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Form 601. The Commission is extending 

this reporting requirement for a period 

of three years in the Office of the 

Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

inventory. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18694 Filed 8–28–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0270] 

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 comments should be 

submitted on or before October 29, 

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 below as soon as 

possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Cathy Williams, FCC, via email: PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control No.: 3060–0270. 

Title: Section 90.443, Content of 

Station Records. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

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

state, local or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 52,383 

respondents; 52,383 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .25 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

Section 303(j), as amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 13,096 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: No cost. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirements contained 

under Section 90.443(b) require that 

each licensee of a station shall maintain 

records for all stations by providing the 

dates and pertinent details of any 

maintenance performed on station 

equipment, along with the name and 

address of the service technician who 

did the work. If all maintenance is 

performed by the same technician or 

service company, the name and address 

need be entered only once in the station 

records. 

The information collection 

requirements under Section 90.443(c) 

require that at least one licensee 

participating in the cost arrangement 

must maintain cost sharing records. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18695 Filed 8–28–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0463] 

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 comments should be 

submitted on or before October 29, 

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 below as soon as 

possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Cathy Williams, FCC, via email: PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0463. 

Title: Telecommunications Relay 

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for Individuals With Hearing and 

Speech Disabilities, CG Docket No. 03– 

123. 

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; 7,314 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 

hours (30 minutes) to 80 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: 12,342 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 https://www.fcc.gov/ 

general/privacy-act-information#pia. 

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 

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: 

(1) Directed the Interstate 

Telecommunications Relay Services 

(TRS) Fund (TRS Fund) administrator to 

continue to use the average cost per 

minute compensation methodology for 

the traditional TRS compensation rate; 

(2) 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 

(3) directed the TRS Fund 

administrator to expand its form for 

providers to itemize their actual and 

projected costs and demand data, and 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: 

(1) 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; 

(2) 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. 

(3) 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; 

(4) adopted a cost recovery 

methodology for internet Protocol (IP) 

Relay based on price caps; 

(5) adopted a cost recovery 

methodology for VRS that adopted 

tiered rates based on call volume; 

(6) clarified the nature and extent that 

certain categories of costs are 

compensable from the Fund; and 

(7) addressed certain issues 

concerning the management and 

oversight of the Fund, including 

prohibiting financial incentives offered 

to consumers to make relay calls. 

In 2018, the Commission released the 

IP CTS Modernization Order, published 

at 83 FR 30082, June 27, 2018, in which 

the Commission: 

(1) Determined that it would 

transition the methodology for IP CTS 

cost recovery from the MARS plan to 

cost-based rates and adopted interim 

rates; and 

(2) added two cost reporting 

requirements for IP CTS providers: (i) In 

annual cost data filings and 

supplementary information provided to 

the TRS Fund administrator, IP CTS 

providers that contract for the supply of 

services used in the provision of TRS, 

shall include information about 

payments under such contracts, 

classified according to the substantive 

cost categories specified by the TRS 

Fund administrator; and (ii) in the 

course of an audit or otherwise upon 

demand, IP CTS providers must make 

available any relevant documentation. 

47 CFR 64.604(c)(5)(iii)(D)(1), (6). 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18690 Filed 8–28–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0233] 

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 


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