Rule2024-17346
Numbering Policies for Modern Communications
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Published
August 8, 2024
Effective
August 8, 2024
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with the Commission's revised Numbering Authorization Application rules. This document is consistent with Numbering Policies for Modern Communications, Second Report and Order, FCC 23-75, which stated that the rules subject to OMB approval would become effective upon an announcement in the Federal Register announcing their effective date.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 64832-64833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17346]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 52
[WC Docket Nos. 13-97, 07-243, 20-67; IB Docket No. 16-155; FCC 23-75;
FR ID 236587]
Numbering Policies for Modern Communications
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau)
announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved,
for a period of three years, the information collection associated with
the Commission's revised Numbering Authorization Application rules.
This document is consistent with Numbering Policies for Modern
Communications, Second Report and Order, FCC 23-75, which stated that
the rules subject to OMB approval would become effective upon an
announcement in the Federal Register announcing their effective date.
DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 52.15(g)(3)(ii)(B) through (F), (I),
(K), (L), and (N) and (g)(3)(x)(A) (amendatory instruction 3),
published at 88 FR 80617, November 20, 2023, are effective on August 8,
2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jordan Reth, Competition Policy
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-1418, or email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d59fbaa7b1b4bbfb87b0a1bd95b3b6b6fbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="410b2e3325202f6f13243529012722226f262e37">[email protected]</span></a>. For additional information concerning the
Paperwork Reduction Act information collection requirements, contact
Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#317f58525e5d541f7e5f56545d54715752521f565e47"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1a54737975767f3455747d7f767f5a7c7979347d756c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 21, 2023, the Commission
adopted Numbering Policies for Modern Communications, Second Report and
Order, FCC 23-75, published at 88 FR 80617, November 20, 2023. In the
Second Report and Order, the Commission adopted revisions to 47 CFR
52.15(g). Section 52.15(g) allows interconnected Voice over internet
Protocol (VoIP) providers to apply for a blanket authorization from the
Commission that, once granted, will allow them to demonstrate that they
have the authority to provide service in specific areas, thus enabling
them to request numbers directly from the Numbering Administrators.
This information collection covers the information and certifications
that applicants must submit in order to comply with the Numbering
Authorization Application process. The data, information, and documents
acquired through this collection will allow interconnected VoIP
providers to obtain numbers with minimal burden or delay while also
preventing providers from obtaining numbers without first demonstrating
that they can deploy and properly utilize such resources. The revisions
the Second Report and Order to this information collection are
necessary to further stem the tide of illegal robocalls perpetrated by
interconnected VoIP providers, to protect the nation's numbering
resources from abuse by foreign bad actors, and to advance other
important public policy objectives tied to the use of our nation's
limited numbering resources. The Commission stated that these rule
changes may contain new or modified information collection requirements
that the Bureau determined is required under the Paperwork Reduction
Act.
On April 19, 2024, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the
information collection requirements relating to the Numbering
Authorization Application rules contained in the Second Report and
Order. The OMB Control Number is 3060-1214. The Bureau publishes this
document as an announcement of the effective date of the direct access
authorization rules adopted in the Second Report and Order. 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 Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications
Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. Please include the
OMB Control Number 3060-1214 in your correspondence. The Commission
also will accept your comments via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#96c6c4d7d6f0f5f5b8f1f9e0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="abfbf9eaebcdc8c885ccc4dd">[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#43252020767377032520206d242c35"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87e1e4e4b2b7b3c7e1e4e4a9e0e8f1">[email protected]</span></a> or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs
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Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), the Bureau is notifying the public that it received final OMB
approval on April 19, 2024, for the information collection requirements
contained in the modifications to the Commission's direct access
authorization rules in 47 CFR part 52.
Under 5 CFR part 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 foregoing notification 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 affected
respondents are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1214.
OMB Approval Date: April 19, 2024.
OMB Expiration Date: April 30, 2027.
Title: Direct Access to Numbers Order, FCC 15-70, Conditions.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently-approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.z
Number of Respondents and Responses: 20 respondents; 20 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 10-35 hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time, ongoing and biannual reporting
requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authority for these
collections are contained in 47 U.S.C. 251(e)(1) and section 6(a) of
the TRACED Act.
Total Annual Burden: 1,100 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Needs and Uses: On June 18, 2015, the Commission adopted a Report
and Order establishing the Numbering Authorization Application, which
allows interconnected VoIP providers to apply for a blanket
authorization from the FCC that, once granted, will allow them to
demonstrate that they have the authority to provide service in specific
areas, thus enabling them to request numbers directly from the
Numbering Administrators. The collection covers the information and
certifications that applicants must submit in order to comply with the
Numbering Authorization Application process. On September 21, 2023, the
Commission adopted a Second Report and Order that strengthens this
application process by revising this information collection to ensure
the Commission receives sufficient detail from interconnected VoIP
applicants to make informed, public-interest-driven decisions about
their direct access applications and thereby protect the public from
bad actors. This information will continue help the Commission stem the
tide of illegal robocalls, protect national security and law
enforcement, safeguard the nation's finite numbering resources, reduce
the opportunity for regulatory arbitrage, and further promote public
safety.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-17346 Filed 8-7-24; 8:45 am]
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