[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24875-24876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10636]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

April 27, 2011.
SUMMARY: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or the Internet at 
[email protected] and to the Federal Communications 
Commission's PRA mailbox (e-mail address: [email protected]. Include in the 
e-mail the OMB control number of the collection as shown in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below, or if there is no OMB control 
number, include the Title as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section. If you are unable to submit your comments by e-mail, contact 
the person listed below to make alternate arrangements.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before June 2, 2011. 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, via fax at 202-395-5167 or the Internet at 
[email protected]; and to the Federal Communications 
Commission's PRA mailbox (e-mail address: [email protected]). Include in the 
email the OMB control number of the collection as shown in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below, or if there is no OMB control 
number, include the Title as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section. If you are unable to submit your comments by email, contact 
the person listed below to make alternate arrangements.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benish Shah, Office of Managing 
Director, (202) 418-7866.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1113.
    Title: Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS).
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,253 respondents; 1,253 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .50 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirements
    Obligation To Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151, 154(i), 
154(j), 154(o), 218, 219, 230, 256, 302(a), 303(f), 303(g), 303(r), 
403, 621(b)(3), and 621(d).
    Total Annual Burden: 627 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection (IC) to the OMB during this comment period. The Commission 
is seeking OMB approval for revision of this information collection.
    The Commission is requesting OMB approval for a revision because on 
August 7, 2008, the FCC released a Third Report and Order in PS Docket 
No. 07-287, FCC 08-184 (CMAS Third R&O).
    The CMAS Third R&O implements provisions of the Warning, Alert and 
Response Network (``WARN'') Act, including inter alia, a requirement 
that within 30 days of release of the CMAS Third R&O, each Commercial 
Mobile Service (CMS) provider must file an election with the Commission 
indicating whether or not it intends to transmit emergency alerts as 
part of the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS). The CMAS Third R&O 
noted that this filing requirement was subject to OMB review and 
approval. The Commission received ``pre-approval'' from the OMB on 
February 4, 2008. The Commission began accepting CMAS election filings 
on or before September 8, 2008.
    All CMS providers are required to submit a CMAS election, including 
those that were not licensed at the time of the initial filing deadline 
with the FCC. In addition, any CMS provider choosing to withdraw its 
election must

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notify the Commission at least sixty (60) days prior to the withdrawal 
of its election. The information collected will be the CMS provider's 
contact information and its election, i.e., a ``yes'' or ``no'', on 
whether it intends to provide commercial mobile service alerts.
    The Commission will use the information collected to meet its 
statutory requirement under the WARN Act to accept licensees' election 
filings and to establish an effective CMAS that will provide the public 
with effective mobile alerts in a manner that imposes minimal 
regulatory burdens on affected entities.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-10636 Filed 5-2-11; 8:45 am]
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