[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 66651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29833]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection Being Submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) For Review, Comments Requested

December 10, 2009.
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 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: Persons wishing to comments on this information collection 
should submit comments on or before January 15, 2010. If you anticipate 
that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so 
within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the 
contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at (202) 395-5167, or via the 
Internet at [email protected] and to Judith B. Herman, 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC). To submit your PRA comments by 
e-mail send them to: [email protected]. To view a copy of this information 
collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to 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 FCC list appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its 
OMB Control Number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, OMD, 202-418-0214. 
For additional information about the information collection(s) send an 
e-mail to [email protected] or contact Judith B. Herman, 202-418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No: 3060-1127.
     Title: First Responder Emergency Contact Information in the 
Universal Licensing System (ULS).
     Form No.: N/A.
     Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
     Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, and state, local or tribal government.
     Number of Respondents: 133,095 respondents; 133,095 responses.
     Estimated Time Per Response: .25 hours (15 minutes).
     Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
     Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authority for this 
collection of information is contained in 47 U.S.C. Section 154(i).
     Total Annual Burden: 36,601 hours.
     Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
     Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: To protect the identities 
and locations of key first responder communications personnel, the 
Commission will treat emergency contact information submitted into the 
Universal Licensing System (ULS) as confidential and will not make such 
information publicly available. The contact information submitted into 
ULS by public safety licensees and non-public safety licensees 
designated as emergency first responders will be available only to 
Commission staff. Interested licensees should file their operational 
point of contact information in ULS in the form of a confidential 
pleading.
    The Public Safety Homeland Security Bureau of the FCC will issue a 
Public Notice with step-by-step instructions on how to use the enhanced 
features made available to licensees to provide this information.
     Need and Uses: The Commission is submitting this information 
collection as an extension to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
in order to obtain the full three year clearance from them. There is no 
change in the reporting requirement(s); and there is no change in the 
Commission's burden estimates.
    Public safety licensees and non-public safety licensees designated 
as emergency first responders operating pursuant to Part 90 of the 
Commission's rules should identify the following information regarding 
the operational point of contact for the licensees directly responsible 
for coordinating with the state, county and/or local emergency 
authorities: a) name and title; b) office telephone number; c) mobile 
telephone number; and d) e-mail address.
    The Public Safety Homeland Security Bureau of the FCC will issue a 
Public Notice with step-by-step instructions on how to use the enhanced 
features made available to licensees to provide this information.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. E9-29833 Filed 12-15-09; 8:45 am]
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