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Furthermore, EPA believes that this 

action is not likely to result in new 

disproportionate and adverse effects on 

communities with environmental justice 

concerns. As discussed in more detail in 

the pesticide specific risk assessments 

conducted as part of the registration 

review for each pesticide identified in 

Unit III., EPA has considered the safety 

risks for the pesticides subject to this 

rulemaking and in the context of the 

tolerance actions set out in this 

rulemaking. See also Unit I.D.3. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides 

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: September 27, 2024. 

Edward Messina, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, EPA is proposing to amend 

40 CFR chapter I as follows: 

PART 180—TOLERANCES AND 

EXEMPTIONS FOR PESTICIDE 

CHEMICAL RESIDUES IN FOOD 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 180 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371. 

■ 2. Amend § 180.498, by revising table 

2 to paragraph (a)(2) by adding, in 

alphabetical order, the commodities 

‘‘Corn, pop, grain’’; and ‘‘Corn, pop, 

stover’’ to read as follows: 

§ 180.498 Sulfentrazone; tolerances for 

residues. 

* * * * * 

(a) * * * 

(2) * * * 

TABLE 2 TO PARAGRAPH (a)(2) 

Commodity Parts per 

million 

* * * * * 

Corn, pop, grain ........................ 0.15 

Corn, pop, stover ...................... 0.3 

* * * * * 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 64 

[WC Docket Nos. 12–375, 23–62; DA 24– 

918; FR ID 246456] 

Incarcerated People’s Communication 

Services; Implementation of the Martha 

Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate 

Inmate Calling Services 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; solicitation of 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) 

and the Consumer and Governmental 

Affairs Bureau (CGB) (collectively, the 

Bureaus) of the Federal 

Communications Commission seek to 

refresh the record on proposed revisions 

to the instructions and templates for the 

Annual Reports and Annual 

Certifications submitted by providers of 

incarcerated people’s communications 

services (IPCS). 

DATES: Comments are due November 4, 

2024. Reply Comments are due 

November 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

You may submit comments, identified 

by WC Docket Nos. 23–62, 12–375, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the internet by 

accessing the Electronic Comment 

Filing System (ECFS): https://

www.fcc.gov/ecfs/. 

• Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

one copy of each filing. Filings can be 

sent by commercial overnight courier, or 

by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal 

Service mail. 

The Commission adopted a Protective 

Order in this proceeding which 

incorporates all materials previously 

designated by the parties as 

confidential. Filings that contain 

confidential information should be 

appropriately redacted and filed 

pursuant to the procedure described in 

that Order. 

People with Disabilities: 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) or 

(202) 418–0432 (TTY). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Scott, Disability Rights Office 

of the Consumer and Governmental 

Affairs Bureau, at (202) 418–1264 or via 

email at michael.scott@fcc.gov, 

regarding portions of this document 

relating to communications services for 

incarcerated people with disabilities, 

and Stephen Meil, Pricing Policy 

Division of the Wireline Competition 

Bureau, at (202) 418–7233 or via email 

at stephen.meil@fcc.gov, regarding other 

matters. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s 

document seeking to refresh the record 

on incarcerated people’s 

communications services annual 

reporting obligations, document DA 24– 

918, released on September 11, 2024, in 

WC Docket Nos. 12–375 and 23–62. The 

full text of document DA 24–918 can be 

accessed electronically via the FCC’s 

Electronic Document Management 

System (EDOCS) website at 

www.fcc.gov/edocs or via the FCC’s 

Electronic Comment Filing System 

(ECFS) website at www.fcc.gov/ecfs, or 

is available at the following internet 

address: https://www.fcc.gov/document/ 

2024-incarcerated-peoplescommunications-services-annualreports-pn. 

Synopsis: By document DA 24–918, 

the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) 

and the Consumer and Governmental 

Affairs Bureau (CGB) (collectively, the 

Bureaus) invite supplemental comment 

to refresh and expand upon the record 

regarding the annual reporting and 

certification requirements for providers 

of incarcerated people’s 

communications services (IPCS). The 

Commission requires IPCS providers to 

make annual filings ‘‘to enable the 

Commission to monitor and track trends 

in the IPCS marketplace, increase 

provider transparency, and ensure 

compliance with the Commission’s 

rules.’’ 

In an August 3, 2023 document, DA 

23–656 (88 FR 53850, August 9, 2023), 

the Bureaus sought comment on 

proposed revisions to the instructions 

and templates for the annual reports and 

annual certifications that the 

Commission requires IPCS providers to 

submit. At the time document DA 23– 

656 was published, only ‘‘IPCS 

providers that [were] classified as 

inmate calling services (ICS) providers 

under the Commission’s rules [were] 

required to make these filings.’’ 

However, pursuant to the reforms 

adopted in the 2024 IPCS Order, all 

IPCS providers are now required to 

make these filings. Subsequently, in the 

2024 IPCS Order, the Commission 

modified ‘‘the scope and content of [its] 

annual reports to reflect the . . . 


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expansion of Commission jurisdiction 

over other communications services in 

carceral facilities, including video IPCS 

and other advanced communications 

services, as well as intrastate IPCS, and 

the providers that offer these services’’ 

under the Martha Wright-Reed Just and 

Reasonable Communications Act of 

2022 (Martha Wright-Reed Act). In 

issuing this document, the Bureaus seek 

to build on the record developed in 

response to document DA 23–656 so it 

better reflects the Commission’s 

expanded jurisdiction and the reforms 

adopted in the 2024 IPCS Order. 

In the 2024 IPCS Order, the 

Commission revised its rules by, inter 

alia: 

• adopting permanent rate caps for 

audio IPCS and interim rate caps for 

video IPCS; 

• adopting new facility tiers for both 

audio and video IPCS; 

• prohibiting providers from 

imposing any ancillary service charges 

on IPCS consumers; 

• prohibiting providers from making 

site commission payments for IPCS; 

• allowing providers to offer alternate 

pricing plans for IPCS subject to certain 

conditions; and 

• revising and strengthening IPCS 

accessibility requirements for 

incarcerated people with disabilities. 

The 2024 IPCS Order also modified 

the scope and content of the annual 

reports to reflect the reforms adopted 

under the Martha Wright-Reed Act. The 

Commission expanded its annual 

reporting and certification requirements 

to include the full scope of services and 

providers now subject to the IPCS rules. 

The Commission also eliminated the 

sections of the annual reporting rules 

mandating the reporting of information 

on ancillary service charges and site 

commissions, to reflect the prohibition 

of those items adopted in the 2024 IPCS 

Order. The Commission also retained 

the rules describing the reporting 

requirements concerning TRS and 

related communications services, but 

renumbered them. Finally, the 

Commission reaffirmed and updated its 

prior delegation of authority to the 

Bureaus to revise the annual reports, to 

reflect the Commission’s expanded 

authority under the Martha Wright-Reed 

Act and the other actions taken in the 

2024 IPCS Order, and directed that the 

Bureaus pay particular attention to the 

video IPCS marketplace and the 

availability and usage of 

Telecommunications Relay Services 

(TRS) in exercising this delegated 

authority. 

Pursuant to this delegated authority, 

the Bureaus seek to expand and refresh 

the record on revisions to the Annual 

Report instructions, templates, and 

certification form, in addition to those 

proposed in document 23–656, and to 

implement the modifications to the 

annual reporting and certification 

requirements adopted by the 

Commission in the 2024 IPCS Order. 

The Bureaus also seek comment on any 

additional modifications the Bureaus 

should consider to make to these forms 

consistent with the new rules, including 

the varied compliance dates adopted in 

the 2024 IPCS Order. Although the 

Bureaus seek comment below on 

specific changes to the annual reporting 

and certification requirements, the 

Bureaus also seek comment, generally, 

on any further modifications necessary 

to reflect the comprehensive reforms 

contained in the 2024 IPCS Order. 

In particular, the Bureaus invite 

comment on ways to: ensure 

consistency between the new IPCS rules 

and annual reporting and certification 

requirements; streamline the existing 

requirements consistent with the new 

rules; and make the reports more clear 

and/or accurate. For example, the 

Bureaus seek comment on revisions to 

the General Instructions and Definitions 

to clarify that the annual reporting 

requirement now applies to all IPCS 

providers and IPCS communication 

services, and to conform the definitions 

to those adopted in the 2024 IPCS 

Order. The Bureaus also invite comment 

on any necessary additions to the 

reporting requirements. In the 2024 

IPCS Order, the Commission directed 

that the Bureaus ‘‘pay particular 

attention to how best to capture 

developments in the rapidly changing, 

but nascent video IPCS marketplace in 

updating the requirements for the 

annual reports.’’ The Bureaus seek 

comment on how they might best 

implement this Commission directive. 

The Bureaus also seek comment on how 

to collect information concerning 

alternate pricing plans, and on the 

appropriate level of granularity for such 

data. In addition, the Bureaus seek 

comment on collecting information 

concerning facilities’ IPCS costs, such as 

requiring providers to report 

information on any reimbursements 

they provide to facilities. 

The Bureaus invite comment on 

whether there is additional information 

they should seek relating to the use of 

TRS in carceral facilities, beyond what 

was proposed in document 23–656. In 

the 2024 IPCS Order, the Commission 

directed that the Bureaus consider ‘‘not 

only the availability of TRS, but growth 

of both the user base and the use of TRS, 

capturing data on the number of 

individuals with disabilities who are 

requesting access to the additional 

forms of TRS in carceral facilities, 

changes in the monthly minutes of use 

for each type of TRS, and other useful 

metrics’’ in revising the requirements 

for the Annual Reports. The Bureaus 

invite comment on how they might best 

implement this Commission directive. 

Are there other changes the Bureaus 

should make to streamline the reporting 

requirements? Should the Bureaus 

consider combining the separate 

questions on intrastate and interstate 

rates into a single set of questions to 

reduce burdens on respondents? What 

about the idea of removing references to 

the provider-related and facility-related 

rate components? Would that change 

condense the annual reports submitted? 

Similarly, to what extent should the 

Bureaus align the reporting approach for 

video IPCS with that for audio IPCS? 

Finally, are there other changes or 

additions the Bureaus should make to 

gather better or more accurate data or to 

make the instructions more precise? For 

example, what information or data 

should the Bureaus require to enable the 

Commission to better monitor 

compliance and industry trends, or 

increase transparency to the public? 

Should the Bureaus require providers to 

submit audited financial statements or 

similar documentation as part of their 

annual report filings, as the Commission 

required for the 2023 Mandatory Data 

Collection? Conversely, are there any 

proposed instructions, inquiries, or data 

fields that should be removed because 

they are unnecessary to ensure that 

providers report uniform and accurate 

data and other information, or because 

they are inconsistent with the 2024 IPCS 

Order? Finally, the Bureaus seek 

comment on the relative benefits and 

burdens of any proposed modifications 

to the reporting and certification 

requirements. 

Procedural Matters 

Providing Accountability Through 

Transparency Act. Consistent with the 

Providing Accountability Through 

Transparency Act, Public Law 118–9, a 

summary of this document will be 

available on https://www.fcc.gov/ 

proposed-rulemakings. 

Ex Parte Presentations. This 

proceeding shall be treated as a ‘‘permitbut-disclose’’ proceeding in accordance 

with the Commission’s ex parte rules. 

Persons making ex parte presentations 

must file a copy of any written 

presentation or a memorandum 

summarizing any oral presentation 

within two business days after the 

presentation (unless a different deadline 

applicable to the Sunshine period 

applies). Persons making oral ex parte 

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memoranda summarizing the 

presentation must (1) list all persons 

attending or otherwise participating in 

the meeting at which the ex parte 

presentation was made, and (2) 

summarize all data presented and 

arguments made during the 

presentation. If the presentation 

consisted in whole or in part of the 

presentation of data or arguments 

already reflected in the presenter’s 

written comments, memoranda, or other 

filings in the proceeding, the presenter 

may provide citations to such data or 

arguments in the prior comments, 

memoranda, or other filings (specifying 

the relevant page and/or paragraph 

numbers where such data or arguments 

can be found) in lieu of summarizing 

them in the memorandum. Documents 

shown or given to Commission staff 

during ex parte meetings are deemed to 

be written ex parte presentations and 

must be filed consistent with section 

1.1206(b) of the Commission’s rules. 

Participants in this proceeding should 

familiarize themselves with the 

Commission’s ex parte rules. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Lynne Engledow, 

Deputy Chief, Pricing Policy Division, 

Wireline Competition Bureau. 

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