26460 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 110 / Thursday, June 7, 2018 / Notices 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12280 Filed 6–6–18; 8:45 am] 

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[OMB 3060–0463] 

Information Collection Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

the 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, 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. 

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 should be 

submitted on or before July 9, 2018. 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 contacts listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and 

to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@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 Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 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 OMB 

control number 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, and as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), 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. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0463. 

Title: Telecommunications Relay 

Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 

for Individuals with Hearing and 

Speech Disabilities, CG Docket No. 03– 

123, FCC 03–112, FCC 07–110, FCC 07– 

186. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit; Individuals or household; State, 

Local and Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 5,072 respondents; 7,299 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 

hours (30 minutes) to 50 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annually, 

monthly, on occasion, and one-time 

reporting requirements; Recordkeeping 

and Third-Party Disclosure 

requirements. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefit. The statutory 

authority for the information collection 

requirements is found at section 225 of 

the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 225. 

The law was enacted on July 26, 1990, 

as Title IV of the ADA, Public Law 101– 

336, 104 Stat. 327, 366–69. 

Total Annual Burden: 10,822 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $10,800. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Confidentiality is an issue to the extent 

that individuals and households 

provide personally identifiable 

information, which is covered under the 

FCC’s updated system of records notice 

(SORN), FCC/CGB–1, ‘‘Informal 

Complaints, Inquiries, and Requests for 

Dispute Assistance.’’ As required by the 

Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the 

Commission also published a SORN, 

FCC/CGB–1 ‘‘Informal Complaints, 

Inquiries, and Requests for Dispute 

Assistance,’’ in the Federal Register on 

August 15, 2014 (79 FR 48152) which 

became effective on September 24, 2014. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: The FCC 

completed a Privacy Impact Assessment 

(PIA) on June 28, 2007. It may be 

reviewed at http://www.fcc.gov/omd/ 

privacyact/Privacy-ImpactAssessment.html. The Commission is in 

the process of updating the PIA to 

incorporate various revisions to it as a 

result of revisions to the SORN. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission is 

submitting this modified information 

collection to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to transfer burden 

hours and costs associated with 

regulations under section 225 of the 

Communications Act (Act), which is 

currently approved under OMB control 

number 3060–1249, to this information 

collection. The Commission intends to 

discontinue information collection 

3060–1249 once this information 

collection is approved. 

On December 21, 2001, the 

Commission released the 2001 TRS Cost 

Recovery Order, document FCC 01–371, 

published at 67 FR 4203, January 29, 

2002, in which the Commission: 

(a) Directed the Interstate 

Telecommunications Relay Services 

(TRS) Fund (TRS Fund) administrator to 


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continue to use the average cost per 

minute compensation methodology for 

the traditional TRS compensation rate; 

(b) required TRS providers to submit 

certain projected TRS-related cost and 

demand data to the TRS Fund 

administrator to be used to calculate the 

rate; and 

(c) directed the TRS Fund 

administrator to expand its form for 

providers to itemize their actual and 

projected costs and demand data, to 

include specific sections to capture 

speech-to-speech (STS) and video relay 

service (VRS) costs and minutes of use. 

In 2003, the Commission released the 

2003 Second Improved TRS Order, 

published at 68 FR 50973, August 25, 

2003, which among other things 

required that TRS providers offer certain 

local exchange carrier (LEC)-based 

improved services and features where 

technologically feasible, including a 

speed dialing requirement which may 

entail voluntary recordkeeping for TRS 

providers to maintain a list of telephone 

numbers. See also 47 CFR 

64.604(a)(3)(vi)(B). In 2007, the 

Commission released the Section 225/ 

255 VoIP Report and Order, published 

at 72 FR 43546, August 6, 2007, 

extending the disability access 

requirements that apply to 

telecommunications service providers 

and equipment manufacturers under 47 

U.S.C. 225, 255 to interconnected voice 

over internet protocol (VoIP) service 

providers and equipment 

manufacturers. As a result, under rules 

implementing section 225 of the Act, 

interconnected VoIP service providers 

are required to publicize information 

about telecommunications relay services 

(TRS) and 711 abbreviated dialing 

access to TRS. See also 47 CFR 

64.604(c)(3). 

In 2007, the Commission also released 

the 2007 Cost Recovery Report and 

Order and Declaratory Ruling, 

published at 73 FR 3197, January 17, 

2008, in which the Commission: 

(a) Adopted a new cost recovery 

methodology for interstate traditional 

TRS and interstate STS based on the 

Multi-state Average Rate Structure 

(MARS) plan, under which interstate 

TRS compensation rates are determined 

by weighted average of the states’ 

intrastate compensation rates, and 

which includes for STS additional 

compensation approved by the 

Commission for STS outreach; 

(b) requires STS providers to file a 

report annually with the TRS Fund 

administrator and the Commission on 

their specific outreach efforts directly 

attributable to the additional 

compensation approved by the 

Commission for STS outreach. 

(c) adopted a new cost recovery 

methodology for interstate captioned 

telephone service (CTS), as well as 

internet Protocol captioned telephone 

service (IP CTS), based on the MARS 

plan; 

(d) adopted a cost recovery 

methodology for internet Protocol (IP) 

Relay based on price caps; 

(e) adopted a cost recovery 

methodology for VRS that adopted 

tiered rates based on call volume; 

(f) clarified the nature and extent that 

certain categories of costs are 

compensable from the Fund; and 

(g) addressed certain issues 

concerning the management and 

oversight of the Fund, including 

prohibiting financial incentives offered 

to consumers to make relay calls. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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Open Commission Meeting, Thursday, 

June 7, 2018 

May 31, 2018. 

The Federal Communications 

Commission will hold an Open Meeting 

on the subjects listed below on 

Thursday, June 7, 2018. Please note the 

meeting is scheduled to commence at 

11:30 a.m. in Room TW–C305, at 445 

12th Street SW, Washington, DC. This is 

a change from the usual 10:30 a.m. 

Open Meeting start time. 

Item No. Bureau Subject 

1 ...................... WIRELESS TELE-COMMUNICATIONS, 

INTERNATIONAL AND OFFICE OF 

ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY.

Title: Use of Spectrum Bands Above 24 GHz For Mobile Radio Services (GN 

Docket No. 14–177); Amendment of Parts 1, 22, 24, 27, 74, 80, 90, 95, and 101 

To Establish Uniform License Renewal, Discontinuance of Operation, and Geographic Partitioning and Spectrum Disaggregation Rules and Policies for Certain 

Wireless Radio Services (WT Docket No. 10–112). 

Summary: The Commission will consider a Third Report and Order, Memorandum 

Opinion and Order, and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would 

continue efforts to make available millimeter wave spectrum, in bands at or 

above 24 GHz, for fifth-generation wireless, Internet of Things, and other advanced spectrum-based services. It would finalize rules for certain of these 

bands and seek comment on making additional spectrum available in the 26 

GHz and 42 GHz bands for flexible terrestrial wireless use, sharing mechanisms 

in the Lower 37 GHz band, and earth station siting criteria for the 50 GHz band. 

2 ...................... WIRELINE COMPETITION ...................... Title: Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment (WC Docket No. 17–84). 

Summary: The Commission will consider a Second Report and Order that will revise the Commission’s section 214(a) discontinuance processes, network 

change disclosure processes, and Part 68 customer notification process to remove barriers to infrastructure investment and promote broadband deployment. 

3 ...................... WIRELINE COMPETITION ...................... Title: Petition of NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association and the United States 

Telecom Association for Forbearance Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 160(c) from Application of Contribution Obligations on Broadband Internet Access Transmission 

Services (WC Docket No. 17–206). 

Summary: The Commission will consider an Order granting forbearance from applying Universal Service Fund contribution requirements to rural carriers’ 

broadband Internet access transmission services. 

4 ...................... INTERNATIONAL ..................................... Title: Audacy Corporation Application for Authority to Launch and Operate a NonGeostationary Medium Earth Orbit Satellite System in the Fixed-and Inter-Satellite Services (IBFS File No. SAT–LOA–20161115–00117). 


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