# Improving Outage Reporting for Submarine Cables and Enhanced Submarine Cable Outage Data
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule and announcement of compliance date. · Published 2021-04-28 · Effective 2021-10-28 · 86 FR 22360
## Document
- **Document number:** 2021-08651
- **Category:** other
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 22360
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 1
- **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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/04/28/2021-08651/improving-outage-reporting-for-submarine-cables-and-enhanced-submarine-cable-outage-data)
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