[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 213 (Thursday, November 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68183-68184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28518]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission, Comments Requested

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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 invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity 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

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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 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 valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before January 3, 2012. 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 PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, via fax at (202) 395-5167 or via Internet at 
[email protected] and to Judith B. Herman, Federal 
Communications Commission, via the Internet at [email protected]. 
To submit your PRA comments by email send them to: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing 
Director, (202) 418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0207.
    Title: Part 11--Emergency Alert System (EAS).
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions and State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 3,569,028 respondents; 3,569,028 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .0229776 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and 
recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Voluntary for the business or other for-
profits or not-for-profit respondents; Mandatory for state, local or 
tribal government. Statutory authority for this information collection 
is contained in 47 U.S.C. Sections 154(i) and 606 of the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 82,008 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission obtained emergency OMB approval for 
a revision to this information collection on October 14, 2011. 
Emergency OMB approval is only granted until April 30, 2012. Therefore, 
all the regular clearance procedures need to be conducted to maintain 
approval beyond six months. The Commission is now seeking an extension 
of this information collection in order to obtain the full three year 
approval from OMB. There are no changes in any of the reporting and/or 
recordkeeping requirements. There is no change to the Commission's 
previous burden estimates.
    The Commission established a voluntary electronic method of 
complying with the reporting that EAS participants must complete as 
part of the national EAS test. This electronic submission system will 
impose a lesser burden on EAS test participants because they can input 
electronically (via a web-based interface) the same information into a 
confidential database that the Commission would use to monitor and 
assess the test. Test participants would submit the identifying data 
prior to the test date. On the day of the test, EAS test participants 
would be able to input immediate test results. They would input the 
remaining data called for by our reporting rules within the 45 day 
period. Structuring an electronic reporting system in this fashion will 
allow the participants to populate the database with known information 
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.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-28518 Filed 11-2-11; 8:45 am]
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