[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 47869-47871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12220]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 64

[WC Docket Nos. 22-238, 11-42, 21-450; FCC 23-96; FR ID 223185]


Supporting Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence; Lifeline 
and Link Up Reform Modernization

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of compliance dates.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) 
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 Safe Connections Act Report and Order line separation 
rules. This document is consistent with the Safe Connections Act Report 
and Order, which states that the Commission will publish a document in 
the Federal Register announcing the compliance date of those rules, and 
to cause those rules to be revised accordingly.

DATES: 
    Effective date: June 4, 2024.
    Compliance date: Compliance with 47 CFR 64.6400 through 64.6407 and 
the conforming requirement in 47 CFR

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64.2010(f)(2), published at 88 FR 84406 on December 5, 2023, and 88 FR 
88261 on December 21, 2023, is required by July 15, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding the 
line separation provisions, contact Melissa Kirkel, Competition Policy 
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-7958 or 
[email protected]. For further information regarding the domestic 
violence hotline database, contact Ed Krachmer, Competition Policy 
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-1525 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 16, 2023, the Commission adopted 
the Safe Connections Act Report and Order (88 FR 84406 (December 5, 
2023), 88 FR 88261 (December 21, 2023) (announcing a final rule 
correction)) to implement the Safe Connections Act of 2022, Public Law 
117-223, 116 Stat. 2280 (Safe Connections Act or SCA). In that 
rulemaking, the Commission adopted rules to codify and implement the 
line separation provisions in the SCA. The Commission required covered 
providers to comply with the rules implementing the SCA's line 
separation provisions within six months after the effective date of the 
Order, or after review of the rules by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) is completed, whichever is later.
    On May 3, 2024, OMB completed its review of the Commission's rules 
implementing the line separation provisions of the SCA. Accordingly, 
compliance with the line separation requirements adopted by the 
Commission in the Safe Connections Act Report and Order, 47 CFR 64.6400 
through 64.6407, and the conforming requirement in 47 CFR 
64.2010(f)(2), is required by July 15, 2024.
    The Commission publishes this document as an announcement of the 
compliance dates of amendments to 47 CFR 64.6400 through 64.6407 and 
64.2010(f)(2) and to modify the text of these rules previously 
published at 88 FR 84406 (December 5, 2023) and 88 FR 88261 (December 
21, 2023) (announcing a final rule correction), to incorporate this 
date and eliminate text referring to pending approval of information 
collection requirements by OMB.
    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 20554. Please include the 
OMB Control Number, 3060-1325, 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 final OMB 
approval on May 3, 2024, for the information collection requirements 
contained in the modifications to the Commission's rules in 47 CFR part 
64, subpart II (47 CFR 64.6401 through 64.6403, 64.6406). The Wireline 
Competition Bureau also determined that 47 CFR 64.6404, 64.6405, and 
64.6407 did not contain information collection requirements. These 
actions allow the Wireline Competition Bureau to set the compliance 
dates for these rules and for the conforming change to 47 CFR 
64.2010(f)(2). It is therefore modifying the language of 47 CFR 64.6400 
through 64.6407 and 64.2010(f)(2) and (i) to incorporate compliance 
dates and eliminate text referring to pending approval by OMB.
    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 3060-1325.
    The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (Pub. L. 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: 3060-1325.
    OMB Approval Date: May 3, 2024.
    OMB Expiration Date: May 31, 2027.
    Title: Safe Connections Act--Supporting Survivors of Domestic and 
Sexual Violence.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities and individuals 
or households.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,650,000 respondents; 
1,650,000 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour-240 hours (on average).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for these collections is contained in 47 U.S.C. 
345.
    Total Annual Burden: 3,527,500 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
    Needs and Uses: The Safe Connections Act of 2022 (SCA) obligates 
the Commission to implement rules pursuant to section 4 of the SCA, 
which requires that covered providers separate the mobile phone 
telephone lines of domestic violence survivors (and of those persons in 
their care) from a shared mobile service contract with an abuser within 
two business days of a request. To implement the line separation 
process, the Commission establishes this collection, which requires 
covered providers to notify consumers about the availability of the 
line separation process and requires survivors to submit certain 
information to covered providers to request a line separation.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 64

    Communications, Communications common carriers, Privacy, Reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements, Telecommunications, Telephone.

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

Final Rules

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 64 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.


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2. Amend Sec.  64.2010 by:
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a. Revising paragraph (f)(2); and
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b. Removing paragraph (i).
    The revision reads as follows:


Sec.  64.2010  Safeguards on the disclosure of customer proprietary 
network information.

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    (f) * * *
    (2) Beginning on July 15, 2024, paragraph (f)(1) of this section 
does not

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apply to a change made in connection with a line separation request 
under 47 U.S.C. 345 and subpart II of this part.
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3. Revise Sec.  64.6409 to read as follows:


Sec.  64.6409  Compliance date.

    Compliance with Sec. Sec.  64.6400 through 64.6407 is required by 
July 15, 2024.

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