Notice2025-05552
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
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Published
April 1, 2025
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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 of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s). 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. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 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 OMB control number.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 61 (Tuesday, April 1, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05552]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1306; FR ID 287083]
Information Collections 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 of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Communications Commission (Commission) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection(s). 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.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) 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 OMB control number.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before June 2, 2025.
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 contacts below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d080829190b6b3b3feb7bfa6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e1e1c0f0e282d2d60292138">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#074466736f7e29506e6b6b6e666a744761646429606871"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6c2f0d180415423b050000050d011f2c0a0f0f420b031a">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1306.
Title: Do Not Originate Requirements Voice Service Providers Report
and Order.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, and state,
local, or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 6,493 respondents; 77,916 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for these collections are contained in sections
4(i), 4(j), 201, 202, 217, 227, 227b, 251(e), 303(r), and 403 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), 201,
202, 217, 227, 227b, 251(e), 303(r), and 403.
Total Annual Burden: 155,832 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: This notice and request for comments seeks to
revise an existing information collection as it pertains to the
Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls Sixth
Report and Order and Call Authentication Trust Anchor Fifth Report and
Order (``Gateway Provider Report and Order''), FCC 22-37. These
revisions stem from the Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate
Unlawful Robocalls Eighth Report and Order (``Call Blocking Eighth
Report and Order''), FCC 25-15. Unwanted and illegal robocalls have
long been the Commission's top source of consumer complaints and one of
the Commission's top consumer protection priorities. Foreign-originated
robocalls represent a significant portion of illegal robocalls, and
gateway providers serve as a critical choke-point for reducing the
number of illegal robocalls received by American consumers. In the
Gateway Provider Report and Order, the Commission took steps to prevent
these foreign-originated illegal robocalls from reaching consumers and
to help track these calls back to the source.
Call Blocking Eighth Report and Order, FCC 25-15, paras. 9-14, 47
CFR 64.1200(o).
A voice service provider must block any calls purporting to
originate from a number on a reasonable do-not-originate list. A list
so limited in scope that it leaves out obvious numbers that could be
included with little effort may be deemed unreasonable. The do-not-
originate list may include only:
(i) Numbers for which the subscriber to which the number is
assigned has requested that calls purporting to originate from that
number be blocked because the number is used for inbound calls only;
(ii) North American Numbering Plan numbers that are not valid;
(iii) Valid North American Numbering Plan Numbers that are not
allocated to a provider by the North American Numbering Plan
Administrator; and
(iv) Valid North American Numbering Plan numbers that are allocated
to a provider by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator, but
are unused, so long as the provider blocking the calls is the allocatee
of the number and confirms that the number is unused or has obtained
verification from the allocatee that the number is unused at the time
of blocking.
The modified information collection for which OMB approval is
sought comes from the revisions in the Eighth Call Blocking Report and
Order (Call Blocking Eighth Report and Order at paras. 9-14) to the
requirement originally adopted in the Gateway Provider Report and Order
(Gateway Provider Order. at paras. 87-91). The categories of numbers
that may be included on the reasonable DNO list are the same categories
of numbers for which the Commission first authorized blocking in 2017
(Gateway Provider Order. at paras. 87-88; Call Blocking Eighth Report
and Order at paras. 9-14), and did not change in the Eighth Call
Blocking Report and Order. There is no valid reason for a caller to
originate a call from these numbers calls purporting to originate from
these numbers are highly likely to be illegal.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-05552 Filed 3-31-25; 8:45 am]
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