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OMB Control No: 3060-1053	ICR Reference No: 201407-3060-013
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201404-3060-033
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: CGB
Title: Two-Line Captioned Telephone Order and IP Captioned Telephone Service Declaratory Ruling; and Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service Reform Order, CG Docket Nos. 13-24 and 03-123
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 08/05/2014
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 08/05/2014
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/16/2014
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2015	6 Months From Approved	06/30/2017
Responses	745,280	0	373,280
Time Burden (Hours)	542,252	0	113,252
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,008,000	0	558,000

Abstract: The Commission is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue emergency approval of the user registration and certification requirements for Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS) contained in 47 CFR 64.604(c)(9). As discussed below, because the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently vacated an earlier version of 47 CFR 64.604(c)(9), emergency action for the information collections associated with the revised rules is requested so as to avoid a lapse in registration and certification requirements which would result if OMB approval is not received prior to the issuance of the court's mandate.

Emergency Justfication: In accordance with OMB's emergency processing rules, 5 C.F.R. § 1320(13), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) requests expedited review and approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, of the new information collection requirements pertaining to consumer registration and certification requirements contained in paragraphs 64-65 and 69-75 of the attached Misuse of Internet Protocol (IP) Captioned Telephone Service Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (IP CTS Reform Order), adopted by the Commission on August 26, 2013. We make this request for emergency approval because the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently vacated an earlier version of the rules. Emergency action for the information collections associated with the revised rules is requested so as to avoid a lapse in registration and certification requirements which would result if OMB approval is not received prior to the issuance of the court’s mandate, which is expected on or after August 4, 2014. These requirements are necessary to help prevent people from using Internet Protocol captioned telephone service (IP CTS) who do not have hearing loss and do not need IP CTS to have functionally equivalent telephone service. Limiting use of IP CTS to those with hearing loss who need IP CTS to have functionally equivalent telephone service helps protect the Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Fund which is funded by telecommunications and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers, who include TRS funding as part of their expenses when determining what to charge consumers. In other words, all telecommunications and VoiP consumers indirectly pay for IP CTS.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 225 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
3060-AK01	Final or interim final rulemaking	78 FR 53684	08/30/2013

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 41555	07/16/2014
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 41555	07/16/2014
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	745,280	373,280	372,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	542,252	113,252	429,000
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,008,000	558,000	450,000

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

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: In the previous submission to OMB on April 28, 2014 and approved on June 18, 2014, the Commission removed the user registration and certification requirements for IP CTS contained in 47 CFR 64.604(c)(9) as adopted in the IP CTS Reform Order, FCC 13-118 due to a pending court proceeding filed with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia by Sorenson Communications, Inc. On June 20, 2014, the DC Circuit vacated the earlier version of 47 CFR 64.604(c)(9), and the Commission now submits rule 47 CFR 64.604(c)(9) as revised in the IP CTS Reform Order to OMB for review and approval. Due to this action, the Commission makes the following program changes as follows: (a) The Commission's estimate the number of respondents has increased by +32,400, from 153,605 respondents to 186,005 respondents; (b) The Commission's estimate the number of responses has increased by +372,000, from 373,280 responses to 745,280 responses; (c) The Commission's estimate for the total annual burden hours has increased by +429,000, from 113,252 hours to 542,252; and (d) The Commission's estimate for the total annual cost has increased by +$450,000, from $558,000 to $1,008,000.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $21,601

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]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Eliot Greenwald 202 418-2235

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