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October, 1999, notice is hereby given 

that the Federal Accounting Standards 

Advisory Board (FASAB) has issued an 

exposure draft, Reporting 

Comprehensive Long-Term Fiscal 

Projections for the U.S. Government. 

The proposed standard would establish 

reporting requirements for the 

consolidated financial report of the 

United States Government (CFR) to 

address the question of whether the 

government’s future budgetary resources 

are likely to be sufficient to sustain 

public services and meet obligations as 

they come due. The exposure draft is 

available on the FASAB home page 

http://www.fasab.gov/exposure.html. 

Copies can be obtained by contacting 

FASAB at (202) 512–7350. Respondents 

are encouraged to comment on any part 

of the proposal. 

Written comments are requested by 

January 5, 2009, and should be sent to: 

Wendy M. Payne, Executive Director, 

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory 

Board, 441 G Street, NW., Suite 6814, 

Mail Stop 6K17V, Washington, DC 

20548. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wendy Payne, Executive Director, 

FASAB, 441 G Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20548, or call (202) 512–7350. 

Authority: Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, Pub. L. No. 92463. 

Dated: September 2, 2008. 

Charles Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. E8–20666 Filed 9–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1610–01–M 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Submitted for 

Review to the Office of Management 

and Budget, Comments Requested 

September 3, 2008. 

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 (Commission or FCC) 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on the 

following information collection(s). 

Comments are requested concerning (a) 

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; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) 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. An agency 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 that does not 

display a valid OMB control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before October 9, 

2008. 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 comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget (e-mail 

address: nfraser@omb.eop.gov), and to 

the FCC’s PRA mailbox (e-mail address: 

PRA@fcc.gov). Include in the e-mails the 

OMB control number of the collection 

as shown in the ‘‘SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION’’ section below or, if there 

is no OMB control number, the Title as 

shown in the ‘‘SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION’’ section. If you are unable 

to submit your comments by e-mail 

contact the person listed below to make 

alternate arrangements. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information contact Jerry 

Cowden via e-mail at PRA@fcc.gov or at 

202–418–0447. To view or obtain a copy 

of an information collection request 

(ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to this 

OMB/GSA Web page: http:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, 

(2) look for the section of the Web page 

called ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) 

click on the downward-pointing arrow 

in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the 

‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) 

select ‘‘Federal Communications 

Commission’’ from the list of agencies 

presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, 

(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the 

right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, and (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the OMB 

control number of the ICR you want to 

view (or its title if there is no OMB 

control number) and then click on the 

ICR Reference Number. A copy of the 

FCC submission to OMB will be 

displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB 

Control Number: None. 

Title: Information Collection 

regarding Emergency Backup Power for 

Communications Assets as set forth in 

the Commission’s rules (47 CFR 12.2). 

Form No.: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 73 

respondents; 93 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 116.64 

hours (range of 96 to 192 hours). 

Frequency of Response: One-time 

reporting. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. 

Total Annual Burden: 10,848 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: This 

information collection does not affect 

individuals or households, and 

therefore a privacy impact assessment is 

not required. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

All reports and plans required by 

Section 12.2 of the Commission’s rules 

will be automatically afforded 

confidentiality because the information 

in these reports and plans is sensitive 

for both national security and/or 

commercial reasons. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

adopted an Order (FCC 07–107) that 

includes an emergency backup power 

rule (section 12.2). This rule, as 

modified in an Order on 

Reconsideration (FCC 07–177), obligates 

certain specified local exchange carriers 

(LECs) and commercial mobile radio 

service (CMRS) providers to file a report 

that enumerates whether the carriers 

meet the emergency backup power 

requirement for assets necessary to 

maintain communications that are 

normally powered from local 

commercial power. 

Specifically, Section 12.2(c) requires 

LECs and CMRS providers to file reports 

with the Commission that identify the 

following information: (1) Each asset 

that was designed to comply with the 

applicable backup power requirement; 

(2) each asset where compliance is 

precluded due to risk to safety or life or 

health; (3) each asset where compliance 

is precluded by private legal obligation 

or agreement; (4) each asset where 

compliance is precluded by Federal, 

state, tribal or local law; and (5) each 

asset that was designed with less than 

the required emergency backup power 

capacity and that is not precluded from 

compliance by risk to safety of life or 

health, private legal obligation or 

agreement, or Federal, state, tribal or 

local law. LECs and CMRS providers 

must file these reports within six 

months of the effective date of this 

requirement, which is the date of the 

Federal Register notice announcing 

OMB approval of the information 

collection contained in section 12.2 of 


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the Commission’s rules. LECs and 

CMRS providers must include a 

description of facts supporting the basis 

of the LECs or CMRS provider’s claim 

of preclusion from compliance based on 

risk to safety of life or health, private 

legal obligation or agreement, or 

Federal, state, tribal or local law. 

Additionally, LECs and CMRS 

providers identifying assets designed 

with less than the emergency backup 

power capacity required in section 

12.2(a) and not otherwise precluded 

from compliance for one of the three 

reasons identified in section 12.2(b) 

must comply with the backup power 

requirement or file, within 12 months 

from the effective date of section 12.2, 

a certified emergency backup power 

compliance plan that is subject to 

Commission review. The emergency 

backup power compliance plan must 

certify and describe how, in the event of 

a commercial power failure, the LEC or 

CMRS provider will provide emergency 

backup power to 100 percent of the area 

covered by any non-compliant asset, 

relying on on-site and/or portable 

backup power sources or other sources 

as appropriate. This emergency backup 

power must be sufficient for service 

coverage as follows: A minimum of 24 

hours for assets inside central offices 

and eight hours for other assets such as 

cell sites, remote switches, and digital 

loop carrier system remote terminals. 

LECs that meet the definition of a 

Class B company as set forth in section 

32.11(b)(2) of the Commission’s rules 

and non-nationwide CMRS providers 

with no more than 500,000 subscribers 

are exempt from these reporting 

requirements. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–20892 Filed 9–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Comments Requested 

September 3, 2008. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law No. 

104–13. An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

control number. Subject to the PRA, no 

person shall be subject to any penalty 

for failing to comply with a collection 

of information that does not display a 

valid control number. Comments are 

requested concerning (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of 

the Commission’s burden estimate; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information collected; and 

(d) 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. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before November 10, 

2008. 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: Interested parties may 

submit all PRA comments by e-mail or 

U.S. post mail. To submit your 

comments by e-mail, send them to 

PRA@fcc.gov and/or to 

Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. To submit your 

comments by U.S. mail, mark them to 

the attention of Cathy Williams, Federal 

Communications Commission, Room 

1–C823, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection(s), contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918 or send an 

e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov and/or 

Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB 

Control Number: 3060–0174. 

Title: Sections 73.1212, 76.1615 and 

76.1715, Sponsorship Identification. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Individuals or 

households. 

Number of Respondents/Responses: 

23,215 respondents; 1,693,122 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .0011 

hours to 0.1 hours 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement; On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 112,096 hours 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Nature of Response: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 4(i), 317 and 507 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Confidentiality: No need for 

confidentiality required. 

Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 73.1212 

requires a broadcast station to identify 

the sponsor of any matter transmitted 

for consideration. 47 CFR 76.1615 states 

that, when a cable operator engaged in 

origination cablecasting presents any 

matter for which consideration is 

provided to such cable television system 

operator, the cable television system 

operator, at the time of the telecast, shall 

identify the sponsor. For both sections, 

for advertising commercial products or 

services, the mention of the sponsor’s 

name or product, when it is clear that 

the mention of the product constitutes 

sponsorship identification, is all that is 

required. In the case of television 

political advertisements concerning 

candidates for public office, the sponsor 

shall be identified with letters equal to 

or greater than four (4) percent of the 

vertical height of the television screen 

that airs for no less than four (4) 

seconds. 

47 CFR 73.1212 and 76.1715 state 

that, with respect to sponsorship 

announcements that are waived when 

the broadcast/origination cablecast of 

‘‘want ads’’ sponsored by an individual, 

the licensee/operator shall maintain a 

list showing the name, address and 

telephone number of each such 

advertiser. These lists shall be made 

available for public inspection. 

47 CFR 73.1212 states that, when an 

entity rather than an individual 

sponsors the broadcast of matter that is 

of a political or controversial nature, the 

licensee is required to retain a list of the 

executive officers, or board of directors, 

or executive committee, etc., of the 

organization paying for such matter in 

its public file. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–20896 Filed 9–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notices 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

DATE & TIME: Wednesday, September 10, 

2008 at 10 a.m. 


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