[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 37 (Monday, February 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12753-12754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04166]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection(s). Comments are requested
concerning: 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; the
accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of
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information technology; and ways to further reduce the information
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 valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before April 26, 2013. 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: Submit your PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via Internet at
[email protected] and to Judith B.Herman, Federal
Communications Commission, via the Internet at [email protected].
To submit your PRA comments by email send them to: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418-0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1127.
Title: First Responder Emergency Contact Information in the
Universal Licensing System (ULS).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit
institutions and state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 13,310 respondents; 13,310 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. section 4(i) and 154(i).
Total Annual Burden: 3,327 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: To protect the identities and
locations of key first responder communications personnel, the
Commission will treat emergency contact information submitted into the
Universal Licensing System (ULS), pursuant to the Public Notice the
Bureau released in 2009, as confidential and will not make such
information publicly available. The contact information submitted into
ULS by public safety licensees and non-public safety licensees
designated as emergency first responders will be available only to
Commission staff. Interested licensees should file their operational
point of contact information in ULS in the form of a confidential
pleading.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval of an extension request (no change in the public reporting
requirement). The Commission is reporting a 33,274 hour reduction in
burden which is due to fewer respondents and responses. The
Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau)
enhanced the existing ULS to collect operational point of contact
information from public safety licensees designated as emergency first
responders responsible for coordinating with state, county and local
authorities during times of emergency. The process of procuring and
maintaining spectrum using the ULS remains intact and requires no
additional training for licensees to participate in this voluntary
collection. This enhancement to ULS to collect emergency point of
contact information enables Commission staff to more effectively
provide immediate assistance and outreach to licensees during times of
emergency. Using this information, the Bureau is able to coordinate
among licensees in given geographic areas to make more wireless service
available to emergency first responders and emergency operations.
Public safety licensees and non-public safety licensees designated
as emergency first responders operating pursuant to Part 90 of the
Commission's rules should identify the following information regarding
the operational point of contact for the licensee directly responsible
for coordinating with the state, county, and/or local emergency
authorities:
(1) Name and title;
(2) Office telephone number;
(3) Mobile telephone number; and
(4) Email address.
The Bureau issued a Public Notice with step-by-step instructions on
how to use the enhanced features made available to licensees to provide
this information.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-04166 Filed 2-22-13; 8:45 am]
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