[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 26, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50325-50326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19656]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Approved by the Office 
of Management and Budget

August 18, 2008.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission has received Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 
information collection(s) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 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 OMB 
control number, and no person is required to respond to a collection of 
information unless it

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displays a currently valid OMB control number. Comments concerning the 
accuracy of the burden estimate(s) and any suggestions for reducing the 
burden should be directed to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Haney, [email protected], 
(202) 418-1002.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0207.
    OMB Approval Date: August 8, 2008.
    Expiration Date: August 31, 2011.
    Title: Part 11--Emergency Alert System.
    Form No.: Not applicable.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3,533,196 responses; 0.0227035 hours per 
response; 80,216 hours total per year.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory (47 CFR Part 11).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality.
    Needs and Uses: In the Second Report and Order and Further Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking in EB Docket No. 04-296, FCC 07-109, the 
Commission adopts rules that require states to file new EAS plans with 
the Commission under certain circumstances, expand the number of 
private entities covered by EAS, and impose new obligations on private 
entities. The rules require EAS participants to maintain and keep 
immediately-available a copy of the EAS operating handbook at normal 
duty positions or EAS equipment locations; requires state and local EAS 
plans to be reviewed and approved by the Chief, Public Safety and 
Homeland Security Bureau prior to implementation; requires 
manufacturers to include instructions and information on the proper 
installation, operation and programming of an EAS Encoder, EAS Decoder, 
or combined unit and a list of all State and county FIPS numbers with 
each unit sold or marketed in the U.S.; require appropriate logs be 
kept regarding EAS testing and EAS Decoder malfunctions; allow all EAS 
participants to submit a written request to the FCC asking to be a Non-
Participating National source; require communications common carriers 
participating in the national level EAS and rendering free service to 
file semiannual reports on the free service; require entities wishing 
to voluntarily participate in the national level EAS to submit a 
written request to the FCC; require written agreements between 
broadcast stations and cable or wireless cable systems on election not 
to interrupt EAS messages; require a waiver request be made to the FCC 
if EAS sources cannot be received and alternate arrangements cannot be 
made; impose a disclosure requirement on SDARS licensees or DBS 
providers that are not able to transmit state and local EAS messages; 
and require logging of various events and tests.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-19656 Filed 8-25-08; 8:45 am]
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