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miscellaneous oil spill control agents. 

As of March, 2013, 112 products are 

listed on the Schedule. It is estimated 

that 11 products per year will be 

submitted to EPA for listing on the 

Schedule. Over the three-year period 

covered by this ICR, an estimated 33 

products may be listed. Additionally, 

EPA estimates that approximately 10 

manufacturers will submit information 

to obtain sorbent certifications. The 

annual public reporting burden will be 

315 hours. The total annual cost 

(including labor and non-labor) to 

manufacturers under Subpart J is 

estimated to be $88,743. 

At 40 CFR 300.920(c), respondents are 

allowed to assert that certain 

information in the technical product 

data submissions is confidential 

business information. EPA will handle 

such claims pursuant to the provisions 

in 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B. Such 

information must be submitted 

separately from non-confidential 

information, clearly identified, and 

clearly marked ‘‘Confidential Business 

Information.’’ If the applicant fails to 

make such a claim at the time of 

submittal, EPA may make the 

information available to the public 

without further notice. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Respondents include, but are not 

limited to, manufacturers of 

bioremediation agents, dispersants, 

surface collecting agents, surface 

washing agents, miscellaneous oil spill 

control agents, and other chemical 

agents and biological additives used as 

countermeasures against oil spills. 

Affected private industries can be 

expected to fall within the following 

industrial classifications: 

• Manufacturers of industrial 

inorganic chemicals (SIC 281/NAICS 

325188), 

• Manufacturers of industrial organic 

chemicals (SIC 286/NAICS 325199), and 

• Manufacturers of miscellaneous 

chemical products (SIC 289/NAICS 

325988). 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

An oil spill mitigating agent does not 

have to be listed on the Product 

Schedule unless a manufacturer wants 

the product to be applied as part of an 

emergency response to an oil spill. If so, 

then certain mandatory product testing 

and information is required to be 

considered for listing on the Schedule. 

(The Schedule is required by section 

311(d)(2)(G) of the Clean Water Act 

(CWA), as amended by the Oil Pollution 

Act of 1990). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

Eleven per year. There are 96 

manufacturers and 112 products (26 

bioremediation agents, 18 dispersants, 

14 miscellaneous agents, and 53 surface 

washing agents, 2 surface collecting 

agents) listed on the March, 2013 

Schedule. EPA estimates that 

manufacturers will apply to list 11 

products on the Schedule each year, 

including 2 bioremediation agents, 3 

dispersants, 2 miscellaneous agents, 1 

surface collecting agent, and 3 surface 

washing agents. Over a three-year 

period, EPA anticipates that 

manufacturers will apply to list a total 

of 6 bioremediation agents, 9 

dispersants, 6 miscellaneous agents, 3 

surface collecting agent, and 9 surface 

washing agents on the Schedule. 

Frequency of response: Each 

manufacturer responds one time per 

product submittal. 

Total estimated burden: 315 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $ 72,450 (per 

year). 

Changes in estimates: There is a 

decrease in burden hours and cost. All 

regulatory requirements are the same as 

in 2010. There is a decrease in total cost 

of $10,550 due to less manufacturers 

applying to list products (11 instead of 

14 per year) on the Schedule even 

though laboratory pricing and labor 

rates have risen. 

Dana S. Tulis, 

Deputy Director, Office of Emergency 

Management. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0268; FRL–9707–2] 

Updates to Protective Action Guides 

Manual: Protective Action Guides 

(PAGs) and Planning Guidance for 

Radiological Incidents 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of document availability 

for interim use and public comment. 

SUMMARY: As part of its mission to 

protect human health and the 

environment, the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) publishes 

protective action guides to help federal, 

state, local and tribal emergency 

response officials make radiation 

protection decisions during 

emergencies. EPA, in coordination with 

a multi-agency working group within 

the Federal Radiological Preparedness 

Coordinating Committee (FRPCC), is 

proposing updates to the 1992 Manual 

of Protective Action Guides and 

Protective Actions for Nuclear 

Incidents, referred to as ‘‘The 1992 PAG 

Manual’’ (EPA 400–R–92–001, May 

1992). 

The updated guidance in this revised 

2013 PAG Manual—Protective Action 

Guides and Planning Guidance for 

Radiological Incidents (‘‘2013 PAG 

Manual’’ hereafter) applies the PAGs to 

incidents other than just nuclear power 

plant accidents, updates the radiation 

dosimetry and dose calculations based 

on current science and incorporates late 

phase guidance. 

While there is no drinking water PAG 

provided in the proposal, the Agency 

continues to seek input on this. The 

newly proposed 2013 PAG Manual is 

available for interim use and review at 

www.regulations.gov. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 15, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2007–0268, by one of the 

following methods— 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov; 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2007– 

0268. 

• Fax: (202) 566–1741 

• Mail: Air and Radiation Docket and 

Information Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code: 6102T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Attn: Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2007–0268. The Agency’s policy is that 

all comments received will be included 

in the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

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include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption and be free of any defects 

or viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. EPA has 

established a docket for this action 

under Docket ID No. [EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2007–0268; FRL–9707–2]. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave NW., 

Washington, DC 20004. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744 

and the telephone number for the Air 

and Radiation Docket is (202) 566–1742. 

In accordance with EPA’s regulations at 

40 CFR Part 2 and in accordance with 

normal EPA docket procedures, if 

copies of any docket materials are 

requested, a reasonable fee may be 

charged for photocopying. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara 

DeCair, Radiation Protection Division, 

Center for Radiological Emergency 

Management, Mail Code 6608J, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

343–9108 ; fax number: (202) 343–2304; 

Email: decair.sara@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. What authority does EPA have to 

provide Protective Action Guidance? 

The historical and legal basis of EPA’s 

role in the 2013 PAG Manual begins 

with Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970, 

in which the Administrator of EPA 

assumed all the functions of the Federal 

Radiation Council (FRC), including the 

charge to ‘‘* * * advise the President 

with respect to radiation matters, 

directly or indirectly affecting health, 

including guidance for all federal 

agencies in the formulation of radiation 

standards and in the establishment and 

execution of programs of cooperation 

with states.’’ (Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1970, 

sec. 2(a) (7), 6(a) (2); § 274.h of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(AEA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 2021(h)). 

Recognizing this role, FEMA directed 

EPA in their Radiological Emergency 

Planning and Preparedness Regulations 

to ‘‘establish Protective Action Guides 

(PAGs) for all aspects of radiological 

emergency planning in coordination 

with appropriate federal agencies.’’ (44 

CFR 351.22(a)). FEMA also tasked EPA 

with preparing ‘‘guidance for state and 

local governments on implementing 

PAGs, including recommendations on 

protective actions which can be taken to 

mitigate the potential radiation dose to 

the population.’’(44 CFR 351.22(b)). All 

of this information was to ‘‘be presented 

in the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) ‘Manual of Protective Action 

Guides and Protective Actions for 

Nuclear Incidents.’’’(44 CFR 351.22(b)). 

Additionally, section 2021(h) charged 

the Administrator with performing 

‘‘such other functions as the President 

may assign to him [or her] by Executive 

order.’’ Executive Order 12656 states 

that the Administrator shall ‘‘[d]evelop, 

for national security emergencies, 

guidance on acceptable emergency 

levels of nuclear radiation * * *.’’ 

(Executive Order No. 12656, 

sec.1601(2)). EPA’s role in PAGs 

development was reaffirmed by the 

National Response Framework, 

Nuclear/Radiological Incident Annex of 

June 2008. 

B. What is the PAG Manual: Protective 

Action Guides and Planning Guidance 

for Radiological Incidents? 

The 2013 PAG Manual provides 

federal, state and local emergency 

management officials with guidance for 

responding to radiological emergencies. 

A protective action guide (PAG) is the 

projected dose to an individual from a 

release of radioactive material at which 

a specific protective action to reduce or 

avoid that dose is recommended. 

Emergency management officials use 

PAGs for making decisions regarding 

actions to protect the public from 

exposure to radiation during an 

emergency. Such actions include, but 

are not limited to, evacuation, shelterin-place, temporary relocation, and food 

restrictions. 

Development of the PAGs was based 

on the following essential principles, 

which also apply to the selection of any 

protective action during an incident— 

• Prevent acute effects. 

• Balance protection with other 

important factors and ensure that 

actions result in more benefit than 

harm. 

• Reduce risk of chronic effects. 

The 2013 PAG Manual is not a legally 

binding regulation or standard and does 

not supersede any environmental laws; 

PAGs are not intended to define ‘‘safe’’ 

or ‘‘unsafe’’ levels of exposure or 

contamination. This guidance does not 

address or impact site cleanups 

occurring under other statutory 

authorities such as the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

(EPA) Superfund program, the Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) 

decommissioning program, or other 

federal or state cleanup programs. As 

indicated by the use of non-mandatory 

language such as ‘‘may,’’ ‘‘should’’ and 

‘‘can,’’ the 2013 Manual only provides 

recommendations and does not confer 

any legal rights or impose any legally 

binding requirements upon any member 

of the public, states, or any other federal 

agency. Rather, the 2013 PAG Manual 

recommends projected radiation doses 

at which specific actions may be 

warranted in order to reduce or avoid 

that dose. The 2013 PAG Manual is 

designed to provide flexibility to be 

more or less restrictive as deemed 

appropriate by decision makers based 

on the unique characteristics of the 

incident and the local situation. 

C. What updates are in the 2013 PAG 

Manual? 

The draft updates to the 1992 PAG 

Manual were developed by a multiagency Subcommittee of the Federal 

Radiological Preparedness Coordinating 

Committee (FRPCC) and are published 

by EPA with concurrence from the 

Department of Energy (DOE); the 

Department of Defense (DoD); the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS), including the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA); the 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission; the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), including both the 

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and 

the Food and Drug Administration 

(FDA); the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA); and the 

Department of Labor (DOL). 

The 2013 PAG Manual focuses on the 

following key objectives— 

• Clarify that the 1992 PAGs and 

protective actions are useful for all 

radiological and nuclear scenarios of 

concern, based both on the 1991 

symposium, ‘‘Implementation of 

Protective Actions for Radiological 

Incidents at Other Than Nuclear Power 

Reactors’’ and the 2008 interagency 

‘‘Planning Guidance for Protection and 


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1Planning Guidance for Protection and Recovery 

Following Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) and 

Improvised Nuclear Device (IND) Incidents, DHS/ 

FEMA (73 FR 45029, Aug 1, 2008). 

2See: http://www.nv.doe.gov/nationalsecurity/ 

homelandsecurity/frmac/manuals.aspx. 

3Accidental Radioactive Contamination of 

Human Food and Animal Feeds: Recommendations 

for State and Local Agencies, FDA (63 FR 43402, 

Aug 13, 1998). 

4 Guidance: Potassium Iodide as a Thyroid 

Blocking Agent in Radiation Emergencies, FDA (66 

FR 64046, Dec. 11, 2001). 

Recovery Following Radiological 

Dispersal Device (RDD) and Improvised 

Nuclear Device (IND) Incidents.’’ 1

• Refer the reader to DOE’s Federal 

Radiological Monitoring and 

Assessment Center (FRMAC) 

Assessment Manuals 2 for calculation 

methods and measurable derived 

response levels (DRLs) and other 

appropriate dose assessment methods so 

that PAGs are implemented using the 

latest science. 

• Refer users to the current Food 

PAGs published in FDA’s ‘‘Accidental 

Radioactive Contamination of Human 

Food and Animal Feeds: 

Recommendations for State and Local 

Agencies,’’ as issued in 1998.3

• Recommend a simplified PAG 

approach for administering potassium 

iodide (KI) as a supplementary 

protective action based on FDA 

guidance issued in 2001.4

• Provide basic planning guidance on 

reentry, cleanup and waste disposal. 

• Substantively incorporate the 2008 

‘‘Planning Guidance for Protection and 

Recovery Following Radiological 

Dispersal Device (RDD) and Improvised 

Nuclear Device (IND) Incidents’’ 

particularly for late phase cleanup after 

a nationally significant radiological 

incident, like a disaster at a NPP, an 

RDD or an IND. The 2008 RDD–IND 

Planning Guidance will remain in effect 

until the PAG Manual, with public 

comments incorporated, is finalized for 

use. 

• Streamline the Manual to enhance 

usability, while retaining the 1992 PAG 

Manual in its entirety as a historical 

online reference. 

D. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) 

Do not submit this information to EPA 

through www.regulations.gov or email. 

Clearly mark all of the information that 

you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD ROM the specific information that is 

claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information marked as 

CBI will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments 

When submitting comments, 

remember to— 

• Identify the rulemaking by docket 

number, subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number. 

• Follow directions—EPA may ask 

you to respond to specific questions or 

organize comments by referencing the 

chapter number. 

• Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

• Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

• If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow it to be reproduced. 

• Illustrate your concerns with 

specific examples and suggest 

alternatives. 

• Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

• Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

E. What specific comments are being 

sought? 

While all comments regarding any 

aspect of the 2013 PAG Manual are 

welcome, comments on the following 

issues are specifically requested— 

Issues across the scope of the entire 

2013 PAG Manual: 

• To implement the PAGs, the reader 

is referred to dose calculations in the 

Federal Radiological Monitoring and 

Assessment Center (FRMAC) 

Assessment Manuals. The Assessment 

Manuals are updated with current 

International Commission on 

Radiological Protection (ICRP) 

dosimetry models (i.e., ICRP 60 series) 

and dose coefficients. The FRPCC also 

encourages the use of computational 

tools such as DOE’s Turbo FRMAC, 

RESRAD RDD and NRC’s RASCAL or 

other appropriate tools and methods to 

implement the PAGs. We request 

comment on the usefulness of this 

approach and seek feedback on how to 

facilitate implementation of these 

methods in emergency management 

plans. 

• The Agency recognizes a short-term 

emergency drinking water guide may be 

useful for public health protection in 

light of the Fukushima nuclear power 

plant accident, which impacted some 

Japanese drinking water supplies. Input 

on the appropriateness of, and possible 

values for, a drinking water PAG is 

being sought. 

• FDA’s 1998 food guidance is 

incorporated by reference. Since it is 

already final and published, comments 

are not requested on the Food PAGs. 

Chapter 2—Early Phase: 

• The most substantive PAG change 

in the Early Phase is the 2001 guidance 

from the FDA that lowers the threshold 

for administration of potassium iodide 

(KI) to the public from 25 rem projected 

adult thyroid dose to 5 rem projected 

child thyroid dose. Chapter 2 includes 

a streamlined implementation scheme 

based on FDA’s guidance. Please 

comment on the usefulness of this 

simplified guidance in the text of 

Chapter 2. 

• The skin and thyroid evacuation 

thresholds were removed to avoid 

confusion with the KI threshold. The 

skin and thyroid doses were 5 and 50 

times higher, respectively, than the 1 to 

5 rem whole-body dose guideline. 

Please comment specifically on the 

appropriateness of not retaining the skin 

and thyroid evacuation thresholds. 

Chapter 3—Intermediate Phase: 

• The most substantive PAG change 

in the Intermediate Phase is the removal 

of the 5 rem over 50 years relocation 

PAG which was potentially being 

confused with long term cleanup. Please 

comment on the appropriateness of this 

change. 

• As an extension of the PAGs, new 

guidance on reentry to relocation areas 

is provided to inform plans and 

procedures to protect workers and 

members of the public as the 

Intermediate Phase progresses. Please 

comment on the format and utility of 

this material. 

• Please comment on whether it 

would be useful to develop a new, 

combined Intermediate Phase PAG 

considering all exposure pathways to 

potentially simplify decision making. 

Chapter 4—Late Phase: 

• A brief planning guidance on the 

cleanup process is included. Please 

comment on the usefulness of this 

information, as well as how it might 

best be implemented in state, tribal and 

local plans. It should be noted that the 

extent and scope of contamination as a 

result of an NPP, RDD or IND incident 

may be at a much larger scale than a site 

or facility decommissioning or remedial 

cleanup normally experienced under 

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Lesser radiological incidents may be 

well addressed under existing 

emergency response and environmental 

cleanup programs. 

• A suggested process and 

organization for approaching the late 

phase cleanup is provided from the 

2008 RDD-IND Planning Guidance. 

Please comment on the merging of that 

guidance with the 2013 PAG Manual. 

• Basic planning guidance on 

approaching radioactive waste disposal 

is included. Please comment on this 

material and how it should be 

implemented in emergency response 

and recovery plans at all levels of 

government. 

After considering public comments as 

appropriate, EPA intends to issue a final 

PAG Manual which will supersede the 

1992 PAG Manual and the 2008 RDD– 

IND Planning Guidance. 

Dated: April 5, 2013. 

Bob Perciasepe, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2013–08666 Filed 4–12–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK 

Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory 

Committee of the Export-Import Bank 

of the United States (Ex-Im Bank); 

Notice of Open Special Meeting 

SUMMARY: The Sub-Saharan Africa 

Advisory Committee was established by 

Public Law 105–121, November 26, 

1997, to advise the Board of Directors on 

the development and implementation of 

policies and programs designed to 

support the expansion of the Bank’s 

financial commitments in Sub-Saharan 

Africa under the loan, guarantee, and 

insurance programs of the Bank. 

Further, the Committee shall make 

recommendations on how the Bank can 

facilitate greater support by U.S. 

commercial banks for trade with SubSaharan Africa. 

Time and Place: Tuesday, April 30, 

2013, between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. 

A break for lunch will be at the expense 

of the attendee. Security processing will 

be necessary for reentry into the 

building. The meeting will be held at 

Ex-Im Bank in the Main Conference 

Room 326, 811 Vermont Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20571. 

Agenda: Presentation on recent 

developments in Sub-Saharan Africa 

markets by Ex-Im Bank staff; an update 

on the Bank’s on-going business 

development initiatives in the region; 

and Committee discussion of current 

challenges and opportunities for U.S. 

exporters. 

Public Participation: The meeting will 

be open to public participation and the 

last 10 minutes will be set aside for oral 

questions or comments. Members of the 

public may also file written statement(s) 

before or after the meeting. If you plan 

to attend, a photo ID must be presented 

at the guard’s desk as part of the 

clearance process into the building and 

you may contact Exa Richards to be 

placed on an attendee list. If any person 

wishes auxiliary aids (such as a sign 

language interpreter) or other special 

accommodations, please contact, prior 

to April 22, 2013, Exa Richards, 811 

Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 

20571, (202) 565–3455. 

FURTHER INFORMATION: For further 

information, contact Exa Richards, 811 

Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 

20571, (202) 565–3455. 

Sharon Whitt, 

Director, Information Quality and Records 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–08776 Filed 4–12–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6690–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Information Collection Being 

Submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget for Review and Approval 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burden and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), the Federal Communications 

Commission invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s). 

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 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 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 (PRA) that 

does not display a valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before May 15, 2013. 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: Submit your PRA comments 

to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget, via fax at 202– 

395–5167 or via Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to Benish Shah, Federal 

Communications Commission, via the 

Internet at Benish.Shah@fcc.gov. To 

submit your PRA comments by email 

send them to: PRA@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Benish Shah, Office of Managing 

Director, (202) 418–7866. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control No.: 3060–0953. 

Title: Sections 95.1111 and 95.1113, 

Frequency Coordination/Coordinator, 

Wireless Medical Telemetry Service. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 3,000 

respondents; 3,000 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1–4 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement, third party 

disclosure requirement and 

recordkeeping requirement. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Total Annual Burden: 12,000 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $600,000. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

No information is requested that would 

require assurance of confidentiality. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to OMB as an extension (there has been 

an adjustment in the reporting, 

recordkeeping requirements and/or 

third party disclosure requirements, the 

number of respondents/operators 

increased from 2,728 to 3,000, therefore, 

the annual burden and cost has also 

increased) after this 60 day comment 

period to obtain the full three-year 

clearance from them. 


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