[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47496-47497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18290]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-1222; FR ID 44613]


Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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 October 
25, 2021. 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 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1f4f4d5e5f797c7c31787069"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="43131102032520206d242c35">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b6f8dfd5d9dad398f9d8d1d3dad3f6d0d5d598d1d9c0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="044a6d676b68612a4b6a63616861446267672a636b72">[email protected]</span></a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele, (202) 418-2991.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1222.
    Title: Inmate Calling Services Annual Reporting, Certification, 
Consumer Disclosure, and Waiver Request Requirements.
    Form Number(s): FCC Form 2301(a) and FCC Form 2301(b).
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 20 respondents; 23 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 hours-80 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting; on occasion; and third 
party disclosure requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Statutory authority for this information 
collection is contained in sections 1, 4(i)-4(j), 201(b), 218, 220, 
225, 255, 276, 403, and 716 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i-(j), 201(b), 218, 220, 225, 255, 276, 403 
and 617.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,940 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission anticipates 
treating as presumptively confidential any particular information 
identified as proprietary by providers of inmate calling services 
(ICS).
    Needs and Uses: Section 201 of the Communications Act of 1934 Act, 
as amended (Act), 47 U.S.C. 201, requires that ICS providers' 
interstate and international rates and practices be just and 
reasonable. Section 276 of the Act, 47 U.S.C. 276, requires that 
payphone service providers (including ICS providers) be fairly 
compensated for completed calls.
    On May 24, 2021, the Commission released the Third Report and 
Order, Order on Reconsideration, and Fifth Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, WC Docket No. 12-375, FCC 21-60 (2021 ICS Order), in which 
it continued its reform of the ICS marketplace. In that Order, the 
Commission, among other things, lowered the interstate interim rate 
caps; reformed the current treatment of site commission payments; 
eliminated the separate interstate collect calling rate caps; reformed 
the ancillary service rules for third-party financial

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fees; capped, for the first time, international calling rates; adopted 
a new mandatory data collection to gather data to set permanent rates; 
and reaffirmed providers' obligations regarding access for incarcerated 
people with disabilities.
    The reforms also included expanded consumer disclosure 
requirements, as well as new reporting requirements for ICS providers 
seeking waiver of the Commission's interstate and international rate 
caps. In connection with international rates, the Commission required 
that providers must separately disclose the rate component for 
terminating calls to each country where that provider terminates 
international calls.

Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liason, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-18290 Filed 8-24-21; 8:45 am]
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