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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 241 (Monday, December 16, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 101500-101501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29154]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 4

[PS Docket Nos. 15-80 and 13-75, ET Docket No. 04-35; FCC 22-88; PS 
Docket Nos. 23-5 and 15-80, WC Docket No. 18-336; FCC 23-57; FR ID 
267131]

Disruptions to Communications; Improving 911 Reliability; 
Ensuring the Reliability and Resiliency of the 988 Suicide & Crisis 
Lifeline; Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications; 
Implementation of the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2018

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(``FCC'' or ``Commission'') announces that the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information 
collection associated with the Commission's Second Report and Order in 
PS Docket Nos. 15-80 and 13-75, ET Docket No. 04-35, FCC 22-88 (2022 
Second Report and Order), and the Commission's Report and Order in PS 
Docket Nos. 23-5 and 15-80, WC Docket No. 18-336, FCC 23-57 (2023 
Report and Order). This document is consistent with the 2022 Second 
Report and Order and 2023 Report and Order, which stated that the 
Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing 
the effective date of the new information collection requirements.

DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 4.9 (amendatory instruction 3) 
published at 88 FR 9756, February 15, 2023, and the amendments to 47 
CFR 4.9 (amendatory instruction 4) published at 89 FR 2503, January 16, 
2024, are effective April 15, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    Tara Shostek, Attorney Advisor, Public Safety and Homeland Security 
Bureau, at (202) 418-8130, or by email, at [email protected].
    For additional information concerning the Paperwork Reduction Act 
information collection requirements, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 
418-2991 or via email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on November 5, 
2024, OMB approved, until November 30, 2027, the information collection 
requirements adopted in (i) the Commission's Second Report and Order 
(2022 Second Report and Order) in PS Docket Nos. 15-80 and 13-75, ET 
Docket No. 04-35, FCC 22-88, adopted on November 17, 2022, and released 
on November 18, 2022, and, (ii) the Commission's Report and Order (2023 
Report and Order) in PS Docket Nos. 23-5 and 15-80, WC Docket No. 18-
336, FCC 23-57, adopted on July 20, 2023, and released on July 21, 
2023.
    In the 2022 Second Report and Order, the Commission adopted rule 
amendments to 47 CFR 4.9 (by revising paragraphs (a)(4) and (c)(2)(iv); 
adding a heading for paragraph (e); and revising paragraphs (e)(1)(v), 
(f)(4), (g)(1)(i), and (h)) that required review by OMB pursuant to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Those amendments were included in the 
Final Rules section of 2022 Second Report and Order with an amendatory 
instruction that they be delayed indefinitely (because they required 
OMB approval before they could be made effective). The 2023 Report and 
Order also adopted amendments to 47 CFR 4.9 (by revising paragraphs 
(a)(4), (c)(2)(iv), (e)(1)(v), (f)(4), and (g)(1)(i) and adding 
paragraph (i)) that required review by OMB pursuant to the PRA. Those 
amendments were included in the Final Rules section of 2023 Report and 
Order with an amendatory instruction that they be delayed indefinitely 
(because they required OMB approval before they could be made 
effective). The amendments to Sec.  4.9 adopted in the 2023 Report and 
Order are additive to and to not conflict with the amendments to Sec.  
4.9 adopted in the 2022 Second Report and Order.
    The amendments identified herein adopted in the 2022 Second Report 
and Order and 2023 Report and Order were submitted for OMB review as a 
single information collection. Because OMB has approved this 
information collection, the Commission is setting an effective date for 
the above-cited rule revisions of 120 days following publication of 
this document in the Federal Register.

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    If you have any comments on the burden estimates listed below, or 
how the Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens 
cause thereby, please contact Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications 
Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. Please include OMB 
Control Number, 3060-0484, in your correspondence. The Commission will 
also accept your comments via email at [email protected].
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 
send an email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice).

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received final OMB 
approval on November 5, 2024, for the information collection 
requirements contained in the modifications to the Commission's rules 
in 47 CFR part 4.
    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 3060-0484.
    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: 3060-0484.
    OMB Approval Date: November 5, 2024.
    OMB Expiration Date: November 30, 2027.
    Title: Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to 
Communications.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 3,224 respondents; 201,848 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour-2 hours (average per response).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and Annual Reporting 
Requirements and Recordkeeping Requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory and Voluntary. The statutory 
authority for this information collection is contained in sections in 
sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 4(n), 4(o), 201(b), 214, 218, 251(e)(3), 
251(e)(4), 254, 301, 303(b), 303(g), 303(r), 307, 309(a), 309(j), 316, 
332, and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and section 
706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i)-(j), 
(n), & (o), 201(b), 214, 218, 251(e)(3), 251(e)(4), 254, 301, 303(b), 
303(g), 303(r), 307, 309(a), 332, 403, 615, 615a-1, and 1302.
    Total Annual Burden: 398,319 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
    Needs and Uses: Through this information collection, data received 
facilitates the Commission's monitoring, analysis, and investigation of 
the reliability and security of voice, paging, and interconnected voice 
over internet protocol communications services. Data received through 
this information collection also helps the Commission identify and act 
on potential threats to our Nation's telecommunications infrastructure. 
Moreover, the Commission uses this information collection to identify 
the duration, magnitude, root causes, contributing factors with respect 
to significant outages; and to identify outage trends; support service 
restoration efforts; and help coordinate with public safety officials 
during times of crisis. The Commission uses the information collection 
to draw lessons learned in order to foster a better understanding of 
significant outages' root causes, and to explore preventive measures in 
the future so as to mitigate the potential scale and impact of such 
outages.
    Harmonizing the existing notification requirements for covered 911 
service providers and originating service providers (OSPs) will 
simplify compliance for providers and reduce confusion for 911 special 
facilities. Among other harmonization requirements, the initial 
notification requirements are intended to provide preliminary notice of 
a potential problem to a 911 special facility so that the 911 special 
facility can, as quickly as possible, mitigate the impacts of the 
outage, and alert the public to alternative means of emergency 
services.
    The new requirement that covered 988 service providers and OSPs 
notify 988 special facilities about outages that potentially affect 
them serves these same purposes with respect to the availability of the 
988 Lifeline, including providing notice to the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, the Veterans Affairs 
Administration, and the 988 Lifeline administrator when an outage that 
potentially affects a 988 special facility occurs.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-29154 Filed 12-13-24; 8:45 am]
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