Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 15 / Friday, January 23, 2015 / Notices 3589 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[3060–1147] 

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 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), 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. 

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. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before March 24, 

2015. 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: Submit your PRA comments 

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.: 3060–1147. 

Title: Wireless E911 Location 

Accuracy Requirements. 

Form Nos.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, state, 

local or tribal government and 

individuals or household. 

Number of Respondents: 4,294 

Respondents; 4,510 Responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour 

to 8 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement and third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. 

Statutory authority for this collection is 

contained in 47 U.S.C. Sections 151, 

154, and 332 of the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 31,668 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: Not 

applicable. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

No confidentiality is required for this 

collection. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission is 

seeking Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval for an extension 

of this information collection (no 

change in the reporting requirement). 

The Commission has adjusted its 

previous burden estimates. The total 

annual burden has been reduced by 

21,464 hours since 2012 because of 

fewer respondents and responses. 

The Commission’s Third Report and 

Order in PS Docket No. 07–114 adopted 

a rule, providing that new CMRS 

network providers, meeting the 

definition of covered CMRS providers in 

Section 20.18 and deploying new standalone networks subsequent to the 

effective date of the Third Report and 

Order that are not an expansion or 

upgrade of an existing CMRS network, 

must meet from the start the handsetbased location accuracy standard in 

delivering emergency calls for Enhanced 

911 service. The adopted rule requires 

that the new stand-alone CMRS 

providers in delivering emergency calls 

for Enhanced 911 service, must satisfy 

the handset-based location accuracy 

standard at either a county-based or 

Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)- 

based geographic level. Additionally, in 

accordance with the pre-existing 

requirements for CMRS providers using 

handset-based location technologies, 

new stand-alone CMRS providers are 

permitted to exclude up to 15 percent of 

the counties or PSAP areas they serve 

due to heavy forestation that limits 

handset-based technology accuracy in 

those counties or areas but are required 

to file an initial list of the specific 

counties or portions of counties where 

they are utilizing their respective 

exclusions. 

A. Updated Exclusion Reports. Under 

the information collection, and pursuant 

to current rule section 20.18(h), new 

stand- alone CMRS providers and 

existing CMRS providers that have filed 

initial exclusion reports are required to 

file reports informing the Commission 

of any changes to their exclusion lists 

within thirty days of discovering such 

changes. The permitted exclusions 

properly but narrowly account for the 

known technical limitations of either 

the handset-based or network-based 

location accuracy technologies chosen 

by a CMRS provider, while ensuring 

that the public safety community and 

the public at large are sufficiently 

informed of these limitations. 

B. Confidence and Uncertainty Data. 

Under the information collection, and 

pursuant to current rule section 

20.18(h), all CMRS providers and other 

entities responsible other responsible 

for transporting confidence and 

uncertainty data between the wireless 

carriers and PSAPs, including LECs, 

CLECs, owners of E911 networks, and 

emergency service providers 

(collectively, System Service Providers 

(SSPs)) must continue to provide 

confidence and uncertainty data of 

wireless 911 calls to Public Safety 

Answering Points (PSAP) on a per call 

basis upon a PSAP’s request. New 

stand-alone wireless carriers also incur 

this obligation. The transport of the 

confidence and uncertainty data is 

needed to ensure the delivery of 

accurate location information with E911 

service. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[3060–0207] 

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 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 


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