Notice2024-13648
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
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June 21, 2024
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Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and 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. Comments are requested concerning: 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; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 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; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52041-52042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13648]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-XXXX; FR ID 226599]
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
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,
and 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. Comments are requested
concerning: 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; the
accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 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; and ways to further reduce the
information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer
than 25 employees.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before August 20,
2024. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find
it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice,
you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#45151704052326266b222a33"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6a3a382b2a0c0909440d051c">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#046a6d676b68612a6b6a63616861446267672a636b72"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2947404a46454c0746474e4c454c694f4a4a074e465f">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele, (202) 418-2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid 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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
Title: Section 9.10(t), Interim 911 Requirements for Supplemental
Coverage from Space.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New information collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 59 respondents; 59 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 49 hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time and annual reporting requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
collection is contained in sections 1, 2, 4(i), 4(j), 4(o), 251(e),
303(b), 303(g), 303(r), 316, and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 154(j), 154(o), 251(e), 303(b),
303(g), 303(r), 316, 403, and section 4 of the Wireless Communications
and Public Safety Act of 1999, Public Law 106-81, sections 101 and 201
of the New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008,
Public Law 110-283, and section 106 of the Twenty-First Century
Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, Public Law 111-260,
as amended 47 U.S.C. 615a, 615a-1, 615b, 615c.
Total Annual Burden: 2,891 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Needs and Uses: In an effort to facilitate the process of
terrestrial providers taking steps to ensure their subscribers' access
to the 911 system in areas where they use SCS arrangements to expand
coverage to their end-users and thus comply with the new Interim 911
Requirements for Supplemental Coverage from Space as established in
Section 9.10(t), the Commission adopted certain information collection
requirements for those CMRS providers.
Annual Reporting Requirement. Under Section 9.10(t)(3), each CMRS
provider that utilizes SCS arrangements to expand its coverage areas
for providing service to its end-user subscribers must maintain records
of all SCS 911 voice calls and SCS 911 text messages received on its
network and received at its emergency call center. By October 15 of
each year, each CMRS provider that utilizes SCS arrangements to expand
its coverage areas for providing service to its end-user subscribers
must submit a report to the Commission regarding SCS 911 voice calls
and 911 text messages, and its emergency call center data, current as
of September 30 of that year. These reports must include, at a minimum:
(i) The name and address of the CMRS provider, the address of that CMRS
provider's emergency call center, and the contact information of the
emergency call center; (ii) The aggregate number of SCS 911 voice calls
and SCS 911 text messages received by the network of the CMRS provider
that provides SCS service to its end-user subscribers during each month
during the relevant reporting period; (iii) The aggregate number of SCS
911 voice calls and SCS 911 text messages received by the emergency
call center each month during the relevant reporting period; (iv) The
aggregate number of SCS 911 voice calls and SCS 911 text messages
received by the emergency call center each month during the relevant
reporting period that required forwarding to a PSAP and how many did
not require forwarding to a PSAP; (v) The aggregate number of SCS 911
voice calls that were routed using location information that met the
timeliness and accuracy thresholds defined in paragraphs (s)(3)(i)(A)
and (B) of this section; (vi) The aggregate number of SCS 911 voice
calls and SCS 911 text messages that were routed using location
information that did not meet the timeliness and accuracy thresholds
defined in paragraphs (s)(3)(i)(A) and (B) of this section; and (vii)
an explanation of how the SCS deployment, including network
architecture, systems, and procedures, will support routing SCS 911
voice calls and SCS 911 text messages to the geographically appropriate
PSAP with sufficient location information in compliance with paragraph
(t)(2) of this section. The Commission would use the data generated by
this annual information collection to monitor CMRS provider compliance
as well as analyze the growth and development of 911 system access for
end-users.
One-Time Privacy Certification Requirement. Under Section
9.10(t)(4), CMRS providers that utilize SCS arrangements to expand
their coverage areas for providing service to their end-user
subscribers must certify on a one-time basis that neither they nor any
third party they rely on to obtain location information or associated
data used for compliance with paragraph (t)(2)(i) or (ii) will use such
location information or associated data for any non-911 purpose, except
with prior express consent or as otherwise
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permitted or required by law. The certification must state that the
CMRS provider and any third parties it relies on to obtain location
information or associated data used for compliance with paragraph
(t)(2)(i) or (ii) have implemented measures sufficient to safeguard the
privacy and security of such location information or associated data.
CMRS providers that utilize SCS arrangements to expand their coverage
areas for providing service to their end-user subscribers must submit
this one-time certification in the Commission's Electronic Comment
Filing System on the due date of the first report made under paragraph
(t)(3) of this section. The Commission would use the data generated by
this annual information collection to monitor CMRS provider compliance
as well as analyze the growth and development of 911 system access for
end-users.
One-time Subscriber Notification Requirement. Under Section
9.10(t)(5), each CMRS provider that utilizes SCS arrangements to expand
its coverage areas for providing service to its end-user subscribers
shall specifically advise every subscriber, both new and existing, in
writing prominently and in plain language, of the circumstances under
which 911 service for all SCS 911 calls, or SCS 911 text messages may
not be available via SCS or may be in some way limited by comparison to
traditional enhanced 911 service.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-13648 Filed 6-20-24; 8:45 am]
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