PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 DA 11-1861 Released: November 4, 2011 CONSUMER AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS BUREAU ANNOUNCES EFFECTIVE DATE OF iTRS CERTIFICATION RULES AND TIMELINE FOR FILING APPLICATIONS CG Docket No. 10-51 On July 28, 2011, the Commission released the iTRS Certification Order adopting new rules governing Commission certification of Internet-based telecommunications relay services (iTRS) providers for eligibility for compensation from the Interstate TRS Fund.1 In the iTRS Certification Order, the Commission stated that the rules would become effective 30 days after the date of publication of a summary in the Federal Register, except for the rules containing information collections and requiring approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Commission stated that those rules would become effective upon publication of a notice in the Federal Register announcing such approval. The iTRS Certification Order became effective on September 6, 2011,2 except for those rules containing information collections and subject to OMB approval. The final rules containing information collections in the iTRS Certification Order became effective today, November 4, 2011, with the Federal Register publication of notice of OMB’s approval of them.3 This Federal Register publication triggers any filing dates in the iTRS Certification Order that are tied to Federal Register notice of OMB approval of the rules containing information collections in the Second Report and Order portion of the iTRS Certification Order, or to effectiveness of the rules adopted in the Second Report and Order portion of the iTRS Certification Order.4 For more information, contact Diane Mason, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Disability Rights Office, at (202) 418-7126. - FCC - 1 Structure and Practices of the Video Relay Service Program, CG Docket No. 10-51, Second Report and Order and Order, 26 FCC Rcd 10898 (2011) (iTRS Certification Order). 2 76 FR 47469 and 76 FR 47476 (Aug. 5, 2011). 3 76 FR 68328 (Nov. 4, 2011). We note that the interim rules adopted in the iTRS Certification Order became effective yesterday. 76 FR 68116 (Nov. 3, 2011). In addition, amendments to the documentation requirements adopted in the iTRS Certification Order are scheduled to become effective on Monday, November 7, 2011. See Office of the Federal Register, Electronic Public Inspection Desk, at http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/public- inspection/index.html (visited Nov. 4, 2011); see also Structure and Practices of the Video Relay Service Program, CG Docket No. 10-51, Memorandum Report and Order, Order, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 11-155 (rel. Oct. 17, 2011). 4 See iTRS Certification Order, 26 FCC Rcd at 10922-23, paras. 59-61.