Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 245 / Monday, December 21, 2020 / Notices 83081 

communications. Accordingly, on 

December 16, 2016, the Commission 

released Transition from TTY to RealTime Text Technology, Report and 

Order, document FCC 16–169, 82 FR 

7699, January 23, 2017, amending its 

rules that govern the obligations of 

wireless service providers and 

manufacturers to support TTY 

technology to permit such providers and 

manufacturers to provide support for 

real-time text (RTT) over wireless IPbased networks to facilitate an effective 

and seamless transition to RTT in lieu 

of continuing to support TTY 

technology. In document FCC 16–169, 

the Commission adopted measures 

requiring the following: 

(a) Each wireless provider and 

manufacturer that voluntarily 

transitions from TTY technology to RTT 

over wireless IP-based networks and 

services is encouraged to develop 

consumer and education efforts that 

include (1) the development and 

dissemination of educational materials 

that contain information pertinent to the 

nature, purpose, and timelines of the 

RTT transition; (2) internet postings, in 

an accessible format, of information 

about the TTY to RTT transition on the 

websites of covered entities; (3) the 

creation of a telephone hotline and an 

online interactive and accessible service 

that can answer consumer questions 

about RTT; and (4) appropriate training 

of staff to effectively respond to 

consumer questions. All consumer 

outreach and education should be 

provided in accessible formats 

including, but not limited to, large print, 

Braille, videos in American Sign 

Language and that are captioned and 

video described, emails to consumers 

who have opted to receive notices in 

this manner, and printed materials. 

Service providers and manufacturers are 

also encouraged to coordinate with 

consumer, public safety, and industry 

stakeholders to develop and distribute 

education and outreach materials. The 

information will inform consumers of 

alternative accessible technology 

available to replace TTY technology that 

may no longer be available to the 

consumer through their provider or on 

their device. 

(b) Each wireless provider that 

requested or will request and receive a 

waiver of the requirement to support 

TTY technology over wireless IP-based 

networks and services must apprise its 

customers, through effective and 

accessible channels of communication, 

that (1) until TTY is sunset, TTY 

technology will not be supported for 

calls to 911 services over IP-based 

wireless services, and (2) there are 

alternative PSTN-based and IP-based 

accessibility solutions for people with 

disabilities to reach 911 services. These 

notices must be developed in 

coordination with public safety 

answering points (PSAPs) and national 

consumer organizations, and include a 

listing of text-based alternatives to 911, 

including, but not limited to, TTY 

capability over the PSTN, various forms 

of PSTN-based and IP-based TRS, and 

text-to-911 (where available). The 

notices will inform consumers on the 

loss of the use of TTY for completing 

911 calls over the provider’s network 

and alert them to alternatives service for 

which TTY may be used. 

(c) Once every six months, each 

wireless provider that requests and 

receives a waiver of the requirement to 

support TTY technology must file a 

report with the Commission and inform 

its customers regarding its progress 

toward and the status of the availability 

of new IP-based accessibility solutions. 

Such reports must include (1) 

information on the interoperability of 

the provider’s selected accessibility 

solution with the technologies deployed 

or to be deployed by other carriers and 

service providers, (2) the backward 

compatibility of such solution with 

TTYs, (3) a showing of the provider’s 

efforts to ensure delivery of 911 calls to 

the appropriate PSAP, (4) a description 

of any obstacles incurred towards 

achieving interoperability and steps 

taken to overcome such obstacles, and 

(5) an estimated timetable for the 

deployment of accessibility solutions. 

The information will inform consumers 

of the progress towards the availability 

of alternative accessible means to 

replace TTY, and the Commission will 

be able to evaluate the reports to 

determine if any changes to the waivers 

are warranted or of any impediments to 

progress that it may be in a position to 

resolve. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28022 Filed 12–18–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0848, FRS 17302] 

Information Collection Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, 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. 

Pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC 

seeks specific comment on how it might 

‘‘further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 

employees.’’ 

The Commission may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) 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 OMB control number. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted on or before January 20, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. Your comment must be 

submitted into www.reginfo.gov per the 

above instructions for it to be 

considered. In addition to submitting in 

www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of 

your comment on the proposed 

information collection to Nicole Ongele, 

FCC, via email to PRA@fcc.gov and to 

Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. Include in the 

comments the OMB control number as 

shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Nicole 

Ongele at (202) 418–2991. To view a 

copy of this information collection 

request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go 

to the web page http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the 

section of the web page called 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on 

the downward-pointing arrow in the 

‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the 

‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) 

select ‘‘Federal Communications 

Commission’’ from the list of agencies 

presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, 

(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the 

right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the Title 

of this ICR and then click on the ICR 

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Reference Number. A copy of the FCC 

submission to OMB will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork burdens, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the FCC invited 

the general public and other Federal 

Agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on the following information 

collection. Comments are requested 

concerning: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the 

Commission’s burden estimates; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information collected; and 

(d) 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. 

Pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public 

Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), 

the FCC seeks specific comment on how 

it might ‘‘further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 

employees.’’ 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0848. 

Title: Deployment of Wireline 

Services Offering Advanced 

Telecommunications Capability, CC 

Docket No. 98–147. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 750 respondents; 9,270 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 3.54 

hours (average burden per response). 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement, recordkeeping 

requirement and third-party disclosure 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 201 and 251 

of the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 32,845 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission is not requesting 

respondents to submit confidential 

information. Any respondent that 

submits information to the Commission 

that they believe is confidential may 

request confidential treatment of such 

information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirements implement 

sections 201 and 251 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, to provide for physical 

collocation on rates, terms and 

conditions that are just, reasonable and 

nondiscriminatory, and to promote 

deployment of advanced 

telecommunications services without 

significantly degrading the performance 

of other services. All of the 

requirements will be used by the 

Commission and competitive local 

exchange carriers (LECs) to facilitate the 

deployment of telecommunications 

services, including advanced 

telecommunications services. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28021 Filed 12–18–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–XXXX; FRS 17319] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

Commission) invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collections. 

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 Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 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 OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before February 19, 

2021. 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 PRA@

fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Nicole 

Ongele, (202) 418–2991. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–XXXX. 

Title: Compliance with the Non-IP 

Call Authentication Solution Rules; 

Robocall Mitigation Database; 

Certification to Verify Exemption from 

Caller ID Authentication 

Implementation Mandate. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: New information 

collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 6,535 respondents; 6,535 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 

hours (30 minutes)–3 hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement and on 

occasion reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory 

and required to obtain or retain benefits. 

Statutory authority for these collections 

are contained in 47 U.S.C. 227b, 251(e), 

and 227(e) of the Communications Act 

of 1934. 

Total Annual Burden: 15,520 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission will consider the 

potential confidentiality of any 

information submitted, particularly 

where public release of such 

information could raise security 

concerns (e.g., granular location 

information). Respondents may request 

materials or information submitted to 

the Commission or to the Administrator 

be withheld from public inspection 

under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 

Commission’s rules.