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facilities.
Changes: None.
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Discussion: Section 222.183 includes
several examples immediately following
paragraph (a) which, as a result of the
substantive change proposed in the
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Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
Secondary Education.
For the reasons discussed in the
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PART 222—IMPACT AID PROGRAMS
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2. Section 222.183 is amended by:
a. Revising paragraph (a) as set forth
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COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 20
[PS Docket No. 07–114; FCC 10–176]
Wireless E911 Location Accuracy
Requirements
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of
effective date.
AGENCY:
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 requirements
contained in regulations concerning
wireless E911 location accuracy
requirements. The information
collection requirements were approved
on March 30, 2011 by OMB.
DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR
20.18(h)(1)(vi), (h)(2)(iii), and (h)(3)
published at 75 FR 70604, November 18,
2010, are effective on April 28, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information, please contact
Patrick.Donovan@fcc.gov or on (202)
418–2413.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
November 18, 2010 at 75 FR 70604, the
Commission published in the Federal
Register the summary of the Second
Report and Order (2nd R&O) in PS
Docket No. 07–114; FCC 10–176. In the
2nd R&O, Commission amended 47 CFR
20.18(h) to require wireless licensees
subject to standards for wireless
Enhanced 911 (E911) Phase II location
accuracy and reliability to satisfy these
standards at either a county-based or
Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)based geographic level. The
Commission took this step to ensure an
appropriate and consistent compliance
methodology with respect to location
accuracy standards. In the notice at 75
FR 70604, the Commission announced
that the amended rule is effective
January 18, 2011, except for
§§ 20.18(h)(1)(vi), 20.18(h)(2)(iii), and
20.18(h)(3), which contain information
collection requirements that have not
been approved by OMB. The
SUMMARY:
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Commission also announced that it
would publish a document in the
Federal Register announcing the
effective date. The Commission’s
estimate of burden hours for the
information collection approved by
OMB also considers the potential filing
of waiver requests to provide the
Commission and the public safety
community, including public safety
organizations and State and local
jurisdiction and PSAPs, awareness of
the wireless carriers and SSPs that are
experiencing an inability to comply
with the amended location accuracy
requirements. In the 2ndR&O, the
Commission declined to adopt any
changes to the Commission’s existing
waiver criteria, which it found have
been sufficient to date in addressing
particular circumstances on a case-bycase basis and remain available to all
carriers. Further, the Commission
expected that the rule changes allowing
for handset-based and network-based
carriers to claim exclusions based on the
specified limitations should minimize
the need for waiver relief.
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507),
the Commission is notifying the public
that it received OMB approval on March
30, 2011, for the information collection
requirements contained in 47 CFR
20.18(h). 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 valid OMB Control Number.
The OMB Control Number is 3060–1147
and the total annual reporting burdens
for respondents for this information
collection are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060–1147.
Title: Wireless E911 Location
Accuracy Requirements.
OMB Approval Date: March 30, 2011.
OMB Expiration Date: March 31,
2014.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection
(Request for a new OMB Control
Number).
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 6,000
respondents; 13,700 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 11.85
hours (average).
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
Total Annual Burden: 71,100 hours.
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Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
No confidentiality is required for this
collection.
Needs and Uses: Pursuant to 47 CFR
20.18(h)(1)(vi), wireless carriers using
network-based technologies to provide
Enhanced 911 (E911) Phase II service
may exclude from compliance with the
Commission’s amended location
accuracy standards under 47 CFR
20.18(h)(1)(i)–(v) particular counties, or
portions of counties, where
triangulation is not technically possible,
such as locations where at least three
cell sites are not sufficiently visible to
a handset. However, carriers must file a
list of the specific counties or portions
of counties where they are utilizing this
exclusion within 90 days following
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget for the related information
collection. This list must be submitted
electronically into PS Docket No. 07–
114, and copies must be sent to the
National Emergency Number
Association, the Association of PublicSafety Communications OfficialsInternational, and the National
Association of State 9–1–1
Administrators. Further, carriers must
submit in the same manner any changes
to their exclusion lists within thirty
days of discovering such changes. This
exclusion will sunset eight years after
January 18, 2011.
Pursuant to 47 CFR 20.18(h)(2)(iii),
wireless carriers wireless carriers using
handset-based technologies to provide
Enhanced 911 (E911) Phase II service
must file a list of the specific counties
or PSAP service areas where they are
utilizing an exclusion under 47 CFR
20.18(h)(2)(i)–(ii) to exclude 15 percent
of counties or PSAP service areas from
the 150 meter requirement based upon
heavy forestation that limits handsetbased technology accuracy in those
counties or PSAP service areas. Such
carriers must file the list within 90 days
following approval from the Office of
Management and Budget for the related
information collection. This list must be
submitted electronically into PS Docket
No. 07–114, and copies must be sent to
the National Emergency Number
Association, the Association of PublicSafety Communications OfficialsInternational, and the National
Association of State 9–1–1
Administrators. Further, carriers must
submit in the same manner any changes
to their exclusion lists within thirty
days of discovering such changes.
Pursuant to 47 CFR 20.18(h)(3), two
years after January 18, 2011, all carriers
subject to this section shall be required
to provide confidence and uncertainty
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data on a per-call basis upon the request
of a PSAP. Once a carrier has
established baseline confidence and
uncertainty levels in a county or PSAP
service area, ongoing accuracy shall be
monitored based on the trending of
uncertainty data and additional testing
shall not be required. All entities
responsible for transporting confidence
and uncertainty between wireless
carriers and PSAPs, including LECs,
CLECs, owners of E911 networks, and
emergency service providers
(collectively, System Service Providers
(SSPs)) must implement any
modifications that will enable the
transmission of confidence and
uncertainty data provided by wireless
carriers to the requesting PSAP. If an
SSP does not pass confidence and
uncertainty data to PSAPs, the SSP has
the burden of proving that it is
technically infeasible for it to provide
such data.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 20
[PS Docket No. 07-114; FCC 10-176]
Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements
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 requirements contained in regulations
concerning wireless E911 location accuracy requirements. The
information collection requirements were approved on March 30, 2011 by
OMB.
DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 20.18(h)(1)(vi), (h)(2)(iii), and
(h)(3) published at 75 FR 70604, November 18, 2010, are effective on
April 28, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, please
contact Patrick.Donovan@fcc.gov or on (202) 418-2413.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 18, 2010 at 75 FR 70604, the
Commission published in the Federal Register the summary of the Second
Report and Order (2nd R&O) in PS Docket No. 07-114; FCC 10-176. In the
2nd R&O, Commission amended 47 CFR 20.18(h) to require wireless
licensees subject to standards for wireless Enhanced 911 (E911) Phase
II location accuracy and reliability to satisfy these standards at
either a county-based or Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)-based
geographic level. The Commission took this step to ensure an
appropriate and consistent compliance methodology with respect to
location accuracy standards. In the notice at 75 FR 70604, the
Commission announced that the amended rule is effective January 18,
2011, except for Sec. Sec. 20.18(h)(1)(vi), 20.18(h)(2)(iii), and
20.18(h)(3), which contain information collection requirements that
have not been approved by OMB. The
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Commission also announced that it would publish a document in the
Federal Register announcing the effective date. The Commission's
estimate of burden hours for the information collection approved by OMB
also considers the potential filing of waiver requests to provide the
Commission and the public safety community, including public safety
organizations and State and local jurisdiction and PSAPs, awareness of
the wireless carriers and SSPs that are experiencing an inability to
comply with the amended location accuracy requirements. In the 2ndR&O,
the Commission declined to adopt any changes to the Commission's
existing waiver criteria, which it found have been sufficient to date
in addressing particular circumstances on a case-by-case basis and
remain available to all carriers. Further, the Commission expected that
the rule changes allowing for handset-based and network-based carriers
to claim exclusions based on the specified limitations should minimize
the need for waiver relief.
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), the Commission is notifying the public that it received OMB
approval on March 30, 2011, for the information collection requirements
contained in 47 CFR 20.18(h). 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 valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control
Number is 3060-1147 and the total annual reporting burdens for
respondents for this information collection are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1147.
Title: Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements.
OMB Approval Date: March 30, 2011.
OMB Expiration Date: March 31, 2014.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control
Number).
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 6,000 respondents; 13,700 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 11.85 hours (average).
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Total Annual Burden: 71,100
hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No confidentiality is
required for this collection.
Needs and Uses: Pursuant to 47 CFR 20.18(h)(1)(vi), wireless
carriers using network-based technologies to provide Enhanced 911
(E911) Phase II service may exclude from compliance with the
Commission's amended location accuracy standards under 47 CFR
20.18(h)(1)(i)-(v) particular counties, or portions of counties, where
triangulation is not technically possible, such as locations where at
least three cell sites are not sufficiently visible to a handset.
However, carriers must file a list of the specific counties or portions
of counties where they are utilizing this exclusion within 90 days
following approval from the Office of Management and Budget for the
related information collection. This list must be submitted
electronically into PS Docket No. 07-114, and copies must be sent to
the National Emergency Number Association, the Association of Public-
Safety Communications Officials-International, and the National
Association of State 9-1-1 Administrators. Further, carriers must
submit in the same manner any changes to their exclusion lists within
thirty days of discovering such changes. This exclusion will sunset
eight years after January 18, 2011.
Pursuant to 47 CFR 20.18(h)(2)(iii), wireless carriers wireless
carriers using handset-based technologies to provide Enhanced 911
(E911) Phase II service must file a list of the specific counties or
PSAP service areas where they are utilizing an exclusion under 47 CFR
20.18(h)(2)(i)-(ii) to exclude 15 percent of counties or PSAP service
areas from the 150 meter requirement based upon heavy forestation that
limits handset-based technology accuracy in those counties or PSAP
service areas. Such carriers must file the list within 90 days
following approval from the Office of Management and Budget for the
related information collection. This list must be submitted
electronically into PS Docket No. 07-114, and copies must be sent to
the National Emergency Number Association, the Association of Public-
Safety Communications Officials-International, and the National
Association of State 9-1-1 Administrators. Further, carriers must
submit in the same manner any changes to their exclusion lists within
thirty days of discovering such changes.
Pursuant to 47 CFR 20.18(h)(3), two years after January 18, 2011,
all carriers subject to this section shall be required to provide
confidence and uncertainty data on a per-call basis upon the request of
a PSAP. Once a carrier has established baseline confidence and
uncertainty levels in a county or PSAP service area, ongoing accuracy
shall be monitored based on the trending of uncertainty data and
additional testing shall not be required. All entities responsible for
transporting confidence and uncertainty between wireless carriers and
PSAPs, including LECs, CLECs, owners of E911 networks, and emergency
service providers (collectively, System Service Providers (SSPs)) must
implement any modifications that will enable the transmission of
confidence and uncertainty data provided by wireless carriers to the
requesting PSAP. If an SSP does not pass confidence and uncertainty
data to PSAPs, the SSP has the burden of proving that it is technically
infeasible for it to provide such data.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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