Proposed Rule2023-01669
Comment Sought on Petition for Partial Reconsideration of Report and Order on TRS User Registration
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Published
January 31, 2023
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
In this document, the Commission seeks comment on a petition for partial reconsideration filed by Sorenson Communications, LLC, of the Registration Grace Period Order (Petition), in which the Commission amended its rules for Video Relay Service (VRS) and Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS) to allow consumers who are registering for service for the first time, or changing their service provider, to begin using the service without delay, pending completion of the user registration process.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 6220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01669]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 64
[CG Docket Nos. 03-123, 10-51, and 13-24; DA 23-29; FRS 124041]
Comment Sought on Petition for Partial Reconsideration of Report
and Order on TRS User Registration
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Petition for partial reconsideration.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission seeks comment on a petition
for partial reconsideration filed by Sorenson Communications, LLC, of
the Registration Grace Period Order (Petition), in which the Commission
amended its rules for Video Relay Service (VRS) and Internet Protocol
Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS) to allow consumers who are
registering for service for the first time, or changing their service
provider, to begin using the service without delay, pending completion
of the user registration process.
DATES: Oppositions to the Petition must be filed on or before February
15, 2023. Replies to an opposition must be filed on or before February
27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Oppositions and replies may be filed, identified by CG
Docket Nos. 03-123, 10-51, and 13-24, using the Commission's Electronic
Comment Filing System (ECFS).
<bullet> Electronic Filers: Oppositions and replies may be filed
electronically using the internet by accessing the ECFS: <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/standard">https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/standard</a>.
<bullet> Paper Filers:
[cir] Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and
one copy of each filing. If more than one docket or rulemaking number
appears in the caption of this proceeding, filers must submit two
additional copies for each additional docket or rulemaking number.
[cir] Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by
commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S.
Postal Service mail. All filings must be addressed to the Commission's
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
[cir] Currently, the Commission does not accept any hand delivered
or messenger delivered filings as a temporary measure taken to help
protect the health and safety of individuals, and to mitigate the
transmission of COVID-19. In the event that the Commission announces
the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, a filing window will be opened at
the Commission's office located at 9050 Junction Drive, Annapolis
Junction, MD 20701.
[cir] Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service
Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9050 Junction Drive,
Annapolis Junction, MD 20701.
[cir] U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail
may be addressed to 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554.
[cir] During the time the Commission's building is closed to the
general public and until further notice, if more than one docket or
rulemaking number appears in the caption of a proceeding, paper filers
need not submit two additional copies for each additional docket or
rulemaking number; an original and one copy are sufficient.
FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Wallace, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, at: (202) 418-2716; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#27704e4b4b4e464a0970464b4b4644426741444409404851"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cb9ca2a7a7a2aaa6e59caaa7a7aaa8ae8bada8a8e5aca4bd">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Public
Notice, DA 23-29, in CG Docket Nos. 03-123, 10-51, and 13-24, released
on January 12, 2023. The full text of the Petition can be accessed
online via the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System at:
<a href="https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/1021129108560/1">https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/1021129108560/1</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#72141111474246321411115c151d04"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="20464343151014604643430e474f56">[email protected]</span></a>
or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at: (202) 418-
0530.
Synopsis
In the Registration Grace Period Order, 87 FR 57645, September 21,
2022, the Commission amended its rules to allow VRS and IP CTS
providers to receive compensation for calls from the Interstate
Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) Fund during a two-week grace
period while completion of the registration process is pending. In the
Petition, Sorenson requests that the Commission reconsider the decision
to require providers to: terminate compensable service to new users who
cannot complete the registration process within the two-week ``grace
period''; and port a user back to the user's prior provider when re-
registration upon porting-in to a new provider has not been completed
within two weeks.
Federal Communications Commission.
Robert Garza,
Legal Advisor, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2023-01669 Filed 1-30-23; 8:45 am]
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