Review of the Emergency Alert System, 79484-79485 [2015-32034]

Download as PDF 79484 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 245 / Tuesday, December 22, 2015 / Rules and Regulations copy of the rulemaking and its impact analysis are available on VA’s Web site at https://www.va.gov/orpm/, by following the link for VA Regulations Published From FY 2004 Through Fiscal Year to Date. Unfunded Mandates The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 requires, at 2 U.S.C. 1532, that agencies prepare an assessment of anticipated costs and benefits before issuing any rule that may result in the expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100 million or more (adjusted annually for inflation) in any one year. This final rule will have no such effect on State, local, and tribal governments, or on the private sector. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance numbers and titles for the programs affected by this document are 64.007, Blind Rehabilitation Centers; 64.008, Veterans Domiciliary Care; 64.009, Veterans Medical Care Benefits; 64.010, Veterans Nursing Home Care; 64.011, Veterans Dental Care; 64.012, Veterans Prescription Service; 64.014, Veterans State Domiciliary Care; 64.015, Veterans State Nursing Home Care; 64.018, Sharing Specialized Medical Resources; 64.019, Veterans Rehabilitation Alcohol and Drug Dependence; 64.022, Veterans Home Based Primary Care; and 64.024, VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program. Signing Authority rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with RULES List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 17 Administrative practice and procedure, Alcohol abuse, Alcoholism, Claims, Day care, Dental health, Drug abuse, Foreign relations, Government contracts, Grant programs—health, Grant programs—veterans, Health care, Health facilities, Health professions, Health records, Homeless, Incorporation by reference, Medical and dental schools, Medical devices, Medical research, Mental health programs, Nursing homes, Philippines, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 15:05 Dec 21, 2015 Dated: December 17, 2015. William F. Russo Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs. For the reasons set forth in the preamble, VA amends 38 CFR part 17 as follows: PART 17—MEDICAL 1. The authority citation for part 17 continues to read as follows: ■ Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in specific sections. § 17.120 [Amended] 2. Amend the first sentence of § 17.120(b) by adding ‘‘or prescribed for’’ immediately after ‘‘provided directly to’’. ■ § 17.1002 [Amended] 3. Amend the introductory text of § 17.1002 by adding ‘‘or prescribed for’’ immediately after ‘‘provided directly to’’. ■ [FR Doc. 2015–32098 Filed 12–21–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8320–01–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Part 11 [EB Docket No. 04–296; FCC 15–60] Review of the Emergency Alert System Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date. AGENCY: The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved this document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Robert L. Nabors II, Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs, approved this document on December 16, 2015, for publication. VerDate Sep<11>2014 Scholarships and fellowships, Travel and transportation expenses, Veterans. Jkt 238001 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 Lisa.Fowlkes@fcc.gov. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 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 PRA@fcc.gov. To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an email to fcc504@ fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 (TTY). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. E:\FR\FM\22DER1.SGM 22DER1 rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with RULES Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 245 / Tuesday, December 22, 2015 / Rules and Regulations Respondents: Business or other forprofit 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 prepopulation 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:05 Dec 21, 2015 Jkt 238001 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. PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 79485 Federal Communications Commission. Gloria J. Miles, Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–32034 Filed 12–21–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 648 [Docket No. 140117052–4402–02] RIN 0648–XE347 Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Temporary rule; quota transfer. AGENCY: NMFS announces that the States of North Carolina and Maine and the Commonwealth of Virginia are transferring portions of their 2015 commercial summer flounder quotas to the State of Connecticut. These quota adjustments are necessary to comply with the Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan quota transfer provision. This announcement informs the public of the revised commercial quota for each state involved. DATES: Effective December 21, 2015, through December 31, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Scheimer, Fishery Management Specialist, (978)-281–9236. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations governing the summer flounder fishery are in 50 CFR 648.100 through 50 CFR 648.110. The regulations require annual specification of a commercial quota that is apportioned among the coastal states from Maine through North Carolina. The process to set the annual commercial quota and the percent allocated to each state are described in § 648.102. The final rule implementing Amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder Fishery Management Plan, as published in the Federal Register on December 17, 1993 (58 FR 65936), provided a mechanism for transferring summer flounder commercial quota from one state to another. Two or more states, under mutual agreement and with the concurrence of the NMFS Greater SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\22DER1.SGM 22DER1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 245 (Tuesday, December 22, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 79484-79485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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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 Lisa.Fowlkes@fcc.gov.

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 PRA@fcc.gov.
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 
send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov 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.
[FR Doc. 2015-32034 Filed 12-21-15; 8:45 am]
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