[Federal Register: June 10, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 110)]
[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 4, 2009.
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, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. 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
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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 July 10, 2009. 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 Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via Internet at
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov,
Federal Communications Commission, or an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. To view
a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB:
(1) Go to the Web page http://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 title of this ICR (or its OMB
Control Number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR Reference
Number to view detailed information about this ICR.
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: 3060-0931.
Title: Sections 0.131 and 80.103, Digital Selective Calling (DSC)
Operating Procedures--Maritime Mobile Identity (MMSI).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of an existing collection.
Respondents: Individuals or households, businesses or other for-
profit and Federal Government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 40,000 respondents; 40,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. There
is no statutory authority for this information collection. The
reporting requirement is in international agreements and ITU-R M.541-9.
Total Annual Burden: 10,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is a need for
confidentiality with respect to all owners of Marine VHF radios with
Digital Selective Calling (DSC) capability in this information
collection. Pursuant to section 208(b) of the E-Government Act of 2002,
44 U.S.C. 3501, in conformance with the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C.
552(a), the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau instructs licensees to
use the FCC Universal Licensing System (ULS), Antenna Structure
Registration (ASR), Commission Registration System (CORES) and related
systems and subsystems to submit information. CORES is used to receive
an FCC Registration Number (FRN) and password, after which one must
register all current call signs and ASR numbers associated with a FRN
within the bureau's system of records (ULS database). Although ULS
stores all information pertaining to the individual license via the
FRN, confidential information is accessible only by persons or entities
that hold the password for each account, and the bureau's Licensing
Division staff. Upon the request of FRN, the individual licensee is
consenting to make publicly available, via the ULS database, all
information that is not confidential in nature.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to the OMB for review and approval in order to obtain the
full three-year clearance from them. The Commission is requesting
approval of an extension (no change in the reporting and/or third party
disclosure requirements). There is a significant increase in the
estimated burden hours, which is due to an adjusted increase in the
number of respondents/responses, which was 2,000 in 2006 and 40,000 at
this time of submission to the OMB. Therefore, the hourly burden has
increased from 1,000 hours in 2006 to 10,000 hours at this time.
This information collection is necessary to require owners of
marine VHF radios with Digital Selective Calling (DSC) capability to
register information such as name, address, and type of vessel, with a
private entity issuing marine mobile service identities (MMSI). The
Commission collects this information and assigns MMSIs through the ship
station licensing process; however, those ship stations operating
domestically are not required to obtain an individual license and are
licensed by rule. The Commission developed procedures to privatize the
issuance of MMSIs by providing blocks of MMSI numbers to qualified
entities for distribution to ship vessel operators that are not
required by law to carry a radio and do not make international voyages
or communications.
The Commission has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the
U.S. Coast Guard and the private entities to collect the data that is
on Attachment A. The information would be used by search and rescue
personnel to identify vessels in distress and to select the proper
rescue units and search methods. The requirement to collect this
information is not contained in a formal FCC order, but in the
agreements the FCC executes with private sector entities that issue
MMSIs and 47 CFR 80.103, which requires ship owners using VHF radios
with DSC to have an MMSI.
The information is used by private entities to maintain a database
used to provide information about the vessel owner in distress using
marine VHF radios with DSC capability. If the collection were not
conducted, the U.S. Coast Guard would not have access to this
information, which would increase the time needed to complete a search
and rescue operation.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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