[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 199 (Monday, October 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62846-62847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22520]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-1053; FR ID 108761]


Information Collections 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 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 December 16, 
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 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: 186,012 respondents; 672,819 
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: 339,781 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $72,000.
    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)

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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) 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.
    On June 30, 2022, the Commission issued Telecommunications Relay 
Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and 
Speech Disabilities; Structure and Practices of the Video Relay Service 
Program; Misuse of internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service, CG 
Docket Nos. 03-123, 10-51, and 13-24, Report and Order, FCC 22-51, 
published at 87 FR 57645, September 21, 2022 (Registration Grace Period 
Order), allowing IP CTS and Video Relay Service (VRS) providers to 
provide compensable service to a new user for up to two weeks after 
submitting the user's information to the Database if the user's 
identity is verified within that period, in order to offer more 
efficient service to IP CTS and VRS users without risk of waste, fraud, 
and abuse to the Fund. The programmatic changes in information 
collection burdens that apply to VRS due to the Registration and Grace 
Period Order will be addressed separately in modifications to 
information collection No. 3060-1089.
    This notice and request for comments pertains to the programmatic 
changes in information collection burdens that apply to IP CTS due to 
the Registration Grace Period Order, the extension of the currently 
approved information collection requirements for CTS and IP CTS rules, 
and updates to the estimates of existing burdens that were included in 
the November 2019 PRA submission to OMB.

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