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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 estimate; (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. 

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before December 12, 

2005. 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: You may submit all your 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

comments by e-mail or U.S. postal mail. 

To submit your comments by e-mail 

send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit 

your comments by U.S. mail, mark them 

to the attention of Cathy Williams, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Room 1–C823, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection(s) send an e-mail 

to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0473. 

Title: Section 74.1251, Technical and 

Equipment Modifications. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 100. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; On 

occasion reporting requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 50 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 74.1251 

requires licensees to certify compliance 

with technical requirements upon 

replacement of a transmitter that can be 

completed without FCC approval. The 

certification provides to prospective 

users information of the modified 

equipment. If no such information 

exists, any future problems could prove 

difficult to solve and could result in 

electronic frequency interference for 

long periods of time. The notification of 

changes in the primary FM station is 

used by FCC staff to keep records up-todate and to ensure compliance with FCC 

rules and regulations. 

Federal Communications Commission 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–20347 Filed 10–11–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–10–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Comments Requested 

October 6, 2005. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burden 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law No. 104–

13. An agency 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 Paperwork Reduction Act 

that does not display a valid control 

number. 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 estimate; (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. 

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before December 12, 

2005. 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: You may submit your all 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

comments by e-mail or U.S. postal mail. 

To submit your comments by e-mail 

send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit 

your comments by U.S. mail, mark them 

to the attention of Cathy Williams, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Room 1–C823, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection(s) send an e-mail 

to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0214. 

Title: Section 73.3526, Local Public 

Inspection Files for Commercial 

Stations; Section 73.3527, Local Public 

Inspection File of Noncommercial 

Educational Stations; Section 76.1701, 

Political File; Section 73.1943, Political 

File. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not for-profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 37,126. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2.5 

hours—160 hours per year. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 1,779,333 

hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 73.3526 and 

47 CFR 73.3527 require that licensees 

and permittees of commercial and 

noncommercial AM, FM and TV 

stations maintain a file for public 

inspection at its main studio or at 

another accessible location in its 

community of license. The contents of 

the file vary according to type of service 

and status. The contents include, but are 

not limited to, copies of certain 

applications tendered for filing, a 

statement concerning petitions to deny 

filed against such applications, copies of 

ownership reports, statements certifying 

compliance with filing announcements 

in connection with renewal 

applications, and a list of community 

issues addressed by the station’s 

programming. 

These rules also specify the length of 

time, which varies by document type, 

that each record must be retained in the 

public file. The public and FCC use the 

data to evaluate information about the 

licensee’s performance and to ensure 

that station is addressing issues 

concerning the community to which it 

is licensed to serve. 

47 CFR 73.1943 and 47 CFR 76.1701 

require licensees of broadcast stations 

and cable television systems, 

respectively, to keep and permit public 

inspection of a complete record 

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(political file) of all requests for 

broadcast time made by or on behalf of 

candidates for public office, together 

with an appropriate notation showing 

the disposition made by the licensee of 

such requests. The data is used by the 

public to assess money expended and 

time allotted to a political candidate and 

to ensure that equal access was afforded 

to other legally qualified candidates. 47 

CFR 76.1701 also requires that, when an 

entity sponsors origination cable casting 

material that concerns a political matter 

or a discussion of a controversial issue 

of public importance, a list must be 

maintained in the public file of the 

system that includes the sponsoring 

entity’s chief executive officers, or 

members of its executive committee or 

of its board of directors. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–20526 Filed 10–11–05; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[CG Docket No. 03–123; DA 05–2417] 

Reminder That Video Relay Service 

(VRS) Provides Access to the 

Telephone System Only and Cannot Be 

Used as a Substitute for ‘‘In-Person’’

Interpreting Services or Video Remote 

Interpreting (VRI) 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission reminds Video Relay 

Service (VRS) providers, consumers, 

and businesses that VRS cannot be used 

as a substitute for ‘‘in-person’’

interpreting services or for Video 

Remote Interpreting (VRI). The 

Commission will continue to carefully 

scrutinize the provision and use of VRS 

to ensure that it is being used only as 

a means of accessing the telephone 

system, not as a substitute for VRI or as 

a means to gain free ‘‘in-person’’

interpreting services. Also, in this 

document, the Commission encourages 

persons requiring interpreting services 

and providing interpreting services, as 

well as VRS providers, to report any 

improper use of VRS to the Commission 

so that it may ensure that the Interstate 

Telecommunications Relay Service 

(TRS) Fund is compensating only 

legitimate VRS calls. The Commission 

continues to closely monitor alleged 

instances of the wrongful use of VRS, 

and will take whatever enforcement 

action is necessary and appropriate 

against such misuse. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Chandler, Consumer & 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–1475 (voice), (202) 418–0597 (TTY) 

or e-mail Thomas.Chandler@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s 

document DA 05–2417, released 

September 7, 2005 in CG Docket No. 03–

123. The complete text of document DA 

05–2417 and copies of any subsequently 

filed documents relating to this matter 

will be available for public inspection 

and copying during regular business 

hours at the FCC Reference Information 

Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., 

Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. 

Document DA 05–2417 and copies of 

subsequently filed documents in this 

matter may also be purchased from the 

Commission’s duplicating contractor at 

Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 

CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554. 

Customers may contact the 

Commission’s duplicating contractor at 

its Web site: http://www.bcpiweb.com or 

call 1–800–378–3160. To request 

materials in accessible formats for 

people with disabilities (Braille, large 

print, electronic files, audio format), 

send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call 

the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 

418–0432 (TTY). Document DA 05–2417 

can also be downloaded in Word and 

Portable Document Format (PDF) at: 

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro. 

Synopsis 

On September 7, 2005, the 

Commission issued a Public Notice to 

remind VRS providers, consumers, and 

businesses that VRS cannot be used as 

a substitute for ‘‘in-person’’ interpreting 

services or for Video Remote 

Interpreting (VRI). VRS, as a form of 

telecommunications relay service (TRS), 

is a means of giving persons with 

hearing disabilities access to the 

telephone system. The obligation of 

telephone companies to offer TRS is 

required by Congress under Title IV of 

the Americans with Disabilities Act of 

1990 (ADA). VRS allows people with 

hearing disabilities whose primary 

language is American Sign Language 

(ASL) to use the Internet or another 

broadband connection to contact a 

communications assistant (CA) via 

video equipment. The CA then makes 

an outbound telephone call to a hearing 

person and relays the call between the 

two parties. Currently, the costs for VRS 

calls are reimbursed from the Interstate 

TRS Fund, which is overseen by the 

Commission, making VRS calls free for 

consumers. By contrast, sign language 

interpreters facilitate communication 

between individuals who use sign 

language to communicate and those 

who do not. An interpreter may be used 

in many situations—e.g., in classrooms, 

during medical appointments, at staff 

meetings, or for business transactions—

when the parties are together at the 

same location. Generally, interpreters 

are contracted and paid for on a fee-forservice basis. Video Remote Interpreting 

(VRI) is a service that is used when an 

interpreter cannot be physically present 

to interpret for two or more persons who 

are together at the same location. This 

service uses a video connection to 

provide access to an interpreter who is 

at a remote location. As with ‘‘inperson’’ interpreters, VRI services are 

generally contracted and paid for on a 

fee-for-service basis. VRS is to be used 

only when a person with a hearing 

disability, who absent such disability 

would make a voice telephone call, 

desires to make a call through the 

telephone system (or when, in the 

reverse situation, the hearing person 

desires to make such a call to a person 

with a hearing disability). See 47 CFR 

64.601(17) of the Commission’s rules. 

VRS may not be used as a substitute for 

an ‘‘in-person’’ interpreter or a VRI 

service. 

Although the Commission has 

previously cautioned about the misuse 

of VRS as a substitute for ‘‘in-person’’

sign language interpreting services or 

VRI, it continues to receive reports that 

this is occurring. See, e.g., 

Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, CC Docket No. 98–67, Order 

on Reconsideration, FCC 00–200, 16 

FCC Rcd 4054–4058, paragraph 10 (June 

5, 2000); See Telecommunications Relay 

Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 

for Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, CC Docket Nos. 90–571 and 

98–67, CG Docket No. 03–123, Report 

and Order, Order on Reconsideration, 

and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, FCC 04–137, 19 FCC Rcd 

12475–12537, note 466 (June 30, 2004), 

published at 69 FR 53346 (September 1, 

2004), 69 FR 53382 (September 1, 2004); 

Federal Communications Commission 

Clarifies That Certain 

Telecommunications Relay Services 

(TRS) Marketing and Call Handling 

Practices Are Improper and Reminds 

That Video Relay Service (VRS) May 

Not Be Used as a Video Remote 

Interpreting Service, CC Docket No. 98–

67, CG Docket No. 03–123, Public 

Notice, DA 05–141, 20 FCC Rcd 1471 

(January 26, 2005), published at 70 FR