80 FR 79484 - Review of the Emergency Alert System

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 245 (December 22, 2015)

Page Range		79484-79485
FR Document		2015-32034

In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with the Commission's EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS). This notice is consistent with the Emergency Alert System (EAS) Sixth Report and Order, FCC 15-60, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of those rules.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 245 (Tuesday, December 22, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 245 (Tuesday, December 22, 2015)]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-32034]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 11

[EB Docket No. 04-296; FCC 15-60]


Review of the Emergency Alert System

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, 
the information collection associated with the Commission's EAS Test 
Reporting System (ETRS). This notice is consistent with the Emergency 
Alert System (EAS) Sixth Report and Order, FCC 15-60, which stated that 
the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register 
announcing the effective date of those rules.

DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 11.21(a) and 11.61(a)(3)(iv) published 
at 80 FR 37167, June 30, 2015, are effective on December 31, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Fowlkes, Deputy Bureau Chief, 
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, at (202) 418-7452, or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on December 4, 
2015, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information 
collection requirements relating to the access stimulation rules 
contained in the Commission's EAS Sixth Report and Order, FCC 15-60, 
published at 80 FR 37167, June 30, 2015.
    The OMB Control Number is 3060-0207. The Commission publishes this 
notice as an announcement of the effective date of the rules. If you 
have any comments on the burden estimates listed below, or how the 
Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens caused 
thereby, please contact Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications 
Commission, Room A-C620, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. 
Please include the OMB Control Number, 3060-0207, in your 
correspondence. The Commission will also accept your comments via email 
at [email protected].
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 
send an email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received final OMB 
approval on December 4, 2015, for the information collection 
requirements contained in the modifications to the Commission's rules 
in 47 CFR part 11. Under 5 CFR 1320, an agency may not conduct or 
sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current, 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 
that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB 
Control Number is 3060-0207.
    The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Pub. L. 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
    The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents 
are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0207.
    OMB Approval Date: December 4, 2015.
    OMB Expiration Date: December 31, 2018.
    Title: Part 11, Emergency Alert System (EAS), Sixth Report and 
Order.
    Form Number: N/A.

[[Page 79485]]

    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit 
institutions, and state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 63,080 respondents; 3,569,028 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 43 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and 
recordkeeping requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Obligatory for all entities required to 
participate in EAS.
    Total Annual Burden: 82,008 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Filings will be given the 
presumption of confidentiality. The Commission will allow test data and 
reports containing individual test data to be shared on a confidential 
basis with other Federal agencies and state governmental emergency 
management agencies that have confidentiality protection at least equal 
to that provided by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). See 5 U.S.C. 
552 (2006), amended by OPEN Government Act of 2007, Pub. L. 110-175, 
121 Stat. 2524 (stating the FOIA confidentiality standard, along with 
relevant exemptions).
    Privacy Act: No impact.
    Needs and Uses: Part 11 contains rules and regulations addressing 
the nation's Emergency Alert System (EAS). The EAS provides the 
President with the capability to provide immediate communications and 
information to the general public at the national, state and local area 
level during periods of national emergency. The EAS also provides state 
and local governments and the National Weather Service with the 
capability to provide immediate communications and information to the 
general public concerning emergency situations posing a threat to life 
and property.
    EAS Participants must utilize the ETRS to file identifying and test 
result data as part of their participation in the second nationwide EAS 
test. Although the ETRS adopted in this Sixth Report and Order in EB 
Docket No. 04-296, FCC 15-60, largely resembles the version used during 
the first nationwide EAS test, it also contains certain improvements, 
such as support for pre-population of form data, and integration of 
form data into an EAS ``Mapbook.'' ETRS will continue to collect such 
identifying information as station call letters, license identification 
number, geographic coordinates, EAS designation, EAS monitoring 
assignment, and emergency contact information. EAS Participants will 
submit this identifying data prior to the test date. On the day of the 
test, EAS Participants will input test results into ETRS (e.g., whether 
the test message was received and processed successfully). They will 
input the remaining data called for by our reporting rules (e.g., more 
detailed test results) within 45 day of the test. The Commission 
believes that structuring ETRS in this fashion will allow EAS 
Participants to timely provide the Commission with test data in a 
minimally burdensome fashion.
    Our analysis indicates that this revised collection will cause no 
change in the burden estimates or reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements that the Commission submitted (and which OMB subsequently 
approved) for the 2011 system. The revised information collection 
requirements contained in this collection are as follows: Section 
11.21(a) requires EAS Participants to provide the identifying 
information required by the ETRS no later than sixty days after the 
publication in the Federal Register of a notice announcing the approval 
by the Office of Management and Budget of the modified information 
collection requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 
an effective date of the rule amendment, or within sixty days of the 
launch of the ETRS, whichever is later, and shall renew this 
identifying information on a yearly basis or as required by any 
revision of the EAS Participant's State EAS Plan filed pursuant to 
section 11.21 of this part, and consistent with the requirements of 
paragraph 11.61(a)(3)(iv) of this part. Section 11.61(a)(3)(iv) 
requires test results to be logged by all EAS Participants into the 
ETRS as determined by the Commission's Public Safety and Homeland 
Security Bureau, subject to the following requirements. EAS 
Participants shall provide the identifying information required by the 
ETRS initially no later than sixty days after the publication in the 
Federal Register of a notice announcing the approval by the Office of 
Management and Budget of the modified information collection 
requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and an effective 
date of the rule amendment, or within sixty days of the launch of the 
ETRS, whichever is later, and shall renew this identifying information 
on a yearly basis or as required by any revision of the EAS 
Participant's State EAS Plan filed pursuant to section 11.21 of this 
part. EAS Participants must also file ``day of test'' data in the ETRS 
within 24 hours of any nationwide test or as otherwise required by the 
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.


Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
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copy of the rulemaking and its impact Scholarships and fellowships, Travel SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
analysis are available on VA’s Web site and transportation expenses, Veterans. document announces that, on December
at http://www.va.gov/orpm/, by Dated: December 17, 2015. 4, 2015, OMB approved, for a period of
following the link for VA Regulations William F. Russo three years, the information collection
Published From FY 2004 Through Fiscal Director, Office of Regulation Policy &
requirements relating to the access
Year to Date. Management, Office of the General Counsel, stimulation rules contained in the
Department of Veterans Affairs. Commission’s EAS Sixth Report and
Unfunded Mandates
Order, FCC 15–60, published at 80 FR
For the reasons set forth in the
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 37167, June 30, 2015.
preamble, VA amends 38 CFR part 17 as The OMB Control Number is 3060–
of 1995 requires, at 2 U.S.C. 1532, that
follows: 0207. The Commission publishes this
agencies prepare an assessment of
anticipated costs and benefits before PART 17—MEDICAL notice as an announcement of the
issuing any rule that may result in the effective date of the rules. If you have
expenditure by State, local, and tribal ■ 1. The authority citation for part 17 any comments on the burden estimates
governments, in the aggregate, or by the continues to read as follows: listed below, or how the Commission
private sector, of $100 million or more can improve the collections and reduce
(adjusted annually for inflation) in any Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in any burdens caused thereby, please
specific sections. contact Nicole Ongele, Federal
one year. This final rule will have no
such effect on State, local, and tribal § 17.120 [Amended] Communications Commission, Room A–
governments, or on the private sector. C620, 445 12th Street SW., Washington,
■ 2. Amend the first sentence of
DC 20554. Please include the OMB
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance § 17.120(b) by adding ‘‘or prescribed
Control Number, 3060–0207, in your
for’’ immediately after ‘‘provided
The Catalog of Federal Domestic correspondence. The Commission will
directly to’’.
Assistance numbers and titles for the also accept your comments via email at
programs affected by this document are § 17.1002 [Amended] PRA@fcc.gov.
64.007, Blind Rehabilitation Centers; To request materials in accessible
■ 3. Amend the introductory text of
64.008, Veterans Domiciliary Care; formats for people with disabilities
§ 17.1002 by adding ‘‘or prescribed for’’
64.009, Veterans Medical Care Benefits; (Braille, large print, electronic files,
immediately after ‘‘provided directly
64.010, Veterans Nursing Home Care; audio format), send an email to fcc504@
to’’.
64.011, Veterans Dental Care; 64.012, fcc.gov or call the Consumer and
[FR Doc. 2015–32098 Filed 12–21–15; 8:45 am] Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202)
Veterans Prescription Service; 64.014,
Veterans State Domiciliary Care; 64.015,
BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432
Veterans State Nursing Home Care; (TTY).
64.018, Sharing Specialized Medical Synopsis
Resources; 64.019, Veterans FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
Rehabilitation Alcohol and Drug COMMISSION As required by the Paperwork
Dependence; 64.022, Veterans Home Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507),
47 CFR Part 11 the FCC is notifying the public that it
Based Primary Care; and 64.024, VA
Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem [EB Docket No. 04–296; FCC 15–60] received final OMB approval on
Program. December 4, 2015, for the information
Review of the Emergency Alert System collection requirements contained in the
Signing Authority modifications to the Commission’s rules
AGENCY: Federal Communications
in 47 CFR part 11. Under 5 CFR 1320,
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or Commission.
an agency may not conduct or sponsor
designee, approved this document and ACTION: Final rule; announcement of a collection of information unless it
authorized the undersigned to sign and effective date. displays a current, valid OMB Control
submit the document to the Office of the
SUMMARY: In this document, the Number.
Federal Register for publication
Commission announces that the Office No person shall be subject to any
electronically as an official document of
of Management and Budget (OMB) has penalty for failing to comply with a
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
approved, for a period of three years, the collection of information subject to the
Robert L. Nabors II, Chief of Staff,
information collection associated with Paperwork Reduction Act that does not
Department of Veterans Affairs,
the Commission’s EAS Test Reporting display a current, valid OMB Control
approved this document on December
System (ETRS). This notice is consistent Number. The OMB Control Number is
16, 2015, for publication.
with the Emergency Alert System (EAS) 3060–0207.
List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 17 Sixth Report and Order, FCC 15–60, The foregoing notice is required by
which stated that the Commission the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Administrative practice and Pub. L. 104–13, October 1, 1995, and 44
procedure, Alcohol abuse, Alcoholism, would publish a document in the
Federal Register announcing the U.S.C. 3507.
Claims, Day care, Dental health, Drug The total annual reporting burdens
abuse, Foreign relations, Government effective date of those rules.
and costs for the respondents are as
contracts, Grant programs—health, DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR
follows:
Grant programs—veterans, Health care, 11.21(a) and 11.61(a)(3)(iv) published at OMB Control Number: 3060–0207.
Health facilities, Health professions, 80 FR 37167, June 30, 2015, are effective
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OMB Approval Date: December 4,
Health records, Homeless, Incorporation on December 31, 2015. 2015.
by reference, Medical and dental FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa OMB Expiration Date: December 31,
schools, Medical devices, Medical Fowlkes, Deputy Bureau Chief, Public 2018.
research, Mental health programs, Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Title: Part 11, Emergency Alert
Nursing homes, Philippines, Reporting at (202) 418–7452, or by email at System (EAS), Sixth Report and Order.
and recordkeeping requirements, Lisa.Fowlkes@fcc.gov. Form Number: N/A.

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Respondents: Business or other for- test date. On the day of the test, EAS
profit entities, not-for-profit institutions, Participants will input test results into Federal Communications Commission.
and state, local or tribal government. ETRS (e.g., whether the test message Gloria J. Miles,
Number of Respondents and was received and processed Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Responses: 63,080 respondents; successfully). They will input the Secretary.
3,569,028 responses. remaining data called for by our [FR Doc. 2015–32034 Filed 12–21–15; 8:45 am]
Estimated Time per Response: 43 reporting rules (e.g., more detailed test BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
hours. results) within 45 day of the test. The
Frequency of Response: On occasion Commission believes that structuring
reporting requirement and ETRS in this fashion will allow EAS
recordkeeping requirement. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Participants to timely provide the
Obligation to Respond: Obligatory for Commission with test data in a National Oceanic and Atmospheric
all entities required to participate in minimally burdensome fashion. Administration
EAS.
Total Annual Burden: 82,008 hours. Our analysis indicates that this
Total Annual Cost: No cost. revised collection will cause no change 50 CFR Part 648
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: in the burden estimates or reporting and
[Docket No. 140117052–4402–02]
Filings will be given the presumption of recordkeeping requirements that the
confidentiality. The Commission will Commission submitted (and which RIN 0648–XE347
allow test data and reports containing OMB subsequently approved) for the
individual test data to be shared on a 2011 system. The revised information Fisheries of the Northeastern United
confidential basis with other Federal collection requirements contained in States; Summer Flounder Fishery;
agencies and state governmental this collection are as follows: Section Quota Transfer
emergency management agencies that 11.21(a) requires EAS Participants to
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
have confidentiality protection at least provide the identifying information
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
equal to that provided by the Freedom required by the ETRS no later than sixty
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
of Information Act (FOIA). See 5 U.S.C. days after the publication in the Federal
Commerce.
552 (2006), amended by OPEN Register of a notice announcing the
approval by the Office of Management ACTION: Temporary rule; quota transfer.
Government Act of 2007, Pub. L. 110–
175, 121 Stat. 2524 (stating the FOIA and Budget of the modified information SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the
confidentiality standard, along with collection requirements under the States of North Carolina and Maine and
relevant exemptions). Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and the Commonwealth of Virginia are
Privacy Act: No impact. an effective date of the rule amendment, transferring portions of their 2015
Needs and Uses: Part 11 contains or within sixty days of the launch of the commercial summer flounder quotas to
rules and regulations addressing the ETRS, whichever is later, and shall the State of Connecticut. These quota
nation’s Emergency Alert System (EAS). renew this identifying information on a adjustments are necessary to comply
The EAS provides the President with yearly basis or as required by any with the Summer Flounder, Scup and
the capability to provide immediate revision of the EAS Participant’s State Black Sea Bass Fishery Management
communications and information to the EAS Plan filed pursuant to section 11.21 Plan quota transfer provision. This
general public at the national, state and of this part, and consistent with the announcement informs the public of the
local area level during periods of requirements of paragraph revised commercial quota for each state
national emergency. The EAS also 11.61(a)(3)(iv) of this part. Section involved.
provides state and local governments 11.61(a)(3)(iv) requires test results to be
DATES: Effective December 21, 2015,
and the National Weather Service with logged by all EAS Participants into the
ETRS as determined by the through December 31, 2015.
the capability to provide immediate
communications and information to the Commission’s Public Safety and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
general public concerning emergency Homeland Security Bureau, subject to Elizabeth Scheimer, Fishery
situations posing a threat to life and the following requirements. EAS Management Specialist, (978)-281–9236.
property. Participants shall provide the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
EAS Participants must utilize the identifying information required by the Regulations governing the summer
ETRS to file identifying and test result ETRS initially no later than sixty days flounder fishery are in 50 CFR 648.100
data as part of their participation in the after the publication in the Federal through 50 CFR 648.110. The
second nationwide EAS test. Although Register of a notice announcing the regulations require annual specification
the ETRS adopted in this Sixth Report approval by the Office of Management of a commercial quota that is
and Order in EB Docket No. 04–296, and Budget of the modified information apportioned among the coastal states
FCC 15–60, largely resembles the collection requirements under the from Maine through North Carolina. The
version used during the first nationwide Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and process to set the annual commercial
EAS test, it also contains certain an effective date of the rule amendment, quota and the percent allocated to each
improvements, such as support for pre- or within sixty days of the launch of the state are described in § 648.102.
population of form data, and integration ETRS, whichever is later, and shall The final rule implementing
of form data into an EAS ‘‘Mapbook.’’ renew this identifying information on a Amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder
ETRS will continue to collect such yearly basis or as required by any Fishery Management Plan, as published
identifying information as station call revision of the EAS Participant’s State in the Federal Register on December 17,
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letters, license identification number, EAS Plan filed pursuant to section 11.21 1993 (58 FR 65936), provided a
geographic coordinates, EAS of this part. EAS Participants must also mechanism for transferring summer
designation, EAS monitoring file ‘‘day of test’’ data in the ETRS flounder commercial quota from one
assignment, and emergency contact within 24 hours of any nationwide test state to another. Two or more states,
information. EAS Participants will or as otherwise required by the Public under mutual agreement and with the
submit this identifying data prior to the Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. concurrence of the NMFS Greater

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Rules and Regulations
Action		Final rule; announcement of effective date.
Dates		The amendments to 47 CFR 11.21(a) and 11.61(a)(3)(iv) published at 80 FR 37167, June 30, 2015, are effective on December 31, 2015.
Contact		Lisa Fowlkes, Deputy Bureau Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, at (202) 418-7452, or by email at [email protected]
FR Citation		80 FR 79484