Access to Telecommunications Service, Telecommunications Equipment & Customer Premises Equipment by Persons With Disabilities

• Citation: 88 FR 55584
• Published date: 16 August 2023
• Record Number: 2023-17485
• Court: Federal Communications Commission
• Section: Rules and Regulations

Federal Register, Volume 88 Issue 157 (Wednesday, August 16, 2023)

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 16, 2023)]
                [Rules and Regulations]
                [Pages 55584-55585]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2023-17485]
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                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                47 CFR Part 7
                [WT Docket No. 96-198; FCC 99-181; FR ID 160641]
                Access to Telecommunications Service, Telecommunications
                Equipment & Customer Premises Equipment by Persons With Disabilities
                AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
                ACTION: Correcting amendment.
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                SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission
                revises the final rules portion of a Federal Register document
                published on November 19, 1999. The published document inadvertently
                listed an erroneous cross-reference. This document corrects the final
                regulations.
                DATES: Effective August 16, 2023.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Mendelsohn, Consumer and
                Governmental Affairs Bureau, (202) 559-7304, or email:
                [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's
                document, FCC 99-181, published November 19, 1999, (64 FR 63235). This
                document corrects a cross-reference error to 47 CFR 7.5(a)(1) in 47 CFR
                7.5(b)(2) to cross-reference 47 CFR 7.5(b)(1).
                List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 7
                 Communications equipment, Individuals with disabilities,
                Telecommunications.
                 Accordingly, 47 CFR part 7 is corrected by making the following
                correcting amendment:
                PART 7--ACCESS TO VOICEMAIL AND INTERACTIVE MENU SERVICES AND
                EQUIPMENT BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
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                1. The authority citation for part 7 continues to read as follows:
                 Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151-154, 208, 255, and 303(r).
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                2. Amend Sec. 7.5 by revising paragraph (b)(2) to read as follows:
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                Sec. 7.5 General Obligations.
                 (b) * * *
                 (2) Whenever the requirements of paragraph (b)(1) of this section
                are not readily achievable, the service provider shall ensure that the
                service is compatible with existing peripheral devices or specialized
                customer premises equipment commonly used by individuals with
                disabilities to achieve access, if readily achievable.
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                Federal Communications Commission.
                Aleta Bowers,
                Information Management Specialist, Office of the Secretary.
                [FR Doc. 2023-17485 Filed 8-15-23; 8:45 am]
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