[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 134 (Thursday, July 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42176-42177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14976]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-XXXX; FR ID 95796]


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 (PRA) of 1995, the 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the 
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to 
comment on the following information collection. 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 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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before September 
12, 2022. 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 Cathy Williams, FCC, via email 
[email protected] and to [email protected].

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Do Not Originate Requirements for Gateway Provider Report 
and Order.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New information collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 6,493 respondents; 77,916 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: On-occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for these collections are contained in sections 
4(i), 4(j), 201, 202, 217, 227, 227b, 251(e), 303(r), and 403 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 201, 202, 
217, 227, 227b, 251(e), 303(r), 403.
    Total Annual Burden: 77,916 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Needs and Uses: This notice and request for comments seeks to 
establish a new information collection as it pertains to the Advanced 
Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls Sixth Report and 
Order and Call Authentication Trust Anchor Fifth Report and Order 
(``Gateway Provider Report and Order''). Unwanted and illegal robocalls 
have long been the Federal Communication Commission's (``Commission'') 
top source of consumer complaints and one of the Commission's top 
consumer protection priorities. Foreign-originated robocalls represent 
a significant portion of illegal robocalls, and gateway providers serve 
as a critical choke-point for reducing the number of illegal robocalls 
received by American consumers. In the Gateway Provider Report and 
Order, the Commission took steps to prevent these foreign-originated 
illegal robocalls from reaching consumers and to help track these calls 
back to the source. Along with further extension of the Commission's 
caller ID authentication requirements and Robocall Mitigation Database 
filing requirements, the Commission adopted several robocall mitigation 
requirements, including a requirement for gateway providers to respond 
to traceback within 24 hours, mandatory blocking requirements, a ``know 
your upstream provider'' requirement, and a general mitigation 
requirement.
    Gateway Provider Report and Order, FCC 22-37, paras. 87-91, 47 CFR 
64.1200(o).
    A provider that serves as a gateway provider for particular calls 
must, with respect to those calls, block any calls purporting to 
originate from a number on a reasonable do-not-originate list. A list 
so limited in scope that it leaves out obvious numbers that could be 
included with little effort may be deemed unreasonable. The do-not-
originate list may include only
    (i) Numbers for which the subscriber to which the number is 
assigned has requested that calls purporting to originate from that 
number be blocked because the number is used for inbound calls only;
    (ii) North American Numbering Plan numbers that are not valid;
    (iii) Valid North American Numbering Plan Numbers that are not 
allocated to a provider by the North American Numbering Plan 
Administrator; and
    (iv) Valid North American Numbering Plan numbers that are allocated 
to a provider by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator, but 
are unused, so long as the provider blocking the calls is the allocatee 
of the number and confirms that the number is unused or has obtained 
verification from the allocatee that the number is unused at the time 
of blocking.
    The new information collection for which OMB approval is sought 
comes from the requirement in the Gateway Provider Report and Order 
that all gateway providers must block calls using a reasonable DNO 
list. The categories of numbers that may be included on the reasonable 
DNO list are the same categories of numbers for which the Commission 
first authorized blocking in 2017. There is no valid reason for a 
caller to originate a call from these numbers calls purporting to 
originate from these numbers are highly likely to be illegal.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-14976 Filed 7-13-22; 8:45 am]
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