81 FR 76515 - Amendment of the Emergency Alert System; Independent Spanish Broadcasters Association, the Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ, Inc., and the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, Petition for Immediate Relief

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Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 213 (November 3, 2016)

In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, until Oct. 31, 2019, the information collection associated with the Commission's Order (Order) in ET Docket No. 04-296, FCC 16-32, adopted on March 23, 2016, and released on March 30, 2016, which, among other things, adopted new multilingual alerting reporting rules into its State Emergency Alert System (EAS) Plan reporting requirements. This document is consistent with the Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of those rules.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 213 (Thursday, November 3, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 76515-76516]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26555]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 11

[ET Docket No. 04-296; FCC 16-32]


Amendment of the Emergency Alert System; Independent Spanish 
Broadcasters Association, the Office of Communication of the United 
Church of Christ, Inc., and the Minority Media and Telecommunications 
Council, Petition for Immediate Relief

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, until Oct. 31, 2019, the 
information collection associated with the Commission's Order (Order) 
in ET Docket No. 04-296, FCC 16-32, adopted on March 23, 2016, and 
released on March 30, 2016, which, among other things, adopted new 
multilingual alerting reporting rules into its State Emergency Alert 
System (EAS) Plan reporting requirements. This document is consistent 
with the Order, 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 published at 81 FR 27342, May 6, 
2016, are effective November 3, 2016.

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 Oct 12, 
2016, OMB approved, until Oct. 31, 2019, the information collection 
requirements associated with the multilingual reporting requirements 
adopted in on rules contained in the Commission's Order, FCC 16-32, 
published at 81 FR 27342, May 6, 2016. The OMB Control Number is 3060-
0207. The Commission publishes this document 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 1-A620, 445 12th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. Please include the OMB Control 
Number, 3060-0207, in your correspondence. The Commission will

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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 October 12, 2016, for the information collection 
requirements contained in the modifications to the Commission's rules 
in 47 CFR part 11. Under 5 CFR part 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, Public Law 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: October 12, 2016.
    OMB Expiration Date: October 31, 2019.
    Title: Part 11, Emergency Alert System.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business and not-for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 63,080 respondents; 3,596,546 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour (EAS Participants); 20 hours 
(SECCs).
    Frequency of Response: One-time, and on-occasion reporting 
requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required if distributing State and local EAS 
alerts in a given state. The statutory authority for this information 
collection is contained in sections 1, 2, 4(i), 4(o), 301, 303(r), 
303(v), 307, 309, 335, 403, 624(g),706, and 715 of the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 154(o), 301, 
303(r), 303(v), 307, 309, 335, 403, 544(g), 606, and 615.
    Total Annual Burden: 110,476 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: An assurance of 
confidentiality is not offered because this information collection does 
not require the collection of personally identifiable information (PII) 
from individuals.
    Privacy Act: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: Section 11.21 of the Commission's part 11 (EAS) 
rules, 47 CFR 11.21, requires that State Emergency Communications 
Committees (SECC) prepare and submit State EAS Plans to the FCC for 
approval before State and local EAS alerts may be distributed within 
the state. On March 30, 2016, the Commission released the Order, FCC 
16-32, published at 81 FR 27342, May 6, 2016, adopting rule amendments 
to section 11.21, 47 CFR 11.21--containing information collection 
requirements--designed to promote and better understand the landscape 
of multilingual alerting across the country. The rule amendments 
generally require EAS Participants (the broadcasters, cable systems, 
and other service providers subject to the EAS rules) to prepare and 
submit to their respective SECCs, a description of their efforts and 
activities to make available EAS alert message content to persons who 
communicate in languages other than English. SECCs are required to 
prepare a summary of such descriptions they receive and include such 
summary in the State EAS Plan they administer.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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