[Federal Register: August 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 165)]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Approved by the Office
of Management and Budget
August 18, 2008.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission has received Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public
information collection(s) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). An agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number, and no person is required to respond to a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Comments concerning the accuracy of the burden estimate(s) and any
suggestions for reducing the burden should be directed to the person
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Haney, Leslie.Haney@fcc.gov,
(202) 418-1002.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1119.
OMB Approval Date: August 12, 2008.
Expiration Date: August 31, 2011.
Title: Information Collection regarding Redundancy, Resiliency and
Reliability of 911 and E911 Networks and/or Systems as set forth in the
Commission's Rules (47 CFR 12.3).
Form No.: Not applicable.
Estimated Annual Burden: 74 responses; 120 hours for local exchange
carriers, 72 hours for commercial mobile radio service providers, and
40 hours for interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol service
providers per response; 7,792 hours total per year.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: These reports will contain
sensitive data and, for reasons of national security and the prevention
of competitive injury to reporting entities, Section 12.3 of the
Commission's rules specifically states that all reports will be
afforded confidential treatment. Data in these reports will be
considered confidential information that is exempt from routine public
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Exemption 4. See
47 CFR 0.457 and 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4); see also Homeland Security
Presidential Directive 7, Part 10. These reports will be shared
pursuant to a protective order with only the following three entities,
if the entities file a request for the information: The National
Emergency Number Association, The Association of Public Safety
Communications Officials, and The National Association of State 9-1-1
Administrators. All other access to these reports must be sought
pursuant to procedures set forth in 47 CFR 0.461. Notice of any
requests for inspection of these reports will be provided to the filers
of the reports pursuant to 47 CFR 0.461(d)(3).
Needs and Uses: The Commission, in order to help fulfill its
statutory obligation to make wire and radio communications services
available to all people in the United States for the purpose of the
national defense and promoting safety of life and property, released an
Order (FCC 07-107) that adopted a rule requiring analysis of 911 and
E911 networks and/or systems and reports to the Commission on the
redundancy, resiliency and reliability of those networks and/or systems
(47 CFR 12.3). It is critical that Americans have access to a resilient
and reliable 911 system irrespective of the technology used to provide
the service. These analyses and reports on the redundancy, resiliency,
and dependability of 911 and E911 networks and systems will further
this goal. This requirement will serve the public interest and further
the Commission's statutory mandate to promote the safety of life and
property through the use of wire and radio communication. See 47 U.S.C.
151.
This rule obligates local exchange carriers (LECs), commercial
mobile radio service (CMRS) providers that are required to comply with
the wireless 911 rules set forth in Section 20.18 of the Commission's
rules, and interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service
providers to analyze their 911 and E911 networks and/or systems and
file a detailed report to the Commission on the redundancy, resiliency
and reliability of those networks and/or systems. LECs that meet the
definition of a Class B company set forth in Section 32.11(b)(2) of the
Commission's rules, non-nationwide commercial mobile radio service
providers with no more than 500,000 subscribers at the end of 2001, and
interconnected VoIP service providers with annual revenues below the
revenue threshold established pursuant to Section 32.11 of the
Commission's rules are exempt from this rule. The reports are due 120
days from the date that the Commission or its staff announces
activation of the 911/E911 network and system reporting process.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-19648 Filed 8-22-08; 8:45 am]
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