[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 115 (Thursday, June 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50327-50328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13036]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-1292; FR ID 224938]


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 August 12, 
2024. 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].

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1292.
    Title: Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls, 
Fourth Report and Order, CG Docket No. 17-59, FCC 20-187.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 6,493 respondents; 575,941 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .25 to 40 hours.
    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), 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: 173,440 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Needs and Uses: On December 29, 2020, the Commission adopted 
Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls Fourth 
Report and Order (``Call Blocking Fourth 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. In 2019, 
Congress passed the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal 
Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act. In addition to directing the 
Commission to mandate adoption of caller ID authentication technology 
and encourage voice service providers to block calls by establishing 
safe harbors, the TRACED Act directs the Commission to ensure that both 
consumers and callers are provided

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with transparency and effective redress when calls are blocked in 
error. In the Call Blocking Fourth Report and Order, the Commission 
took several steps to better protect consumers from unwanted and 
illegal robocalls, and implement the TRACED Act. The Commission 
expanded the existing safe harbor for blocking of calls, established 
affirmative requirements to ensure that voice service providers better 
police their networks against illegal calls, and adopted several 
transparency and redress requirements to ensure that erroneous blocking 
can be quickly identified and remedied.
    47 CFR 64.1200(k)(1), originally adopted in the Call Blocking 
Fourth Report and Order requires any terminating voice service provider 
that blocks calls on an opt-in or opt-out basis to provide, on the 
request of the subscriber to a particular number, a list of all calls 
intended for that number that the voice service provider or its 
designee has blocked. The list must include the prior 28 days of 
blocked calls and must be provided to the subscriber within 3 business 
days.
    The TRACED Act expressly directs the Commission to ensure that both 
consumers and callers are provided with transparency. In the Call 
Blocking Fourth Report and Order, the Commission determined that, while 
opt-in or opt-out blocking must already be disclosed to consumers, a 
consumer may be unaware that particular calls are blocked absent such a 
list. Consumers can use the list to determine whether to opt out of 
blocking services or reach out to callers whose calls may have been 
blocked.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-13036 Filed 6-12-24; 8:45 am]
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