Federal Communications Commission	"FCC/DA  XX-XXX"


DA 20-990
Released:  August 28, 2020

PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE 911 VERTICAL LOCATION ACCURACY (Z-AXIS) SIXTH REPORT AND ORDER AND ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION
PS Docket No. 07-114

On July 17, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) released a Sixth Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration (Report and Order) adopting rules for transmitting vertical, or “z-axis,” location information with indoor wireless 911 calls. Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements, Sixth Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration, FCC 20-98 (Jul. 17, 2020) (Report and Order), corrected by Erratum (PSHSB Aug. 28, 2020).
  The adopted rules become effective 30 days after publication in the Federal Register, except for those requirements subject to approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). See Report and Order at para. 88.
  
On August 28, 2020, the Office of the Federal Register published a summary of the Report and Order. 85 Fed. Reg. 53234 (Aug. 28, 2020).
  Accordingly, the rules adopted in the Report and Order will take effect on September 28, 2020, with the exception of rules containing information collection requirements that must be approved by OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The amendments to 47 CFR §§ 9.10(i)(4)(iv) and (v), 9.10(j)(4), and 9.10(k) contain new or modified information collection requirements that require review by OMB under the PRA.  The compliance date of those information collections will be announced in a document published in the Federal Register after the Commission receives OMB approval.  See Report and Order at para. 88; 85 Fed. Reg. 53234 (Aug. 28, 2020).
  
For further information, please contact John A. Evanoff, Deputy Chief, Policy and Licensing Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau at (202) 418-0848 or John.Evanoff@fcc.gov. 
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