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Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24646 Filed 11–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0484; FR ID 183694] 

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 (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 January 8, 

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 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: 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: 3060–0484. 

Title: Part 4 of the Commission’s 

Rules Concerning Disruptions to 

Communications. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions; State, 

local or Tribal government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 3,224 respondents; 201,848 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 

hour–2 hours (average per response). 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

and annual reporting requirements and 

recordkeeping requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory 

and Voluntary. Statutory authority for 

this collection is contained in sections 

1, 4(i), 4(j), 4(n), 4(o), 201(b), 214, 218, 

251(e)(3), 251(e)(4), 254, 301, 303(b), 

303(g), 303(r), 307, 309(a), 309(j), 316, 

332, and 403 of the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended, and section 

706 of the Telecommunications Act of 

1996, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i)–(j), (n), & (o), 

201(b), 214, 218, 251(e)(3), 251(e)(4), 

254, 301, 303(b), 303(g), 303(r), 307, 

309(a), 332, 403, 615, 615a–1, and 1302. 

Total Annual Burden: 170,802 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Needs and Uses: The general purpose 

of the Commission’s Part 4 rules is to 

gather sufficient information regarding 

disruptions to telecommunications to 

facilitate FCC monitoring, analysis, and 

investigation of the reliability and 

security of voice, paging, and 

interconnected Voice over Internet 

Protocol (interconnected VoIP) 

communications services, and to 

identify and act on potential threats to 

our Nation’s telecommunications 

infrastructure. The Commission uses 

this information collection to identify 

the duration, magnitude, root causes, 

and contributing factors with respect to 

significant outages, and to identify 

outage trends; support service 

restoration efforts; and help coordinate 

with public safety officials during times 

of crisis. The Commission also 

maintains an ongoing dialogue with 

reporting entities, as well as with the 

communications industry at large, 

generally regarding lessons learned from 

the information collection in order to 

foster a better understanding of the root 

causes of significant outages and to 

explore preventive measures in the 

future so as to mitigate the potential 

scale and impact of such outages. 

In a Second Report and Order adopted 

on November 18, 2022, as FCC 22–88, 

the Commission adopted rules 

harmonizing its 911 special facility 

notifications rules such that outage 

notifications from covered 911 service 

providers and originating service 

providers (OSPs) will include the same 

notification content, be transmitted by 

the same means, and with the same 

timing and frequency. In addition, in a 

Report and Order adopted on July 20, 

2023, as FCC 23–57. the Commission 

extended outage reporting and 

notification requirements to outages 

affecting 988 special facilities in order 

to ensure that officials responsible for 

overseeing the 988 Suicide & Crisis 

Lifeline (988 Lifeline), which is a 24/7 

hotline available to people in suicidal 

crisis and mental health distress, receive 

timely and actionable information about 

988 service outages. The Commission’s 

existing Part 4 rules allow certain 

federal, state, and Tribal Nation 

agencies (Participating Agencies) to 

access to certain geographically relevant 

outage reports filed in the Commission’s 

Network Outage Reporting System 

(NORS). 

The information collections and 

record keeping provisions adopted in 

the 2022 Second Report and Order will 

harmonize and standardize 911 outage 

reporting, which assists 911 special 

facilities in receiving and responding to 

service outage notification, and the 

information we are requiring to be 

contained in the reports will improve 

the speed and accuracy of responses to 

service outages by 911 service 

providers, which promotes public 

safety. 

The information collections adopted 

in the 2023 988 Report and Order will 

allow the Department of Health and 

Human Services’ Substance Abuse and 

Mental Health Services Administration 

(SAMHSA), the Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA), and the 988 Lifeline 

administrator, which are the entities 

responsible for overseeing the 988 

Lifeline, to provide the public with 

notice of outages impacting 988 

services, and information how they can 

access the 988 Lifeline despite the 

outage. SAMHSA, the VA, and the 988 

Lifeline administrator can also take 

steps to reroute 988 calls to available 

crisis centers and take other steps to 

reduce the amount of time that 

individuals would need to wait before 

they receive assistance. Notice about 

outages will allow SAMHSA, the VA, 

and the Lifeline administrator to 

continue meeting the immediate health 

needs of people in suicidal crisis and 

mental health distress. The Commission 

will also be able to improve 988 


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reliability by using this information to 

analyze outage trends and identify best 

practices to prevent and mitigate 

outages. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24647 Filed 11–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1085, OMB 3060–1280; FR ID 

183722] 

Information Collections 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 December 8, 

2023. 

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 

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: 3060–1085. 

Title: Section 9.11, Interconnected 

Voice Over internet Protocol (VoIP) 

E911 Compliance; Section 9.12, 

Implementation of the NET 911 

Improvement Act of 2008: Location 

Information From Owners and 

Controllers of 911 and E911 

Capabilities. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit 

entities; not-for-profit institutions; State, 

local or Tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 29 

respondents; 13,783,364 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.09 

hours (five minutes). 

Frequency of Response: One-time, on 

occasion, third party disclosure 

requirement, and recordkeeping 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 151–154, 

152(a), 155(c), 157, 160, 201, 202, 208, 

210, 214, 218, 219, 222, 225, 251(e), 255, 

301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 

319, 332, 403, 405, 605, 610, 615, 615 

note, 615a, 615b, 615c, 615a-1, 616, 620, 

621, 623, 623 note, 721, and 1471. 

Total Annual Burden: 1,262,271 

hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $202,992,000. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission is 

obligated by statute to promote ‘‘safety 

of life and property’’ and to ‘‘encourage 

and facilitate the prompt deployment 

throughout the United States of a 

seamless, ubiquitous, and reliable endto-end infrastructure’’ for public safety. 

Congress has established 911 as the 

national emergency number to enable 

all citizens to reach emergency services 

directly and efficiently, irrespective of 

whether a citizen uses wireline or 

wireless technology when calling for 

help by dialing 911. Efforts by Federal, 

State and local government, along with 

the significant efforts of wireline and 

wireless service providers, have resulted 

in the nearly ubiquitous deployment of 

this life-saving service. 

The Order the Commission adopted 

on May 19, 2005, sets forth rules 

requiring providers of VoIP services that 

interconnect with the nation’s existing 

public switched telephone network 

(interconnected VoIP services) to supply 

E911 capabilities to their customers. 

To ensure E911 functionality for 

customers of VoIP service providers the 

Commission requires the following 

information collections: 

A. Location Registration. Requires 

providers to interconnected VoIP 

services to obtain location information 

from their customers for use in the 

routing of 911 calls and the provision of 

location information to emergency 

answering points. 

B. Provision of Automatic Location 

Information (ALI). Interconnected VoIP 

service providers will place the location 

information for their customers into, or 

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