[Federal Register: July 3, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 129)]
[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, Comments Requested
June 27, 2007.
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 comment on the following
information collection(s). 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. An agency 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 that does not display a valid OMB control
number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before August 4,
2008. 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 comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget (e-mail address: nfraser@omb.eop.gov), and to the
Federal Communications Commission's PRA mailbox (e-mail address:
PRA@fcc.gov). Include in the e-mails the OMB control number of the
collection as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below or,
if there is no OMB control number, the Title as shown in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. If you are unable to submit your
comments by e-mail contact the person listed below to make alternate
arrangements.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact
Jerry Cowden via e-mail at PRA@fcc.gov or at 202-418-0447. To view or
obtain a copy of an information collection request (ICR) submitted to
OMB: (1) Go to this OMB/GSA web page: http://www.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 OMB control number of
the ICR you want to view (or its title if there is no OMB control
number) and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC
submission to OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 3060-0207.
Title: Part 11--Emergency Alert System.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit; not-for-profit
institutions; and state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 63,080 respondents; 3,533,196
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.0227035 hour (range of 1 minute to
20 hours).
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping; third party disclosure; on
occasion reporting requirement; semi-annual and annual reporting
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory (47 CFR part 11).
Total Annual Burden: 80,216 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: In the Second Report and Order and Further Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking in EB Docket No. 04-296, FCC 07-109, the
Commission adopts rules that require states to file new EAS plans with
the Commission under certain circumstances, expand the number of
private entities covered by EAS, and impose new obligations on private
entities. The rules require EAS participants to maintain and keep
immediately-available a copy of the EAS operating handbook at normal
duty positions or EAS equipment locations; requires state and local EAS
plans to be reviewed and approved by the Chief, Public Safety and
Homeland Security Bureau prior to implementation; requires
manufacturers to include instructions and information on the proper
installation, operation and programming of an EAS Encoder, EAS Decoder,
or combined unit and a list of all State and county FIPS numbers with
each unit sold or marketed in the US; require appropriate logs be kept
regarding EAS testing and EAS Decoder malfunctions; allow all EAS
participants to submit a written request to the FCC asking to be a Non-
Participating National source; require communications common carriers
participating in the national level EAS and rendering free service to
file semiannual reports on the free service; require entities wishing
to voluntarily participate in the national level EAS to submit a
written request to the FCC; require written agreements between
broadcast stations and cable or wireless cable systems on election not
to interrupt EAS messages; require a waiver request be made to the FCC
if EAS sources cannot be received and alternate arrangements cannot be
made; impose a disclosure requirement on SDARS licensees or DBS
providers that are not able to transmit state and local EAS messages;
and require logging of various events and tests.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-15175 Filed 7-2-08; 8:45 am]
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