**DA 06-492**

**Released: March 1, 2006**

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

**CG Docket No. 03-123**

On February 21, 2006, 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, CG Docket No. 03-123, FCC 05-203 (rel.
December 12, 2005) (*Report and Order)*. *See* OMB No. 3060-1047. These
information collection requirements relate to new recordkeeping and
reporting requirements concerning the TRS mandatory minimum standards,
which apply to the common carriers seeking to offer Video Relay Service
(VRS) and Internet-Protocol (IP) Relay Service. *See* 47 C.F.R.
64.605(a)(2), (c)(2), (e)(2), (f)(2) and (g). As stated in the *Report
and Order*, the effective date of these newly approved TRS rules is the
date notice of the OMB approval is published in the *Federal Register*.

The *Report and Order* also adopted or modified regulations that do not
require OMB approval, and states that such regulations become effective
30 days from the date of publication of the *Report and Order* in the
*Federal Register*. *See Report and Order* at par. 37. A summary of the
*Report and Order* was published in the *Federal Register* on December
23, 2005. *See* 70 FR 76208. Accordingly, these new or modified rules
became effective on January 23, 2006. A copy of the TRS rules, as
amended, will appear after that date on the Commission's website at:
<http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/4regs.html>.

For further information, contact Dana Jackson or Thomas Chandler of the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-2517 (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
February 21, 2006, for the collection(s) of information contained in the
Commission's new voluntary and mandatory reporting requirements in 47
C.F.R. sections 64.605(a)(2), (c)(2), (e)(2), (f)(2), and (g). The OMB
Control Number is 3060-1047. 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: 177
respondents, an average of 2 to 5 hours per response per annum, for a
total hour burden of 2,554 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,
3060-1047, 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 3060-1047.

**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).

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