[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52041-52042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13648]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-XXXX; FR ID 226599]


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.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before August 20, 
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 Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email 
[email protected] and to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele, (202) 418-2991.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Section 9.10(t), Interim 911 Requirements for Supplemental 
Coverage from Space.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New information collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 59 respondents; 59 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 49 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One-time and annual reporting requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
collection is contained in sections 1, 2, 4(i), 4(j), 4(o), 251(e), 
303(b), 303(g), 303(r), 316, and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 154(j), 154(o), 251(e), 303(b), 
303(g), 303(r), 316, 403, and section 4 of the Wireless Communications 
and Public Safety Act of 1999, Public Law 106-81, sections 101 and 201 
of the New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008, 
Public Law 110-283, and section 106 of the Twenty-First Century 
Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, Public Law 111-260, 
as amended 47 U.S.C. 615a, 615a-1, 615b, 615c.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,891 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
    Needs and Uses: In an effort to facilitate the process of 
terrestrial providers taking steps to ensure their subscribers' access 
to the 911 system in areas where they use SCS arrangements to expand 
coverage to their end-users and thus comply with the new Interim 911 
Requirements for Supplemental Coverage from Space as established in 
Section 9.10(t), the Commission adopted certain information collection 
requirements for those CMRS providers.
    Annual Reporting Requirement. Under Section 9.10(t)(3), each CMRS 
provider that utilizes SCS arrangements to expand its coverage areas 
for providing service to its end-user subscribers must maintain records 
of all SCS 911 voice calls and SCS 911 text messages received on its 
network and received at its emergency call center. By October 15 of 
each year, each CMRS provider that utilizes SCS arrangements to expand 
its coverage areas for providing service to its end-user subscribers 
must submit a report to the Commission regarding SCS 911 voice calls 
and 911 text messages, and its emergency call center data, current as 
of September 30 of that year. These reports must include, at a minimum: 
(i) The name and address of the CMRS provider, the address of that CMRS 
provider's emergency call center, and the contact information of the 
emergency call center; (ii) The aggregate number of SCS 911 voice calls 
and SCS 911 text messages received by the network of the CMRS provider 
that provides SCS service to its end-user subscribers during each month 
during the relevant reporting period; (iii) The aggregate number of SCS 
911 voice calls and SCS 911 text messages received by the emergency 
call center each month during the relevant reporting period; (iv) The 
aggregate number of SCS 911 voice calls and SCS 911 text messages 
received by the emergency call center each month during the relevant 
reporting period that required forwarding to a PSAP and how many did 
not require forwarding to a PSAP; (v) The aggregate number of SCS 911 
voice calls that were routed using location information that met the 
timeliness and accuracy thresholds defined in paragraphs (s)(3)(i)(A) 
and (B) of this section; (vi) The aggregate number of SCS 911 voice 
calls and SCS 911 text messages that were routed using location 
information that did not meet the timeliness and accuracy thresholds 
defined in paragraphs (s)(3)(i)(A) and (B) of this section; and (vii) 
an explanation of how the SCS deployment, including network 
architecture, systems, and procedures, will support routing SCS 911 
voice calls and SCS 911 text messages to the geographically appropriate 
PSAP with sufficient location information in compliance with paragraph 
(t)(2) of this section. The Commission would use the data generated by 
this annual information collection to monitor CMRS provider compliance 
as well as analyze the growth and development of 911 system access for 
end-users.
    One-Time Privacy Certification Requirement. Under Section 
9.10(t)(4), CMRS providers that utilize SCS arrangements to expand 
their coverage areas for providing service to their end-user 
subscribers must certify on a one-time basis that neither they nor any 
third party they rely on to obtain location information or associated 
data used for compliance with paragraph (t)(2)(i) or (ii) will use such 
location information or associated data for any non-911 purpose, except 
with prior express consent or as otherwise

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permitted or required by law. The certification must state that the 
CMRS provider and any third parties it relies on to obtain location 
information or associated data used for compliance with paragraph 
(t)(2)(i) or (ii) have implemented measures sufficient to safeguard the 
privacy and security of such location information or associated data. 
CMRS providers that utilize SCS arrangements to expand their coverage 
areas for providing service to their end-user subscribers must submit 
this one-time certification in the Commission's Electronic Comment 
Filing System on the due date of the first report made under paragraph 
(t)(3) of this section. The Commission would use the data generated by 
this annual information collection to monitor CMRS provider compliance 
as well as analyze the growth and development of 911 system access for 
end-users.
    One-time Subscriber Notification Requirement. Under Section 
9.10(t)(5), each CMRS provider that utilizes SCS arrangements to expand 
its coverage areas for providing service to its end-user subscribers 
shall specifically advise every subscriber, both new and existing, in 
writing prominently and in plain language, of the circumstances under 
which 911 service for all SCS 911 calls, or SCS 911 text messages may 
not be available via SCS or may be in some way limited by comparison to 
traditional enhanced 911 service.

Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-13648 Filed 6-20-24; 8:45 am]
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