Rule2024-29154
Disruptions to Communications; Improving 911 Reliability; Ensuring the Reliability and Resiliency of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline; Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications; Implementation of the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2018
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Published
December 16, 2024
Effective
April 15, 2025
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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 the Commission's Second Report and Order in PS Docket Nos. 15-80 and 13-75, ET Docket No. 04-35, FCC 22-88 (2022 Second Report and Order), and the Commission's Report and Order in PS Docket Nos. 23-5 and 15-80, WC Docket No. 18-336, FCC 23-57 (2023 Report and Order). This document is consistent with the 2022 Second Report and Order and 2023 Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of the new information collection requirements.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 241 (Monday, December 16, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 101500-101501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29154]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 4
[PS Docket Nos. 15-80 and 13-75, ET Docket No. 04-35; FCC 22-88; PS
Docket Nos. 23-5 and 15-80, WC Docket No. 18-336; FCC 23-57; FR ID
267131]
Disruptions to Communications; Improving 911 Reliability;
Ensuring the Reliability and Resiliency of the 988 Suicide & Crisis
Lifeline; Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications;
Implementation of the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2018
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 the Commission's Second Report and Order in
PS Docket Nos. 15-80 and 13-75, ET Docket No. 04-35, FCC 22-88 (2022
Second Report and Order), and the Commission's Report and Order in PS
Docket Nos. 23-5 and 15-80, WC Docket No. 18-336, FCC 23-57 (2023
Report and Order). This document is consistent with the 2022 Second
Report and Order and 2023 Report and Order, which stated that the
Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing
the effective date of the new information collection requirements.
DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 4.9 (amendatory instruction 3)
published at 88 FR 9756, February 15, 2023, and the amendments to 47
CFR 4.9 (amendatory instruction 4) published at 89 FR 2503, January 16,
2024, are effective April 15, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tara Shostek, Attorney Advisor, Public Safety and Homeland Security
Bureau, at (202) 418-8130, or by email, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1c687d6e7d326f74736f6879775c7a7f7f327b736a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b5c1d4c7d49bc6dddac6c1d0def5d3d6d69bd2dac3">[email protected]</span></a>.
For additional information concerning the Paperwork Reduction Act
information collection requirements, contact Nicole Ongele at (202)
418-2991 or via email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#96d8fff5f9faf3b8d9f8f1f3faf3d6f0f5f5b8f1f9e0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="baf4d3d9d5d6df94f5d4dddfd6dffadcd9d994ddd5cc">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on November 5,
2024, OMB approved, until November 30, 2027, the information collection
requirements adopted in (i) the Commission's Second Report and Order
(2022 Second Report and Order) in PS Docket Nos. 15-80 and 13-75, ET
Docket No. 04-35, FCC 22-88, adopted on November 17, 2022, and released
on November 18, 2022, and, (ii) the Commission's Report and Order (2023
Report and Order) in PS Docket Nos. 23-5 and 15-80, WC Docket No. 18-
336, FCC 23-57, adopted on July 20, 2023, and released on July 21,
2023.
In the 2022 Second Report and Order, the Commission adopted rule
amendments to 47 CFR 4.9 (by revising paragraphs (a)(4) and (c)(2)(iv);
adding a heading for paragraph (e); and revising paragraphs (e)(1)(v),
(f)(4), (g)(1)(i), and (h)) that required review by OMB pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Those amendments were included in the
Final Rules section of 2022 Second Report and Order with an amendatory
instruction that they be delayed indefinitely (because they required
OMB approval before they could be made effective). The 2023 Report and
Order also adopted amendments to 47 CFR 4.9 (by revising paragraphs
(a)(4), (c)(2)(iv), (e)(1)(v), (f)(4), and (g)(1)(i) and adding
paragraph (i)) that required review by OMB pursuant to the PRA. Those
amendments were included in the Final Rules section of 2023 Report and
Order with an amendatory instruction that they be delayed indefinitely
(because they required OMB approval before they could be made
effective). The amendments to Sec. 4.9 adopted in the 2023 Report and
Order are additive to and to not conflict with the amendments to Sec.
4.9 adopted in the 2022 Second Report and Order.
The amendments identified herein adopted in the 2022 Second Report
and Order and 2023 Report and Order were submitted for OMB review as a
single information collection. Because OMB has approved this
information collection, the Commission is setting an effective date for
the above-cited rule revisions of 120 days following publication of
this document in the Federal Register.
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If you have any comments on the burden estimates listed below, or
how the Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens
cause thereby, please contact Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications
Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. Please include OMB
Control Number, 3060-0484, in your correspondence. The Commission will
also accept your comments via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#97c7c5d6d7f1f4f4b9f0f8e1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="98c8cad9d8fefbfbb6fff7ee">[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#d7b1b4b4e2e7e397b1b4b4f9b0b8a1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4b2d28287e7b7f0b2d2828652c243d">[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 final OMB
approval on November 5, 2024, for the information collection
requirements contained in the modifications to the Commission's rules
in 47 CFR part 4.
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 OMB
Control Number is 3060-0484.
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 respondents
are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0484.
OMB Approval Date: November 5, 2024.
OMB Expiration Date: November 30, 2027.
Title: Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to
Communications.
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 3,224 respondents; 201,848
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour-2 hours (average per response).
Frequency of Response: On occasion and Annual Reporting
Requirements and Recordkeeping Requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory and Voluntary. The statutory
authority for this information collection is contained in sections in
sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 4(n), 4(o), 201(b), 214, 218, 251(e)(3),
251(e)(4), 254, 301, 303(b), 303(g), 303(r), 307, 309(a), 309(j), 316,
332, and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and section
706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i)-(j),
(n), & (o), 201(b), 214, 218, 251(e)(3), 251(e)(4), 254, 301, 303(b),
303(g), 303(r), 307, 309(a), 332, 403, 615, 615a-1, and 1302.
Total Annual Burden: 398,319 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Needs and Uses: Through this information collection, data received
facilitates the Commission's monitoring, analysis, and investigation of
the reliability and security of voice, paging, and interconnected voice
over internet protocol communications services. Data received through
this information collection also helps the Commission identify and act
on potential threats to our Nation's telecommunications infrastructure.
Moreover, the Commission uses this information collection to identify
the duration, magnitude, root causes, contributing factors with respect
to significant outages; and to identify outage trends; support service
restoration efforts; and help coordinate with public safety officials
during times of crisis. The Commission uses the information collection
to draw lessons learned in order to foster a better understanding of
significant outages' root causes, and to explore preventive measures in
the future so as to mitigate the potential scale and impact of such
outages.
Harmonizing the existing notification requirements for covered 911
service providers and originating service providers (OSPs) will
simplify compliance for providers and reduce confusion for 911 special
facilities. Among other harmonization requirements, the initial
notification requirements are intended to provide preliminary notice of
a potential problem to a 911 special facility so that the 911 special
facility can, as quickly as possible, mitigate the impacts of the
outage, and alert the public to alternative means of emergency
services.
The new requirement that covered 988 service providers and OSPs
notify 988 special facilities about outages that potentially affect
them serves these same purposes with respect to the availability of the
988 Lifeline, including providing notice to the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration, the Veterans Affairs
Administration, and the 988 Lifeline administrator when an outage that
potentially affects a 988 special facility occurs.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-29154 Filed 12-13-24; 8:45 am]
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