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or in any other area where the EPA or 

an Indian tribe has demonstrated that a 

tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of 

Indian country, the rule does not have 

tribal implications and will not impose 

substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law as 

specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000). 

Executive Order 12898 (Federal 

Actions to Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations, 59 FR 7629, 

Feb. 16, 1994) directs Federal agencies 

to identify and address 

‘‘disproportionately high and adverse 

human health or environmental effects’’ 

of their actions on minority populations 

and low-income populations to the 

greatest extent practicable and 

permitted by law. The EPA defines 

environmental justice (EJ) as ‘‘the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of all people regardless of race, color, 

national origin, or income with respect 

to the development, implementation, 

and enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies.’’ The EPA 

further defines the term fair treatment to 

mean that ‘‘no group of people should 

bear a disproportionate burden of 

environmental harms and risks, 

including those resulting from the 

negative environmental consequences of 

industrial, governmental, and 

commercial operations or programs and 

policies.’’ 

The District did not evaluate 

environmental justice considerations as 

part of its SIP submittal; the CAA and 

applicable implementing regulations 

neither prohibit nor require such an 

evaluation. The EPA did not perform an 

EJ analysis and did not consider EJ in 

this action. Consideration of EJ is not 

required as part of this action, and there 

is no information in the record 

inconsistent with the stated goals of 

E.O. 12898 of achieving environmental 

justice for people of color, low-income 

populations, and indigenous peoples. 

This action is subject to the 

Congressional Review Act, and the EPA 

will submit a rule report to each House 

of the Congress and to the Comptroller 

General of the United States. This action 

is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 

U.S.C. 804(2). 

Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean 

Air Act, petitions for judicial review of 

this action must be filed in the United 

States Court of Appeals for the 

appropriate circuit by February 20, 

2024. Filing a petition for 

reconsideration by the Administrator of 

this final rule does not affect the finality 

of this action for the purposes of judicial 

review nor does it extend the time 

within which a petition for judicial 

review may be filed, and shall not 

postpone the effectiveness of such rule 

or action. This action may not be 

challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements. (See section 

307(b)(2).) 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Air pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Particulate Matter, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: December 14, 2023. 

Martha Guzman Aceves, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

Part 52, chapter I, title 40 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations is amended as 

follows: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Subpart F—California 

■ 2. Section 52.220 is amended by 

adding paragraph (c)(607) to read as 

follows: 

§ 52.220 Identification of plan-in part. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(607) The following regulations were 

submitted on July 5, 2022, by the 

Governor’s designee. 

(ii) Incorporation by reference. (A) 

Great Basin Unified Air Pollution 

Control District. 

(ii) Rule 222, ‘‘New Source Review 

Requirements for New and Modified 

Major Sources in Nonattainment Areas,’’ 

adopted on January 6, 2022. 

(2) [Reserved] 

(B) [Reserved] 

(ii) [Reserved] 

■ 3. Section 52.281 is amended by 

adding paragraph (d)(13) to read as 

follows: 

§ 52.281 Visibility protection. 

* * * * * 

(d) * * * 

(13) Great Basin Unified Air Pollution 

Control District. 

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47 CFR Part 64 

[CG Docket Nos. 03–123, 10–51, 13–24 and 

WC Docket No. 12–375; FCC 22–51; FCC 

22–76; FR ID 191657] 

VRS and IP CTS—Commencement of 

Pending User Registration; Rates for 

Interstate Inmate Calling Services 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of 

effective and compliance dates. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

Commission) announces that the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) has 

approved, for a period of three years, the 

information collection associated with 

certain rules adopted in the 

Commission’s documents 

Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities et al., Report and Order, 

FCC 22–51, and Rates for Interstate 

Inmate Calling Services, Fourth Report 

and Order, FCC 22–76. This document 

is consistent with the Report and 

Orders, which stated that the 

Commission would publish a document 

in the Federal Register announcing the 

effective date of those rules. 

DATES: 

Effective date: The amendments to 

§§ 64.611(k)(1)(i) through (iii) 

(amendatory instruction 6), 64.6040(c) 

(amendatory instruction 11), and 

64.6060(a)(5) through (7) (amendatory 

instruction 12), published at 87 FR 

75496, December 9, 2022, are effective 

December 21, 2023. 

Compliance dates: Compliance with 

§ 64.6040(b)(2), published at 87 FR 

75496, December 9, 2022, is required by 

January 1, 2024. Compliance with 

§§ 64.611(a)(4)(iii) and (iv) and 

64.615(a)(6)(v) and (vi), published at 87 

FR 57645, September 21, 2022, for 

providers of video relay service (VRS), 

is required on December 21, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Scott, Disability Rights Office, 

Consumer and Governmental Affairs 

Bureau, at (202) 418–1264, or email: 

Michael.Scott@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document announces that, on December 

5, 2023, and December 13, 2023, OMB 

approved, for a period of three years, the 

information collection requirements 

contained in the Commission’s Report 

and Order, FCC 22–51, published at 87 

FR 57645, September 21, 2022, and 


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Report and Order FCC 22–76, published 

at 87 FR 75496, December 9, 2022. The 

OMB Control Numbers are 3060–1053 

and 3060–1089. The Commission 

publishes this document as an 

announcement of the effective and 

compliance dates of the rules. On March 

8, 2023, the Commission published an 

effective date notification, at 88 FR 

14251, for the programmatic changes 

adopted in FCC 22–51 that apply to the 

provision of Internet Protocol captioned 

telephone relay service (IP CTS), 

specifically 47 CFR 64.611 (amendatory 

instruction 3) and 64.615 (amendatory 

instruction 4). If you have any 

comments on the burden estimates 

listed below, or how the Commission 

can improve the collections and reduce 

any burdens caused thereby, please 

contact Cathy Williams, Federal 

Communications Commission, via 

email: Cathy.Willilams@fcc.gov. Please 

include the OMB Control Numbers, 

3060–1053 or 3060–1089, in your 

correspondence. The Commission will 

also accept your comments via the 

internet if you send them to PRA@

fcc.gov. 

To request materials in accessible 

formats for people with disabilities 

(Braille, large print, electronic files, 

audio format), send an email to fcc504@

fcc.gov or call the Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (voice). 

Synopsis 

As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), 

the FCC is notifying the public that it 

received OMB approval on December 5, 

2023, and December 13, 2023, for the 

information collection requirements 

contained in the Commission’s 

documents FCC 22–51 and FCC 22–76. 

Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency 

may not conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

current, valid OMB Control Number. 

No person shall be subject to any 

penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act that does not 

display a current, valid OMB Control 

Number. The OMB Control Numbers are 

3060–1053 and 3060–1089. 

The foregoing notification is required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, Public Law 104–13, October 1, 

1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507. 

The total annual reporting burdens 

and costs for the respondents are as 

follows: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1053. 

OMB Approval Date: December 13, 

2023. 

OMB Expiration Date: December 31, 

2026. 

Title: Misuse of Internet Protocol 

Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS); 

Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, CG Docket Nos. 13–24 and 

03–123. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 187,173 respondents; 

673,980 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.1 

hours (6 minutes) to 40 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual, every 

five years, monthly, and ongoing 

reporting requirements; Recordkeeping 

requirements; Third party disclosure 

requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for the information collection 

requirements is found at sec. 225 [47 

U.S.C. 225] Telecommunications 

Services for Hearing-Impaired 

Individuals; The Americans with 

Disabilities Act of 1990, (ADA), Public 

Law 101–336, 104 Stat. 327, 366–69, 

enacted on July 26, 1990. 

Total Annual Burden: 342,103 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $72,000. 

Needs and Uses: 

On August 1, 2003, the Commission 

released Telecommunication Relay 

Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 

for Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, CC Docket No. 98–67, 

Declaratory Ruling, 68 FR 55898, 

September 28, 2003, clarifying that oneline captioned telephone voice carry 

over (VCO) service is a type of 

telecommunications relay service (TRS) 

and that eligible providers of such 

services are eligible to recover their 

costs from the Interstate TRS Fund 

(Fund) in accordance with section 225 

of the Communications Act. 

On July 19, 2005, the Commission 

released Telecommunication Relay 

Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 

for Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, CC Docket No. 98–67 and 

CG Docket No. 03–123, Order, 70 FR 

54294, September 14, 2005, clarifying 

that two-line captioned telephone VCO 

service, like one-line captioned 

telephone VCO service, is a type of TRS 

eligible for compensation from the 

Fund. 

On January 11, 2007, the Commission 

released Telecommunications Relay 

Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 

for Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, CG Docket No. 03–123, 

Declaratory Ruling, 72 FR 6960, 

February 14, 2007, granting a request for 

clarification that Internet Protocol 

captioned telephone relay service is a 

type of TRS eligible for compensation 

from the Fund. 

On August 26, 2013, the Commission 

issued Misuse of Internet Protocol 

Captioned Telephone Service; 

Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, CG Docket Nos. 13–24 and 

03–123, Report and Order, 78 FR 53684, 

August 30, 2013, to regulate practices 

relating to the marketing of IP CTS, 

impose certain requirements for the 

provision of this service, and mandate 

registration and certification of IP CTS 

users. 

On June 8, 2018, the Commission 

issued Misuse of Internet Protocol 

Captioned Telephone Service; 

Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, CG Docket Nos. 13–24 and 

03–123, Report and Order and 

Declaratory Ruling, 83 FR 30082, June 

27, 2018 (2018 IP CTS Modernization 

Order), to facilitate the Commission’s 

efforts to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse 

and improve its ability to efficiently 

manage the IP CTS program through 

regulating practices related to the 

marketing of IP CTS, generally 

prohibiting the provision of IP CTS to 

consumers who do not genuinely need 

the service, permitting the provision of 

IP CTS in emergency shelters, and 

approving the use of automatic speech 

recognition to generate captions without 

the assistance of a communications 

assistant. 

On February 15, 2019, the 

Commission issued Misuse of Internet 

Protocol Captioned Telephone Service; 

Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, CG Docket Nos. 13–24 and 

03–123, Report and Order and Order, 84 

FR 8457, March 8, 2019 (2019 IP CTS 

Program Management Order), requiring 

the submission of IP CTS user 

registration information to the 

telecommunications relay service (TRS) 

User Registration Database (Database) so 

that the Database administrator can 

verify IP CTS users to reduce the risk of 

waste, fraud, and abuse in the IP CTS 

program. 

On June 30, 2022, the Commission 

issued Telecommunications Relay 

Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 

for Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities; Structure and Practices of 

the Video Relay Service Program; 

Misuse of Internet Protocol Captioned 

Telephone Service, CG Docket Nos. 03– 

123, 10–51, and 13–24, Report and 


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Order, published at 87 FR 57645, 

September 21, 2022 (Registration Grace 

Period Order), allowing IP CTS and 

Video Relay Service (VRS) providers to 

provide compensable service to a new 

user for up to two weeks after 

submitting the user’s information to the 

Database if the user’s identity is verified 

within that period, in order to offer 

more efficient service to IP CTS and 

VRS users without risk of waste, fraud, 

and abuse to the Fund. 

On September 30, 2022, the 

Commission released Rates for 

Interstate Inmate Calling Services, FCC 

22–76, published at 87 FR 75496, 

December 9, 2022 (Accessible Carceral 

Communications Order). To improve 

access to communications services for 

incarcerated people with 

communications disabilities, the 

Commission adopted modifications to 

the user registration and verification 

requirements applicable to the provision 

of IP CTS and VRS for use of internetbased TRS in correctional facilities. 

OMB Control No.: 3060–1089. 

OMB Approval Date: December 5, 

2023. 

OMB Expiration Date: December 31, 

2026. 

Title: Structure and Practices of the 

Video Relay Service Program; 

Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, CG Docket Nos. 10–51 & 

03–123. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Individuals or 

households; 

Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local 

or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 187,019 respondents; 

1,836,456 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.05 

hours (3 minutes) to 300 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual, 

monthly, on occasion, on-going, onetime, and quarterly reporting 

requirements; recordkeeping 

requirement; and third-party disclosure 

requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for the collection is contained 

in section 225 of the Communications 

Act, 47 U.S.C. 225. The law was enacted 

on July 26, 1990, as title IV of the 

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 

(ADA), Public Law 101–336, 104 Stat. 

327, 366–69, and amended by the 

Twenty-First Century Communications 

and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, 

Public Law 111–260, 103(a), 124 Stat. 

2751, 2755 (2010) (CVAA); Public Law 

111–265 (technical amendments to 

CVAA). 

Total Annual Burden: 320,484 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: $280,200. 

Needs and Uses: 

The telecommunications relay service 

(TRS) program enables access to the 

nation’s telephone network by persons 

with hearing and speech disabilities. In 

1991, as required by the Americans with 

Disabilities Act and codified at 47 

U.S.C. 225, the Commission adopted 

rules governing the telecommunications 

relay services (TRS) program and 

procedures for each state TRS program 

to apply for initial Commission 

certification and renewal of Commission 

certification of each state program. 

Telecommunications Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, and the Americans with 

Disabilities Act of 1990, Report and 

Order and Request for Comments, 

document FCC 91–213, published at 56 

FR 36729, August 1, 1991 (1991 TRS 

Implementation Order). 

Between 2008 and 2011, to integrate 

internet-based TRS into the North 

American Numbering plan and facilitate 

interoperability, universal calling, and 

911 emergency services, the 

Commission adopted rules in three 

separate orders related to the telephone 

numbering system and enhanced 911 

(E911) services for users of two forms of 

internet-based TRS: Video Relay Service 

(VRS) and Internet Protocol Relay 

service (IP Relay). See document FCC 

08–151, Report and Order, published at 

73 FR 41286, July 18, 2008 (First 

Numbering Order); document FCC 08– 

275, Second Report and Order and 

Order on Reconsideration, published at 

73 FR 79683, December 30, 2008 

(Second Numbering Order); and 

document FCC 11–123, Report and 

Order, published at 76 FR 59551, 

September 27, 2011 (internet-based TRS 

Toll Free Order). 

The rules adopted in these three 

orders have information collection 

requirements that include requiring VRS 

and IP Relay providers to: register each 

user who selects the provider as his or 

her default provider, including 

obtaining a self-certification from each 

user; verify the accuracy of each user’s 

registration information; provision and 

maintain their registered users’ routing 

information to the TRS Numbering 

Directory; place their users’ Registered 

Location and certain callback 

information in Automatic Location 

Information (ALI) databases across the 

country and provide a means for their 

users to update their Registered 

Locations; include advisories on their 

websites and in any promotional 

materials addressing numbering and 

E911 services for VRS or IP Relay; verify 

in the TRS Numbering Directory 

whether each dial-around user is 

registered with another provider; and if 

they provide equipment to a consumer, 

make available to other VRS providers 

enough information about that 

equipment to enable another VRS 

provider selected as the consumer’s 

default provider to perform all of the 

functions of a default provider. 

On July 28, 2011, the Commission 

released Structure and Practices of the 

Video Relay Service Program, document 

FCC 11–118, published at 76 FR 47469, 

August 5, 2011, and at 76 FR 47476, 

August 5, 2011 (VRS Certification 

Order), adopting final and interim 

rules—designed to help prevent waste, 

fraud, and abuse, and ensure quality 

service, in the provision of internetbased forms of TRS. On October 17, 

2011, the Commission released 

Structure and Practices of the Video 

Relay Service Program, Memorandum 

Opinion and Order and Order, 

document FCC 11–155, published at 76 

FR 67070, October 31, 2011 (VRS 

Certification Reconsideration Order), 

modifying two aspects of information 

collection requirements contained in the 

VRS Certification Order. 

On June 10, 2013, the Commission 

made permanent the interim rules 

adopted in the VRS Certification Order. 

Structure and Practices of the Video 

Relay Service Program; 

Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, Report and Order, 

document FCC 13–82, published at 78 

FR 40582, July 5, 2013 (2013 VRS 

Reform Order). 

The VRS Certification Order as 

modified by the VRS Certification 

Reconsideration Order and, as 

applicable, made permanent by the 2013 

VRS Reform Order, amended the 

Commission’s process for certifying 

internet-based TRS providers as eligible 

for payment from the Interstate TRS 

Fund (Fund) for their provision of 

internet-based TRS to ensure that 

internet-based TRS providers receiving 

certification are qualified to provide 

internet-based TRS in compliance with 

the Commission’s rules and to eliminate 

waste, fraud and abuse through 

improved oversight of such providers. 

They contain information collection 

requirements including: submission of 

detailed information in an application 

for certification that shows the 

applicant’s ability to comply with the 

Commission’s rules; submission of 

annual reports that include updates to 


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the provider’s information on file with 

the Commission or a certification that 

there are no changes to the information; 

requirements for a senior executive of 

an applicant for internet-based TRS 

certification or an internet-based TRS 

provider, when submitting an annual 

compliance report, to certify under 

penalty of perjury to its accuracy and 

completeness; requirements for VRS 

providers to obtain prior authorization 

from the Commission for planned 

interruptions of service, to report to the 

Commission unforeseen interruptions of 

service, and to provide notification of 

temporary service outages, including 

updates, to consumers on their websites; 

and requirements for internet-based TRS 

providers that will no longer be 

providing service to give their 

customers notice at least 30-days in 

advance. 

In the 2013 VRS Reform Order, the 

Commission adopted further measures 

to improve the structure, efficiency, and 

quality of the VRS program, reducing 

the noted inefficiencies in the program, 

as well as reducing the risk of waste, 

fraud, and abuse, and ensuring that the 

program makes full use of advances in 

commercially-available technology. The 

Commission required reporting of 

unauthorized and unnecessary use of 

VRS; established a central TRS user 

registration database (TRS–URD) for 

VRS, which incorporates a centralized 

eligibility verification requirement to 

ensure accurate registration and 

verification of users, as well as per-call 

validation, to achieve more effective 

prevention of waste, fraud, and abuse; 

established procedures to prevent 

unauthorized changes of a user’s default 

TRS provider; and established 

procedures to protect TRS users’ 

customer proprietary network 

information (CPNI) from disclosure. 

On March 23, 2017, the Commission 

released Structure and Practices of the 

Video Relay Services Program et al., 

FCC 17–26, published at 82 FR 17754, 

April 13, 2017 (2017 VRS Improvements 

Order), which among other things, 

allows VRS providers to assign TRS 

Numbering Directory 10-digit telephone 

numbers to hearing individuals for the 

limited purpose of making point-topoint video calls, and gives VRS 

providers the option to participate in an 

at-home call handling pilot program, 

subject to certain limitations, as well as 

recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements. 

On May 15, 2019, the Commission 

released Structure and Practices of the 

Video Relay Service Program; 

Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, FCC 19–39, published at 84 

FR 26364, June 6, 2019 (2019 VRS 

Program Management Order). The 

Commission further improved the 

structure, efficiency, and quality of the 

VRS program, reduced the risk of waste, 

fraud, and abuse, and ensured that the 

program makes full use of advances in 

commercially-available technology. 

These improvements include 

information collection requirements, 

including: the establishment of 

procedures to register enterprise and 

public videophones to the TRS–URD; 

and permitting Qualified Direct Video 

Calling (DVC) Entities to access the TRS 

Numbering Directory and establishing 

an application procedure to authorize 

such access, including rules governing 

DVC entities and entry of information in 

the TRS Numbering Directory and the 

TRS–URD. 

On August 2, 2019, the Commission 

released Implementing Kari’s Law and 

Section 506 of RAY BAUM’s Act; 

Inquiry Concerning 911 Access, Routing, 

and Location in Enterprise 

Communications Systems; Amending 

the Definition of Interconnected VoIP 

Service in Section 9.3 of the 

Commission’s Rules, FCC 19–76, 

published at 84 FR 66716, December 5, 

2019 (MLTS 911 and Dispatchable 

Location Order). The Commission 

amended its rules to ensure that the 

dispatchable location is conveyed to a 

Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) 

with a 911 call, regardless of the 

technological platform used. Based on 

the directive in section 506 of RAY 

BAUM’S Act, the Commission adopted 

dispatchable location requirements that 

in effect modified the existing 

information collection requirements 

applicable to VRS, IP Relay, and 

covered internet Protocol captioned 

telephone service by improving the 

options for providing accurate location 

information to PSAPs as part of 911 

calls. 

Fixed internet-based TRS devices 

must provide automated dispatchable 

location. For non-fixed devices, when 

dispatchable location is not technically 

feasible, internet-based TRS providers 

may fall back to Registered Location or 

provide alternative location 

information. As a last resort, internetbased providers may route calls to 

Emergency Relay Calling Centers after 

making a good faith effort to obtain 

location data from all available 

alternative location sources. 

Dispatchable location means a location 

delivered to the PSAP with a 911 call 

that consists of the validated street 

address of the calling party, plus 

additional information such as suite, 

apartment, or similar information 

necessary to adequately identify the 

location of the calling party. Automated 

dispatchable location means automatic 

generation of dispatchable location. 

Alternative location information is 

location information (which may be 

coordinate-based) sufficient to identify 

the caller’s civic address and 

approximate in-building location, 

including floor level, in large buildings. 

On January 31, 2020, the Commission 

released Structure and Practices of the 

Video Relay Service Program; 

Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, FCC 20–7, 85 FR 27309, 

May 8, 2020 (VRS At-Home Call 

Handling Order). The Commission 

amended its rules to convert the VRS athome call handling pilot program into a 

permanent one, thereby allowing CAs to 

work from home. To ensure user privacy 

and call confidentiality and to help 

prevent waste, fraud, and abuse, the 

modified information collections 

include requirements for VRS providers 

to apply for certification to allow their 

communications assistants to handle 

calls while working at home; monitoring 

and oversight requirements; and 

reporting requirements. 

On June 30, 2022, the Commission 

released Telecommunications Relay 

Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 

for Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities; Structure and Practices of 

the Video Relay Service Program; 

Misuse of internet Protocol Captioned 

Telephone Service, FCC 22–51, 

published at 87 FR 57645, September 

21, 2022 (Registration Grace Period 

Order). To offer more efficient service to 

VRS and IP CTS users without risk of 

waste, fraud, and abuse to the TRS 

Fund, the Commission amended its 

rules to allow VRS and IP CTS providers 

to provide compensable service to a new 

user for up to two weeks after 

submitting the user’s information to the 

TRS URD if the user’s identity is 

verified within that period. 

On September 30, 2022, the 

Commission released Rates for 

Interstate Inmate Calling Services, FCC 

22–76, published at 87 FR 75496, 

December 9, 2022 (Accessible Carceral 

Communications Order). To improve 

access to communications services for 

incarcerated people with 

communications disabilities, the 

Commission adopted modifications to 

the user registration and verification 

requirements applicable to the provision 

of IP CTS and VRS for use of internetbased TRS in correctional facilities. 


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Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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Supporting Survivors of Domestic and 

Sexual Violence; Lifeline and Link Up 

Reform Modernization 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission (Commission) is correcting 

a final rule that appeared in the Federal 

Register on December 5, 2023. The 

document issued final rules 

implementing the Safe Connections Act 

of 2022 (Safe Connections Act or SCA), 

taking significant steps to improve 

access to communications services for 

survivors of domestic abuse and related 

crimes. 

DATES:

Effective date: This correction is 

effective January 14, 2024. 

Compliance date: Compliance with 

the revisions to 47 CFR 64.2010 is 

delayed indefinitely. The FCC will 

publish a document in the Federal 

Register announcing the compliance 

date for that section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, contact Melissa 

Kirkel at melissa.kirkel@fcc.gov or 202– 

418–7958. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission is correcting a final rule 

that appeared in the Federal Register on 

December 5, 2023, at 88 FR 84406, 

which issued final rules implementing 

the SCA, taking significant steps to 

improve access to communications 

services for survivors of domestic abuse 

and related crimes. A subsequent rule 

published on December 8, 2023, at 88 

FR 85814, also added a paragraph (h) to 

§ 64.2010. This document corrects the 

December 5 rule’s addition of 

§ 64.2010(h) by redesignating it as 

paragraph (i) and revising it to account 

for a reference within. 

Correction 

Accordingly, in FR Rule Doc. No. 

2023–26605 appearing on page 84406 in 

the issue of Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 

make the following correction: 

■ 1. On page 84448, in the first column, 

correct amendatory instruction 10 

amending § 64.2010, redesignate 

paragraph (h) as paragraph (i), and 

revise newly redesignated paragraph (i) 

to read as follows: 

■ 10. Amend § 64.2010 by revising 

paragraph (f) and adding paragraph (i) to 

read as follows: 

§ 64.2010 [Corrected] 

* * * * * 

(i) Compliance date. Compliance with 

the provision in paragraph (f) of this 

section applicable to line separation 

requests under 47 U.S.C. 345 and 

subpart II of this part will not be 

required until this paragraph (i) is 

removed or contains a compliance date, 

which will not occur until the later of 

July 15, 2024; or after OMB completes 

review of any information collection 

requirements in subpart II of this part 

that the Wireline Competition Bureau 

determines is required under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act or the 

Wireline Competition Bureau 

determines that such review is not 

required. The Commission directs the 

Wireline Competition Bureau to 

announce a compliance date for the 

requirements of paragraph (f) by 

subsequent Public Notice and 

notification in the Federal Register and 

to cause this section to be revised 

accordingly. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27840 Filed 12–20–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

48 CFR Part 1252 

RIN 2105–AF22 

Solicitation Provisions and Contract 

Clauses 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule amends the 

Transportation Acquisition Regulation 

(TAR) to provide needed editorial 

changes. DOT is publishing a technical 

amendment to make a minor 

administrative correction to a TAR 

clause citation. 

DATES: This rule is effective on 

December 21, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

LaWanda Morton-Chunn, Procurement 

Analyst, Acquisition Policy, Oversight & 

Business Strategies (M–61), Office of the 

Senior Procurement Executive (OSPE), 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590, (202) 366–2267. This is not a 

toll-free telephone number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The purpose of this rule is to make a 

minor administrative correction to the 

clause at 1252.239–92, Information and 

Communication Technology 

Accessibility Notice, paragraph (b). This 

revision corrects an erroneous reference 

to a separate TAR clause. 

Discussion and Analysis 

TAR part 1252, 1252.239–92, 

Information and Communication 

Technology Accessibility Notice, 

paragraph (b), is revised to correct a 

typographical error to a reference to 

another TAR clause. The reference in 

paragraph (b) to the clause at 1252.239– 

81, Information and Communication 

Technology Accessibility, is revised to 

reference the clause at 1252.239–93, 

Information and Communication 

Technology Accessibility. The clause at 

1252.239–81 is titled Cloud 

Identification and Authentication 

(Organizational Users) Multi-Factor 

Authentication, which is not the correct 

reference. The clause at 1252.239–93 is 

titled Information and Communication 

Technology Accessibility. The clause at 

1252.239–93 is the clause that 

paragraph (b) of 1252.239–92 intended 

to reference. 

Notice and Comment 

This rule makes administrative 

changes that do not require prior notice 

and an opportunity for comment or a 

delayed effective date, consistent with 

41 U.S.C. 1707, 48 CFR 1.301, and 48 

CFR 1.501–3. 

The statutes at 41 U.S.C. 1707(a) 

specifies a required comment period for 

procurement policies, regulations, 

procedures and forms. Specifically, a 

procurement policy, regulation, 

procedure, or form may not take effect 

until 60 days after it is published for 

public comment if it relates to the 

expenditure of funds and either (i) has 

a significant effect beyond the internal 

operating procedures of the agency 

issuing the action; or (ii) has a 

significant cost or administrative impact 

on contractors or offerors. An exception 

can be made if there are compelling 

circumstances for an earlier effective 

date. The statutes at 41 U.S.C. 1707(b) 

also requires agencies to publish 

proposed procurement regulations in 

the Federal Register for a comment 

period of at least 30 days unless the 

agency waives those requirements 

pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 1707(d). This 


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