Rule2023-17485
Access to Telecommunications Service, Telecommunications Equipment & Customer Premises Equipment by Persons With Disabilities
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Published
August 16, 2023
Effective
August 16, 2023
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission revises the final rules portion of a Federal Register document published on November 19, 1999. The published document inadvertently listed an erroneous cross-reference. This document corrects the final regulations.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 16, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 55584-55585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17485]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 7
[WT Docket No. 96-198; FCC 99-181; FR ID 160641]
Access to Telecommunications Service, Telecommunications
Equipment & Customer Premises Equipment by Persons With Disabilities
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Correcting amendment.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission
revises the final rules portion of a Federal Register document
published on November 19, 1999. The published document inadvertently
listed an erroneous cross-reference. This document corrects the final
regulations.
DATES: Effective August 16, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Mendelsohn, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, (202) 559-7304, or email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2a604559425f4b04674f444e4f46594542446a4c4949044d455c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1953766a716c7837547c777d7c756a767177597f7a7a377e766f">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's
document, FCC 99-181, published November 19, 1999, (64 FR 63235). This
document corrects a cross-reference error to 47 CFR 7.5(a)(1) in 47 CFR
7.5(b)(2) to cross-reference 47 CFR 7.5(b)(1).
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 7
Communications equipment, Individuals with disabilities,
Telecommunications.
Accordingly, 47 CFR part 7 is corrected by making the following
correcting amendment:
PART 7--ACCESS TO VOICEMAIL AND INTERACTIVE MENU SERVICES AND
EQUIPMENT BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
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1. The authority citation for part 7 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151-154, 208, 255, and 303(r).
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2. Amend Sec. 7.5 by revising paragraph (b)(2) to read as follows:
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Sec. 7.5 General Obligations.
(b) * * *
(2) Whenever the requirements of paragraph (b)(1) of this section
are not readily achievable, the service provider shall ensure that the
service is compatible with existing peripheral devices or specialized
customer premises equipment commonly used by individuals with
disabilities to achieve access, if readily achievable.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Aleta Bowers,
Information Management Specialist, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-17485 Filed 8-15-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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