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2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific 

comment on how it might ‘‘further 

reduce the information collection 

burden for small business concerns with 

fewer than 25 employees.’’ 

OMB Control No.: 3060–1216. 

Title: Media Bureau Incentive Auction 

Implementation, Sections 73.3700(c), 

(g)(4), (h)(5) and (h)(6). 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not for profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 1,353 respondents and 

46,302 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .004– 

15 hours. 

Frequency of Response: One-time 

reporting requirement; on occasion 

reporting requirement; recordkeeping 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for these collections are 

contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 301, 

303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, 

325(b), 332, 336(f), 338, 339, 340, 399b, 

403, 534, 535, 1404, 1452, and 1454. 

Total Annual Burden: 17,802 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: $961,800. 

Needs and Uses: The Spectrum Act 

directed the Commission to hold a 

‘‘reverse auction’’ in which broadcasters 

can voluntarily return some or all of 

their broadcast spectrum usage rights in 

exchange for incentive payments. The 

Spectrum Act also required the 

Commission to reorganize the broadcast 

television band, which will be 

accomplished by repacking stations, or 

moving broadcast stations to different 

channels. The Spectrum Act directed 

the Commission to hold a forward 

auction of the ultra-high frequency 

(UHF) spectrum obtained as a result of 

the reverse auction and channel 

repacking. This UHF spectrum was 

auctioned as flexible-use licenses 

suitable for providing mobile broadband 

service. Broadcast stations that 

participated in the forward auction were 

able to relinquish their spectrum rights, 

agree to share a channel with another 

broadcaster or move from the UHF to 

VHF band or from a high VHF channel 

to a low VHF channel. For nonparticipating broadcast stations, the 

Spectrum Act established a TV 

Broadcaster Relocation Fund (Fund) to 

reimburse reassigned broadcasters and 

multichannel video programming 

distributors (MVPDs) that incur 

expenses associated with continuing to 

carry relocated stations, for their 

reasonable expenses resulting from the 

post-auction channel reassignment. The 

Commission adopted rules 

implementing the provisions of the 

Spectrum Act. The Incentive Auction 

concluded and repack process 

commented in April 2017. The rules 

governing the post-incentive auction 

licensing and other post-auction stationrelated matters are codified at 47 CFR 

parts 0, 1, 27, 73 and 74. 

On September 19, 2023, the 

Commission released a Report and 

Order, FCC 23–72, wherein it adopted 

several revisions to its Part 73 rules 

including 73.3700. As a result of these 

rule revisions, a number of collections 

and burdens were either revised or 

eliminated altogether as reflected in this 

revised supporting statement. Sections 

73.3700(b)(4)(i) and (ii) and 73.3700(d) 

of the rules were eliminated and 

therefore the corresponding collections 

and burdens for these rules have been 

eliminated. Also, revisions were made 

to estimates for 73.3700(c), 73.3700(g)(4) 

and 73.3700 (h)(5) and (h)(6) to reflected 

updated data now that the incentive 

auction is complete and the exact 

universe of affected entities is known. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0463, FR ID 256033] 

Information Collections 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 December 23, 

2024. 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 

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 

(IP) Captioned Telephone Service, CG 

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

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: 5,075 respondents; 8,468 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.1 

hours (6 minutes) to 80 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annually, 

semi-annually, eight times a year, 

monthly, on occasion, one-time, and 

quarterly 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, 

in Title IV of the Americans with 

Disabilities Act of 1990, Public Law 

101–336, 104 Stat. 327, 366–69. 

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Total Annual Cost: $348,000. 

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, among other things: 

(1) required internet-based 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 

(2) directed the TRS Fund 

administrator to expand its data 

collection forms accordingly. 

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, interstate speech-to-speech service 

(STS), captioned telephone service 

(CTS), and internet Protocol captioned 

telephone service (IP CTS) 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) adopted a cost recovery 

methodology for internet Protocol (IP) 

Relay based on a price cap like 

methodology; 

(3) adopted a cost recovery 

methodology for video relay service 

(VRS) that adopted tiered rates based on 

call volume; 

(4) clarified the nature and extent that 

certain categories of costs are 

compensable from the Fund; and 

(5) addressed certain issues 

concerning the management and 

oversight of the Fund, including 

prohibiting financial incentives offered 

to consumers to make relay calls. 

The 2007 TRS Cost Recovery Order 

requires that state relay administrators 

and TRS providers submit to the TRS 

Fund administrator the following 

information annually, for intrastate 

traditional TRS, STS, and CTS: 

(1) the per-minute compensation 

rate(s) and other compensation received 

for the provision of TRS; 

(2) whether the rate applies to session 

minutes or conversation minutes, which 

are a subset of session minutes; 

(3) the number of intrastate session 

minutes; and 

(4) the number of intrastate 

conversation minutes. 

Also, STS providers must 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. 

In 2011, to help prevent waste, fraud, 

and abuse, the Commission adopted 

three VRS orders to curtail these 

harmful practices. Each of these orders 

(collectively, the 2011 VRS Orders) 

included information collection 

requirements. 

On April 6, 2011, in document FCC 

11–54, the Commission released the 

2011 Fraud Prevention Order, published 

at 76 FR 30841, May 27, 2011, which 

included several measures designed to 

eliminate the waste, fraud and abuse, 

while ensuring that VRS remains a 

viable and a valuable communication 

tool for Americans who use it on a daily 

basis. 

On July 28, 2011, in document FCC 

11–118 the Commission released the 

VRS Certification Order, published at 76 

FR 47469, August 5, 2011, amending its 

rules for certifying internet-based TRS 

providers as eligible for payment from 

the Interstate TRS Fund (Fund) for their 

provision of internet-based TRS. 

On October 17, 2011, in document 

FCC 11–155, the Commission released 

the Second VRS Certification Order, 

published at 76 FR 67070, October 31, 

2011, addressing three petitions related 

to the VRS Certification Order by 

revising the burdens contained in the 

requirements for the submission of 

documentation of a provider’s VRS 

equipment and technologies and the 

submission of documentation regarding 

sponsorship arrangements. 

The following are the final 

information collection requirements 

contained in the 2011 VRS Orders: 

(1) The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), 

Chief Financial Officer (CFO), or other 

senior executive of a TRS provider shall 

certify, under penalty of perjury, that: 

(1) minutes submitted to the Interstate 

TRS Fund (Fund) administrator for 

compensation were handled in 

compliance with the Commission’s 

rules and are not the result of 

impermissible financial incentives to 

generate calls, and (2) cost and demand 

data submitted to the Fund 

administrator related to the 

determination of compensation rates are 

true and correct. 

(2) VRS providers shall: (a) submit to 

the Commission and the TRS Fund 

administrator a call center report twice 

a year and (b) notify the Commission 

and the TRS Fund administrator at least 

30 days prior to any change to their call 

centers’ locations. 

(3) VRS providers shall submit 

detailed call data records (CDRs) and 

speed of answer compliance data to the 

Fund administrator. 

(4) TRS providers shall use an 

automated record keeping system to 

capture the CDRs and shall submit such 

data electronically in standardized form 

to the TRS Fund administrator. 

(5) internet-based TRS providers shall 

retain the CDRs that are used to support 

payment claims submitted to the Fund 

administrator for a minimum of five 

years, in an electronic format. 

(6) VRS providers shall: (a) maintain 

copies of all third-party contracts or 

agreements and make them available to 

the Commission and the TRS Fund 

administrator upon request; and (b) 

describe all agreements in connection 

with marketing and outreach activities 

in their annual submissions to the TRS 

Fund administrator. 

(7) TRS providers shall provide 

information about their TRS 

whistleblower protections to all 

employees and contractors, in writing. 

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 


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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). 

In December 2023, the FCC released 

the 2023 VRS Improvements Order, 

document FCC 23–116, published at 89 

FR 20125, March 21, 2024, amending its 

rules (1) increase from 50% to 80% the 

portion of monthly VRS minutes that 

may be handled by communications 

assistants (CAs) working at home; (2) 

modify the amount of prior interpreting 

experience required of VRS CAs who 

work at home; and (3) allow VRS 

providers to use contract CAs, subject to 

conditions, for up to 30% of their 

monthly call minutes. 47 CFR 

64.604(c)(5)(iii)(D)(8), (d)(1)(iii)(C), 

(d)(2)(iv). The Commission also 

modified when VRS providers may seek 

compensation for VRS calls that 

originate from international IP addresses 

from users traveling abroad. 47 CFR 

64.604(d)(6). 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24538 Filed 10–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1183; FR ID 254415] 

Information Collection Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

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, 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. 

Pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC 

seeks specific comment on how it might 

‘‘further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 

employees.’’ 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted on or before November 22, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. Your comment must be 

submitted into www.reginfo.gov per the 

above instructions for it to be 

considered. In addition to submitting in 

www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of 

your comment on the proposed 

information collection to Cathy 

Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@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 Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 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 Title 

of this ICR and then click on the ICR 

Reference Number. A copy of the FCC 

submission to OMB will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. 

As part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork burdens, as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the FCC 

invited the general public and other 

Federal Agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Comments are requested concerning: (a) 

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; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) 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. Pursuant to the 

Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 

2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific 

comment on how it might ‘‘further 

reduce the information collection 

burden for small business concerns with 

fewer than 25 employees.’’ 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1183. 

Title: Establishment of a Public Safety 

Answering Point Do-Not-Call Registry, 

CG Docket No. 12–129. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Federal Government; 

Not-for-profit institutions; State Local or 

Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 106,500 respondents; 

1,446,333 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes (.50 hours) to 1 hour. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; Annually, 

monthly, on occasion and one-time 

reporting requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for the information collection 

requirements is found in the Middle 

Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 

2012, Public Law 112–96, February 22, 

2012. 

Total Annual Burden: 792,667 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Needs and Uses: The rules adopted 

herein establish recordkeeping 

requirements for a large variety of 

entities, including small business 

entities. First, each Public Safety 

Answering Point (PSAP) may designate 

a representative who shall be required 

to file a certification with the 

administrator of the PSAP registry that 

they are authorized to place numbers 

onto that registry. The designated PSAP 

representative shall provide contact 

information including the PSAP 

represented, name, title, address, 

telephone number and email address. 

Verified PSAPs shall be permitted to 

upload to the registry any PSAP 

telephone associated with the provision 

of emergency services or 

communications with other public 

safety agencies. On an annual basis 

designated PSAP representatives shall 


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