[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76650-76651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29915]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

December 11, 2008.
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) 
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the 
following information collection(s). 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. 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 that does not display a valid OMB control 
number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before January 
16, 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: Submit your comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget (e-mail address: [email protected]), and to the 
FCC's PRA mailbox (e-mail address: [email protected]). Include in the e-mails 
the OMB control number of the collection as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section below or, if there is no OMB control number, the 
Title as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY

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INFORMATION section. If you are unable to submit your comments by e-
mail contact the person listed below to make alternate arrangements.

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 [email protected].
    To view or obtain a copy of this information collection request 
(ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the OMB/GSA Web page http://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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Title: Information Collection for the Preparation of Annual Reports 
to Congress regarding the Collection and Expenditure of Fees or Charges 
for the Support or Implementation of 911 or Enhanced 911 (E911) 
Services as set forth in the NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008, Public 
Law 110-283.
    Form No.: Not Applicable.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: States (50), District of Columbia (1), inhabited U.S. 
Territories and possessions (5).
    Number of Respondents: 56 respondents and responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: Ten to fifty hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting.
    Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
    Total Annual Burden: 560 to 2800 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: This information collection does not 
affect individuals or households, and therefore a privacy impact 
assessment is not required.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There are no assurances of 
confidentiality provided to respondents. The Commission's rules address 
the issue of confidentiality at sections 0.457, 0.459, and 0.461 (47 
CFR 0.457, 0.459, and 0.461). These rules address access to records 
that are not routinely available to the public, requests and 
requirements that materials submitted to the Commission be withheld 
from public inspection, and requests for inspection of materials not 
routinely available for public inspection.
    Needs and Uses: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) 
is directed by statute (New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement 
Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-283, 122 Stat. 2620 (2008) (NET 911 Act)) 
to submit annually a ``Fee Accountability Report'' to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representative ``detailing the 
status in each State of the collection and distribution [of] fees or 
charges'' for ``the support or implementation of 911 or enhanced 911 
services,'' including ``findings on the amount of revenues obligated or 
expended by each State or political subdivision thereof for any purpose 
other than the purpose for which any such fees or charges are 
specified.'' (NET 911 Act, 122 Stat. at 2622)
    The statute directs the Commission to submit its first annual 
report within one year after the date of enactment of the NET 911 Act. 
(NET 911 Act, 122 Stat. at 2622) Given that the NET 911 Act was enacted 
on July 23, 2008, the first annual report is due to Congress on July 
22, 2009. The information sought by the Commission in this information 
collection is essential to its ability to prepare the Fee 
Accountability Report that it is obliged by the NET 911 Act to submit 
to Congress.
    Description of Information Collection: The Commission will collect 
information for the annual preparation of the Fee Accountability Report 
via a Web-based survey that appropriate State officials (e.g., State 
911 Administrators and Budget Officials) will be able to access to 
submit data pertaining to the collection and distribution of fees or 
charges for the support or implementation of 911 or enhanced 911 
services. As described in our 60-day notice [73 FR 56583], this 
information will include data regarding whether the respective state 
collects and distributes such fees or charges, the nature (e.g., the 
amount and method of assessment of collection) and the amount of 
revenues obligated or expended for any purpose other than the purpose 
for which any such 911 or enhanced 911 service fees or charges are 
specified. More specifically, the survey would request information 
regarding whether the respective state has established a funding 
mechanism designated for or imposed for the purposes of 911 or enhanced 
911 implementation (including a citation to the legal authority for 
such mechanism), the amount of the fee or charge, the total amount 
collected from the surcharge, the process by which funds collected for 
the purpose of 911 or enhanced 911 implementation are made available to 
localities, whether the state has established written criteria on the 
allowable uses of the collected funds (and the legal citation to any 
such criteria), what entity in the state has authority to approve the 
expenditure of funds collected for purposes of 911 or enhanced 911, a 
description of the major aspects of any oversight procedures, if 
established, whether all of the funds collected for the purposes of 911 
or enhanced 911 implementation have been made available or used for the 
purposes designated by the funding mechanism or otherwise used to 
support the implementation of 911 or enhanced 911, what amount of funds 
collected for purposes of 911 or enhanced 911 implementation were made 
available or used for any purposes other than the ones designated by 
the funding mechanism or otherwise unrelated to 911 or enhanced 911 
implementation, and the unrelated purposes for which the funds 
collected for the purposes of 911 or 911 implementation were made 
available or used. Respondents may also provide any other comments on 
their funding mechanism for 911 or enhanced 911 implementation they 
wish to provide.
    Consistent with Section 6(f) of the NET 911 Act, the Commission 
will request that state officials report this information with respect 
to the fees and charges in connection with implementation of 911 or 
enhanced 911 services within their state, including any political 
subdivision, Indian tribe and/or village and regional corporation 
serving any region established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act that otherwise lie within their state boundaries. In 
addition, consistent with the definition of ``State'' set out in 47 
U.S.C. 153(40) of the Communications Act, the Commission will collect 
this information from states as well as the District of Columbia and 
the inhabited U.S. Territories and possessions.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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