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adopting proposals to streamline the
rules relating to interference caused by
FM translators and to expedite the
translator interference complaint
resolution process. These measures
were designed to limit or avoid
protracted and contentious interference
disputes, provide translator licensees
additional investment certainty and
flexibility to remediate interference, and
provide affected stations expedited
resolution of interference complaints.
When the FM Translator Interference
Report and Order was adopted, the
following information collection
requirements required OMB approval.
Specifically, the FM Translator
Interference Report and Order, as it
pertains to this Information Collection,
codified the translator interference
listener complaint requirements under
rule § 74.1201(k) and §§ 74.1203(a)(3)
(actual interference) and 74.1204(f)
(predicted interference). The
Commission set forth the requirements
for a listener complaint submitted with
a translator interference claim in
§ 74.1201(k), as a complaint that is
signed and dated by the listener, and
contains the following information: (1)
the complainant’s full name, address,
and phone number; (2) a clear, concise,
and accurate description of the location
where the interference is alleged or
predicted to occur; (3) a statement that
the complainant listens to the desired
station using an over-the-air signal at
least twice a month, to demonstrate the
complainant is a regular listener; and (4)
a statement that the complainant has no
legal, employment, financial, or familial
affiliation or relationship with the
desired station, to demonstrate the
complainant is disinterested. Electronic
signatures are acceptable for this
purpose.
The FM Translator Interference
Report and Order established a
minimum number of listener
complaints, ranging from 6 to 25,
depending on the population served
within the protected contour of the
complaining station. In addition to the
required minimum number of valid
listener complaints, a station submitting
a translator interference claim package
pursuant to either § 74.1203(a)(3) or
74.1204(f) must include: (1) a map
plotting the specific locations of the
alleged interference in relation to the 45
dBu contour of the complaining station;
(2) a statement that the complaining
station is operating within its licensed
parameters; (3) a statement that the
complaining station licensee has used
commercially reasonable efforts to
inform the relevant translator licensee of
the claimed interference and attempted
private resolution; and (4) U/D data
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demonstrating that at each listener
location the ratio of undesired to
desired signal strength exceeds ¥20 dB
for co-channel situations, ¥6 dB for
first-adjacent channel situations or 40
dB for second- or third-adjacent channel
situations, calculated using the
Commission’s standard contour
prediction methodology set out in
§ 73.313.
In the FM Translator Interference
Report and Order, the Commission
outlined two paths for resolving
interference. First, a translator operator
may resolve each listener complaint by
working with the listener to resolve
reception issues. The translator operator
must then document and certify that the
desired station can now be heard on the
listener’s receiver, i.e., that the
adjustment to or replacement of the
listener’s receiving equipment actually
resolved the interference. Second, the
translator operator may work with the
complaining station to resolve station
signal interference issues using rulecompliant suitable technical techniques.
Once agreement is reached, the
translator operator submits the agreedupon remediation showing to the
Commission.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
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Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, 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
SUMMARY:
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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.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before January 7,
2025. 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, (202) 418–2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1302.
Title: Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)
False Alert Reporting.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: State, Local, Territorial,
Tribal, or Federal Government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 23,201 respondents; 15
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
Statutory authority for this information
collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151,
152, 154(i), 154(o), 301, 303(r), 303(v),
307, 309, 335, 403, 544(g), 606, 613,
1201, 1202, 1203, 1204 and 1206. Total
Annual Burden: 15 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for
a revision of a currently approved
information collection related to two
regulations under the Commission’s part
10 Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA)
rules. No other information collections
contained in the Commission’s
regulations will be impacted by the
rules described herein.
The WEA system is a mechanism
under which Commercial Mobile
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Service (CMS) providers may elect to
transmit emergency alerts to the public.
The Commission created WEA
(previously known as the Commercial
Mobile Service Alert System) as
required by Congress in the Warning
Alert and Response Network (WARN)
Act and to satisfy the Commission’s
mandate to promote the safety of life
and property through the use of wire
and radio communication.
On January 1, 2021, Congress passed
the William M. (Mac) Thornberry
National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA21). Section
9201 of the NDAA21 required the
Commission to complete a rulemaking
and adopt rules within 180 days to
make certain changes to its WEA
regulations, and also to its separate
Emergency Alert System (EAS)
regulations governing broadcast, cable
television, and direct satellite media
emergency alerts.
With respect to the WEA rule
changes, Section 9201 directed the
Commission to ensure that the mobile
devices of CMS providers that have
elected to participate in WEA cannot
opt out of receiving WEA alerts from the
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) Administrator, and to enable
reporting by the FEMA Administrator
and State, Tribal, or Local governments
of false WEA alerts. On June 21, 2021,
the Commission released its Report and
Order in PS Dockets 15–91 and 15–94
(NDAA21 Alerting Order), FCC 21–77,
adopting the WEA and EAS changes
directed by Congress in the NDAA21.
The EAS changes are the subject of a
different notice to be published
separately.
The NDAA21 Alerting Order
implemented Congresses’ new
directives for WEA, in part, with two
new regulations that impose new
burdens on respondents: the handset
display update, and false alert reporting.
The handset display update requirement
has since been fulfilled by respondents
and the burdens will be removed from
this collection pursuant to the revisions
in this information collection. With
respect to false alert reporting, the
Commission adopted a rule permitting
the FEMA Administrator or a State,
Local, Tribal, or Territorial government
to voluntarily report WEA false alerts to
the FCC Operations Center at FCCOPS@
fcc.gov, informing the Commission of
the event and any relevant details. This
rule created a voluntary mechanism for
collection of information so that the
Commission can monitor these false
alert events which can undermine
public confidence in the reliability of
emergency alerting and WEA. Email
reporting was adopted as a minimallyburdensome way for government
entities to report false alerts. The WEA
false alert reporting regulation is
codified at 47 CFR 10.520(d)(2).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
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CORPORATION
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection
Renewal; Comment Request
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC).
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:
The FDIC, as part of its
obligations under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the request to obtain OMB
approval of the new information
collection described below. The initial
notice for the creation of this new
information collection was previously
SUMMARY:
published in the Federal Register on
March 5, 2024, allowing for a 60-day
comment period.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before December 9, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are
invited to submit written comments to
the FDIC by any of the following
methods:
• Agency website: https://
www.fdic.gov/resources/regulations/
federal-register-publications/.
• Email: comments@fdic.gov. Include
the name and number of the collection
in the subject line of the message.
• Mail: Manny Cabeza (202–898–
3767), Regulatory Counsel, MB–3128,
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
550 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
20429.
• Hand Delivery: Comments may be
hand-delivered to the guard station at
the rear of the 17th Street NW building
(located on F Street NW), on business
days between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Manny Cabeza, Regulatory Counsel,
202–898–3767, mcabeza@fdic.gov, MB–
3128, Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, 550 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20429.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FDIC
is requesting OMB approval for the
following new collection of information:
Title: Visitor Notification form.
OMB Number: 3064–NEW.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Affected Public: Individuals intending
to enter FDIC facilities.
Estimated Annual Burden:
TABLE 1—SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN
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Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Time per
response
(HH:MM)
Annual
burden
(hours)
Information Collection (IC)
(obligation to respond)
Type of burden
(frequency of response)
Visitor Notification form, (Mandatory)
Recordkeeping (Annual) ..................
598
1.087
00:15
163
Total Annual Burden (Hours) .....
...........................................................
........................
........................
........................
163
Source: FDIC.
Note: The estimated annual IC time burden is the product, rounded to the nearest hour, of the estimated annual number of responses and the
estimated time per response for a given IC. The estimated annual number of responses is the product, rounded to the nearest whole number, of
the estimated annual number of respondents and the estimated annual number of responses per respondent. This methodology ensures the estimated annual burdens in the table are consistent with the values recorded in OMB’s consolidated information system.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 217 (Friday, November 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88769-88770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25916]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1302; FR ID 259002]
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, 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.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before January 7,
2025. 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
[email protected] and to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele, (202) 418-2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1302. Title: Wireless Emergency Alerts
(WEA) False Alert Reporting.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: State, Local, Territorial, Tribal, or Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 23,201 respondents; 15
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i),
154(o), 301, 303(r), 303(v), 307, 309, 335, 403, 544(g), 606, 613,
1201, 1202, 1203, 1204 and 1206. Total Annual Burden: 15 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for a revision of a currently
approved information collection related to two regulations under the
Commission's part 10 Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) rules. No other
information collections contained in the Commission's regulations will
be impacted by the rules described herein.
The WEA system is a mechanism under which Commercial Mobile
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Service (CMS) providers may elect to transmit emergency alerts to the
public. The Commission created WEA (previously known as the Commercial
Mobile Service Alert System) as required by Congress in the Warning
Alert and Response Network (WARN) Act and to satisfy the Commission's
mandate to promote the safety of life and property through the use of
wire and radio communication.
On January 1, 2021, Congress passed the William M. (Mac) Thornberry
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA21).
Section 9201 of the NDAA21 required the Commission to complete a
rulemaking and adopt rules within 180 days to make certain changes to
its WEA regulations, and also to its separate Emergency Alert System
(EAS) regulations governing broadcast, cable television, and direct
satellite media emergency alerts.
With respect to the WEA rule changes, Section 9201 directed the
Commission to ensure that the mobile devices of CMS providers that have
elected to participate in WEA cannot opt out of receiving WEA alerts
from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator, and
to enable reporting by the FEMA Administrator and State, Tribal, or
Local governments of false WEA alerts. On June 21, 2021, the Commission
released its Report and Order in PS Dockets 15-91 and 15-94 (NDAA21
Alerting Order), FCC 21-77, adopting the WEA and EAS changes directed
by Congress in the NDAA21. The EAS changes are the subject of a
different notice to be published separately.
The NDAA21 Alerting Order implemented Congresses' new directives
for WEA, in part, with two new regulations that impose new burdens on
respondents: the handset display update, and false alert reporting. The
handset display update requirement has since been fulfilled by
respondents and the burdens will be removed from this collection
pursuant to the revisions in this information collection. With respect
to false alert reporting, the Commission adopted a rule permitting the
FEMA Administrator or a State, Local, Tribal, or Territorial government
to voluntarily report WEA false alerts to the FCC Operations Center at
[email protected], informing the Commission of the event and any relevant
details. This rule created a voluntary mechanism for collection of
information so that the Commission can monitor these false alert events
which can undermine public confidence in the reliability of emergency
alerting and WEA. Email reporting was adopted as a minimally-burdensome
way for government entities to report false alerts. The WEA false alert
reporting regulation is codified at 47 CFR 10.520(d)(2).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-25916 Filed 11-7-24; 8:45 am]
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