Notice2021-15709
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
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July 23, 2021
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Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 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. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might ``further reduce the information collection burden for 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 139 (Friday, July 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39020-39022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15709]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-XXXX; FR ID 38901]
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to
Office of Management and Budget
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,
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. Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it
might ``further reduce the information collection burden for 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 and recommendations for the proposed
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information collection should be submitted on or before August 23,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information collection by selecting
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using
the search function. Your comment must be submitted into
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a> per the above instructions for it to be considered. In
addition to submitting in <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a> also send a copy of your
comment on the proposed information collection to Cathy Williams, FCC,
via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#adfdffecedcbcece83cac2db"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e8b8baa9a88e8b8bc68f879e">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#753614011d0c5b221c19191c141806351316165b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="da99bbaeb2a3f48db3b6b6b3bbb7a99abcb9b9f4bdb5ac">[email protected]</span></a>. 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 Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918. To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR)
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the web page <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>, (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 Title 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, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the FCC invited the general public and
other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection. 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 estimates; (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. Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might ``further
reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns
with fewer than 25 employees.''
OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
Title: Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls,
Fourth Report and Order, CG Docket No. 17-59, FCC 20-187.
Type of Review: New information collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Total Annual Burden: 199,412 hours.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 6,493 respondents; 582,434 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .25 to 40 hours.
Frequency of Response: On-occasion reporting requirement, on-going
reporting requirement and Third-party Disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for these collections are contained in sections
4(i), 201, 202, 217, 227, 227b, 251(e), 303(r), and 403 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 201, 202,
217, 227, 227b, 251(e), 303(r), 403.
Needs and Uses: This notice and request for comments seeks to
establish a new information collection as it pertains to the Advanced
Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls Fourth Report and
Order (``Call Blocking Fourth Report and Order''), FCC 20-187. Unwanted
and illegal robocalls have long been the Federal Communication
Commission's (``Commission'') top source of consumer complaints and one
of the Commission's top consumer protection priorities. In 2019,
Congress passed the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal
Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act. In addition to directing the
Commission to mandate adoption of caller ID authentication technology
and encourage voice service providers to block calls by establishing
safe harbors, the TRACED Act directs the Commission to ensure that both
consumers and callers are provided with transparency and effective
redress when calls are blocked in error. In the Call Blocking Fourth
Report and Order, the Commission took several steps to better protect
consumers from unwanted and illegal robocalls, and implement the TRACED
Act. The Commission expanded the existing safe harbor for blocking of
calls, established affirmative requirements to ensure that voice
service providers better police their networks against illegal calls,
and adopted several transparency and redress requirements to ensure
that erroneous blocking can be quickly identified and remedied.
Call Blocking Fourth Report and Order, FCC 20-187, Paras. 22-31, 47 CFR
64.1200(n)(2)
A voice service provider must: . . . Take steps to effectively
mitigate illegal traffic when it receives actual written notice of such
traffic from the Commission through its Enforcement Bureau. In
providing notice, the Enforcement Bureau shall identify with as much
particularity as possible the suspected traffic; provide the basis for
the Enforcement Bureau's reasonable belief that the identified traffic
is unlawful; cite the statutory or regulatory provisions the suspected
traffic appears to violate; and direct the voice service provider
receiving the notice that it must comply with this section. Each
notified provider must promptly investigate the identified traffic.
Each notified provider must then promptly report the results of its
investigation to the Enforcement Bureau, including any steps the
provider has taken to effectively mitigate the identified traffic or an
explanation as to why the provider has reasonably concluded that the
identified calls were not illegal and what steps it took to reach that
conclusion. Should the notified provider find that the traffic comes
from an upstream provider with direct access to the U.S. Public
Switched Telephone Network, that provider must promptly inform the
Enforcement Bureau of the source of the traffic and, if possible, take
steps to mitigate this traffic.
The first portion of the new information collection for which OMB
approval is sought comes from the affirmative obligation adopted in the
Call Blocking Fourth Report and Order that voice service providers
effectively mitigate illegal traffic when notified of such traffic by
the Commission's Enforcement Bureau. In adopting this requirement as
well as the other affirmative obligations, the Commission made clear
that, while most blocking is done by terminating voice service
providers, originating and intermediate voice service providers are
integral to stopping illegal calls. This requirement in particular
gives the Commission an important tool in the fight to stop illegal
calls.
Call Blocking Fourth Report and Order, FCC 20-187, Paras. 62-70, 47 CFR
64.1200(k)(10)
Any terminating provider that blocks calls on an opt-out or opt-in
basis, either
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itself or through a third-party blocking service, must provide, at the
request of the subscriber to a number, at no additional charge and
within 3 business days of such a request, a list of calls to that
number, including the date and time of the call and the calling number,
that the terminating provider or its designee blocked within the 28
days prior to the request.
The second portion of the new information collection for which OMB
approval is sought comes from the requirement in the Call Blocking
Fourth Report and Order that any terminating voice service provider
that blocks calls on an opt-in or opt-out basis must provide, on the
request of the subscriber to a particular number, a list of all calls
intended for that number that the voice service provider or its
designee has blocked. The list must include the prior 28 days of
blocked calls and must be provided to the subscriber within 3 business
days. The TRACED Act expressly directs the Commission to ensure that
both consumers and callers are provided with transparency. In the Call
Blocking Fourth Report and Order, the Commission determined that, while
opt-in or opt-out blocking must already be disclosed to consumers, a
consumer may be unaware that particular calls are blocked absent such a
list. Consumers can use the list to determine whether to opt out of
blocking services or reach out to callers whose calls may have been
blocked.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-15709 Filed 7-22-21; 8:45 am]
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