[Federal Register: March 14, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 49)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management and Budget
March 2, 2007.
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, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not
conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid 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
control number. 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; and (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.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before May 14, 2007. 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 Allison E. Zaleski, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202)
395-6466, or via fax at 202-395-5167 or via Internet at Allison--E.--
Zaleski@omb.eop.gov and to Judith-B. Herman@fcc.gov, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 1-B441, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554 or an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. If you would like to
obtain or view a copy of this information collection after the 60-day
comment period, you may do so by visiting the FCC PRA Web page at:
http://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection(s), contact Judith B. Herman at 202-418-
0214 or via the Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1003.
Title: Communications Providers Emergency Contact Information.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit
institutions, Federal, and state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 5,000 respondents for initial contact
information; 300 respondents for critical information input.
Estimated Time Per Response: 0.1 hours for initial contact
information; 0.5 hours for initial input of critical information; and
0.1 hours for daily updates of critical information.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting
requirements. Annual requirement is for initial contact information.
For critical information, the information is requested on a daily basis
during a declared emergency. Assuming two emergencies are declared
during the year, the information is updated daily until the emergency
ends, on average about 20 days.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary, and as necessary
Total Annual Burden: 500 hour for initial contact information;
1,500 hour for critical information input = 2,000 total annual burden
hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not
requesting that the respondents submit confidential information to the
Commission. If the Commission requests respondents to submit
information that they believe is confidential, respondents may request
confidential treatment of such information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this revised information
collection to OMB after this 60-day comment period to obtain the full
three year clearance from them.
This collection as currently approved by OMB is needed to be able
to reach emergency contact personnel at key telecommunications
providers (such as wireline, wireless, broadcast, cable and satellite
entities) during an emergency to assess the status of their facilities
and network(s), and to determine appropriate agency response. The
Commission's staff through the agency collected this emergency contact
information via telephone.
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In order to perform its homeland security and public safety
functions, the Commission needs to revise this information collection
to update the manner in which it collects emergency contact
information, and in the event of an actual emergency to allow
communications providers to input critical information about network
status and resource requirements of communications providers. The FCC
will revise this collection to provide an electronic database for
communications providers to enter this information electronically, via
the Internet. Communications providers are encouraged to volunteer this
information. This database will be used initially for communications
providers to enter basic contact information. In the event of a natural
disaster or other emergency event, the database will be used to contact
communications providers in affected areas and to determine the extent
of any damage and to gauge the appropriate agency response.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-4652 Filed 3-13-07; 8:45 am]
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