[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 110 (Thursday, June 7, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 33661-33662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13789]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 11
[EB Docket No. 04-296; FCC 12-7]
Review of the Emergency Alert System
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of six months,
the information collection associated with the Commission's Review of
the Emergency Alert System, Fifth Report and Order (Order). This
document is consistent with the Order, which stated that the Commission
would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the
effective date of amendments adopted therein that were subject to OMB
approval.
DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 11.21(a), 11.33(a)(4), 11.41(b), 11.42,
11.54(b)(13), and 11.55 published at 77 FR 16688, March 22, 2012, are
effective June 7, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Cooke, Policy Division, Public
Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, at (202) 418-2351, or email:
gregory.cooke@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on May 16,
2012, OMB approved, for a period of six months, the information
collection requirements contained in the Commission's Order, FCC 11-92,
published at 77 FR 16688, March 22, 2012. The OMB Control Number is
3060-1169. The Commission sought emergency OMB approval and will now
conduct all the regular OMB processes to obtain the full three-year
clearance from them. The Commission publishes this notice as an
announcement of the effective date of the rules. If you have any
comments on the burden estimates listed below, or how the Commission
can improve the collections and reduce any burdens caused thereby,
please contact Judith B. Herman, Federal Communications Commission,
Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. Please include
the OMB Control Number, 3060-1169, in your correspondence. The
Commission will also accept your comments via email at PRA@fcc.gov.
To request materials in accessible formats for people with
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format),
send an email to
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fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at
(202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received emergency OMB
approval on May 16, 2012, for the information collection requirements
contained in the modifications to the Commission's rules in 47 CFR part
11. Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it displays a current, 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
that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB
Control Number is 3060-1169.
The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents
are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1169.
OMB Approval Date: May 16, 2012.
OMB Expiration Date: November 30, 2012.
Title: Part 11--Emergency Alert System, Fifth Report and Order, FCC
12-7.
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit
institutions, and state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 20 respondents; 20 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 20 hours.
Frequency of Response: On-occasion reporting requirements and
recordkeeping requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. The statutory authority for this
information collection is found at sections 1, 2, 4(i), 201-205, and
226(h)(1)(A) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act), 47
U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 201-205, and 226(h)(1)(A).
Total Annual Burden: 400 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: Part 11 contains rules and regulations providing
for an emergency alert system (EAS). The EAS provides the President
with the capabililty to provide immediate communications and
information to the general public during periods of national emergency.
The EAS also provides state and local governments and the National
Weather Service with the capability to provide immediate communcations
and information to the general public concerning emergency situations
posing a threat to life and property. In the Order, the Federal
Communications Commission (Commission) adopts amendments to its Part 11
rules governing the EAS to more fully codify the existing obligation to
process alert messages formatted in the Common Alerting Protocol and to
streamline, and to streamline and clarify these rules eliminate
superfluous and stale requirements and generally enhance their
effectiveness. Some of these amendments modify or clarify existing
information collection requirements. Accordingly, the Commission sought
and obtained authorization to modify such various information
collection requirements that already existed in the Part 11 rules.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-13789 Filed 6-6-12; 8:45 am]
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