Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 6 / Tuesday, January 9, 2018 / Notices 1031 

Accession Number: 20180103–5073. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/24/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–593–000. 

Applicants: PacifiCorp. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: BPA 

Construction Agmt ? UIUC Winchester 

to be effective 12/15/2017. 

Filed Date: 1/3/18. 

Accession Number: 20180103–5090. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/24/18. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: January 3, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00204 Filed 1–8–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0687] 

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 March 12, 

2018. 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 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: 3060–0687. 

Title: Access to Telecommunications 

Equipment and Services by Persons 

with Disabilities, CC Docket No. 87–124 

and CG Docket No. 13–46. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit entities; not-for-profit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 331 respondents; 3,028 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .25 

hours (15 minutes) to 24 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual and 

on-occasion reporting requirements; 

Third party disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in section 710 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 610. 

Total Annual Burden: 7,236 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $991,618. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

An assurance of confidentiality is not 

offered because this information 

collection does not require the 

collection of personally identifiable 

information from individuals. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: This notice and 

request for comments pertains to the 

extension of the currently approved 

information collection requirements 

concerning hearing aid compatibility 

(HAC) for wireline handsets used with 

the legacy telephone network, updated 

estimates of existing burdens that were 

included in the February 2015 PRA 

submission to OMB, and new 

collections related to HAC for wireline 

handsets used with advanced 

communications services (ACS), such as 

Voice over internet Protocol (VoIP). 

These handsets are known as ACS 

telephonic customer premises 

equipment (ACS telephonic CPE). 

Beginning in the 1980s, the 

Commission adopted a series of 

regulations to implement statutory 

directives requiring wireline telephone 

handsets in the United States (for use 

with the legacy telephone network) to 

be hearing aid compatible. In 2010, the 

Twenty-First Century Communications 

and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA), 

Public Law 111–260, sec. 102, 710(b), 

124 Stat. 2751, 2753 (CVAA) (codified at 

47 U.S.C. 610(b)), amended by Public 

Law 111–265, 124 Stat. 2795 (technical 

corrections to the CVAA), amended 

section 710(b) of the Communications 

Act of 1934 to apply the HAC 

requirements to ACS telephonic CPE, 

including VoIP telephones. In 

accordance with this provision, the 

Commission adopted Access to 

Telecommunications Equipment and 

Services by Persons with Disabilities et 

al., Report and Order and Order on 

Reconsideration, FCC 17–135, released 

October 26, 2017, which amended the 

HAC rules to cover ACS telephonic CPE 

to the extent such devices are designed 

to be held to the ear and provide twoway voice communication via a built-in 

speaker. 

The information collections contain 

third-party disclosure and labeling 

requirements. The information is used 

to inform consumers who purchase or 

use wireline telephone equipment 

whether the telephone is hearing aid 

compatible; to ensure that 

manufacturers comply with applicable 

regulations and technical criteria; to 

ensure that information about ACS 

telephonic CPE is available in a 

database administered by the 

Administrative Council for Terminal 

Attachments (ACTA); and to facilitate 

the filing of complaints about the ACS 

telephonic CPE. 


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Wireline Handsets Used With the 

Legacy Telephone Network 

• 47 CFR 68.224 requires that every 

non-hearing aid compatible wireline 

telephone used with the legacy wireline 

network that is offered for sale to the 

public contain in a conspicuous 

location on the surface of its packaging 

a statement that the telephone is not 

hearing aid compatible. If the handset is 

offered for sale without a surrounding 

package, then the telephone must be 

affixed with a written statement that the 

telephone is not hearing aid compatible. 

In addition, each handset must be 

accompanied by instructions in 

accordance with 47 CFR 62.218(b)(2). 

• 47 CFR 68.300 requires that all 

wireline telephones used with the 

legacy wireline network that are 

manufactured in the United States 

(other than for export) or imported for 

use in the United States and that are 

hearing aid compatible have the letters 

‘‘HAC’’ permanently affixed. 

ACS Telephonic CPE 

• New § 68.502(a) of the 

Commission’s rules contains 

information collection requirements for 

ACS telephonic CPE that are similar to 

the HAC label and notice requirements 

in 47 CFR 68.224 and 68.300 (discussed 

above), i.e., the ‘‘HAC’’ labeling 

requirement for hearing aid compatible 

equipment, and the package information 

for non-hearing aid compatible 

equipment, apply to ACS telephonic 

CPE. 

• New § 68.501 of the Commission’s 

rules requires responsible parties to 

obtain certifications of their equipment 

by using a third-party 

Telecommunications Certification Body 

(TCB) or a Supplier’s Declaration of 

Conformity. (A responsible party is the 

party, such as the manufacturer, that is 

responsible for the compliance of ACS 

telephonic CPE with the hearing aid 

compatibility rules and other applicable 

technical criteria. A Supplier’s 

Declaration of Conformity is a 

procedure whereby a responsible party 

makes measurements or takes steps to 

ensure that CPE complies with technical 

standards, which results in a document 

by the same name.) Section 68.501 of 

the Commission’s rules applies to ACS 

telephonic CPE rule sections defining 

the roles of TCBs and the uses of 

Supplier’s Declarations of Conformity 

for wireline handsets used with the 

legacy telephone network. 

• New § 68.504 of the Commission’s 

rules requires information about ACS 

telephonic CPE to be included in a 

database administered by ACTA. (ACTA 

is an organization, previously created 

pursuant to FCC regulations, whose key 

function is to maintain a database of 

telephone equipment.) In addition, ACS 

telephonic CPE must be labeled as 

required by ACTA. 

• New § 68.502(b)–(d) of the 

Commission’s rules requires responsible 

parties to: Warrant that ACS telephonic 

CPE complies with applicable 

regulations and technical criteria; give 

the user instructions required by ACTA 

for ACS telephonic CPE that is hearing 

aid compatible; give the user a notice for 

ACS telephonic CPE that is not hearing 

aid compatible; and notify the purchaser 

or user of ACS telephonic CPE whose 

approval is revoked, that the purchaser 

or user must discontinue its use. 

• New § 68.503 of the Commission’s 

rules requires manufacturers of ACS 

telephonic CPE to designate an agent for 

service of process for complaints that 

may be filed at the FCC. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00191 Filed 1–8–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0848] 

Information Collection Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

the 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, 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. 

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. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted on or before February 8, 2018. 

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 listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and 

to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@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 Nicole 

Ongele at (202) 418–2991. 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 OMB 

control number of this ICR and then 

click on the ICR Reference Number. A 

copy of the FCC submission to OMB 

will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork burdens, and as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), 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 


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