[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4824-4825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01436]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-1126; FR ID 123425]


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 burdens, 
and 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. Comments are requested 
concerning: 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; the 
accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 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 ways to further reduce the 
information collection burden on 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 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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before March 27, 
2023. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find 
it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, 
you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email 
[email protected] and to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele, (202) 418-2991.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1126.
    Title: Testing and Logging Requirements for Wireless Emergency 
Alerts (WEA).
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 76 Participating CMS 
Providers; 429,020 Responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.000694 hours (2.5 seconds) to 
generate each alert log; 2 hours to respond to each request for alert 
log data or information about geo-targeting.
    Frequency of Response: Monthly and on occasion reporting 
requirements and recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i) and (o), 301, 301(r), 303(v), 307, 309, 335, 
403, 544(g), 606 and 615 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 
as well as by sections 602(a), (b), (c), (f), 603, 604 and 606 of the 
WARN Act.
    Total Annual Burden: 119,021 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Participating CMS Providers 
shall make available upon request to the Commission and FEMA, and to 
emergency management agencies that offer confidentiality protection at 
least equal to that provided in the federal Freedom of Information Act 
(FOIA) their alert logs and information about their approach to geo-
targeting insofar as the information pertains to alerts initiated by 
that emergency management agency.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted requirements for 
Participating CMS Providers to log the basic attributes of alerts they 
receive at their Alert Gateway, to maintain those logs for at least 12 
months, to make those logs available upon request to the Commission and 
FEMA, and to emergency management agencies that offer confidentiality 
protection at least equal to that provided by federal FOIA. The 
Commission also requires Participating CMS Providers to disclose 
information regarding their capabilities for geo-targeting Alert 
Messages upon request to such emergency management agencies insofar as 
it would pertain to Alert Messages initiated by that emergency 
management agency. These recordkeeping and reporting requirements have 
potential to increase emergency managers' confidence that WEA will work 
as intended when

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needed. This increased confidence in system availability encourages 
emergency management agencies that do not currently use WEA to become 
authorized. These reporting and recordkeeping requirements also help to 
ensure a fundamental component of system integrity. Alert logs are 
necessary to establish a baseline for system integrity against which 
future iterations of WEA can be evaluated. Without records that can be 
used to describe the quality of system integrity, and the most common 
causes of message transmission failure, it would be difficult to 
evaluate how any changes to WEA may affect system integrity.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-01436 Filed 1-24-23; 8:45 am]
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