[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11876-11877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4652]


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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.-- 
[email protected] and to Judith-B. [email protected], Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-B441, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554 or an e-mail to [email protected]. 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.[email protected].

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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