Rule2023-04753
VRS and IP CTS-Commencement of Pending User Registration
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Published
March 8, 2023
Effective
March 8, 2023
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Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with rules adopted in the Commission's documents Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities et. al, Report and Order, FCC 22-51. This document is consistent with the Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of those rules.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 14251-14252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04753]
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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 45 / Wednesday, March 8, 2023 / Rules
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 64
[CG Docket Nos. 03-123, 10-51 and 13-24; FCC 22-51; FR ID 130014]
VRS and IP CTS--Commencement of Pending User Registration
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC
or Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection
associated with rules adopted in the Commission's documents
Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for
Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities et. al, Report and
Order, FCC 22-51. This document is consistent with the Report and
Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the
Federal Register announcing the effective date of those rules.
DATES: The amendments to Sec. Sec. 64.611 and 64.615 (amendatory
instructions 3 and 4) published at 87 FR 57645, September 21, 2022, are
effective March 8, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Wallace, Disability Rights
Office, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, at (202) 418-2716, or
email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#17407e7b7b7e767a3940767b7b7674725771747439707861"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cf98a6a3a3a6aea2e198aea3a3aeacaa8fa9acace1a8a0b9">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on February
27, 2023, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information
collection requirements contained in the Commission's Report and Order,
FCC 22-51, published at 87 FR 57645, September 21, 2022. The OMB
Control Number is 3060-1053. The Commission publishes this notice as an
announcement of the effective date of the rules. 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 Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, via
email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a5e6c4d1cddc8bf2ccc9c9ccc9c4c8d6e5c3c6c68bc2cad3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c685a7b2aebfe891afaaaaafaaa7abb586a0a5a5e8a1a9b0">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include the OMB Control Number,
3060-1053, in your correspondence. The Commission will also accept your
comments via the internet if you send them to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1d4d4f5c5d7b7e7e337a726b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f7a7a5b6b7919494d9909881">[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#d8bebbbbede8ec98bebbbbf6bfb7ae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="375154540207037751545419505841">[email protected]</span></a> or call the Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice).
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
February 27, 2023, for the information collection requirements
contained in the Commission's rules at Sec. Sec. 64.611 and 64.615.
Under 5 CFR 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 3060-1053.
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: 3060-1053.
OMB Approval Date: February 27, 2023.
OMB Expiration Date: February 28, 2026.
Title: Misuse of internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP
CTS); Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services
for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, CG Docket Nos.
13-24 and 03-123.
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 186,012 respondents; 672,819
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.1 hours (6 minutes) to 40 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual, every five years, monthly, and
ongoing reporting requirements; Recordkeeping requirements; Third party
disclosure requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for the information collection requirements is
found at Sec. 225 [47 U.S.C. 225] Telecommunications Services for
Hearing-Impaired Individuals; The Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990, (ADA), Public Law 101-336, 104 Stat. 327, 366-69, enacted on July
26, 1990.
Total Annual Burden: 339,781 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $72,000.
Needs and Uses: On August 1, 2003, the Commission released
Telecommunication Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for
Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, CC Docket No. 98-67,
Declaratory Ruling, 68 FR 55898, September 28, 2003, clarifying that
one-line captioned telephone voice carry over (VCO) service is a type
of telecommunications relay service (TRS) and that eligible providers
of such services are eligible to recover their costs from the
Interstate TRS Fund (Fund) in accordance with section 225 of the
Communications Act.
On July 19, 2005, the Commission released Telecommunication Relay
Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and
Speech Disabilities, CC Docket No. 98-67 and CG Docket No. 03-123,
Order, 70 FR 54294, September 14, 2005, clarifying that two-line
captioned telephone VCO service, like one-line captioned telephone VCO
service, is a type of TRS eligible for compensation from the Fund.
On January 11, 2007, the Commission released Telecommunications
Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with
Hearing and Speech Disabilities, CG Docket No. 03-123, Declaratory
Ruling, 72 FR 6960, February 14, 2007, granting a request for
clarification that internet Protocol (IP) captioned telephone relay
service (IP CTS) is a type of TRS eligible for compensation from the
Fund.
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On August 26, 2013, the Commission issued Misuse of internet
Protocol Captioned Telephone Service; Telecommunications Relay Services
and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech
Disabilities, CG Docket Nos. 13-24 and 03-123, Report and Order, 78 FR
53684, August 30, 2013, to regulate practices relating to the marketing
of IP CTS, impose certain requirements for the provision of this
service, and mandate registration and certification of IP CTS users.
On June 8, 2018, the Commission issued Misuse of internet Protocol
Captioned Telephone Service; Telecommunications Relay Services and
Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech
Disabilities, CG Docket Nos. 13-24 and 03-123, Report and Order and
Declaratory Ruling, 83 FR 30082, June 27, 2018 (2018 IP CTS
Modernization Order), to facilitate the Commission's efforts to reduce
waste, fraud, and abuse and improve its ability to efficiently manage
the IP CTS program through regulating practices related to the
marketing of IP CTS, generally prohibiting the provision of IP CTS to
consumers who do not genuinely need the service, permitting the
provision of IP CTS in emergency shelters, and approving the use of
automatic speech recognition to generate captions without the
assistance of a communications assistant.
On February 15, 2019, the Commission issued Misuse of internet
Protocol Captioned Telephone Service; Telecommunications Relay Services
and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech
Disabilities, CG Docket Nos. 13-24 and 03-123, Report and Order, and
Order, 84 FR 8457, March 8, 2019 (2019 IP CTS Program Management
Order), requiring the submission of IP CTS user registration
information to the telecommunications relay service (TRS) User
Registration Database (Database) so that the Database administrator can
verify IP CTS users to reduce the risk of waste, fraud, and abuse in
the IP CTS program.
On June 30, 2022, the Commission issued Telecommunications Relay
Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and
Speech Disabilities; Structure and Practices of the Video Relay Service
Program; Misuse of internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service, CG
Docket Nos. 03-123, 10-51, and 13-24, Report and Order, published at 87
FR 57645, September 21, 2022 (Registration Grace Period Order),
allowing IP CTS and Video Relay Service (VRS) providers to provide
compensable service to a new user for up to two weeks after submitting
the user's information to the Database if the user's identity is
verified within that period, in order to offer more efficient service
to IP CTS and VRS users without risk of waste, fraud, and abuse to the
Fund.
The programmatic changes in information collection burdens that
apply to VRS due to the Registration and Grace Period Order will be
addressed separately in modifications to information collection No.
3060-1089.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-04753 Filed 3-7-23; 8:45 am]
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