[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 7955-7956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02897]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 64

[WC Docket No. 12-375, FCC 21-60; FR ID 70815]


Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
has approved, for a period of three years, an information collection 
associated with the Commission's 2021 Inmate Calling Services (ICS) 
Order, FCC 21-60, in which the Commission, among other actions, 
expanded its consumer disclosure requirements and added new 
requirements for providers of calling services for incarcerated people 
(calling services) that seek waiver of the Commission's interstate and 
international rate caps. The Commission also required that calling 
services providers separately disclose, in connection with 
international calling services rates, the rate component for 
terminating calls to each country where that provider terminates 
international calls. This document is consistent with the 2021 ICS 
Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the 
Federal Register announcing the effective date of these rules.

DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 64.6110 and the addition of 47 CFR 
64.6120, published July 28, 2021 (86 FR 40682), and delayed 
indefinitely, are effective on February 11, 2022. This rule is 
effective February 11, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erik Raven-Hansen, Pricing Policy 
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, (202) 418-1532, or email 
[email protected][email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on January 24, 
2022, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information 
collection requirements relating to Sec. Sec.  64.6110 and 64.6120 of 
the Commission's rules, as contained in the Commission's 2021 ICS 
Order, FCC 21-60, published at 86 FR 40682 on July 28, 2021. The OMB 
Control Number is 3060-1222. The Commission publishes this document as 
an announcement of the effective date of the rules.
    In the 2021 ICS Order, the Commission directed that Sec.  64.6110 
be

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revised and Sec.  64.6120 be added to reflect OMB's approval once that 
approval was received. We therefore revise Sec. Sec.  64.6110 and 
64.6120, previously published at 86 FR 40682, and delayed indefinitely, 
to remove Sec. Sec.  64.6110(d) and 64.6120(d), both of which state 
that providers would be required to comply with the information 
requirements immediately upon publication by the Commission of a 
document in the Federal Register announcing OMB approval.
    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, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Please include the 
OMB Control Number, 3060-1222, 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 OMB approval on 
January 24, 2022 for the information collection requirements contained 
in the Commission's 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 3060-1222.
    The foregoing notification 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: 3060-1222.
    OMB Approval Date: January 24, 2022.
    Expiration Date: January 31, 2025.
    Title: Inmate Calling Services (ICS) Provider Annual Reporting, 
Certification, Consumer Disclosure, and Waiver Request Requirements, WC 
Docket No. 12-375, FCC 21-60.
    Form Numbers: FCC Form 2301(a) and FCC Form 2301(b).
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 20 respondents; 23 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 hours-80 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting; on occasion; and third 
party disclosure requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,940 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
sections 1, 4(i)-(j), 201(b), 218, 220, 225, 255, 276, 403, and 617 of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i)-(j), 
201(b), 218, 220, 225, 255, 276, 403, and 617.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No Impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission anticipates 
treating as presumptively confidential any particular information 
identified as proprietary by calling services providers.
    Needs and Uses: Section 201 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended (Act), 47 U.S.C. 201, requires that calling services providers' 
interstate and international rates and practices be just and 
reasonable. Section 276 of the Act, 47 U.S.C. 276, requires that 
payphone service providers (including calling services providers) be 
fairly compensated for completed calls.
    On May 24, 2021, the Commission released the Third Report and Order 
(86 FR 40682, July 28, 2021), Order on Reconsideration (86 FR 40340, 
July 28, 2021), and Fifth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (86 FR 
40416, July 28, 2021), WC Docket No. 12-375, FCC 21-60 (2021 ICS 
Order), in which it continued its reform of the calling services 
marketplace. In that Order, the Commission, among other actions, 
expanded its consumer disclosure requirements and added new 
requirements for calling services providers seeking waiver of the 
Commission's interstate and international rate caps. The Commission 
also required, in connection with international calling services rates, 
that providers must separately disclose the rate component for 
terminating calls to each country where that provider terminates 
international calls.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission amends part 64 of title 47 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations as follows:

PART 64--MISCELLANEOUS RULES RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS

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1. The authority citation for part 64 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154, 201, 202, 217, 218, 220, 
222, 225, 226, 227, 227b, 228, 251(a), 251(e), 254(k), 255, 262, 
276, 403(b)(2)(B), (c), 616, 620, 716, 1401-1473, unless otherwise 
noted; Pub. L. 115-141, Div. P, sec. 503, 132 Stat. 348, 1091.


Sec.  64.6110  [Amended]

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2. In Sec.  64.6110, remove paragraph (d).


Sec.  64.6120  [Amended]

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3. In Sec.  64.6120, remove paragraph (d).
[FR Doc. 2022-02897 Filed 2-10-22; 8:45 am]
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