29952 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 106 / Friday, June 4, 2021 / Rules and Regulations 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 64 

[WC Docket No. 17–97; FCC 20–136; FRS 

29244] 

Call Authentication Trust Anchor 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of 

effective date. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

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 Call Authentication 

Trust Anchor, Second Report and Order 

(Order)’s caller ID authentication rules. 

This document is consistent with the 

Order, which stated that the 

Commission would publish a document 

in the Federal Register announcing the 

effective date of those rules. 

DATES: The additions of 47 CFR 

64.6303(b) (instruction 6) and 

64.6305(b) and (c) (instruction 9), 

published at 85 FR 73360 on November 

17, 2020, are effective June 4, 2021. This 

rule is effective June 4, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Lechter, Competition Policy 

Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 

at (202) 418–0984, or email: 

jonathan.lechter@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document announces that, on May 13, 

2021, OMB approved, for a period of 

three years, the information collection 

requirements relating to the caller ID 

identification rules contained in the 

Commission’s Order, FCC 20–136, 

published at 85 FR 73360 on November 

17, 2020 (47 CFR 64.6303(b), 64.6305(b) 

and (c), and 64.6306(e)). The OMB 

Control Number is 3060–1285. The 

Commission publishes this document as 

an announcement of the effective date of 

§§ 64.6303(b) and 64.6305(b) and (c). In 

the Order and the text of §§ 64.6305(b) 

and (c) and 64.6306(e), the Commission 

directed the Wireline Competition 

Bureau to set the compliance dates for 

these rules. On April 20, 2021, the 

Wireline Competition Bureau released a 

Public Notice, DA 21–454, setting the 

date by which voice service providers 

submit information into the 

Commission’s Robocall Mitigation 

Database (database) (§ 64.6305(b)) and 

the date by which intermediate 

providers may no longer accept voice 

traffic from any provider that does not 

appear in the database (§ 64.6305(c)). 

Voice service providers must submit 

information into the database by June 

30, 2021 and intermediate providers 

may no longer accept voice traffic from 

any provider that does not appear in the 

database by September 28, 2021. We 

therefore modify the text of § 64.6305(b) 

and (c), previously published at 85 FR 

73360, to incorporate these compliance 

dates announced by the Wireline 

Competition Bureau. The amendment to 

§ 64.6306(e), published at 85 FR 73360 

on November 17, 2020, remains delayed 

indefinitely pending further 

Commission action setting the 

compliance date for exemption 

certifications filed under § 64.6306(e) 

and subsequent publication of the 

effective date and conforming 

amendments to the rule in the Federal 

Register. 

If you have any comments on the 

burden estimates listed below, or how 

the Commission can improve the 

collections and reduce any burdens 

caused thereby, please contact Nicole 

Ongele, Federal Communications 

Commission, Room 3.310, 45 Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554. Please include 

the OMB Control Number, 3060–1285, 

in your correspondence. The 

Commission will also accept your 

comments via email at PRA@fcc.gov. 

To request materials in accessible 

formats for people with disabilities 

(Braille, large print, electronic files, 

audio format), send an email to fcc504@

fcc.gov or call the Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

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 May 13, 

2021, for the information collection 

requirements contained in the 

modifications to the Commission’s rules 

in 47 CFR part 64 and modifying the 

language of § 64.6305(b) and (c) to 

conform to the compliance dates 

adopted by the Wireline Competition 

Bureau in DA 21–454. 

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 

3060–1285. 

The foregoing notice 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: 3060–1285. 

OMB Approval Date: May 13, 2021. 

OMB Expiration Date: May 31, 2024. 

Title: Compliance with the Non-IP 

Call Authentication Solution Rules; 

Robocall Mitigation Database; 

Certification to Verify Exemption from 

Caller ID Authentication 

Implementation Mandate. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 6,535 respondents; 6,535 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .5 

hours–3 hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement and onoccasion reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory 

and required to obtain or retain benefits. 

The statutory authority for this 

information collection is contained in 

sections 227(b), 227(e) and 251(e) of the 

Communications Act of 1934. 

Total Annual Burden: 15,520 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission will consider the 

potential confidentiality of any 

information submitted, particularly 

where public release of such 

information could raise security 

concerns (e.g., granular location 

information). Respondents may request 

materials or information submitted to 

the Commission or to the Administrator 

be withheld from public inspection 

under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: On October 1, 2020, 

the Commission released the Order, FCC 

20–136, published at 85 FR 73360, 

November 17, 2020, adopting final 

rules—containing information 

collection requirements—designed to 

promote caller ID authentication 

technology. The rules implement the 

Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall 

Abuse Criminal Enforcement and 

Deterrence Act (TRACED Act), 

promoting the deployment of caller ID 

authentication technology, and 

combatting the practice of illegal caller 

ID spoofing. In doing so, the Order 

adopts rules governing intermediate 

providers and caller ID authentication 

in non-IP networks, implements the 

exceptions and extensions established 

by the TRACED Act and prohibits lineitem charges for caller ID 

authentication. 

Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 106 / Friday, June 4, 2021 / Rules and Regulations 29953 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 64 

Common carriers. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission amends part 64 of title 47 

of the Code of Federal Regulations as 

follows: 

PART 64—MISCELLANEOUS RULES 

RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 64 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154, 201, 

202, 217, 218, 220, 222, 225, 226, 227, 227b, 

228, 251(a), 251(e), 254(k), 262, 276, 

403(b)(2)(B), (c), 616, 620, 1401–1473, unless 

otherwise noted; Pub. L. 115–141, Div. P, sec. 

503, 132 Stat. 348, 1091. 

■ 2. Amend § 64.6305 by revising 

paragraphs (b)(1) introductory text and 

(c) to read as follows: 

§ 64.6305 Robocall mitigation and 

certification. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(1) Not later than June 30, 2021, a 

voice service provider, regardless of 

whether it is subject to an extension 

granted under § 64.6304, shall certify to 

one of the following: 

* * * * * 

(c) Intermediate provider and voice 

service provider obligations. Beginning 

September 28, 2021, intermediate 

providers and voice service providers 

shall only accept calls directly from a 

voice service provider, including a 

foreign voice service provider that uses 

North American Numbering Plan 

resources that pertain to the United 

States to send voice traffic to residential 

or business subscribers in the United 

States, if that voice service provider’s 

filing appears in the Robocall Mitigation 

Database in accordance with paragraph 

(b) of this section. 

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