26 July 2006

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[Federal Register: July 26, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 143)]

[Rules and Regulations]               

[Page 42297-42298]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



47 CFR Part 64



[CG Docket Nos. 02-278 and 05-338; FCC 06-42]



 

Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer 

Protection Act of 1991; Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005



AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.



ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.



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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) has approved for three years the 

information collections contained in the Rules and Regulations 

Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991, 

Report and Order and Third Order on Reconsideration (Report and Order). 

The Report and Order states that the Commission will publish a document 

in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of this rule.



DATES: 47 CFR 64.1200(a)(3)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vi) published at 

71 FR 25967 (May 3, 2006) are effective August 1, 2006.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erica H. McMahon, Consumer Policy 

Division, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0346.



SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on July 19, 

2006, OMB approved for three years the information collections 

contained in 47 CFR 64.1200(a)(3)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vi), 

published at 71 FR 25967 (May 3, 2006). The OMB Control Number is 3060-

1088. The Commission publishes this notice of the effective date of the 

rules. 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 write to Leslie F. Smith, Federal 

Communications Commission, Room 1-A804, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. Please include the OMB Control Number, 3060-1088, 

in your correspondence. The Commission will also accept your comments 

via the Internet if you send them to Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov, or you may 

call (202) 418-0217.

    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 

disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 

send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental 

Affairs 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 FCC is notifying the public that it received approval from 

OMB on July 19, 2006, for the collections of information contained in 

47 CFR 64.1200(a)(3)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vi). The total annual 

reporting burden associated with this collection of information, 

including the time for gathering and maintaining the collections of 

information, is estimated to be: 5,000,000 respondents, a total annual 

hourly burden of 13,180,000 hours, and $60,000,000 in total annual 

costs. Under 5 CFR 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 valid OMB Control Number.

    The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507.





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Federal Communications Commission.

Marlene H. Dortch,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6-12024 Filed 7-25-06; 8:45 am]



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