[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 30001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10345]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for 
Review to the Office of Management and Budget

May 21, 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 June 29, 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 Jasmeet K. Seehra, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 
395-3123 or via fax at 202-395-5167 or via Internet at [email protected] and to Judith-B. [email protected], Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-B441, 445 12th Street, SW., DC 20554 
or an e-mail to [email protected]. If you would like to obtain or view a copy 
of this information collection, 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 Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions, Federal Government, and state, local or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 5,300 respondents; 5,300 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .1-.50 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and 
other--as needed to update critical infrastructure and key resources.
    Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
    Total Annual Burden: 3,710 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission agrees with 
the comments received from AT&T, Verizon, Wireless, and T-Mobile that 
it is consistent with the primary objective of the DIRS to treat 
filings as confidential. The Commission will work with commenters and 
other respondents to ensure that their concerns regarding the 
confidentiality of DIRS filings are resolved in a manner consistent 
with the Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection to OMB as a revision during this comment period to obtain 
the full three-year clearance from them. The Commission has revised the 
number of respondents/responses and burden hours since this was last 
submitted to OMB. For this submission to OMB, the Commission has 
changed this information collection from a telephone call that the 
Commission made to key communications providers to a Disaster 
Information Reporting System (DIRS) database in which wireless, 
wireline, broadcast, cable and satellite companies will voluntarily 
enter emergency contact information. In the event of an actual 
emergency, respondents may also enter infrastructure and network status 
and damage information and/or requests for resources into the DIRS 
database. Also in the event of an emergency, Commission staff may 
contact those companies.
    The Commission needs to revise this information collection in order 
to perform its homeland security and public safety functions as 
required by the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, as well as to 
coordinate DIRS data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and 
its component National Communications System (NCS) in support of NCS's 
role as the primary agency for Emergency Support Function-2 (ESF-2) 
(Communications) of the National Response Plan (NRP).

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-10345 Filed 5-29-07; 8:45 am]
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