[Federal Register: April 3, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 63)]
[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 27, 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
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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 June 2, 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, (202) 395-5887, or 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, 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: Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI).
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit; and Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 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. However, the
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) states that it is in accordance with
Appendix 43 of the Radio Regulations.
Total Annual Burden: 10,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes. The FCC has a System of Records
Notice (SORN), FCC/WTB-1, ``Wireless Services Licensing Records'', to
cover the personally identifiable information affected by these
information collection requirements. At this time, the Commission (FCC)
is not required to complete a Privacy Impact Assessment.
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 collection. Pursuant
to section 208(b) of the E-Government Act of 2002, 44 U.S.C. section
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's
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 a FRN, the individual licensee is consenting
to make publicly available, via the ULS database, all information that
is not confidential in nature. Information on the marine VHF radios
with DSC capability is maintained in the Commission's system of
records, FCC/WTB-1, ``Wireless Services Licensing Records.'' The
licensee records will be publicly available and routinely used in
accordance with subsection (b) of the Privacy Act. FRN numbers and
material which is afforded confidential treatment pursuant to a request
made under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules will not be available
for public inspection. Any personally identifiable information (PII)
that individual applicants provide is covered by a system of records
(FCC/WTB-1, ``Wireless Services Licensing Records'') and these and all
other records may be disclosed pursuant to the routine uses as stated
in the system of records notice.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60
day comment period in order to obtain the full three year clearance
from them. The Commission is requesting an extension (no change in the
reporting and/or third party disclosure requirements) of this
information collection. The Commission is reporting a significant
increase in the estimated number of respondents/responses since this
was last submitted to OMB in 2006. In 2006, the Commission reported
2,000 respondents/responses with 1,000 total annual burden hours. For
this submission to the OMB, the number of respondents increased by
38,000 with an estimated annual burden of 10,000 burden hours.
The information collection is necessary to require owners of marine
VHF radios with Digital Selective Calling (DSC) capability to register
information such as the name, address, type of vessel with a private
entity issuing marine mobile service identities (MMSI). 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
Commission rule or formal FCC order, but in the agreements the FCC
executes with private sector entities that issue MMSI's.
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 and effort needed to complete
a search and rescue operation.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
[FR Doc. E9-7523 Filed 4-2-09; 8:45 am]
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