[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 181 (Monday, September 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57987-57988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-23847]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Emergency Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Comments Requested
September 12, 2011.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. Comments are
requested concerning: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways
to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e)
ways to further reduce the information collection burden for small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. No person
shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection
of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does
not display a currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before October 19, 2011. If you anticipate that you
will be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within
the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC
contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via the Internet at
[email protected] and to the Federal Communications
Commission via e-mail to [email protected]. To view a copy of this
information collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the
Web page http://reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section
of the Web page called ``Currently Under Review'', (3) click on the
downward-pointing arrow in the ``Select Agency'' box below the
``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4) select ``Federal Communications
Commission'' from the list of agencies presented in the ``Select
Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button to the right of the
``Select Agency'' box, and (6) when the list of FCC ICRs currently
under review appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its OMB
Control Number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR Reference
Number to view detailed information about this ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benish Shah, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418-7866. For additional information or copies of the
information collection(s), contact judith-
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[email protected], OMD, 202-418-0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission is seeking emergency OMB
review by October 17, 2011 for this revised information collection and
has requested OMB approval 20 days after the collection is received at
OMB. (Note: The Commission published a regular 60-day notice in the
Federal Register on August 23, 2011 (76 FR 52662)). It was later
determined that the Commission needed to seek emergency processing of
this information collection in order to implement the newly created
electronic database in mid-October.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0207.
Title: Emergency Alert System (EAS).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; state, local or
tribal government; and not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 3,569,028 respondents;
3,569,028 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .034-20 hours.
Frequency of Response: Reporting requirement, recordkeeping
requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 154(i) and
606.
Total Annual Burden: 82,008 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission will treat
submissions pursuant to 47 CFR 11.61(a)(3) as confidential.
Needs and Uses: On March 10, 2010, OMB approved the collection of
information set forth in the Second FNPRM in EB Docket No. 04-296, FCC
09-10. Specifically, OMB authorized the Commission to require entities
require to participate in EAS (EAS participants) to gather and submit
the following information on the operation of their EAS equipment
during a national test of the EAS: (1) Whether they received the alert
message during the designated test; (2) whether they retransmitted the
alert; and (3) if they were not able to receive and/or transmit the
alert, their ``best effort'' diagnostic analysis regarding the cause or
causes for such failure. OMB also authorized the Commission to require
EAS participants to provide it with the date/time of receipt of the
Emergency Action Notification (EAN) message by all stations; and the
date/time of receipt of the Emergency Action Termination (EAT) message
by all stations; a description of their station identification and
level of designation (PEP, LP-1, etc); who they were monitoring at the
time of the test, and the make and model of the EAS equipment that they
utilized.
In the Third Report and Order in EB Docket No. 04-296, FCC 09-10,
the Commission adopted the foregoing rule requirements. In addition,
the Commission decided that test data will be presumed confidential and
disclosure of the test data will be limited to FEMA, NWS and EOP at the
federal level. At the state level, test data will be made available
only to state government emergency management agencies that have
confidential treatment protections at least equal to Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA). The process by which these agencies would
receive test data will comport with those used to provide access to the
Commission's NORS and DIRS data. We seek a shortened comment period on
this revision of the pre-approved collection.
In the Third Report and Order, the Commission also indicated that
it would establish a voluntary electronic reporting system that EAS
test participants may use as part of their participation in the
national EAS test. The Commission noted that using this system, EAS
test participants could input the same information that they were
already required to file manually via a Web-based interface into a
confidential database that the Commission would monitor and assess the
test. This information would include identifying information such as
station call letters, license identification number, geographic
coordinates, EAS assignment (LP, NP, etc.), EAS monitoring assignment,
as well as a 24/7 emergency contact for EAS participant. The only
difference, other than the electronic nature of the filing, would be
the timing of the collection. On the day of the test, EAS test
participants would be able to input immediate test results, (e.g., was
the EAN received and did it pass) into a Web-based interface. Test
participants would submit the identifying data prior to the test date,
and the remaining data called for by our reporting rules (e.g., the
detailed test results) within the 45 day period. The Commission
believes that structuring an electronic reporting system in this
fashion would allow the participants to populate the database with
known information well prior to the test, and thus be able to provide
the Commission with actual test data, both close to real-time and
within a reasonable period in a minimally burdensome fashion. The
Commission also seeks comment on this revision of the pre-approved
collection.
Federal Communications Commission.
Avis Mitchell,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing
Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-23847 Filed 9-16-11; 8:45 am]
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