[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34193-34194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11908]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0390, OMB 3060-1003; FRS 16802]


Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval 
to Office of Management and Budget

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general 
public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business 
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it 
might ``further reduce the information collection burden for small 
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.'' The Commission may 
not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. 
No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a 
collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a 
valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be submitted on or before July 6, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting 
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function. Your comment must be submitted into 
www.reginfo.gov per the above instructions for it to be considered. In 
addition to submitting in www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of your 
comment on the proposed information collection to Nicole Ongele, FCC, 
via email to [email protected] and to [email protected]. Include in the 
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991. 
To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted 
to OMB: (1) Go to the 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, (6) when the list of FCC 
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the Title of this ICR and 
then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to 
OMB will be displayed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce 
paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the FCC invited the general public and 
other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the 
following information collection. 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 estimates; (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.

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Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 
107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific comment on 
how it might ``further reduce the information collection burden for 
small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.''
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0390.
    Title: Broadcast Station Annual Employment Report, FCC Form 395-B.
    Form Number: FCC-395-B.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 14,000 respondents, 14,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority of this collection of information is contained in 
47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 334.
    Total Annual Burden: 14,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: FCC Form 395-B, the ``Broadcast Station Annual 
Employment Report,'' is a data collection device used by the Commission 
to assess industry employment trends and provide reports to Congress. 
By the form, broadcast licensees and permittees identify employees by 
gender and race/ethnicity in ten specified major job categories in the 
form.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1003.
    Title: Communications Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS).
    Form No.: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for- profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government; and/or State, local or tribal 
governments.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 400 respondents and 104,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.1-0.5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory and Voluntary. For Support 
Recipients, the obligation to report is mandatory. For all other DIRS 
participants, the obligation to report is voluntary. Statutory 
authority for collecting this information from satellite providers is 
contained in 47 U.S.C. 151 et. seq., 154(i), 218, 303(r) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 16,320 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: No Cost(s).
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The information collection 
from respondents shall be treated as presumptively confidential upon 
filing. The Commission will limit direct access to DIRS reports to 
select Commission staff and, with protections at least as strong as 
required by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), with select federal 
and potentially state agency partners, including the Department of 
Homeland Security (DHS). The Commission will not publish the individual 
submissions but may publish this information on an aggregated basis in 
daily communications status reports. The Commission will also work with 
respondents to ensure that any concerns regarding the confidentiality 
of their DIRS filings are resolved in a manner consistent with 
Commission rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission launched DIRS in 2007 pursuant to 
its mandate to promote the safety of life and property through the use 
of wire and radio communication as required by the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended. DIRS is a voluntary, efficient and web-based 
system that communications companies may use to report their 
infrastructure status during times of crisis (e.g., related to a 
disaster). DIRS uses a number of template forms tailored to different 
communications sectors (i.e., wireless, wireline, broadcast, and cable) 
to facility the entry of this information. To use DIRS, a company first 
inputs its emergency contact information. After this, they submit 
information using the template form appropriate for their 
communications sector. OMB initially approved the DIRS information 
collection in 2007 under OMB Control Number 3060-1003, and OMB has 
approved multiple revisions and extensions of the collection since that 
time. (See OMB Control No. 3060-1003; 07/21/2007; 06/08/2012; 07/02/
2015; 07/17/2018.)
    The Commission is now revising the DIRS information collection to 
provide for one new form tailored to satellite communications providers 
and to update its previous burden estimates. First, the new form has 
the same general scope as existing forms, already approved by OMB, but 
is tailored to satellite providers' networks. Since OMB's 2007 
approval, satellite providers have been expressly authorized to 
participate in DIRS, but DIRS does not currently include a tailored 
form for them to do so. Collecting this information from satellite 
providers via DIRS is necessary to meet the Commission's goals of 
restoring communications quickly and ensuring that emergency and 
defense personnel have access to effective communications during 
disaster events, thus helping fulfill the Commission's public safety 
mandate.
    Second, as a part of the Commission's response to the 2017 
hurricane season, the Commission adopted the PR and USVI Funds Order to 
improve Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Island's communications 
networks' resiliency and recovery efforts, amongst other purposes. (PR 
and USVI Funds Order, FCC 19-95, para. 1-9). The PR and USVI Funds 
Order requires Support Recipients to report in DIRS. The Commission 
requests a revision of the currently approved collection to include 
mandatory DIRS reporting for Support Recipients. Mandatory DIRS 
reporting will allow the Commission to track networking hardening 
efforts and increase Support Recipients' accountability, which the 
Commission expects will improve network hardening efforts and make 
networks more resilient in future. The PR and USVI Funds Order does not 
otherwise alter DIRS.


Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-11908 Filed 6-2-20; 8:45 am]
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