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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 August 

1, 2018, for the information collection 

requirements contained in the 

modifications to the Commission’s rules 

in 47 CFR 10.240. 

Under 5 CFR part 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– 

1113. 

The foregoing notice is required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 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: 3060–1113. 

OMB Approval Date: August 1, 2018. 

OMB Expiration Date: August 31, 

2021. 

Title: Election Whether to Participate 

in the Wireless Emergency Alert 

System. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 1,253 respondents; 5,012 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–12 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement recordkeeping 

and third-party disclosure requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory 

and voluntary. The statutory authority 

for this information collection is 

contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 

154(j), 154(o), 218, 219, 230, 256, 302(a), 

303(f), 303(g), 303(r), 403, 621(b)(3), and 

621(d). 

Total Annual Burden: 28,820 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

An assurance of confidentiality is not 

offered because this information 

collection does not involve confidential 

information. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: The Warning, Alert 

and Response Network Act, Title VI of 

the Security and Accountability for 

Every Port Act of 2006 (120 Stat. 1884, 

section 602(a), codified at 47 U.S.C. 

1201, et seq., 1202(a)) (WARN Act) gives 

the Commission authority to adopt 

relevant technical standards, protocols, 

procedures and other technical 

requirements governing Wireless 

Emergency Alert. The WARN Act also 

gives the Commission authority to adopt 

procedures by which CMS Providers 

disclose their intent to participate in 

WEA. The Commission created WEA in 

response to the WARN Act, and to 

satisfy the Commission’s mandate to 

promote the safety of life and property 

using wire and radio communication. 

These information collections involve 

the WEA system, which allows CMS 

Providers to elect to transmit emergency 

alerts to the public. The information 

collection from CMS Providers include 

(1) disclosing the extent to which a CMS 

Provider participates in wireless alerts 

(‘‘in whole’’ or ‘‘in part’’); and (2) 

enhanced notification of the CMS 

provider’s non-participation in WEA, to 

new subscribers at the point of sale. 

These disclosures will allow consumers 

to make more informed choices about 

their ability to receive WEA Alert 

Messages that are relevant to them. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18704 Filed 8–28–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 90 

Modification of Rules To Codify New 

Procedure for Non-Federal Public 

Safety Entities To License Federal 

Interoperability Channels 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of 

effective date. 

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 

Order DA 18–282. This document is 

consistent with Order DA 18–282, 

which stated that the Commission 

would publish a document in the 

Federal Register announcing the 

effective date of the information 

collection associated with that order. 

DATES: The addition of 47 CFR 90.25, 

published at 83 FR 19976, May 7, 2018, 

is effective August 29, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Marenco, Policy and Licensing 

Division, Public Safety and Homeland 

Security Bureau, at (202) 418–0838, or 

email: Brian.Marenco@fcc.gov. For 

additional information concerning the 

Paperwork Reduction Act information 

collection requirements contact Nicole 

Ongele at (202) 418–2991 or via email 

at Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document announces that, on August 

13, 2018, OMB approved, for a period of 

three years, the information collection 

requirements relating to new § 90.25 

adopted in Order, DA 18–282, 

published at 83 FR 19976, May 7, 2018. 

The OMB Control Number is 3060– 

1257. The Commission publishes this 

document 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 collection and reduce 

any burdens caused thereby, please 

contact Nicole Ongele, Federal 

Communications Commission, Room 1– 

A620, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, 

DC 20554. Please include the OMB 

Control Number, 3060–1257, 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 August 

13, 2018, for the information collection 

requirement contained in new rule 47 

CFR 90.25. 

Under 5 CFR part 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 

3060–1257. 

The foregoing notice is required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 


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Public Law 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: 3060–1257. 

OMB Approval Date: August 13, 2018. 

OMB Expiration Date: August 31, 

2021. 

Title: New Procedure for Non-Federal 

Public Safety Entities to License Federal 

Government Interoperability Channels. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Respondents: Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, local, or tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 45,947 respondents; 45,947 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: One-time 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: New Section 

90.25 adopted in Order DA 18–282, 

requires any non-federal public safety 

entity seeking to license mobile and 

portable units on the Federal 

Interoperability Channels to obtain 

written concurrence from its Statewide 

Interoperability Coordinator (SWIC) or a 

state appointed official and include 

such written concurrence with its 

application for license. A non-federal 

public safety entity may communicate 

on designated Federal Interoperability 

Channels for joint federal/non-federal 

operations, provided it first obtains a 

license from the Commission 

authorizing use of the channels. 

Statutory authority for these collections 

are contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 301, 

303, and 332 of the Communications 

Act of 1934. 

Total Annual Burden: 11,487 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Privacy Act: No impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Applicants who include written 

concurrence from their SWIC or state 

appointed official with their application 

to license mobile and portable units on 

the Federal Interoperability Channels 

need not include any confidential 

information with their application. 

Nonetheless, there is a need for 

confidentiality with respect to all 

applications filed with the Commission 

through its Universal Licensing System 

(ULS). Although ULS stores all 

information pertaining to the individual 

license via an FCC Registration Number 

(FRN), confidential information is 

accessible only by persons or entities 

that hold the password for each account, 

and the Commission’s licensing staff. 

Information on private land mobile 

radio licensees is maintained in the 

Commission’s system of records, FCC/ 

WTB–1, ‘‘Wireless Services Licensing 

Records.’’ The licensee records will be 

publicly available and routinely used in 

accordance with subsection (b) of the 

Privacy Act. TIN Numbers and material 

which is afforded confidential treatment 

pursuant to a request made under 47 

CFR 0.459 will not be available for 

Public inspection. Any personally 

identifiable information (PII) that 

individual applicants provide is covered 

by a system of records, FCC/WTB–1, 

‘‘Wireless Services Licensing Records,’’ 

and these and all other records may be 

disclosed pursuant to the Routine Uses 

as stated in this system of records 

notice. 

Needs and Uses: The purpose of 

requiring a non-federal public safety 

entity to obtain written consent from its 

SWIC or state appointed official before 

communicating with federal 

government agencies on the Federal 

Interoperability Channels is to ensure 

that the non-federal public safety entity 

operates in accordance with the rules 

and procedures governing use of the 

federal interoperability channels and 

does not cause inadvertent interference 

during emergencies. Commission staff 

will use the written concurrence from 

the SWIC or state appointed official to 

determine if an applicant’s proposed 

operation on the Federal 

Interoperability Channels conforms to 

the terms of an agreement signed by the 

SWIC or state appointed official with a 

federal user with a valid assignment 

from the National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration (NTIA) 

which has jurisdiction over the 

channels. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18691 Filed 8–28–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

49 CFR Part 228 

[Docket No. FRA–2012–0101] 

RIN 2130–AC41 

Hours of Service Recordkeeping; 

Automated Recordkeeping 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule is part of FRA’s 

broader initiative to reduce the 

paperwork burden of its regulations 

while still supporting compliance with 

the Federal hours of service laws and 

regulations. Current regulations require 

employees covered by those laws or 

regulations (covered service employees) 

to create and retain hours of service 

records by hand (a paper system) or 

‘‘certify’’ the record using a compliant 

computerized system (an electronic 

system) with program logic. Cognizant 

of the burden placed on small 

operations, FRA provides a simplified 

method of computerized recordkeeping 

(an automated system)—in which 

employees apply their electronic 

signatures to automated records stored 

in a railroad computer system without 

the complexity and functionality of an 

electronic system—for eligible smaller 

railroads (and contractors and 

subcontractors providing covered 

service employees to such railroads). 

This rule does not require the use of 

automated recordkeeping, but, when 

implemented by the small operations for 

which it is tailored, it will decrease the 

burden hours spent on hours of service 

recordkeeping. 

DATES: This final rule is effective August 

29, 2018 in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(1). 

ADDRESSES: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov and follow the 

online instructions for accessing the 

docket. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick J. Hogan, Transportation 

Specialist, Office of Railroad Safety, 

Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, W33–448, 

Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 202– 

493–0277; email: Patrick.Hogan@

dot.gov; Kyle Fields, Trial Attorney, 

Office of Chief Counsel, Federal 

Railroad Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., W31–232, 

Washington, DC 20590; telephone 202– 

493–6168; email: Kyle.Fields@dot.gov; 

or Emily T. Prince, Trial Attorney, 

Office of Chief Counsel, Federal 

Railroad Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, W31–216, 

Washington, DC 20590; telephone 202– 

493–6146; email: Emily.Prince@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Commonly Used Abbreviations 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

FRA Federal Railroad Administration 

HS Hours of service 

Table of Contents for Supplementary 

Information 

I. Executive Summary 

II. Background and History 


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