Rule2022-02897
Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services
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Published
February 11, 2022
Effective
February 11, 2022
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, an information collection associated with the Commission's 2021 Inmate Calling Services (ICS) Order, FCC 21-60, in which the Commission, among other actions, expanded its consumer disclosure requirements and added new requirements for providers of calling services for incarcerated people (calling services) that seek waiver of the Commission's interstate and international rate caps. The Commission also required that calling services providers separately disclose, in connection with international calling services rates, the rate component for terminating calls to each country where that provider terminates international calls. This document is consistent with the 2021 ICS Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of these rules.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 7955-7956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02897]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 64
[WC Docket No. 12-375, FCC 21-60; FR ID 70815]
Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
has approved, for a period of three years, an information collection
associated with the Commission's 2021 Inmate Calling Services (ICS)
Order, FCC 21-60, in which the Commission, among other actions,
expanded its consumer disclosure requirements and added new
requirements for providers of calling services for incarcerated people
(calling services) that seek waiver of the Commission's interstate and
international rate caps. The Commission also required that calling
services providers separately disclose, in connection with
international calling services rates, the rate component for
terminating calls to each country where that provider terminates
international calls. This document is consistent with the 2021 ICS
Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the
Federal Register announcing the effective date of these rules.
DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 64.6110 and the addition of 47 CFR
64.6120, published July 28, 2021 (86 FR 40682), and delayed
indefinitely, are effective on February 11, 2022. This rule is
effective February 11, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erik Raven-Hansen, Pricing Policy
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, (202) 418-1532, or email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b1d4c3d8da9fc3d0c7d4df9cd9d0dfc2d4dff1d7d2d29fd6dec7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1376617a783d617265767d3e7b727d60767d537570703d747c65">[email protected]</span></a><a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="634d230500004d040c15">[email protected]</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on January 24,
2022, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information
collection requirements relating to Sec. Sec. 64.6110 and 64.6120 of
the Commission's rules, as contained in the Commission's 2021 ICS
Order, FCC 21-60, published at 86 FR 40682 on July 28, 2021. The OMB
Control Number is 3060-1222. The Commission publishes this document as
an announcement of the effective date of the rules.
In the 2021 ICS Order, the Commission directed that Sec. 64.6110
be
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revised and Sec. 64.6120 be added to reflect OMB's approval once that
approval was received. We therefore revise Sec. Sec. 64.6110 and
64.6120, previously published at 86 FR 40682, and delayed indefinitely,
to remove Sec. Sec. 64.6110(d) and 64.6120(d), both of which state
that providers would be required to comply with the information
requirements immediately upon publication by the Commission of a
document in the Federal Register announcing OMB approval.
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, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Please include the
OMB Control Number, 3060-1222, in your correspondence. The Commission
will also accept your comments via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3e6e6c7f7e585d5d10595148"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b7e7e5f6f7d1d4d499d0d8c1">[email protected]</span></a>.
To request materials in accessible formats for people with
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format),
send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7a1c19194f4a4e3a1c1919541d150c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="167075752326225670757538717960">[email protected]</span></a> 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 OMB approval on
January 24, 2022 for the information collection requirements contained
in the Commission's modifications to the Commission's rules in 47 CFR
part 64. 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 3060-1222.
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: 3060-1222.
OMB Approval Date: January 24, 2022.
Expiration Date: January 31, 2025.
Title: Inmate Calling Services (ICS) Provider Annual Reporting,
Certification, Consumer Disclosure, and Waiver Request Requirements, WC
Docket No. 12-375, FCC 21-60.
Form Numbers: FCC Form 2301(a) and FCC Form 2301(b).
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.
Total Annual Burden: 2,940 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in
sections 1, 4(i)-(j), 201(b), 218, 220, 225, 255, 276, 403, and 617 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.
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 calling services providers.
Needs and Uses: Section 201 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended (Act), 47 U.S.C. 201, requires that calling services 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 calling services providers) be
fairly compensated for completed calls.
On May 24, 2021, the Commission released the Third Report and Order
(86 FR 40682, July 28, 2021), Order on Reconsideration (86 FR 40340,
July 28, 2021), and Fifth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (86 FR
40416, July 28, 2021), WC Docket No. 12-375, FCC 21-60 (2021 ICS
Order), in which it continued its reform of the calling services
marketplace. In that Order, the Commission, among other actions,
expanded its consumer disclosure requirements and added new
requirements for calling services providers seeking waiver of the
Commission's interstate and international rate caps. The Commission
also required, in connection with international calling services rates,
that providers must separately disclose the rate component for
terminating calls to each country where that provider terminates
international calls.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the 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
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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), 255, 262,
276, 403(b)(2)(B), (c), 616, 620, 716, 1401-1473, unless otherwise
noted; Pub. L. 115-141, Div. P, sec. 503, 132 Stat. 348, 1091.
Sec. 64.6110 [Amended]
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2. In Sec. 64.6110, remove paragraph (d).
Sec. 64.6120 [Amended]
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3. In Sec. 64.6120, remove paragraph (d).
[FR Doc. 2022-02897 Filed 2-10-22; 8:45 am]
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