other means of 
communication, to a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) for the 
purpose of requesting emergency services.
    As part of implementing Section 506 of RAY BAUM'S Act, on August 1, 
2019, the Commission adopted a Report and Order (2019 Order), set forth 
rules requiring Fixed Telephony providers and MLTS providers to ensure 
that dispatchable location is conveyed with 911 calls.
    The Commission's 2019 Order adopted Sec. Sec.  9.8(a) and 
9.16(b)(3)(i), (ii), and (iii) to facilitate the provision of automated 
dispatchable location. For Fixed Telephony and in fixed Multi-line 
Telephone Systems (MLTS) environments, respective providers must 
provide automated dispatchable location with 911 calls. For on-
premises, non-fixed devices associated with an MLTS, the MLTS operator 
or manager must provide automated dispatchable location to the 
appropriate PSAP when technically feasible; otherwise they must provide 
either dispatchable location based on end-user manual update, or 
alternative location information. For off-premises MLTS calls to 911, 
the MLTS operator or manager must provide (1) dispatchable location, if 
technically feasible, or, otherwise, either 2) manually-updated 
dispatchable location, or (3) enhanced location information, which may 
be coordinate-based, consisting of the best available location that can 
be obtained from any available technology or combination of 
technologies at reasonable cost. The requirements adopted in the 2019 
Order account for variance in the feasibility of providing dispatchable 
location for non-fixed MLTS 911 calls, and the means available to 
provide it. The information collection requirements associated with 
these rules will ensure that Fixed Telephony and MLTS providers have 
the means to provide 91l callers' locations to PSAPs, thus reducing 
response times for emergency services.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-16205 Filed 7-24-20; 8:45 am]
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