Improving Outage Reporting for Submarine Cables and Enhanced Submarine Cable Outage Data
other · Federal Communications Commission · Published 2021-04-28 · Effective 2021-10-28 · 86 FR 22360
Document
Document number
2021-08651
Federal Register citation
86 FR 22360
CFR reference
47 CFR 1
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule and announcement of compliance date.
Category
other
Publication date
2021-04-28
Effective date
2021-10-28
FCC docket
GN Docket 15-206, FCC 16-81, FCC 19-138
Abstract
In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved a new information collection associated with rules governing submarine cable outage reporting requirements in the 2016 Report and Order, FCC 16-81, as modified in the 2019 Order on Reconsideration, FCC 19-138, in GN Docket No. 15-206. The Commission also announces that compliance with the rules will be required six months after the date of this notice. This notice is consistent with the 2016 Report and Order and the 2019 Order on Reconsideration, which state that the Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing a compliance date for the rule section mandating submarine cable outage reporting requirements.