81_FR_62302 81 FR 62128 - Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission

81 FR 62128 - Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission

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Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 174 (September 8, 2016)

Page Range62128-62128
FR Document2016-21636

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), 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.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0484]


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 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), 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 November 
7, 2016. 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 
PRA@fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0484.
    Title: Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to 
Communications.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 798 respondents; 13,012 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting 
requirements, recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i)-(j) & (o), 
201(b), 214(d), 218, 251(e)(3), 301, 303(b), 303(g), 303(r), 307, 
309(a), 316, 332, 403, 615a-1, and 615c.
    Total Annual Burden: 25,006 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In accordance with 47 CFR 
4.2, reports and information contained therein are presumed 
confidential. The filings are shared with the Department of Homeland 
Security through a password-protected real time access to NORS. Other 
persons seeking disclosure must follow the procedures delineated in 47 
CFR Sections 0.457 and 0.459 of the Commission's rules for requests for 
and disclosure of information. The revisions noted in this information 
collection do not affect the confidential treatment of information 
provided to the Commission through outage reports filed in NORS.
    Needs and Uses: On May 26, 2016, the Commission released a Report 
and Order, Order on Reconsideration, and Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, PS Docket Nos. 15-80, 11-60, and ET Docket No. 04-35; FCC 
16-63 (The Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration) adopting 
final and proposed rules. The information to be collected pertains to 
final rules summarized and published in the Federal Register on July 
12, 2016, 81 FR 45055.
    The general purpose of the Commission's Part 4 rules is to gather 
sufficient information regarding disruptions to telecommunications to 
facilitate FCC monitoring, analysis, and investigation of the 
reliability and security of voice, paging, and interconnected VoIP 
communications services, and to identify and act on potential threats 
to our Nation's telecommunications infrastructure. The Commission uses 
this information collection to identify the duration, magnitude, root 
causes, and contributing factors with respect to significant outages, 
and to identify outage trends; support service restoration efforts; and 
help coordinate with public safety officials during times of crisis. 
The Commission also maintains an ongoing dialogue with reporting 
entities, as well as with the communications industry at large, 
generally regarding lessons learned from the information collection in 
order to a foster better understanding of the root causes of 
significant outages, and to explore preventive measures in the future 
so as to mitigate the potential scale and impact of such outages.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-21636 Filed 9-7-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                  contain specific information in                         PRA that does not display a valid Office              Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,
                                                  applicable log entries and the time of                  of Management and Budget (OMB)                        PS Docket Nos. 15–80, 11–60, and ET
                                                  their occurrence.                                       control number.                                       Docket No. 04–35; FCC 16–63 (The
                                                    The recordkeeping requirements                        DATES: Written PRA comments should                    Report and Order and Order on
                                                  contained in section 80.409 is necessary                be submitted on or before November 7,                 Reconsideration) adopting final and
                                                  to document the operation and public                    2016. If you anticipate that you will be              proposed rules. The information to be
                                                  correspondence service of public coast                  submitting comments, but find it                      collected pertains to final rules
                                                  radiotelegraph, public coast                            difficult to do so within the period of               summarized and published in the
                                                  radiotelephone stations and Alaska-                     time allowed by this notice, you should               Federal Register on July 12, 2016, 81 FR
                                                  public fixed stations, ship                             advise the contact listed below as soon               45055.
                                                  radiotelegraph, ship radiotelephone and                 as possible.                                             The general purpose of the
                                                  applicable radiotelephone including the                 ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to                 Commission’s Part 4 rules is to gather
                                                  logging of distress and safety calls                    Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@                    sufficient information regarding
                                                  where applicable.                                       fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.                 disruptions to telecommunications to
                                                  Federal Communications Commission.                                                                            facilitate FCC monitoring, analysis, and
                                                                                                          FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
                                                  Marlene H. Dortch,                                                                                            investigation of the reliability and
                                                                                                          additional information about the
                                                                                                                                                                security of voice, paging, and
                                                  Secretary, Office of the Secretary.                     information collection, contact Nicole
                                                                                                                                                                interconnected VoIP communications
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–21560 Filed 9–7–16; 8:45 am]              Ongele at (202) 418–2991.
                                                                                                                                                                services, and to identify and act on
                                                  BILLING CODE 6712–01–P                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            potential threats to our Nation’s
                                                                                                             OMB Control Number: 3060–0484.                     telecommunications infrastructure. The
                                                                                                             Title: Part 4 of the Commission’s                  Commission uses this information
                                                  FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS                                  Rules Concerning Disruptions to                       collection to identify the duration,
                                                  COMMISSION                                              Communications.                                       magnitude, root causes, and
                                                                                                             Form Number: Not applicable.
                                                  [OMB 3060–0484]                                                                                               contributing factors with respect to
                                                                                                             Type of Review: Revision of a
                                                                                                                                                                significant outages, and to identify
                                                  Information Collection Being Reviewed                   currently approved collection.
                                                                                                                                                                outage trends; support service
                                                  by the Federal Communications                              Respondents: Business or other for-
                                                                                                                                                                restoration efforts; and help coordinate
                                                  Commission                                              profit entities; not-for-profit institutions.
                                                                                                             Number of Respondents and                          with public safety officials during times
                                                  AGENCY: Federal Communications                          Responses: 798 respondents; 13,012                    of crisis. The Commission also
                                                  Commission.                                             responses.                                            maintains an ongoing dialogue with
                                                                                                             Estimated Time per Response: 2                     reporting entities, as well as with the
                                                  ACTION: Notice and request for
                                                                                                          hours.                                                communications industry at large,
                                                  comments.
                                                                                                             Frequency of Response: On occasion                 generally regarding lessons learned from
                                                  SUMMARY:   As part of its continuing effort             and annual reporting requirements,                    the information collection in order to a
                                                  to reduce paperwork burdens, and as                     recordkeeping requirement and third                   foster better understanding of the root
                                                  required by the Paperwork Reduction                     party disclosure requirement.                         causes of significant outages, and to
                                                  Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–                         Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.                  explore preventive measures in the
                                                  3520), the Federal Communications                       Statutory authority for this information              future so as to mitigate the potential
                                                  Commission (FCC or the Commission)                      collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151,             scale and impact of such outages.
                                                  invites the general public and other                    154(i)–(j) & (o), 201(b), 214(d), 218,                Federal Communications Commission.
                                                  Federal agencies to take this                           251(e)(3), 301, 303(b), 303(g), 303(r),               Marlene H. Dortch,
                                                  opportunity to comment on the                           307, 309(a), 316, 332, 403, 615a–1, and               Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
                                                  following information collection.                       615c.                                                 [FR Doc. 2016–21636 Filed 9–7–16; 8:45 am]
                                                  Comments are requested concerning:                         Total Annual Burden: 25,006 hours.                 BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
                                                  Whether the proposed collection of                         Total Annual Cost: No cost.
                                                  information is necessary for the proper                    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
                                                  performance of the functions of the                     impact(s).
                                                  Commission, including whether the                          Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:              FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
                                                  information shall have practical utility;               In accordance with 47 CFR 4.2, reports                CORPORATION
                                                  the accuracy of the Commission’s                        and information contained therein are                 Notice of Termination; 10310 Western
                                                  burden estimate; ways to enhance the                    presumed confidential. The filings are                Commercial Bank, Woodland Hills,
                                                  quality, utility, and clarity of the                    shared with the Department of                         California
                                                  information collected; ways to minimize                 Homeland Security through a password-
                                                  the burden of the collection of                         protected real time access to NORS.                     The Federal Deposit Insurance
                                                  information on the respondents,                         Other persons seeking disclosure must                 Corporation (FDIC), as Receiver for
                                                  including the use of automated                          follow the procedures delineated in 47                10310 Western Commercial Bank,
                                                  collection techniques or other forms of                 CFR Sections 0.457 and 0.459 of the                   Woodland Hills, California (Receiver)
                                                  information technology; and ways to                     Commission’s rules for requests for and               has been authorized to take all actions
                                                  further reduce the information                          disclosure of information. The revisions              necessary to terminate the receivership
                                                  collection burden on small business                     noted in this information collection do               estate of Western Commercial Bank
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                                                  concerns with fewer than 25 employees.                  not affect the confidential treatment of              (Receivership Estate); the Receiver has
                                                  The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a                    information provided to the                           made all dividend distributions
                                                  collection of information unless it                     Commission through outage reports                     required by law.
                                                  displays a currently valid control                      filed in NORS.                                          The Receiver has further irrevocably
                                                  number. No person shall be subject to                      Needs and Uses: On May 26, 2016,                   authorized and appointed FDIC-
                                                  any penalty for failing to comply with                  the Commission released a Report and                  Corporate as its attorney-in-fact to
                                                  a collection of information subject to the              Order, Order on Reconsideration, and                  execute and file any and all documents


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for comments.
DatesWritten PRA comments should be submitted on or before November 7, 2016. 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.
ContactFor additional information about the information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.
FR Citation81 FR 62128 

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