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OMB Control No: 3060-0687	ICR Reference No: 199512-3060-006
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Access to Telecommunications Equipment and Services by Persons
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 02/19/1996
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/12/1995
Terms of Clearance: Proposed 'Third Party Notification Requirements' contained in Sections 68.112(b)(1)(G) 'Designation of Emergency Telephones' and 68.224(a) 'Equipment Packaging' are approved. The requirement contained in Section 68.300(b)(3) is NOT approved. The FCC has permission to require manufacturers or importers to label equipment with appropriate and reasonable language that would inform a user that the phone is hearing aid compatible and\or is equiped with volume controls. Labeling equipment with dates or serial numbers is meaningless to installers or users and will not be used. The FCC burden estimates for labeling equipment are included in this collection -- but will be updated to reflect any additional burden that importers and manufacturers may incur by having to meet this revised requirement.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/1999	02/28/1999
Responses	806,100	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	1,635,000	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	738,000	0	0

Abstract: In the NPRM issued in CC Docket No. 87-124, the Commission solicits, among other things, comments to require hearing aid compatible telephones in: 1) the non-common areas of the workplace; 2) patient and residential rooms of confined settings; and 3) the guest rooms of hotels and motels. Comment is also sought on a proposal that all new and replacement telephones be equipped with volume control. The Commission proposes to modify its rules governing telephone equipment labelling requirements.

Authorizing Statute(s): None

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
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Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Access to Telecommunications Equipment and Services by Persons

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	806,100	806,100
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,635,000	1,635,000
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	738,000	738,000

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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