Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget, 29748-29749 [2011-12529]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 99 (Monday, May 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29748-29749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12529]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval 
to the Office of Management and Budget

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the 
following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995. Comments are requested concerning: (a) 
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; (b) the accuracy 
of the Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information collected; (d) 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 (e) ways to further reduce the information 
collection burden for 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not 
display a currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before June 22, 2011. If you anticipate that you will 
be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within the 
period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC 
contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via e-mail to 
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to the Federal Communications 
Commission via e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov and Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. To 
view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted to 
OMB: (1) Go to the web page https://reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) 
look for the section of the web page called ``Currently Under Review'', 
(3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the ``Select Agency'' box 
below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4) select ``Federal 
Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies presented in the 
``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button to the right of 
the ``Select Agency'' box, and (6) when the list of FCC ICRs currently 
under review appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its OMB 
Control Number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR Reference 
Number to view detailed information about this ICR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection(s), contact Cathy Williams on 202-418-
2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0463.
    Title: Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech 
Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, Report 
and Order and Declaratory Ruling, CG Docket No. 03-123, FCC 07-186.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities; State, Local 
and Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 5,045 respondents and 5,210 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10-15 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement; recordkeeping 
requirement; third party disclosure.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority can be found at section 225 of the Communications 
Act, 47 U.S.C. 225. The law was enacted on July 26, 1990, as Title IV 
of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Public Law 101-336, 104 
Stat. 327.
    Total Annual Burden: 27,397 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 from 
individuals.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: On November 19, 2007, the Commission released the 
Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for 
Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, Report and Order and 
Declaratory Ruling (2007 TRS Cost Recovery Order), CG Docket No. 03-
123, FCC 07-186, adopting (1) A new cost recovery methodology for 
interstate traditional Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) and 
interstate Speech-to-Speech (STS) based on the Multi-state Average Rate 
Structure (MARS) plan proposed by Hamilton Relay, Inc., (2) a new cost 
recovery methodology for interstate captioned telephone service (CTS) 
and interstate and intrastate Internet-Protocol (IP) Captioned 
Telephone Service (IP CTS) based on the MARS plan, (3) a cost recovery 
methodology for IP Relay based on price caps, and (4) a cost recovery 
methodology for Video Relay Services (VRS) that adopts tiered rates 
based on call volume. The 2007 TRS Cost Recovery Order also clarifies 
the nature and extent that certain categories of costs are compensable 
from the Interstate TRS Fund (Fund), and addresses certain issues 
concerning the management and oversight of the Fund, including 
financial incentives offered to consumers to make relay calls and the 
role of the Interstate TRS Fund Advisory Council.
    The 2007 TRS Cost Recovery Order establishes reporting requirements 
associated with the MARS plan cost recovery methodology for 
compensation from the Fund. Specifically, TRS providers must submit to 
the Fund administrator the following information

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annually, on a per-state basis, regarding the previous calendar year: 
(1) The per-minute compensation rate(s) for intrastate traditional TRS, 
STS and CTS, (2) whether the rate applies to session minutes or 
conversation minutes, (3) the number of intrastate session minutes for 
traditional TRS, STS and CTS, and (4) the number of intrastate 
conversation minutes for traditional TRS, STS, and CTS. Also, STS 
providers must file a report annually with the Fund administrator and 
the Commission on their specific outreach efforts directly attributable 
to the additional compensation approved by the Commission for STS 
outreach.
    In the 2007 TRS Cost Recovery Order, the Commission has assessed 
the effects of imposing the submission of rate data, and has found that 
there is no increased administrative burden on businesses with fewer 
than 25 employees. The Commission recognizes that the required rate 
data is presently available with the states and the providers of 
interstate traditional TRS, interstate STS, and interstate CTS, thereby 
no additional step is required to produce such data.
    The Commission therefore believes that the submission of the rate 
data does not increase an administrative burden on businesses.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0750.
    Title: 47 CFR 73.671, Public Information Initiatives Regarding 
Educational and Informational Programming for Children.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,303 respondents; 4,215 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 to 5 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits. The statutory 
authority for this collection is contained in Sections 154(i) and 303 
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 30,865 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this collection of information.
    Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 73.671(c)(5) states that a core educational 
television program must be identified as specifically designed to 
educate and inform children by the display on the television screen 
throughout the program of the symbol E/I.
    47 CFR 73.673 states each commercial television broadcast station 
licensee must provide information identifying programming specifically 
designed to educate and inform children to publishers of program 
guides. Such information must include an indication of the age group 
for which the program is intended.
    These requirements are intended to provide greater clarity about 
broadcasters' obligations under the Children's Television Act (CTA) of 
1990 to air programming ``specifically designed'' to serve the 
educational and informational needs of children and to improve public 
access to information about the availability of these programs. These 
requirements provide better information to the public about the shows 
broadcasters air to satisfy their obligation to provide educational and 
informational programming under the Children's Television Act.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Implementing a Nationwide, Broadband, Interoperable Public 
Safety Network in the 700 MHz Band, Third Report and Order, FCC 11-6.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and state, local or 
tribal government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 100 respondents; 100 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One time reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 301, 303, 332 and 337.
    Total Annual Burden: 500 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In general, there is no need 
for confidentiality. However, petitioners may request confidential 
treatment of their information pursuant to 47 CFR 0.459 of the 
Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted a Third Report and Order, PS 
Docket No. 06-229, FCC 11-6, that requires OMB approval for a new 
information collection that requires public safety broadband networks 
to employ the Long Term Evolution (LTE) broadband standard, 
specifically at least 3GPP Standard E-UTRA Release 8 and associated 
Evolved Packet Core (EPC). The Third Report and Order further requires 
that these networks support certain LTE interfaces. These requirements 
were designed to ensure that networks operated in this spectrum band 
are interoperable with one another.
    The Third Report and Order also requires each operator of a 700 MHz 
public safety broadband network to submit a certification to the 
Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau), prior 
to network deployment, that its network will support the required LTE 
interfaces. This requirement will enable the Bureau to monitor network 
deployment and ensure that networks are supporting the interfaces 
necessary to achieve interoperability.
    The Commission is seeking OMB approval for this new information 
collection which requires operators of public safety broadband networks 
to submit a certification to the Commission.
    Accurate maintenance of this data is vital in developing a 
regulatory framework for this network. Since such a network is vital 
for public safety and homeland security, its proper operation must be 
assured.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing 
Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-12529 Filed 5-20-11; 8:45 am]
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