[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 4 (Monday, January 7, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-32243]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Parts 6 and 7
[WT Docket No. 96-198; DA 01-2730]
Access to Telecommunications Service, Telecommunications
Equipment and Customer Premises Equipment by Persons With Disabilities
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the deadline by which providers of
telecommunications services and manufacturers of telecommunications
equipment and customer premises equipment must provide the Commission
with the designation of an agent on whom service may be made of all
notices, inquiries, orders, decisions, and other pronouncements of the
Commission. Each provider and manufacturer must inform the Commission
of its designation of an agent by January 31, 2002. The designation
must include the agent's name or department designation, business
address, telephone number, TTY number (if available), facsimile number,
and Internet e-mail address.
DATES: The amendment to 47 CFR Part 6.18 and 7.18 published at 64 FR
63235 (November 19, 1999) will become effective January 31, 2002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenifer Simpson (202) 418-0008
(voice), (202) 418-0034 (TTY) or Dana Jackson (202) 418-2247 (voice),
(202) 418-7898 (TTY), Disabilities Rights Office, Consumer Information
Bureau.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This designation of agent must be filed with
the Commission's Secretary, Magalie Salas, Office of the Secretary, 445
12th Street, SW, Room TW-A325, Washington, DC, 20554. An additional
copy should be sent to the Disabilities Rights Office, Consumer
Information Bureau, Room 5-A741, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC,
20554, Attn: Dana Jackson. We intend to continue posting the required
information on the FCC's web site within the Consumer Information
Bureau (CIB) and administering the posting within CIB's Disabilities
Rights Office. Contact information for manufacturers is posted at
http://www.fcc.gov/cib/dro/section255_manu.html; contact information
for service providers is posted at http://www.fcc.gov/cib/dro/service_providers.html; and contact information for affected colleges
and universities is posted at http://www.fcc.gov/cib/dro/section255_colleges.html.
This document is available to individuals with disabilities
requiring accessible formats (electronic ASCII text, Braille, large
print and audio) by contacting Brian Millin at (202) 418-7426 (voice),
(202) 418-7365 (TTY), or by sending an email to [email protected].
On September 29, 1999, the Commission released a Report and Order
and Further Notice of Inquiry (RO/FNOI) adopting a framework for
implementing Section 255 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
which requires telecommunications equipment manufacturers and service
providers to ensure that their equipment and services are accessible to
persons with disabilities, to the extent that it is readily achievable
to do so. A summary of this RO/FNOI was published in the Federal
Register. See 64 FR 63277; 64 FR 63235.
Among the new rules is a requirement that equipment manufacturers
and service providers each designate an agent for service of informal
and formal complaints received by the Commission. This rule entails
information collection requirements, and in the RO/FNOI, the Commission
stated that ``some of the information collection requirements in this
Report and Order are contingent on approval by OMB,'' including the
designation of agent requirement. The information collection was
approved by OMB on October 29, 2001. See OMB No. 3060-0833. This
publication announces the effective date of the Commission's
requirement that equipment manufacturers and service providers subject
to the requirements of Section 255 of the Act designate an agent upon
whom service may be made of all notices, inquiries, orders, decisions,
and other pronouncements of the Commission in any matter before the
Commission. The designation shall include, for both the manufacturer
and the provider, a name or department designation, business address,
telephone number, and if available, TTY number, facsimile number, and
Internet e-mail address. More information on this subject can be found
in the Commission's Public Notice, DA 01-2730, released December 19,
2001.
Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas D. Wyatt,
Associate Chief (Operations), Consumer Information Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-32243 Filed 1-4-02; 8:45 am]
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