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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 208 / Monday, November 1, 2021 / Proposed Rules Issued in Washington, DC, on October 25, 2021.
Michael R. Beckles, Acting Manager, Rules and Regulations Group.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
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47 CFR Part 64
CG Docket No. 12129; PS Docket No. 21
343; FCC 21108; FRS 53657

Enhancing Security of Public Safety Answering Point Communications Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:

In this document, the Commission seeks to gather updated information and propose how best to fulfill Congress goal of protecting Public Safety Answering Points PSAPs from disruptive robocalls in a manner that avoids the potential security risks of making registered PSAP numbers available to those claiming to be autodialer operators. Specifically, the Commission proposes that voice service providers be required to block autodialed calls made to PSAP
telephone numbers on the PSAP DoNot-Call registry. The Commission takes this action to satisfy its statutory obligations under the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 Tax Relief Act.
DATES: Comments are due on or before December 1, 2021, and reply comments are due on or before December 16, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by CG Docket No. 12129 and PS Docket No. 21343, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically using the internet by accessing the ECFS: http apps.fcc.gov/
ecfs/.
Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and one copy of each filing. If more than one docket or rulemaking number appears in the caption of this proceeding, filers must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or rulemaking number.
Filings can be sent by commercial overnight courier or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All filings must be addressed to the Commissions Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.

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Commercial overnight mail other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail must be sent to 9050
Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD
20701.
U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail must be addressed to 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554.
Effective March 19, 2020, and until further notice, the Commission no longer accepts any hand or messenger delivered filings. This is a temporary measure taken to help protect the health and safety of individuals, and to mitigate the transmission of COVID19.
See FCC Announces Closure of FCC
Headquarters Open Window and Change in Hand-Delivery Policy, Public Notice, DA 20304 March 19, 2020, https www.fcc.gov/document/fcccloses-headquarters-open-window-andchanges-hand-delivery-policy.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard D. Smith of the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 717
3382797 or Richard.Smith@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commissions Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking FNPRM, in CG Docket No. 12129 and PS Docket No. 21343, FCC 21108, adopted on September 30, 2021 and released on October 1, 2021. The full text of the document is available for public inspection and copying via the Commissions Electronic Comment Filing System ECFS. To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format, send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 2024180530 voice.
This matter shall be treated as a permit-but-disclose proceeding in accordance with the Commissions ex parte rules. 47 CFR 1.1200 through 1.1216. Persons making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the presentations must contain summaries of the substances of the presentations and not merely a listing of the subjects discussed. More than a one or two sentence description of the views and arguments presented is generally required. See 47 CFR 1.1206b. Other rules pertaining to oral and written ex parte presentations in permit-butdisclose proceedings are set forth in 1.1206b of the Commissions rules, 47 CFR 1.1206b.
Initial Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis The FNPRM seeks comment on proposed rule amendments that may
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result in modified information collection requirements. If the Commission adopts any modified information collection requirements, the Commission will publish a notice in the Federal Register inviting the public to comment on the requirements, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. Public Law 10413; 44 U.S.C.
35013520. In addition, pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the Commission seeks comment on how it might further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25
employees. Public Law 107198; 44
U.S.C. 3506c4.
Synopsis A. Extent of the Problem 1. In this FNPRM, the Commission seeks updated information since the PSAP Do-Not-Call registry was adopted in 2012 about the magnitude of the problem that the PSAP Do-Not-Call registry is intended to addressi.e., the frequency of autodialer-initiated calls to PSAPs telephone lines and the extent of the disruption and other harms that these calls cause. See Implementation of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Establishment of a Public Safety Answering Point Do-NotCall Registry, CG Docket No. 12129, Report and Order, 27 FCC Rcd 13615
2012. In adopting the registry rules, the Commission noted that autodialers can tie up public safety lines, divert critical responder resources from emergency services, and impede the publics access to emergency lines.
2. The Commission seeks comment on the extent to which autodialed calls continue to be a problem for PSAPs. Has the number of such unwanted calls changed in any significant way since 2012? For example, have technological changes resulted in more unwanted autodialed calls being made to PSAPs or have any new technological or regulatory solutions, such as blocking technologies, arisen that allow PSAPs to better protect themselves from unwanted calls? Does the extent of this problem vary depending on whether the autodialed calls are voice calls or texts?
Are there situations in which entities that intended to disrupt PSAP
operations used autodialers or similar technologies in denial-of-service attacks to disrupt the provision of emergency services? How do those incidents shed light on the risk and potential harms that might result from the misuse of registered PSAP numbers? Have such incidents increased since 2012, as technology has changed? Are there new or evolving robocall threats to PSAPs
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