**DA 05-728**

**Released: March 29, 2005**

**TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES (TRS) ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET**

**CC Docket No. 98-67**

**CG Docket No. 03-123**

On March 11, 2005, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved
for three years the information collection requirements contained in the
*Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for
Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities,* Report and Order,
Order on Reconsideration, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, CC
Docket No. 98-67 and CG Docket No. 03-123, FCC 04-137, 19 FCC Rcd 12475
(rel. June 30, 2004) (*Order)*. *See* OMB No. 3060-1043. These
information collection requirements relate to annual reporting
requirements concerning the TRS mandatory minimum standards, which apply
to the providers of TRS. *See* 47 C.F.R. sections 64.604 (a)(3),
(a)(3)(iv), (a)(4), (b)(2), and (b)(3) (reporting required if waiver
sought of various requirements). As stated in the *Order*, the effective
date of these approved TRS rules is the date notice of the OMB approval
is published in the *Federal Register*.

For further information, contact Dana Jackson of the Consumer &
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-2247 (voice), (202) 418-7898
(TTY).

**FCC NOTICE REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT**

As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), the
FCC is notifying the public that it received approval from OMB on March
11, 2005 for the collection(s) of information contained in the
Commission's annual reporting requirements in 47 C.F.R. sections
64.604(a)(3), (a)(3)(iv), (a)(4), (b)(2), and (b)(3). The OMB Control
Number is 3060-1043. The annual reporting burden for the collection(s)
of information, including the time for gathering and maintaining the
collection of information, is estimated to be: 7 respondents, an average
of 10 hours per response per annum, for a total hour burden of 70 hours,
and no annual cost. If you have any comments on these burden estimates,
or how we can improve the collection(s) and reduce the burden(s) they
cause you, please write to Les Smith, Federal Communications Commission,
Room 1-A804, 445 12^th^ Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554. Please include
the OMB Control Number, 3060-1043, in your correspondence. We will also
accept your comments regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act aspects of
the collections via the Internet, if you send them to
<Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov> or call (202) 418-0217.

Under 5 C.F.R. section 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
(PRA) that does not display a valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control
Number is 3060-1043.

**THE FOREGOING NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF
1995, PUBLIC LAW 104-13, OCTOBER 1, 1995, 44 U.S.C. SECTION 3507.**

To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities
(Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail
to <fcc504@fcc.gov> or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau
at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY). This *Public Notice*
can also be downloaded in Word or Portable Document Format (PDF) at:
<http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro>.

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