85208 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 207 / Friday, October 25, 2024 / Notices 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1299; FR ID 257124] 

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 PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before December 24, 

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 contact listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to 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: 3060–1299. 

Title: Section 20.23(b)(1), (3)–(5), (7); 

(c)(1)–(2), (3), (3)(iii)–(iv), (4)(i)–(ii), (v); 

and (d), Contraband wireless devices in 

correctional facilities. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, and state, local or tribal. 

Estimated Number of Respondents 

and Responses: 54 respondents and 

4,740 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1–10 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: One-time 

application and self-certification 

response, one-time DCFO authorization 

request response, on occasion qualifying 

request response, on occasion reversal 

response, recordkeeping requirement, 

third party notification requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for the currently approved 

information collection is contained in 

sections 1, 2, 4(i), 4(j), 301, 302, 303, 

307, 308, 309, 310, and 332 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 

154(j), 301, 302a, 303, 307, 308, 309, 

310, and 332. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

21,767 hours. 

Total Annual Costs: No costs. 

Needs and Uses: On July 13, 2021, the 

Commission released a Second Report 

and Order and Second Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, Promoting 

Technological Solutions to Combat 

Contraband Wireless Devices in 

Correctional Facilities, GN Docket No. 

13–111, in which the Commission took 

further steps to facilitate the 

deployment and viability of 

technological solutions used to combat 

contraband wireless devices in 

correctional facilities. In the Second 

Report and Order, the Commission 

adopted a framework requiring the 

disabling of contraband wireless devices 

detected in correctional facilities upon 

satisfaction of certain criteria. The 

Commission further addressed issues 

involving oversight, wireless provider 

liability, and treatment of 911 calls. 

Finally, the Commission adopted rules 

requiring advance notice of certain 

wireless provider network changes to 

promote and maintain contraband 

interdiction system effectiveness. 

In establishing rules requiring 

wireless providers to disable contraband 

wireless devices in correctional 

facilities and adopting a framework to 

enable designated correctional facility 

officials (DCFOs) relying on an 

authorized Contraband Interdiction 

System (CIS) to submit qualifying 

requests to wireless providers to disable 

contraband wireless devices in 

qualifying correctional facilities, the 

Commission found that a rules-based 

process will provide a valuable 

additional tool for departments of 

corrections to address contraband 

wireless device use. The framework 

includes a two-phase authorization 

process: (1) CIS applicants will submit 

applications to the Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) 

describing the legal and technical 

qualifications of the systems; and (2) 

CIS applicants will perform on-site 

testing of approved CISs at individual 

correctional facilities and file a selfcertification with the Commission. After 

both phases are complete, DCFOs will 

be authorized to submit qualifying 

requests to wireless providers to disable 

contraband devices using approved CISs 

at each correctional facility. In addition, 

the Commission adopted rules requiring 

wireless providers to notify certain 

types of CIS operators of major technical 

changes to ensure that CIS effectiveness 

is maintained. The Commission found 

that these rules will provide law 

enforcement with the tools necessary to 

disable contraband wireless devices, 

which, in turn, will help combat the 

serious threats posed by the illegal use 

of such devices. 

The new information collection in 47 

CFR 20.23(b)(1) regarding the 

application to obtain new CIS 

certification will be used by the Bureau 

to determine whether to certify a system 

and ensure that the systems are 

designed to support operational 

readiness and minimize the risk of 

disabling a non-contraband device, and 

ensure, to the greatest extent possible, 

that only devices that are in fact 

contraband will be identified for 

disabling. Bureau certification will also 

enable targeted industry review of 

solutions by allowing interested 

stakeholders to provide feedback on the 

application for certification, including 

the proposed test plan. 

The new collections in 47 CFR 

20.23(b)(3) include the requirement that 

the CIS operator must file with the 

Bureau a self-certification that complies 

with paragraph (b)(3)(ii) of section 

20.23, confirming that the testing at that 

specific correctional facility is complete 

and successful, and the CIS operator 

must serve notice of the testing on all 

relevant wireless providers prior to 

testing and provide such wireless 

providers a reasonable opportunity to 

participate in the tests. Self-certification 

will help the Bureau to ensure that 

qualifying requests identify contraband 

wireless devices accurately and in 

accordance with legal requirements. In 

addition to being used by the Bureau, 

the self-certification will be relied upon 

by the DCFO in conjunction with 


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qualifying requests for disabling at a 

particular correctional facility. The 

serving of notice to the wireless 

providers will give them awareness and 

an opportunity to participate in the 

process. 

The new information collections in 47 

CFR 20.23(b)(4) requires that wireless 

providers objecting to the certification 

filing submit objections to the Bureau 

within five business days and serve the 

DCFO and the CIS operator, which 

allows all stakeholders to participate in 

the process and raise objections. Section 

20.23(b)(5) requires that CIS operators 

retest and recertify their systems at least 

every three years and comply with the 

same requirements as for initial selfcertification. This requirement will 

enable the Bureau to ensure the ongoing 

accuracy and reliability of a given CIS 

at a particular facility. Section 

20.23(b)(7) requires that a CIS operator 

retain records for at least five years and 

provide them upon request to the 

Bureau, which will support the Bureau’s 

efforts to identify issues with CIS 

operations, resolve interference issues, 

and resolve complaints related to 

misidentification of contraband devices. 

The new collections in 47 CFR 

20.23(c)(1)–(2) include the requirement 

that individuals that seek to be 

recognized on the Commission’s DCFO 

list must sent a letter to the Contraband 

Ombudsperson in order for the 

Commission to approve that person for 

the qualified DCFO list and provide 

certainty to wireless providers that 

disabling requests are made by duly 

authorized individuals. Qualifying 

requests that include the required 

information will be used by wireless 

carriers to prevent use of contraband 

devices on their network and on other 

wireless provider networks. 

The new collections 47 CFR 

20.23(c)(3)(iii)–(iv) provide that, upon 

receiving a disabling request from a 

DCFO, the wireless provider must verify 

the request, may reject the request and 

must notify the DCFO whether it is 

accepting or rejecting the request. This 

process ensures that a wireless provider 

responds to a DCFO within a reasonable 

timeframe—while giving the provider 

an opportunity to determine if there is 

an error—and to give the DCFO time to 

respond quickly if the request has been 

rejected. The wireless provider may 

contact the customer of record to notify 

them of the disabling and involve them 

in the process. 

The new collections in 47 CFR 

20.23(c)(4) provide that a wireless 

provider may reverse a disabled device 

where it determines that the device was 

erroneously identified as contraband, 

and the wireless provider must notify 

the DCFO of the reversal. The wireless 

provider may choose to involve the 

DCFO in the review and reversal 

process. The DCFO must also provide 

notice to the Contraband Ombudsperson 

of the number of erroneously disabled 

devices. This process ensures the 

integrity of the contraband device 

disabling process by giving the wireless 

provider the opportunity to reverse a 

disabled device—with the ability to 

extend review to the DCFO—and by 

creating safeguards to make sure that the 

process is efficient and reliable. 

The new collections in 47 CFR 

20.23(d) regarding notification from 

CMRS licensees to MAS operators of 

technical changes to their network are 

required so that MAS operators are 

given sufficient time to make necessary 

adjustments to maintain the 

effectiveness of their interdiction 

systems. In order to ensure that issues 

regarding notification to solutions 

providers of more frequent, localized 

wireless provider network changes are 

appropriately considered, CMRS 

licensees and MAS operators must 

negotiate in good faith to reach an 

agreement for notification for those 

types of network adjustments not 

covered by the notice requirement. 

CMRS licensees must provide notice of 

technical changes associated with an 

emergency immediately after the 

exigency to ensure that MAS operators 

continue to be notified of network 

changes that could impact MAS 

effectiveness. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1222; FR ID 254149] 

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 (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. 

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. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before December 24, 

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 contact listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to nicole.ongele@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Nicole 

Ongele, (202) 418–2991. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC 

may not conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

currently valid 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 Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1222. 

Title: Incarcerated People’s 

Communications Services (IPCS) 

Provider Annual Reporting, 

Certification, and Other Requirements, 

WC Docket Nos. 23–62, 12–375. 

Form Number(s): FCC Form 2301(a) 

and FCC Form 2301(b). 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 35 respondents; 47 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 5–240 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual 

reporting requirements, third party 

disclosure requirements, and onoccasion reporting requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. 

Statutory authority for this collection of 

information is contained in sections 1, 


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