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responsible for providing advice to the 

U.S. Representative on a wide range of 

strategic, scientific, technological, 

regulatory, and economic issues related 

to implementation and further 

elaboration of the NAAEC. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

review and provide advice on CEC 

projects related to capacity building and 

information for decision-making. The 

committees will also provide advice on 

the CEC’s 2009 Operational Plan and 

learn about regional transboundary 

environmental issues. A copy of the 

agenda will be posted at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ocem/nacgac-page.htm. 

DATES: The National and Governmental 

Advisory Committees will hold an open 

meeting on Thursday, October 23, from 

8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Thursday 

October 24, from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Cocopah Conference Center, 15268 

S. Avenue B, Somerton, Arizona 85350. 

The meeting is open to the public, with 

limited seating on a first-come, firstserved basis. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Oscar Carrillo, Designated Federal 

Officer, carrillo.oscar@epa.gov, 202– 

564–0347, U.S. EPA, Office of 

Cooperative Environmental 

Management (1601–M), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests 

to make oral comments or provide 

written comments to the Committees 

should be sent to Oscar Carrillo, 

Designated Federal Officer, at the 

contact information above. 

Meeting Access: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Oscar 

Carrillo at 202–564–0347 or 

carrillo.oscar@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Oscar Carrillo, preferably at 

least 10 days prior to the meeting, to 

give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: September 25, 2008. 

Oscar Carrillo, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Public Information Collection 

Requirement Submitted to OMB for 

Review and Approval, Comments 

Requested 

October 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 collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104–13. 

An agency 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 

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 contacts listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget, via Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov or via 

fax at (202) 395–5167; and to Cathy 

Williams, Federal Communications 

Commission, Room 1–C823, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC, 20554, or 

via Internet at Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov 

and/or PRA@fcc.gov. Include in the 

comments the OMB control number of 

the collection as shown in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection(s), contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918, or via 

Internet at Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov, and/ 

or PRA@fcc.gov. To view a copy of this 

information collection request (ICR) 

submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the 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 downwardpointing 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, (6) when the list of FCC 

ICRs currently under review appears, 

look for the OMB control number of this 

ICR and then click on the ICR Reference 

Number. A copy of the FCC submission 

to OMB will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0501. 

Title: Section 73.1942, Candidates 

Rates; Section 76.206, Candidate Rates; 

Section 76.1611, Political Cable Rates 

and Classes of Time. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 19,717 respondents; 422,170 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 

hours to 20 hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; On 

occasion reporting requirement; Semiannual requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in Sections 

154(i) and 315 of the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 984,293 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality. 

Needs and Uses: Section 315 of the 

Communications Act directs broadcast 

stations and cable operators to charge 

political candidates the ‘‘lowest unit 

charge of the station’’ for the same class 

and amount of time for the same period, 

during the 45 days preceding a primary 

or runoff election and the 60 days 

preceding a general or special election. 

47 CFR 73.1942 requires broadcast 

licensees and 47 CFR 76.206 requires 

cable television systems to disclose any 

station practices offered to commercial 

advertisers that enhance the value of 

advertising spots and different classes of 

time (immediately preemptible, 


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preemptible with notice, fixed, fire sale, 

and make good). These rule sections 

also require licensees and cable TV 

systems to calculate the lowest unit 

charge. Broadcast stations and cable 

systems are also required to review their 

advertising records throughout the 

election period to determine whether 

compliance with these rule sections 

require that candidates receive rebates 

or credits. 47 CFR 76.1611 requires 

systems to disclose to candidates 

information about rates, terms, 

conditions and all value-enhancing 

discount privileges offered to 

commercial advertisers. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1089. 

Title: Telecommunications Relay 

Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 

for Individuals with Hearing and 

Speech Disabilities; E911 Requirements 

for IP-Enabled Service Providers, CG 

Docket No. 03–123 and WC Docket No. 

05–196, FCC 08–151. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Individuals or 

households; Not-for-profit institutions; 

State, local or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 11 respondents; 1,680,044 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 3 

minutes (.05 hours) to 1 hour. 

Frequency of Response: One-time, 

quarterly and on occasion reporting 

requirements; Recordkeeping 

requirement; Third party disclosure 

requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 98,616 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $4,224,346. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority is contained in sections 1, 2, 

4(i), (4)(j), 225, 251, and 303(r) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 

154(j), 225, 251, 303(r). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

An assurance of confidentiality is not 

offered because the Commission has no 

direct involvement in the collection of 

personally identifiable information (PII) 

from individuals and/or households. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: On November 30, 

2005, the Commission released 

Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities; Access to Emergency 

Services, Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (VRS/IP Relay 911 NPRM), 

CG Docket No. 03–123, FCC 05–196, 

published at 71 FR 5221 (February 1, 

2006), which addressed the issue of 

access to emergency services for 

Internet-based forms of 

Telecommunications Relay Services 

(TRS), namely Video Relay Service 

(VRS) and Internet Protocol (IP) Relay. 

The Commission sought to adopt means 

to ensure that such calls promptly reach 

the appropriate emergency service 

provider. 

On May 8, 2006, the Commission 

released Telecommunications Relay 

Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 

for Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities; Misuse of IP Relay Service 

and Video Relay Service, Further Notice 

of Proposed Rulemaking (IP Relay/VRS 

Misuse FNPRM), CG Docket No. 03–123, 

FCC 06–58, published at 71 FR 31131 

(June 1, 2006), which sought further 

comment on whether IP Relay and VRS 

providers should be required to 

implement user registration systems and 

what information users should provide, 

as a means of curbing illegitimate IP 

Relay and VRS calls. 

On May 9, 2006, the Commission 

released Telecommunications Relay 

Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 

for Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, Declaratory Ruling and 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(Interoperability Declaratory Ruling and 

FNPRM), CG Docket No. 03–123, FCC 

06–57, published at 71 FR 30818 and 71 

FR 30848 (May 31, 2006). In the 

Interoperability Declaratory Ruling and 

FNPRM, the Commission sought 

comment on the feasibility of 

establishing a single, open, and global 

database of proxy numbers for VRS 

users that would be available to all 

service providers, so that a hearing 

person can call a VRS user through any 

VRS provider, and without having first 

to ascertain the VRS user’s current IP 

address. 

On June 24, 2008, the Commission 

released Telecommunications Relay 

Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 

for Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities; E911 Requirements for IPEnabled Service Providers, Report and 

Order and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (Report and Order), CG 

Docket No. 03–123 and WC Docket No. 

05–196, FCC 08–151, addressing the 

issues raised in these notices. The 

Report and Order provides VRS and IP 

Relay users with a reliable and 

consistent means by which others 

(including emergency personnel) can 

identify or reach them by, among other 

things, integrating VRS and IP Relay 

users into the ten-digit, NANP 

numbering system. 

First, to complete a telephone call to 

an Internet-based TRS user, a provider 

must have some method of logically 

associating the telephone number dialed 

by the caller to the Internet-based TRS 

user’s device. That method, known as 

the TRS Numbering Directory, is a 

central database that maps each user’s 

telephone number to routing 

information needed to find that user’s 

device on the Internet. The Report and 

Order requires VRS and IP Relay 

providers to collect and maintain the 

routing information from their 

registered users and to provision that 

information to the TRS Numbering 

Directory so that this mapping can 

occur. 

Second, because there is no reliable 

means for VRS and IP Relay providers, 

unlike wireline carriers, to 

automatically know the physical 

location of their users, the Report and 

Order requires VRS and IP Relay 

providers to collect and maintain the 

Registered Location of their registered 

users. And to ensure that authorities can 

retrieve a user’s Registered Location 

(along with the provider’s name and 

CA’s identification number for callback 

purposes), the Report and Order 

requires VRS and IP Relay providers to 

provision that information into, or make 

that information available through, ALI 

databases across the country. 

Third, to ensure that VRS and IP 

Relay users are aware of their providers’ 

numbering and E911 service obligations 

and to inform those users of their 

providers’ E911 capabilities, the Report 

and Order requires each VRS and IP 

Relay provider to post an advisory on its 

Web site, and in any promotional 

materials directed to consumers, 

addressing numbering and E911 

services for VRS or IP Relay. Providers 

also must obtain and keep a record of 

affirmative acknowledgement from each 

of their registered users of having 

received and understood the user 

notification. 

The new or modified information 

collection requirements are contained in 

47 CFR 64.605(a) and (b), and 47 CFR 

64.611(a), (b), (c) and (f), and subject to 

the PRA must be approved by the Office 

of Management and Budget before 

becoming effective. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

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