[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4816-4817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2013]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission

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 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 April 2, 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 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: 3060-1122.
    Title: Preparation of Annual Reports to Congress for the Collection 
and Expenditures of Fees or Charges for Enhanced 911 (E911) Services 
Under the NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: State, local or tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 56 respondents; 56 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 50 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement and 
recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. Sections 201(b), 
219(b) and 220 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,800 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There were no assurances of 
confidentiality provided to respondents. The Commission's rules address 
the issue of confidentiality at 47 CFR sections 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 Commission is seeking OMB approval for a 
revision of this information collection in order to obtain the full 
three year approval from them. There is no change in the

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Commission's previous burden estimates.
    The Commission proposes to ask the following questions:
    1. A statement as to whether or not your State, or any political 
subdivision, Indian tribe, village or regional corporation therein as 
defined by Section 6(f)(1) of the NET 911 Act, has established a 
funding mechanism designated for or imposed for the purposes of 911 or 
E911 support or implementation (including a citation to the legal 
authority for such mechanism).
    2. The amount of the fees or charges imposed for the implementation 
and support of 911 or E911 services, and the total amount collected 
pursuant to the assessed fees or charges, for the annual period ending 
December 31, 20XX.
    3. A statement describing how the funds collected are made 
available to localities, and whether your state has established written 
criteria regarding the allowable uses of the collected funds, including 
the legal citation to such criteria.
    4. A statement identifying any entity in your State that has the 
authority to approve the expenditure of funds collected for 911 or E911 
purposes; a description of any oversight procedures established to 
determine that collected funds have been made available or used for the 
purposes designated by the funding mechanism or otherwise used to 
implement or support 911; and a statement describing enforcement or 
other corrective actions undertaken in connection with such oversight, 
for the annual period ending December 31, 20XX.
    5. A statement whether all the funds collected for 911 or E911 
purposes have been made available or used for the purposes designated 
by the funding mechanism, or otherwise used for the implementation or 
support of 911 or E911.
    6. A statement identifying what amount of funds collected for 911 
or E911 purposes were made available or used for any purposes other 
than the ones designated by the funding mechanism or used for purposes 
otherwise unrelated to 911 or E911 implementation or support, including 
a statement identifying the unrelated purposes for which the funds 
collected for 911 or E911 purposes were made available or used.
    7. A statement identifying which specificity all activities, 
programs, and organizations for whose benefit your State, or political 
subdivision thereof, has obligated or expended funds collected for 911 
or E911 purposes and how these activities, programs, and organizations 
support 911 or E911 services or enhancements of such services.
    8. A statement regarding whether your State classifies expenditures 
on Next Generation 911 as within the scope of permissible expenditures 
of funds for 911 or E911 purposes, whether your State has expended such 
funds on Next Generation 911 programs, and if so, how much your State 
has expended in the annual period ending December 31, 20XX on Next 
Generation 911 programs.
    9. Any other comments you may wish to provide regarding the 
applicable funding mechanism for 911 or E911.
    The purpose of this information collection is to meet the 
Commission's ongoing statutory obligations under the New and Emerging 
Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008, Public Law 110-283, 122 Stat. 
2620 (2008) (NET 911 Act), which requires the Commission to submit an 
annual report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives, ``detailing the status in each State of the collection 
and distribution of such fees or charges, and including findings on the 
amount of revenues obligated or expended by each State or political 
subdivision thereof for any purposes other than the purpose for which 
any such fees or charges are specified.''

Federal Communications Commission.

Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
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