[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 84 (Wednesday, April 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23460-23461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9514]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

April 22, 2008.
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 
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 30, 2008. 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 [email protected] and to [email protected], Federal Communications Commission, or an e-mail to 
[email protected]. To view a copy of this information collection request 
(ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page http://www.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, contact 
Judith B. Herman at 202-418-0214 or via the Internet at [email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1116.
    Title: Submarine Cable Reporting.
    Form Nos.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 25 respondents; 50 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 550 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting 
requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
    Total Annual Burden: 27,500 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Information provided pursuant 
to this request will be viewed as presumptively confidential upon 
submission because the information would reflect reports on weaknesses 
in or damage to national communications infrastructure, and the release 
of this sensitive information to the public could potentially 
facilitate terrorist targeting of critical infrastructure and key 
resources. The submissions also may contain internal confidential 
information that constitutes trade secrets and commercial/financial 
information that the respondent does not routinely make public and 
public release of the submitted information could cause competitive 
harm by revealing information about the types and deployment of cable 
equipment and the traffic that flows across the system.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission received emergency OMB approval for 
this information collection on April 16, 2008. Emergency OMB approval 
is only granted for six months. Therefore, Commission will submit this 
information collection to the OMB after this 60 day comment period as 
an extension (no change in reporting requirements) to obtain the full 
three-year clearance from them. There is no change in the estimated 
burden.
    The Commission is requesting that current submarine cable landing 
licensees voluntarily provide information regarding the system status 
and service restoration activities for the submarine cable systems and 
cable landing stations and information about the physical location, 
assets, and restoration plans for the submarine cable systems. There 
are currently 50 authorized submarine cable systems, many having 
multiple entities on the cable landing license. (There are four pending 
cable landing license applications, and we anticipate conditioning 
grant of those licenses on compliance with this information request.) 
The Commission expects to request this information from approximately 
25 different entities because, in many cases, the same entity is a 
licensee for more than one submarine cable system. We planned on 
contacting the cable landing licensees as soon as we received emergency 
OMB approval for this information request, and will request that the 
licensees respond, at least on a preliminary basis, by May 1, 2008. 
This information is needed in order to support Federal government 
national security and emergency preparedness communications programs, 
for the purpose of providing situational awareness of submarine cable 
system performance as well as a greater understanding of potential 
physical threats to the submarine cable systems. The Commission has 
been working with the Assistant Director for National Security and 
Emergency Preparedness, at the Office of Science and Technology Policy 
(OSTP) on this collection on behalf of other Executive Branch agencies, 
at the direction of the President.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-9514 Filed 4-29-08; 8:45 am]
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