[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 181 (Monday, September 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57987-57988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-23847]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

September 12, 2011.
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. 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; (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; and (e) 
ways to further reduce the information collection burden for small 
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
    The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid OMB 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 currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before October 19, 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 via the Internet at 
[email protected] and to the Federal Communications 
Commission via 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://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: Benish Shah, Office of Managing 
Director, (202) 418-7866. For additional information or copies of the 
information collection(s), contact judith-

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[email protected], OMD, 202-418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission is seeking emergency OMB 
review by October 17, 2011 for this revised information collection and 
has requested OMB approval 20 days after the collection is received at 
OMB. (Note: The Commission published a regular 60-day notice in the 
Federal Register on August 23, 2011 (76 FR 52662)). It was later 
determined that the Commission needed to seek emergency processing of 
this information collection in order to implement the newly created 
electronic database in mid-October.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0207.
    Title: Emergency Alert System (EAS).
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; state, local or 
tribal government; and not-for-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 3,569,028 respondents; 
3,569,028 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .034-20 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Reporting requirement, recordkeeping 
requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 154(i) and 
606.
    Total Annual Burden: 82,008 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission will treat 
submissions pursuant to 47 CFR 11.61(a)(3) as confidential.
    Needs and Uses: On March 10, 2010, OMB approved the collection of 
information set forth in the Second FNPRM in EB Docket No. 04-296, FCC 
09-10. Specifically, OMB authorized the Commission to require entities 
require to participate in EAS (EAS participants) to gather and submit 
the following information on the operation of their EAS equipment 
during a national test of the EAS: (1) Whether they received the alert 
message during the designated test; (2) whether they retransmitted the 
alert; and (3) if they were not able to receive and/or transmit the 
alert, their ``best effort'' diagnostic analysis regarding the cause or 
causes for such failure. OMB also authorized the Commission to require 
EAS participants to provide it with the date/time of receipt of the 
Emergency Action Notification (EAN) message by all stations; and the 
date/time of receipt of the Emergency Action Termination (EAT) message 
by all stations; a description of their station identification and 
level of designation (PEP, LP-1, etc); who they were monitoring at the 
time of the test, and the make and model of the EAS equipment that they 
utilized.
    In the Third Report and Order in EB Docket No. 04-296, FCC 09-10, 
the Commission adopted the foregoing rule requirements. In addition, 
the Commission decided that test data will be presumed confidential and 
disclosure of the test data will be limited to FEMA, NWS and EOP at the 
federal level. At the state level, test data will be made available 
only to state government emergency management agencies that have 
confidential treatment protections at least equal to Freedom of 
Information Act (FOIA). The process by which these agencies would 
receive test data will comport with those used to provide access to the 
Commission's NORS and DIRS data. We seek a shortened comment period on 
this revision of the pre-approved collection.
    In the Third Report and Order, the Commission also indicated that 
it would establish a voluntary electronic reporting system that EAS 
test participants may use as part of their participation in the 
national EAS test. The Commission noted that using this system, EAS 
test participants could input the same information that they were 
already required to file manually via a Web-based interface into a 
confidential database that the Commission would monitor and assess the 
test. This information would include identifying information such as 
station call letters, license identification number, geographic 
coordinates, EAS assignment (LP, NP, etc.), EAS monitoring assignment, 
as well as a 24/7 emergency contact for EAS participant. The only 
difference, other than the electronic nature of the filing, would be 
the timing of the collection. On the day of the test, EAS test 
participants would be able to input immediate test results, (e.g., was 
the EAN received and did it pass) into a Web-based interface. Test 
participants would submit the identifying data prior to the test date, 
and the remaining data called for by our reporting rules (e.g., the 
detailed test results) within the 45 day period. The Commission 
believes that structuring an electronic reporting system in this 
fashion would allow the participants to populate the database with 
known information well prior to the test, and thus be able to provide 
the Commission with actual test data, both close to real-time and 
within a reasonable period in a minimally burdensome fashion. The 
Commission also seeks comment on this revision of the pre-approved 
collection.

Federal Communications Commission.
Avis Mitchell,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing 
Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-23847 Filed 9-16-11; 8:45 am]
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