27328 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 113 / Tuesday, June 12, 2018 / Notices 

On November 19, 2015, the 

Commission adopted final rules in a 

Fourth Report and Order, FCC 15–155 

(Fourth Report and Order), that, among 

other changes, expanded the scope of 

the Commission’s hearing aid 

compatibility provisions to cover 

handsets used with any digital 

terrestrial mobile service that enables 

two-way real-time voice 

communications among members of the 

public or a substantial portion of the 

public, including through the use of preinstalled software applications. Prior to 

2018, the hearing aid compatibility 

provisions were limited only to 

handsets used with two-way switched 

voice or data services classified as 

Commercial Mobile Radio Service, and 

only to the extent they were provided 

over networks meeting certain 

architectural requirements that enable 

frequency reuse and seamless handoff. 

As a result of the Fourth Report and 

Order, beginning January 1, 2018, all 

device manufacturers and Tier I carriers 

that offer handsets falling under the 

expanded scope of covered handsets are 

required to comply with the 

Commission’s hearing aid compatibility 

provisions, including annual reporting 

requirements on FCC Form 655. For 

other service providers that are not Tier 

I carriers, the expanded scope of the 

Commission’s hearing aid compatibility 

provisions applies beginning April 1, 

2018. 

Following release of the Fourth 

Report and Order, the Commission was 

required to amend FCC Form 655 to 

reflect the newly expanded scope of 

handsets covered by the hearing aid 

compatibility provisions, as well as to 

capture information regarding existing 

disclosure requirements clarified by the 

Commission in the Fourth Report and 

Order. As a consequence of the Fourth 

Report and Order, FCC Form 655 filing 

and other requirements will apply to 

those newly-covered handsets offered 

by device manufacturers and service 

providers that have already been 

reporting annually on their compliance 

with the Commission’s hearing aid 

compatibility provisions, as well to any 

device manufacturers and service 

providers that were previously exempt 

because they did not offer any covered 

handsets or services prior to 2018. 

As a result, the Commission requested 

a revision of this collection in order to 

implement the final rules promulgated 

in the Fourth Report and Order, which 

expanded the scope of the rules due to 

a shift from Commercial Mobile Radio 

Services (CMRS) to digital mobile 

service. We estimate that the expanded 

scope will increase the potential 

number of respondents subject to this 

collection and correspondingly increase 

the responses and burden hours. The 

minor language changes to the 

instructions to FCC Form 655 and to the 

form itself clarifying this expanded 

scope will help the Commission 

compile data and monitor compliance 

with the current version of the hearing 

aid compatibility rules while making 

more complete and accessible 

information available to consumers. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12627 Filed 6–11–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0819] 

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 12, 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 Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email 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 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. 


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1 62 FR 7782, 7783 (Feb. 20, 1997). 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0819. 

Title: Lifeline and Link Up Reform 

and Modernization, 

Telecommunications Carriers Eligible 

for Universal Service Support, Connect 

America Fund. 

Form Numbers: FCC Form 555, FCC 

Form 481, FCC Form 497, FCC Form 

5629, FCC Form 5630, FCC Form 5631. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households and business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 17,547,843 respondents; 

20,317,788 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .0167 

hours–253 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual, 

biennial, monthly, daily and on 

occasion reporting requirements, 

recordkeeping requirement and third 

party disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority is contained in Sections 1, 

4(i), 5, 201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 254, 

303(r), and 403 of the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended, and section 

706 of the Communications Act of 1996, 

as amended; 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 155, 

201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 254, 303(r), 403, 

and 1302. 

Total Annual Burden: 10,972,641 

hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $937,500. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes. 

The Commission completed a Privacy 

Impact Assessment (PIA) for some of the 

information collection requirements 

contained in this collection. The PIA 

was published in the Federal Register at 

82 FR 38686 on August 15, 2017. The 

PIA may be reviewed at: http://

www.fcc.gov/omd/privacyact/Privacy_

Impact_Assessment.html. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Some of the requirements contained in 

this information collection affect 

individuals or households, and thus, 

there are impacts under the Privacy Act. 

The FCC’s system of records notice 

(SORN) associated with this collection 

is FCC/WCB–1, ‘‘Lifeline Program.’’ 

The Commission will use the 

information contained in FCC/WCB–1 

to cover the personally identifiable 

information (PII) that is required as part 

of the Lifeline Program (‘‘Lifeline’’). As 

required by the Privacy Act of 1974, as 

amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the 

Commission published FCC/WCB–1 

‘‘Lifeline Program’’ in the Federal 

Register on August 15, 2017 (82 FR 

38686). 

Also, respondents may request 

materials or information submitted to 

the Commission or to the Universal 

Service Administrative Company 

(USAC or Administrator) be withheld 

from public inspection under 47 CFR 

0.459 of the FCC’s rules. We note that 

USAC must preserve the confidentiality 

of all data obtained from respondents; 

must not use the data except for 

purposes of administering the universal 

service programs; and must not disclose 

data in company-specific form unless 

directed to do so by the Commission. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

after this 60-day comment period to 

obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) of 

revisions to this information collection. 

On November 16, 2017, the 

Commission adopted the Bridging the 

Digital Divide for Low-Income 

Consumers, WC Docket Nos, 17–287, 

11–42, 09–197, Fourth Report and 

Order, Order on Reconsideration, 

Memorandum Opinion and Order, 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and 

Notice of Inquiry, FCC 17–155 (2017) 

(Lifeline Fourth Report and Order), 

which limited enhanced Tribal Lifeline 

support to facilities-based carriers on 

Tribal lands to more efficiently utilize 

Universal Service funds. This revision 

implements the requirement that ETCs 

provide written notice to their 

customers who are currently receiving 

enhanced support who will no longer be 

eligible for enhanced Tribal support. In 

addition, the Commission seeks to 

update the number of respondents for 

most of the existing information 

collection requirements, thus increasing 

the total burden hours for some 

requirements and decreasing the total 

burden hours for other requirements. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12626 Filed 6–11–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 

EXAMINATION COUNCIL 

Interagency Coordination of Formal 

Corrective Action by the Federal Bank 

Regulatory Agencies; Rescission of 

Policy Statement 

AGENCY: Federal Financial Institutions 

Examination Council (FFIEC). 

ACTION: Rescission of policy statement. 

SUMMARY: The FFIEC is rescinding its 

policy statement titled ‘‘Interagency 

Coordination of Formal Corrective 

Action by the Federal Bank Regulatory 

Agencies’’ that was issued on February 

20, 1997 (the ‘‘1997 Policy Statement’’). 

This action is being coordinated with 

the publication of a new policy 

statement in the Federal Register by the 

Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System (FRB), the Federal 

Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), 

and the Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency (OCC), which reflects the 

current practices of the federal banking 

agencies with respect to the 

coordination of formal enforcement 

actions against federally regulated 

financial institutions and institutionaffiliated parties. 

DATES: The policy is rescinded as of 

June 12, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve Board (FRB): Jason Gonzalez, 

Special Counsel, Legal Division, (202) 

452–3275; Jodi Remer, Senior Counsel 

(202) 452–6403, Legal Division, Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, 20th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20551. 

For the hearing impaired or users of 

Telecommunication Device for Deaf 

(TDD) only, call (202) 263–4869. 

Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation (FDIC): Sam Ozeck, 

Supervisory Counsel, Legal Division, 

SOzeck@FDIC.gov, (202) 898–6736; 

George Parkerson, Acting Chief, 

Division of Risk Management 

Supervision, GParkerson@FDIC.gov, 

(202) 898–3648. 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency (OCC): Jessica Burrell, 

Counsel, Enforcement and Compliance, 

(202–649–6200); William Jauquet, 

Assistant Director, Enforcement and 

Compliance, (202–649–6200). For 

persons who are deaf or hearing 

impaired, TTY (202) 649–5597. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 1997 

Policy Statement principally addressed 

the requirement for each federal banking 

agency that proposed to take a formal 

enforcement action against a federally 

regulated financial institution, or 

institution-affiliated party, to provide 

written notice of such action to the 

other federal and state banking 

agencies.1 Such notice was to be 

provided prior to or at the initiation of 

any such formal enforcement action. In 

the event that a complementary action 

(such as an action involving a bank and 

its parent holding company) was 

considered appropriate by two or more 

federal banking agencies, the 1997 

Policy Statement also encouraged 

coordination between the involved 

agencies regarding preparation, 

processing, presentation, service, and 

follow-up of the related enforcement 


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