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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 

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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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

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. 

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 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 

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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. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25916 Filed 11–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

[OMB No. 3064–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection 

Renewal; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation (FDIC). 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: 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 

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

[OMB No. 3064–NEW] 

Information Collection (IC) 

(obligation to respond) 

Type of burden 

(frequency of response) 

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Time per 

response 

(HH:MM) 

Annual 

burden 

(hours) 

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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