Notice2022-20087
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
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September 16, 2022
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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 can further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 179 (Friday, September 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56947-56948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20087]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-XXXX; FR ID 104675]
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
can further reduce the information collection burden for small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted on or before October 17,
2022.
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#772725363711141459101801"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="97c7c5d6d7f1f4f4b9f0f8e1">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c586a4b1adbceb92aca9a9aca4a8b685a3a6a6eba2aab3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="763517021e0f58211f1a1a1f171b053610151558111900">[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: 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.
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: Do Not Originate Requirements for Gateway Provider Report
and Order.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New information collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 6,493 respondents; 77,916 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On-occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for these collections are contained in sections
4(i), 4(j), 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.
Total Annual Burden: 77,916 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
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 Sixth Report and
Order and Call Authentication Trust Anchor Fifth Report and Order
(``Gateway Provider Report and Order''). 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. Foreign-originated robocalls represent
a significant portion of illegal robocalls, and gateway providers serve
as a critical choke-point for reducing the number of illegal robocalls
received by American consumers. In the Gateway Provider Report and
Order, the Commission took steps to prevent these foreign-originated
illegal robocalls from reaching consumers and to help track these calls
back to the source. Along with further extension of the Commission's
caller ID authentication requirements and Robocall Mitigation Database
filing requirements, the Commission adopted several robocall mitigation
requirements, including a requirement for gateway providers to respond
to traceback within 24 hours, mandatory blocking requirements, a ``know
your upstream provider'' requirement, and a general mitigation
requirement.
Gateway Provider Report and Order, FCC 22-37, paras. 87-91, 47 CFR
64.1200(o).
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A provider that serves as a gateway provider for particular calls
must, with respect to those calls, block any calls purporting to
originate from a number on a reasonable do-not-originate list. A list
so limited in scope that it leaves out obvious numbers that could be
included with little effort may be deemed unreasonable. The do-not-
originate list may include only
(i) Numbers for which the subscriber to which the number is
assigned has requested that calls purporting to originate from that
number be blocked because the number is used for inbound calls only;
(ii) North American Numbering Plan numbers that are not valid;
(iii) Valid North American Numbering Plan Numbers that are not
allocated to a provider by the North American Numbering Plan
Administrator; and
(iv) Valid North American Numbering Plan numbers that are allocated
to a provider by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator, but
are unused, so long as the provider blocking the calls is the allocatee
of the number and confirms that the number is unused or has obtained
verification from the allocatee that the number is unused at the time
of blocking.
The new information collection for which OMB approval is sought
comes from the requirement in the Gateway Provider Report and Order
that all gateway providers must block calls using a reasonable DNO
list. The categories of numbers that may be included on the reasonable
DNO list are the same categories of numbers for which the Commission
first authorized blocking in 2017. There is no valid reason for a
caller to originate a call from these numbers calls purporting to
originate from these numbers are highly likely to be illegal.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-20087 Filed 9-15-22; 8:45 am]
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