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anchor, or remain within the safety zone 

described in paragraph (a) of this 

section unless authorized by the COTP 

or a designated representative. If 

authorization is granted, persons and 

vessels receiving such authorization 

must comply with the lawful 

instructions of the COTP or designated 

representative. 

(2) To seek permission to enter, 

contact the COTP by telephone at (504) 

365–2540 or a designated representative 

via VHF radio on channel 16. 

(d) Enforcement period. This section 

will be enforced from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. 

and from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., daily 

Monday through Friday, except on 

federal holidays. Additionally, this 

section will be enforced on September 

18, 2024 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Dated: September 17, 2024. 

G.A. Callaghan, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port New Orleans. 

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47 CFR Part 54 

[WC Docket No. 17–310; FCC No. 23–110; 

FR ID 245909] 

Promoting Telehealth in Rural America 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of 

effective date. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) announces that the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) has 

approved, for a period of three years, a 

revision to an information collection 

associated with the rules for the Rural 

Health Care Program contained in the 

final rule published January 11, 2024, as 

the Commission’s Order, FCC 23–110. 

This document announces the effective 

dates of the new information collection 

requirements contained in that final 

rule. 

DATES: The amendments to §§ 54.601(b) 

and (c) (amendatory instruction 2) and 

54.622(e)(1)(i) through (ii) and (i)(3)(iv) 

(amendatory instruction 4), published at 

89 FR 1834, January 11, 2024, are 

effective September 24, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bryan P. Boyle, Telecommunications 

Access Policy Division, Wireline 

Competition Bureau at (202) 418–7400 

or TTY: (202) 418–0484 or via email: 

Bryan.Boyle@fcc.gov. For additional 

information concerning the Paperwork 

Reduction Act information collection 

requirements, contact Nicole Ongele at 

(202) 418–2991 or via email: 

Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission submitted new information 

collection requirements for review and 

approval by OMB, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, on July 8, 2024, which were 

approved by the OMB on September 16, 

2024. The information collection 

requirements are contained in the 

Commission’s Third Report and Order 

(FCC 23–110), published at 89 FR 1834, 

January 11, 2024. The OMB Control 

Number is 3060–0804. The Commission 

publishes this document as an 

announcement of the effective date of 

the rules that required PRA approval. If 

you have any comments on the burden 

estimates listed herein, or how the 

Commission can improve the 

collections and reduce any burdens 

caused thereby, please contact Nicole 

Ongele, Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554. Please include 

the OMB Control Number, 3060–0804, 

in your correspondence. The 

Commission will also accept your 

comments via email at 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), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

Synopsis 

As required by the Paperwork 

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

the Commission is notifying the public 

that it received OMB approval on 

September 16, 2024, for the information 

collection requirements contained in 47 

CFR 54.601 and 47 CFR 54.622. 

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 Number is 

3060–0804. 

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: 3060–0804. 

OMB Approval Date: September 16, 

2024. 

OMB Expiration Date: September 30, 

2027. 

Title: Universal Service—Rural Health 

Care Program. 

Form Nos.: FCC Form 460, 461, 462, 

463, 465, 466, 467, and 469. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions; 

Federal Government; and State, Local, 

or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 12,854 unique respondents; 

117,071 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.30– 

17 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

One-time, Annual, and Monthly 

reporting requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in sections 1– 

4, 201–205, 214, 254, 303(r), and 403 of 

the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 151–154, 201–205, 

214, 254, 303(r), and 403, unless 

otherwise noted. 

Total Annual Burden: 442,389 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

provides revisions to information 

collection 3060–0804 as a result of the 

2023 Promoting Telehealth Third Report 

and Order, FCC 23–110, released 

December 14, 2023 (89 FR 1834, January 

11, 2024). This collection is utilized for 

the RHC support mechanism of the 

Commission’s universal service fund 

(USF). The collection of this 

information is necessary so that the 

Commission and the Universal Service 

Administrative Company (USAC) will 

have sufficient information to determine 

if entities are eligible for funding 

pursuant to the RHC universal service 

support mechanism, to determine if 

entities are complying with the 

Commission’s rules, and to promote 

program integrity. This information is 

also necessary in order to allow the 

Commission to evaluate the extent to 

which the RHC Program is meeting the 

statutory objectives specified in section 

254(h) of the 1996 Act, and the 

Commission’s performance goals for the 

RHC Program. 

This information collection updates: 

(1) extend and revise some of the 

existing information collection 

requirements for the Healthcare Connect 

Fund and Telecom Programs; and (2) 

add a new information collection 

requirement for the Healthcare Connect 

Fund and Telecom Programs. As part of 

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Commission is also revising the FCC 

Form 460 Template, the FCC Form 461 

Template, the FCC Form 465 Template, 

the FCC Form 466 Template effective 

funding year 2025, and the PostCommitment Template effective funding 

year 2024. The FCC Form 467 and 

Telecom Invoice Form will not be used 

after funding year 2023. 

As part of this information collection, 

the Commission is harmonizing the 

RHC Program eligibility determination 

process by using the FCC Form 460 for 

eligibility determinations in both the 

Telecom Program and the HCF Program, 

eliminating the eligibility determination 

portion from FCC Form 465, which was 

previously used for eligibility 

determinations in the Telecom Program. 

The FCC Form 460 also seeks 

information applicable to conditional 

approvals of eligibility, which will 

enable health care providers to engage 

in competitive bidding and request 

funding (but not receive disbursements) 

before they become eligible. 

Additionally, the FCC Form 466 is 

revised to reflect a streamlined process 

for calculating urban rates. Finally, the 

information collection allows health 

care providers to update the time period 

covered by evergreen contract 

designations. 

The Healthcare Connect Fund 

Program currently includes FCC Forms 

460, 461, 462, and 463. Effective 

funding year 2024, the Telecom Program 

includes FCC Forms 465, 466, and 469 

and will include the FCC Form 460 

starting in funding year 2025. The 

information on the FCC Form templates 

is a representative description of the 

information to be collected via an online 

portal and is not intended to be a visual 

representation of what each applicant or 

service provider will see, the order in 

which they will see information, or the 

exact wording or directions used to 

collect the information. Where possible, 

information already provided by 

applicants from previous filing years or 

that was pre-filed in the system portal 

will be carried forward and autogenerated into the form to simplify the 

information collection for applicants. 

Federal Communications Commission 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. Office of the Secretary. 

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