[Federal Register: August 26, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 166)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



 
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Approved by the Office 

of Management and Budget



August 18, 2008.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission has received Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 

information collection(s) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). An agency may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number, and no person is required to respond to a collection of 

information unless it



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displays a currently valid OMB control number. Comments concerning the 

accuracy of the burden estimate(s) and any suggestions for reducing the 

burden should be directed to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER 

INFORMATION CONTACT section below.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Haney, Leslie.Haney@fcc.gov, 

(202) 418-1002.



SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0207.

    OMB Approval Date: August 8, 2008.

    Expiration Date: August 31, 2011.

    Title: Part 11--Emergency Alert System.

    Form No.: Not applicable.

    Estimated Annual Burden: 3,533,196 responses; 0.0227035 hours per 

response; 80,216 hours total per year.

    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory (47 CFR Part 11).

    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 U.S.; 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. E8-19656 Filed 8-25-08; 8:45 am]

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